Sony PS Vita (Wi-Fi only) (PlayStation Vita)

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Just because something is old, doesn't mean you throw it away. In 5-10 years there will be someone saying how they find it bizarre anyone would want to game on an OG Switch with it's "pathetic" 720p screen but yeah... 😂 Upon further reflection, however, it’s clear that we made the wrong decision here. So today I’m happy to say that we will be keeping the PlayStation Store operational forPS3 and PS Vita devices.PSP commerce functionality will retireonJuly 2, 2021 as planned.

Sony Happy With PS Vita Sales in the US, Sold More Last Year Than Internally Targeted". June 25, 2015. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016 . Retrieved December 30, 2016.

Karmali, Luke (January 30, 2014). "PS Vita Slim Announced For The UK". IGN . Retrieved February 1, 2014. After 2013, Sony refocused the Vita as a niche product and, by doing so, all but destroyed its chances for mass market success. The Vita would flounder for another few years before Sony all but gave up on the console and left it to third-party developers to carry the future until it pulled the plug. The 5-inch OLED screen on the PlayStation Vita was far better than competing Nintendo DS/3DS units. Yin-Poole, Wesley (September 20, 2018). "No plans for a Vita successor, Sony says". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023 . Retrieved June 1, 2023. Our Guide to Japanese Games 2017 Heading West". playstationlifestyle.net. December 15, 2016. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017 . Retrieved February 17, 2017. TheLightSpirit "I find it bizarre how anyone can play on a dead/extinct system more than their Switch tbh but each to their own"

a b c Brian Ashcraft (January 28, 2016). "Japan, Where the PS Vita Won't Die". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016 . Retrieved April 4, 2016. The PlayStation Vita ( PS Vita, or Vita) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 17, 2011, and in North America, Europe, and other international territories beginning on February 22, 2012. The console is the successor to the PlayStation Portable, and a part of the PlayStation brand of gaming devices; as part of the eighth generation of video game consoles, it primarily competed with the Nintendo 3DS. In a 2021 retrospective by The Verge, Sony employees attributed several factors to the Vita's poor sales in contrast to the PSP, which had an estimated 80 million sales in its lifetime; a similar drop had been seen by Nintendo with its transition from the Nintendo DS to the Nintendo 3DS. [176] Christian Phillips, a former senior director in Sony, said they had underestimated the impact of mobile gaming at the time of the Vita's release. They had considered gaming on smartphones to be "just good enough for gameplay" and instead felt tablet computers to be more their competitors to the Vita, according to Phillips. [176] While some technologists in Sony had cautioned that mobile device computational power could outpace current consoles around 2010–2011, the design of the Vita did not incorporate this caution. Thus, the Vita was released at the same time that mobile gaming was greatly expanding, losing potential consumers to that market. [176]Luke Plunkett (July 7, 2009). "PSP2 In Development, As Powerful As Xbox". Kotaku. Gawker Media . Retrieved December 8, 2010.

Brian Crecente (July 7, 2010). "Report: Sony Working on New Gaming Machine". Kotaku . Retrieved July 8, 2010. a b Gifford, Kevin (February 20, 2013). "SCE Japan head says PlayStation Vita is 'a little behind the numbers' ". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016 . Retrieved December 30, 2016. Robertson, Duncan (May 25, 2023). "PlayStation's Project Q: Everything we know about the new handheld". Gamesradar+. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023 . Retrieved June 1, 2023. So, why did the PlayStation Vita fail to become the hit Sony believed it would be? Let’s take a deep dive and find out. 5 Facts About the PlayStation Vita Sony updates PS Vita sales figures: 'over 1.2 million units worldwide', 2 million in software". Archived from the original on December 23, 2016 . Retrieved December 30, 2016.The platform stalled in 2017 upon the release of the Nintendo Switch, and was completely discontinued in 2019. The system is regarded as a commercial failure in the video game industry, and was significantly outsold by the Nintendo 3DS. No direct successor was released by Sony, though in 2023, a similar remote play accessory, PlayStation Portal, was announced for release by the end of the year for the PlayStation 5. Comparing the Vita and Switch’s game libraries is difficult, as the Switch is still getting new titles, while the Vita isn’t ( for the most part). But I would still give a slight nod to the Vita. The system has an absolute bonanza of JRPGs, from the underrated Tales of Hearts R to the aforementioned Final Fantasies. Uncharted: Golden Abyss was as good as any big-screen game in the series, and it’s a shame that Gravity Rush never caught on, as it was one of the most creative action games in years.

a b Michael French (January 13, 2011). "PSP2 as powerful as PS3, set for Q4 launch". MCV. Intent Media . Retrieved January 13, 2011. Sony would fall well short of its initial sales goals to push between 30,000 and 50,000 Vita units per month for the year after launching in North America. Their worldwide goal of selling ten million units by the end of March 2013 was another big miss and may have been when Sony internally decided to refocus its marketing efforts. Richard George (September 16, 2011). "TGS: Vita Will Have External Battery Option – PSP News at IGN". Uk.psp.ign.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2012 . Retrieved June 5, 2012. Yes it may have slightly more Lag/Latency than playing at 60fps Natively, but it can still feel more responsive with lower latency/lag than Native 30fps because the game is updating twice as fast.inch (16:9) OLED (PCH-1000)/ LCD (PCH-2000) multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, approximately 17 million colors, 960×544 qHD @ 220 ppi While the PlayStation Portable failed to dethrone Nintendo’s best-selling handhelds, Sony was confident their next product was the right one to take the handheld top spot for good. The successor to the PlayStation Portable, the PlayStation Vita launched in 2011 to astronomical expectations. On paper, everything looked right to tip the balance in Sony’s handheld favor, but the Vita would never truly deliver on its promise. Vitaがオススメなのか？ PS Vitaのデータを、ハードとソフトの両面から、分析してみよう". Famitsu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 31, 2014 . Retrieved July 31, 2014.