Sony struggling to get publishers to back Vita

by Ben Salter Featured 7 Comments 15 Votes 882 Views 10/08/2012 Back to News

Sony has admitted that it is struggling to get publishers to back the PlayStation Vita.

Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida told the UK PlayStation the Official Magazine, via CVG, that Sony is finding it harder than expected to get publishers on-side.

"We're having a more difficult time than we had anticipated in terms of getting support from third-party publishers, but that's our job," said Yoshida. "We will continue to talk to development communities and publishing partners and tell them why Vita can provide a great experience for the IPs they have."

He hopes that games like Assassin's Creed III: Liberation will be the beginning of more confidence from publishers to release games on the Vita.

Publishers may be deterred by the fact that Vita sales appeared to have reached an all-time low. Sony recently revised its 2012 portable games sales expectation from 16 million to 12 million units, and combined the PSP and Vita as portable sales.

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Tano

There's a discussion on this in the forums:

vita.mmgn.com/...

It's good that he's honest about it. It's sad that the only games I play on Vita are PSP games.

10/08/2012

"Niko! Cousin!"

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Dusty Lids

Sony just need to pay towards big games development costs. To start anyway if they want it to be a success.

Its such an awesome device deserves much more games.

They should also release FFX exclusive to psvita if they can. That will boost its sales a bit.

10/08/2012

Melbourne

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OllyEbbz

Sony should drop out of the handheld market and concentrate firmly on their home consoles. Their just wasting their time and money.
PS3 has struggled competing with the 360 and they can't afford to fall behind again next-gen as i think it could hit them quite hard.
Nintendo have what little of a market there is tied up imo.

10/08/2012

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iamtom

The problem is SONY is that even though they make really awesome and powerful devices, the way you need to program them and micromanage everything is simply a pain in the ass.

10/08/2012

/no1

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Tano

iamtom said: The problem is SONY is that even though they make really awesome and powerful devices, the way you need to program them and micromanage everything is simply a pain in the ass.

Are you talking about Sony or Nintendo? :P

10/08/2012

"Niko! Cousin!"

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Gryllis

iamtom said: The problem is SONY is that even though they make really awesome and powerful devices, the way you need to program them and micromanage everything is simply a pain in the ass.

Apparently the Vita is the easiest of all the PS platforms to develop for.

Publishers not backing it (rather than devs) suggests they don't see it as making enough money.

10/08/2012

The member formerly formerly known as ICC_06, formerly known as Ben.

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iamtom

Ben said:
iamtom said: The problem is SONY is that even though they make really awesome and powerful devices, the way you need to program them and micromanage everything is simply a pain in the ass.

Apparently the Vita is the easiest of all the PS platforms to develop for.
Publishers not backing it (rather than devs) suggests they don't see it as making enough money.

That doesn't make it easy to develop for though. The PS3 is a notorious pain in the ass to make a game for.

10/08/2012

/no1

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