wraggster
May 12th, 2014, 23:03
Vita (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/331102/ps-vita-review-everything-you-need-to-know-about-ps-vita/) is home to a bounty of indies, but its selection of triple-A games is lacking.
Sony has acknowledged that this is in part because of the economics inherent to selling games on the portable system.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3014/image_301430_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=301430&mode=article)Don Mesa, director of product planning and platform software innovation at Sony Computer Entertainment America, responded to a comment from a fan on the PlayStation Blog (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/05/06/new-slimmer-lighter-ps-vita-model-out-today/#comment-979811) who asked for more games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/playstation-vita/adventure/12238/uncharted-golden-abyss/) and Killzone: Mercenary (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/playstation-vita/fps/12846/killzone-mercenary/) on the system.
"The economics simply don't work with the traditional process," Mesa said. "We have to do something different to get AAA games on Vita.
"We accomplished it to a certain degree by making PS4 games work on Vita via remote play. PS Now will be another way, streaming PS3 games on Vita. I can't wait until PS Now is out on Vita - I hope you'll try out the experience and let me know what you think."
Mesa said PS Now will be enabled on PS Vita "later this year".
Revealed at CES (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/444187/ps-now-revealed-sony-service-streams-ps3-games-across-devices/) in January, PS Now will initially stream PS3 games (other platforms to follow) to PlayStation systems, Bravia TVs and, in the future, other Sony and non-Sony devices.
Sony previously said it would launch the service in North America this summer. It has been reported that the PS Now European launch (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/445854/playstation-now-set-for-2015-eu-launch-report-claims/) won't occur until the first quarter of 2015.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/463198/sony-says-it-has-to-do-something-different-to-get-triple-a-games-on-vita/
Sony has acknowledged that this is in part because of the economics inherent to selling games on the portable system.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3014/image_301430_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=301430&mode=article)Don Mesa, director of product planning and platform software innovation at Sony Computer Entertainment America, responded to a comment from a fan on the PlayStation Blog (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/05/06/new-slimmer-lighter-ps-vita-model-out-today/#comment-979811) who asked for more games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/playstation-vita/adventure/12238/uncharted-golden-abyss/) and Killzone: Mercenary (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/playstation-vita/fps/12846/killzone-mercenary/) on the system.
"The economics simply don't work with the traditional process," Mesa said. "We have to do something different to get AAA games on Vita.
"We accomplished it to a certain degree by making PS4 games work on Vita via remote play. PS Now will be another way, streaming PS3 games on Vita. I can't wait until PS Now is out on Vita - I hope you'll try out the experience and let me know what you think."
Mesa said PS Now will be enabled on PS Vita "later this year".
Revealed at CES (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/444187/ps-now-revealed-sony-service-streams-ps3-games-across-devices/) in January, PS Now will initially stream PS3 games (other platforms to follow) to PlayStation systems, Bravia TVs and, in the future, other Sony and non-Sony devices.
Sony previously said it would launch the service in North America this summer. It has been reported that the PS Now European launch (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/445854/playstation-now-set-for-2015-eu-launch-report-claims/) won't occur until the first quarter of 2015.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/463198/sony-says-it-has-to-do-something-different-to-get-triple-a-games-on-vita/