"Indies should definitely jump onto the PS Vita" - Retro City Rampage

Thanks to gaf

https://twitter.com/BriProv/status/306488818578620416

RCR dev + Zeboyd retweet:

Indies should definitely jump onto the PS Vita. RCR's sold much more on PSN than XBLA and more on PS Vita than even PS3.

@psnstores This doesn't include PS Plus. It's _SOLD_ far more on PSN than XBLA. With PS Plus, there are a bajillion more copies out there

@werezompire Steam's done far better than XBLA too, but PSN has still done the best.

Robert Boyd @werezompire
@BriProv Looks like we need to get our RPGs on Vita then. :)

Zeboyd reaching out to Sony:

Robert Boyd @werezompire
Apparently RCR sold better on PSN (especially Vita) than Steam or XBLA. @ShaneWatch we need to talk. :)

Shane Bettenhausen @ShaneWatch
@werezompire emailing!

I believe Brian Proviciano is doing a talk at GDC about this subject, according to his twitter feed it seems. Link: http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/1...atform_at_Once

He seems very passionate about letting people know how his experience has been on the various platforms, and that what was once true 4 years ago isn't necessarily true now (about which platforms are the biggest/easiest to work with / generate the most revenue / etc). He seems to indicate that his dealings with Sony (and Nintendo and Valve) were extremely smooth and not overly burdensome or unnecessarily complicated.

Let's just say that hearing these things has stirred us at zeboyd a bit and we're going to take a far more serious look into these things that Brian has brought up. :)

Indies have enough power to resurrect the vita? What say you?

I do have to say, I have enjoyed these smaller, indie games on handhelds a bit more than I do on full consoles or PC. They do seem to fit that type of platform better.

I expect alot of BS coming towards this Thread, interesting News I personally enjoy small indie type games on my Vita rather then PC, like Hotline Miami will def play that more on my Vita then I ever will on my PC.

If these smaller games can reach broader audiences across different platforms I'm all for it. I'm not big on indie games myself (the humoungous circle jerks of several threads have made me a bit more cynical and severe on them) but if others are and this gets more indie games out there and also helps the PS Vita. Cool.

I expect alot of BS coming towards this Thread, interesting News I personally enjoy small indie type games on my Vita rather then PC, like Hotline Miami will def play that more on my Vita then I ever will on my PC.

Blake135

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I expect alot of BS coming towards this Thread, interesting News I personally enjoy small indie type games on my Vita rather then PC, like Hotline Miami will def play that more on my Vita then I ever will on my PC.

tagyhag

That is very true :P will be interesting to see how it handles.

[QUOTE="Blake135"]

I expect alot of BS coming towards this Thread, interesting News I personally enjoy small indie type games on my Vita rather then PC, like Hotline Miami will def play that more on my Vita then I ever will on my PC.

tagyhag

wasn't the binding of issac also announced as a vita game? I would play it there much more than on my pc version. Such a great game and Sony won't try to censor them like nintendo did (to the point that the refused to release on their platform). Look at every ps blog thread.. everyone is always asking for vita verisons of everything. People who own them love them and play vita all the time. It has an insanely high attach rate too... just not high overall console sales.Midnightshade29

Yeah Binding is still coming no date yet but this year supposedly.

I'm definitely behind that idea.  Castle Crashers, Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy, Mark of the Ninja, Terraria, Bastion, Braid, Limbo, etc.

Handhelds & Indie devs have a lot to benefit from if they can make that happen.

RCR is $5 less on xbla than on PSN, suprised it's selling so poorly on xbox.getyeryayasout