![]() The compile-to-debug iteration time is about as quick as PC, which was unheard of for dev-kits before the Vita. "As someone who's worked on just about every platform, nothing compares. "Developing for Vita's been really smooth," said Brian Provinciano of VBlank Entertainment, best known for Retro City Rampage. ![]() Sony says that developers who want to embrace mobile gaming enjoy PS Vita's status as a core gamer's handheld, one that is being heavily supported by the company's much improved in-house developer-relations team. The list of impressive indie games shown at Gamescom as coming to PS Vita includes Samurai Gunn (pictured below), Joe Danger 2, Fez, Starbound Velocity 2X, Minecraft, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Helldivers, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and Rogue Legacy. As well as that price-cut, a Walking Dead bundle which arrives today, and the promise of deep PlayStation 4 integration, PS Vita's salvation is likely to come from the company's efforts to cozy up to hip indies, and to bring the best of indie gaming to Vita. But the machine is adding to its list of benefits, seeking to emulate the success of its predecessor, the PSP.ĭespite strong competition from Nintendo's 3DS, and from all those smartphones and tablets on which millions indulge their handheld gaming habit, Sony isn't giving up on PS Vita. ![]() Tellingly, Sony won't release sales numbers of PS Vita, though there's no doubt that it falls into the "niche" category, a long way away from its maker's mass-market aspirations. Perhaps just as significant was the shotgun blast of indie games announced for the handheld, as well as the appearance of a series of respected independent developers who were willing to wax effusive about the machine, despite its difficult first 18 months on the market. But Sony has been working hard to give the handheld more luster for hardcore gamers, and to widen its general appeal.Īt its Gamescom conference yesterday, Sony introduced a significant price cut to both its models of PS Vita and showed off the machine's Remote Play feature with a PlayStation 4 demo of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. ![]() There's no doubt that PS Vita has struggled to assert itself since its launch 18 months ago.
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