Ohhh, it’s on. Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto has delivered some fighting words, saying that the Playstation Vita is not a strong product. These comments come on the tail of some less-than-stellar reports about the Vita’s sales, particularly in Europe.
According to Miyamoto, the main problem isn’t with the device but with the software, where he feels there is a lack of balance between the powerful hardware and the available games.
“It’s obviously a very hi-spec machine, and you can do lots of things with it, but I don’t really see the combination of software and hardware that really makes a very strong product,” he said.
Miyamoto reflected on similar problems Nintendo had with the 3DS, saying that their own slow launch was due to a games line-up that wasn’t very compelling. Of course, a massive price cut probably didn’t hurt either.
“When we launched the 3DS hardware we didn’t have Super Mario 3D Land, we didn’t have Mario Kart 7, we didn’t have Kid Icarus: Uprising,” he said.
“We were striving to have all of these ready for the launch, but we weren’t able to deliver them at that time. We were kind of hoping that people would, nevertheless, buy into the product, find 3DS hardware promising, but looking back we have to say we realise the key software was missing when we launched the hardware.”
A lot of opinions have been offered on why the Playstation Vita is struggling, but not many have criticized the games line-up. With the Vita getting outsold by the PSP in Europe, something definitely isn’t going quite right. Do you feel the Vita line-up is too shallow?
Source: Eurogamer
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I own one and I love it so far. Have played Rayman Origins and Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Looking forward to Gravity Rush and some other titles coming out. The Vita has a lot of potential and I think in end (maybe not now because of the price and lack of software), will be a winner.