EA: Other Mobile Devices Are Hurdles For PlayStation Vita
See Full ImageMobile gaming is big and getting bigger. Of course, most of that "gaming" takes place on cell phones and tablets.
That's both good and bad for the video game industry. On the one hand, it raises awareness of portable gaming; if everyone is doing it, more people will be intrigued by the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS. But at the same time, if they already have a mobile device that plays games - and they're not hardcore gamers - what will entice them to purchase units like the Vita?
This is the angle EA Play boss Jeff Karp tackled when speaking to MCV:
"I think it looks like a great device. But the real challenge for all game handhelds is how they stack up against mobile and tablets. After all, how many devices do people want to carry?
We are a platform agnostic business and we want them all to succeed, but it will be challenge for handhelds. Just look at how smartphones and tablets continue to grow and emerge."
Sony will undoubtedly market Vita to the hardcore gamer, although you can bet they'd want a piece of that massive casual mobile pie. As was the case with the PSP when it first arrived, Sony will try to let the advanced technology speak for itself. And with games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss, the Vita should manage to impress...let's just hope it impresses a great many people.
Tags: ps vita, playstation vita, ngp, ea
7/29/2011 9:07:00 PM John Shepard
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Jawknee
Friday, July 29, 2011 @ 10:08:37 PM
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Dreno
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 12:16:45 AM
I consider myself a "real" gamer. I'm not one to play little flash based facebook games and such, I prefer a console and controller over that stuff. I've been playing on consoles since the nes, al the way through to the wicked awesome ps3.
But... I don't have the kind of money needed to afford a ps vita or even a 3ds with the price cut. So where at in the spectrum of " not real gamers " and " real gamers " does that leave people in my position?
While I will always prefer video game hand held systems over my mobile device, I still enjoy sweet games like zenonia 1-3 and even some rpg greatness from the snes era.
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Neo_Aeon666
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 5:53:40 PM
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Ignitus
Friday, July 29, 2011 @ 10:17:33 PM
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When I game, I just want the best experience posible and to me, that's on a gaming console conected to a huge tv and surround sound receiver.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, July 29, 2011 @ 10:29:24 PM
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" what will entice them to purchase units like the Vita?"
Answer: software, software, software. AND people have to be aware of it. Your average phone gamer has no idea what is available on PSP because I haven't seen a PSP commercial in 6 years. Ad campaigns for it that reach outside of gaming magazines you bunch of numbskulls.
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Neo_Aeon666
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 5:56:38 PM
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Fox hounder
Friday, July 29, 2011 @ 11:14:15 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 5:34:40 AM
These people know nothing of epicness like Golden Abyss will offer, nor do they care for it. They just want to break out Angry Birds in the break room.
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Fox hounder
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 11:44:37 AM
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Oxvial
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 1:38:16 AM
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___________
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 3:42:20 AM
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1 since when does the ipad give you graphics and scale of a ps3 game?
2 since when does the ipad give you buttons, something you seriously need in games?
i love mobile devices as much as the next guy, if not more, im married to my ipad.
but they will NEVER take over the handheld market!
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jaybiv
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 8:56:01 AM
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shadowpal2
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 10:03:46 AM
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It was just the insane pricing it had! $250...for that?!
I honestly don't think that the tablet and smartphone market really challenges the gaming handeld market mainly because those aren't created to play GAMES.
PS Vita on the other hand...yes...now that is a monster gaming machine in the palm of your hands (well...soon to be at least). So it's well worth the $250 for what you're getting! Would have been nice though if it had internal memory -.-
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Beamboom
Sunday, July 31, 2011 @ 1:25:40 AM
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Veitsknight
Monday, August 01, 2011 @ 3:13:41 AM
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sha4dowknight05
Monday, August 01, 2011 @ 11:25:48 AM
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I can still see it as a gaming device but nothing hardcore. Ps vita looks awesome and I hope that will be the new device everybody is carryign around.
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Reccaman18
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Friday, July 29, 2011 @ 10:07:58 PM