Sony: Gamescom is going to be a PS Vita Show

deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20 · 2013-06-24 08:59:00

'It's all about momentum. It's about showcasing PS4 in all its glorified beauty and it's not just the console. It's about the titles, it's about the games, it's about the independent titles. It's also about PS3, it's also about PS Vita. We blew it out of the park this E3 with PlayStation 4 but PS Vita has so much more to go, we've got so much more love to show at the showcase and I can safely say Gamescom is definitely going to be a PS Vita show, so you'll see.' NowGamer SOURCEI hope so, but I am officially taking an 'I'll believe it when I see it' approach with the PS Vita and Sony now. So far, Sony has said this exact same thing about E3 2011, Gamescom 2011, TGS 2011, two separate PS Vita Game Heaven shows, E3 2012, and now, of course, Gamescom 2012. Why should I believe them anymore? More importanrly, how do I know that their idea of big games isn't yet another bunch of indie ports (belated or otherwise), or just the token third party game (like Black Ops Declassified or Assassin's Creed)?

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#101 Jynxzor

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#102 wakefulness

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[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]
[QUOTE="Hoznary"] How could Sony fool you once? You don't even own a Vita + Sony never said that E3 was a Vita show.Hoznary

Shahid Kamal Ahmad, Senior Business Development Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, teased everyone in late May that an "amazing big title" was coming to Vita.

Then Game Informer teased a "surprisingly big Vita show" at E3

http://gematsu.com/2013/05/game-informer-teases-surprisingly-big-ps-vita-show-at-e3

And then nothing really happened aside from some good games we already know about like Tearaway

Did you read the tweet? No where did Ahmad say that the big title was for E3! It was those guys in game informer that jumped to conclusion. . I was pissed at first but then i went back to check upon them

Yeah, he clarified and said that he's pretty much NDA'd. His enthusiasm leading up to the event seemed to hint at a lot of neat indie stuff for VITA (which was awesome)!

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#103 wakefulness

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Shuhei Yoshida didn't say anything about that on when interviewed (on Podcast Beyond!).

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#104 Michael0134567

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Show me the masterpieces.

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#105 bonesawisready5

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[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"] N[QUOTE="KBFloYd"]
[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]
They've said similar things so many times I won't get my hopes up but I'd like:
$150 PS Vita with PSP Go lay out, slide out controls. 4-inch LCD screen to cut costs but still keep it nice and also smaller screen will extend battery life. Battery life of 6-9 hours minimum. Replace memory stick slot with MicroSD slot.
wakefulness

that might actually sell..

The slide out design actually costs money to manufacture. Those mechanical pieces always cost extra to lay out and implement.

Logically you could save money to make up for that additional cost by changing the screen from 5 inch OLED to 4 inch LCD

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#106 jsmoke03

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i dont want just a vita show....i want at least 1 or 2 more launch exclusive announcements. oh and a price drop

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#107 wakefulness

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[QUOTE="wakefulness"][QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]
that might actually sell..
bonesawisready5

The slide out design actually costs money to manufacture. Those mechanical pieces always cost extra to lay out and implement.

Logically you could save money to make up for that additional cost by changing the screen from 5 inch OLED to 4 inch LCD

Not really. The mechnical instruments cost and the fact Sony might need to eat up a contract with Samsung over the VITA's OLED production might cost more than what they are doing now.

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#108 bonesawisready5

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[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]
[QUOTE="wakefulness"] The slide out design actually costs money to manufacture. Those mechanical pieces always cost extra to lay out and implement.wakefulness

Logically you could save money to make up for that additional cost by changing the screen from 5 inch OLED to 4 inch LCD

Not really. The mechnical instruments cost and the fact Sony might need to eat up a contract with Samsung over the VITA's OLED production might cost more than what they are doing now.

They could probably work out a great deal with Samsung to supply a smaller LCD screen. I'm sure Samsung would bite as they'd rather have some contract with a Sony handheld than none at all. Heck, they aren't meeting expectations on OLED screen productions anyway as they likely expected to make many more and then the system tanked. So if re-negotiating a deal where Samsung gets $5 per OLED screen on only 5 million devices means making more money via $2.50 per LCD screen on 15-30 million devices, I'd think they'd work it out. Samsung would understand that the jump from OLED to LCD is a cost cutting measure to get a cheaper model out the door and quite frankly they can't be making as much money as they hoped to off producing OLED screens for it.

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#109 wakefulness

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[QUOTE="wakefulness"][QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]
Logically you could save money to make up for that additional cost by changing the screen from 5 inch OLED to 4 inch LCD
bonesawisready5

Not really. The mechnical instruments cost and the fact Sony might need to eat up a contract with Samsung over the VITA's OLED production might cost more than what they are doing now.

They could probably work out a great deal with Samsung to supply a smaller LCD screen. I'm sure Samsung would bite as they'd rather have some contract with a Sony handheld than none at all. Heck, they aren't meeting expectations on OLED screen productions anyway as they likely expected to make many more and then the system tanked. So if re-negotiating a deal where Samsung gets $5 per OLED screen on only 5 million devices means making more money via $2.50 per LCD screen on 15-30 million devices, I'd think they'd work it out. Samsung would understand that the jump from OLED to LCD is a cost cutting measure to get a cheaper model out the door and quite frankly they can't be making as much money as they hoped to off producing OLED screens for it.

Sony isn't looking to Samsung for any OEM needs. Not when Sony can do their own thing (ala making their own PSP parts and manufacturing it). I don't know what the deal was (for Samsung to make the VITA OLED displays), but I don't know if Samsung would sit down with Sony and talk a reconstruction of a set deal all for the betterment of a Sony product. And that's what the deal might be like; Samsung might already have that money in hand from Sony (regardless of how big or small the dollar amount).

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