GAMING NEWSSony: PS Vita Needs Fewer PortsPosted on Wednesday, September 12 @ 16:22:01 Eastern by Nicholas Tan
![]() Sony's Marketing Vice President John Koller, in an statement to Gamasutra, believes that one reason the PlayStation Vita isn't selling as many units as they want is due to the overencumbered amount of ports on the system, just as it was with the lineup on the PSP: Just for a quick refreshed, the Vita launch lineup included ports or at least games that weren't that original like Lumines Electronic Symphony, Rayman Origins, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, FIFA Soccer, Dynasty Warriors Next, Mortal Kombat, and Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus. The trouble, however, is that some of those ports were strong and successful titles, so Sony might be sending a mixed message here. I'm not sure how different Assassin's Creed III: Liberation and Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified are going to be from their console counterparts. And also, isn't Sony promoting the Vit'as cross-play feature as well as the Cross-Buy Program where consumers can get the Vita version of a PS3 game for free? By that logic, don't they need direct ports for that to work? Doesn't Konami need to make a port so that Kojima can "transfar"? I have a slight headache. [Source] More from the Game Revolution Network Comments
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LawnGnome
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Heath_Hindman
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I love my Vita, but every time I see someone online being completely baffled about its low sales they cite games that are already on other systems and/or PS2 ports.
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Facelord
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The Vita doesn't need less ports, it just needs more MODERN ports. Forget year-old games being ported, we need games the day they release. As a portable gamer, it sucks seeing so many great games hit the HD consoles without actually owning one. If I could get Dishonored, Metal Gear Rising, Skyrim and Borderlands 2 on the Vita I'd certainly choose the Vita versions over the PC versions. It's absurd that one second they're promoting Crossplay and the next they're saying the Vita needs less ports. Here's a thought: Crossplay titles are experiences you can't get anywhere else outside of Vita on the go.
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