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Is Support Already Dropping For PS Vita?

Posted on Wednesday, April 4 @ 11:57:27 Eastern by Nicholas Tan

Within the next three months, only ten games will be released for the PlayStation Vita:

Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention – April 17th
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock – April 2012
Mortal Kombat Vita – May 1st
Resistance: Burning Skies – May 29
Silent Hill: Book of Memories – May 31
Retro City Rampage – May 2012
Madagascar 3: The Video Game – Jun 5
Gravity Rush – Jun 12
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Jun 19
LittleBigPlanet – June 26

On that list, the first two games and LittleBigPlanet are essentially ports that have been slightly reworked with the Vita in mind. With the exception of Resistance: Burning Skies, Silent Hill: Book of Memories, and Gravity Rush, there just doesn't seem to be that much interest from developers in the PS Vita after its debut month.

For the rest of the year, there are just five titles planned: Dragon's Crown, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz, Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD, and Madden NFL 2013. There are more floating around the ether, like Persona 4: The Golden (another port), Sound Shapes, and Street Fighter X Tekken (another port), Final Fantasy X HD, and Call of Duty. But that's about ten games for the last six months of the year.

Now, things don't look that bad, really. There are some rumblings about a Bioshock, an Assassin's Creed, and Killzone. Hopefully, Sony has much more in store for the handheld and is just being tight-lipped for their booth at this year's upcoming E3. I'm sure they do.

Tags: PS Vita

Comments

Lenin17301
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
At least what's happening with the Vita is a case of quality over quantity, because apart from Asphalt, the launch lineup was very consistent in quality, and those 15 titles you mentioned, most of them sound promising, not much shovelware.

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Ivory_Soul
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Dungeon Hunter was a load of crap only because it was Gameloft. I would have a heart attack if they made a good game.

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Lenin17301
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Yeah, Gameloft is the new 3DO.

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Longo_2_guns
Joined: Jun 2003

Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
It's also a slow time of year. Big games aren't going to pick up for another 6 months or so.

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Lethean
Joined: Jan 2001

Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
FFX? Hell yeah! I loved that game. Way underrated bye the hardcore FF fans. Tons of games or not I want a Vita. I'd rather take a handful of quality games than a bunch of mediocre titles.

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TurinAlexander
Joined: Sep 2006

Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
No, it's not underrated at all. In my experience most people overrate it. On a scale of one to ten it's about a six and half to seven.

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drathbone
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
I want a Vita just for Phantasy Star online.

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Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Apr 4th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Even seeing this as a possibility makes me cry. The Vita is so great... why aren't consumers digging it?

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