By Gerald Lynch
Can you name a handheld device that can play the sort of triple A games you’d expect from a home console?
OK, not that one. Do you remember Sony’s PS Vita, the premium dedicated handheld that promised to put the power of a home PlayStation in your hands? It had great potential, but outside Japan never saw the success that Sony hoped for it. As a result, it now seems that Sony won’t be stepping into the mobile space again anytime soon.
When quizzed about the future of the Vita brand, Sony Interactive Entertainment America boss Shawn Layden didn’t do much to allay fears that Sony had all but given up.
Critical mass
“To be honest, the Vita just didn’t reach critical mass in the US or Western Europe,” Layden said in an interview with Time.
“I don’t know if it was that it was more technology people had to carry around, or more things to charge, or whether their phone or tablet were taking care of that. But once the content slowed in that pipeline, it became hard to keep the Vita as a going concern.”
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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