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It's hilarious how similar this is to the 3DS rumors that started soon after its launch.
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Nikkei Blog: JPN companies are cancelling all Vita titles for 3DS, Sony: Not true
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Byakuya769
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Are you real?
AzureNightmare
Banned
When was the first announced?
I would expect multiplatform to perhaps become more an option. Publishers really wasted no time turning on the 3DS when it tanked right away. Delayed title relases,postponed development etc was all done.
Its why I find it so odd people are suddenly so no way this is BS. It happened less than a year ago already why wouldnt it now
Lord Ghirahim
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What sort of shitstorm?
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Level 5 has Time Travelers, which is also on PSP.
nckillthegrimace
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We have actually. They take out backwards compatibility and Linux.
Anyway, if the allegations in this article are true, I wonder which company or companies the articles is referring to. For some reason I find that little puzzle more fascinating than any broader trends that may or may not actually be occurring.
Metallix87
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Chunsoft and, thus far, it's only a single game. Level-5 also has Time Travelers as multiplat between the two handhelds.
As for why it won't happen, I imagine it's a myriad of factors they have to consider, including the cost of porting and taking advantage of the other system's unique features, and of course the viability of the market for such a game on the opposite platform.
LiquidMetal14
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Another one of these types of threads eh? /back to Vita awesomeness
You know, you'd think they would have....
Shitstorm sounds like a lame-sequel to Motorstorm. 
But yeah, kind of sensationalist reports. At least are fun to read.
But yeah, kind of sensationalist reports. At least are fun to read.
Your house or mine?
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Excitebike ShitStorm by NST.
I think Sony did the best they can. They got out SCEJ's Gravity Daze and SCEE Bend's Uncharted with Resistance coming along. They can't magically force Square Enix to pump out a FF to save them and KH is on the 3DS. Konami's got a few multiplatform PS3/Vita projects still in development. MH is moneyhatted for 3DS for the time being. I can't think of anything they could do better except the memory card fiasco.
We can only hope and wait for the killer app that will drive sales up for the Vita just like MH did for the PSP.
Metallix87
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So you think Sony would cut features to release a "budget" version of Vita?
Fixed.
I want to know that too. Well we might find out in a couple months.
I want both the 3DS and Vita to be successful not only for the healthy competition but for both sides to eat crow
you should relax
Unlike the 3DS with its crazy announcement when it was first revealed and games regularly get announced for it afterward (like Monster Hunter, Phoenix Wright etc), the Vita never really had any strong 3rd party support announced for it. Most of them games were 1st party.
The most it had for it was Call of Duty. And seeing how uneffective past COD games did to handhelds (there were CODs on DS and PSP too), I doubt it would matter much.
The most it had for it was Call of Duty. And seeing how uneffective past COD games did to handhelds (there were CODs on DS and PSP too), I doubt it would matter much.
But then the Sony hate would rise again.
nckillthegrimace
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I was making a snide joke, but, actually, yeah, they might do something like that. I'm not familiar enough with the Vita to even begin to imagine what they would take out that could save a significant amount of money, though.
Metallix87
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Yeah, there's been a strange silence coming from third party publishers in that regard, while more and more 3DS games and even PSP games continue to be announced.
Truespeed
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As real as the source of the rumor.
MikeE21286
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They should just let you make phone calls with it....that'd be novel.
MagicWithEarvin
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This does seem pretty major if true, but let's see if any other Vita publishers chime in instead of Sony.
relax
Gaf is like a flock of vultures when it comes to doom. The first sign of weakness and they descend, talons first, beaks threshing at the flesh of doom saying.
Vita's current situation is worrisome though, no doubt. It seems to be in a much worse position now than 3DS ever was. Whether or not a real turnaround is feasible wont be clear until E3, which is only 3 months from now.
Unless of course it becomes a monster out west this month, in which case it wont need any saving.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
As real as Kiyoshi Shin, the head of Japan's IGDA branch?
Well, Iwata did said that they were risking losing support if they didn't changed 3DS fortunes fast...
Vita isn't even out everywhere yet and it's nothing but bad news.
I really hope it has at least some moderate success, because I'm hoping to get one eventually and I want devs to continue to support it. I don't expect it to beat the 3DS, but I hope it at least doesn't do worse than the original PSP.
I really hope it has at least some moderate success, because I'm hoping to get one eventually and I want devs to continue to support it. I don't expect it to beat the 3DS, but I hope it at least doesn't do worse than the original PSP.
SuperSonic1305
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DCharlie
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whilst i suspect it maybe a cover to protect something Shin definitely knows the attributed quote is to a source who has a source ... so this is "Shin knows someone who knows someone who knows this guys who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Vita dev pushed out at 31 developers last night.
I guess it's pretty serious."
TheNatural
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Is this really that shocking? Look at the third party release list for what's there for the Vita already. Port. Port. Port. Port. The biggest games are ports of console games, with little to no degrees of addition to them.
It's not shocking that all the little support there for original titles may have just been stopped in it's tracks. Sony is going to have to make a Nintendo like price drop to get this thing to survive for any period of time. Never seen a system launch with so much apathy in a long time.
It's not shocking that all the little support there for original titles may have just been stopped in it's tracks. Sony is going to have to make a Nintendo like price drop to get this thing to survive for any period of time. Never seen a system launch with so much apathy in a long time.
oh boy here we go again.
Natsume came straight out and said poor hardware sales was why they delayed 3DS titles. Sega did the same with several 3DS titles.
Duxxy3
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Nah, they still have 3DS.
Japan is gonna stick with PS2 era technology 3 generations in a row!
You don't think the head of the game dev association talks directly with developers? Come on.
Father_Brain
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I'd give it until at least TGS, since any turnaround will realistically be dependent on Japanese software and E3 has become primarily Western-centric.
Uno Venova
Banned
I don't know how Sony can ever recover from this.
RadiantRule
Banned
Bad news? All I see is rumours and speculations.
from what the doom articles or Japanese dev support?
TheNatural
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Maybe you should check the media crate thread. Dropping a cool 13K a week isn't rumors or speculation, it's the sales for the system. That's flat out atrocious, especially for a system that JUST launched, and nothing in the pipeline to salvage it.
I don't know who is running Sony now or who thought this business plan was a good idea, but it's not and you would have thought they've learned their lesson over and over again.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
True. We should wait for a more reliable industry source, like Nikkei Trendy or GameWave.