Miyamoto says PS Vita needs games

He's right but, for me, there are only 5 must-buy games on the 3DS (MK7, SM3D Land, Luigi's Mansion, OoF 3D and Kid Icarus) and Vita, for me again, only 5 too (Assassins' Creed III: Liberation, Rayman Origins, Escape Plan, PS All Stars Battle Royale and Sound Shapes). I prefer Rayman on PS Vita because it has better graphics and i can download it on PSN and play it on both PS3 and PS Vita. But I have neither I'm waiting for a price drop on Vita and the 3DS XL price.

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Looks to me that Miyamoto has thought up a game he would do if he was working with Sony instead.

Expect this idea to show up on the 3DS sometime.

For me, every gaming console needs games.

That's a pretty candid assessment from a high-ranking official about his competitor. Sony typically makes good hardware and then mucks it up with the software that runs on it. The Vita is no exception.

I guess I'll save a list of the various flaws as I see them for a blog post, but suffice it to say that more games wouldn't hurt, even if they were games [i]from other PlayStation systems[/i].

Just think, the PS2 and PS1 had over a thousand games each, now on this generation people are complaining about a lack of games on Sony systems. What happened?

I would agree that the PS Vita is a powerhouse with many features, waiting for an original game to naturally take advantage of it. I feel like the games released so far are obliged to add touch screen, tilt, and rear touch features when they are not needed. $249, while not too bad, is still a bit too pricey, given the competition.

Everyone knows that the first year launch is a difficult one. I have both systems and I still not satisfied with the 3DS. Battery life being my main issue. I play with it and in 3-4 hours I'm seeing a blink red light telling me that I need a charge. Keep a game centered to maintain the 3D can be a chore. Most of the games have a childish feel. Mario, mario,mario. enough with the mario. Time nintendo created a new franchise character. I'm sure that by years end we will see remarkable improvement.

Didn't anyone tell him that the same could be said for the Wii?

A nice hack would solve game "quality" problems. SNES, PS1, maybe PS2 all on the go.

I guess he speaks from bitter experience. I think the problem is the pricing point more than the software. Not defending the Vita, but the start up games and the games that have dropped recently don't look as thin as the 3DS. I just think that the cost and the "allure" of cross platform gaming isn't enough right now to draw people into getting a handheld, especially when you consider how much gaming people do on their phones now. I honestly don't expect any more handhelds to sell like they used to. The handheld gaming landscape has unfortunately shifted.

When i saw the title, it's like the Commies would say to the Americans they need nukes. Don't judge me :P

And i think with the spur on console/PC gaming, handheld gaming is now a shadow of what it was. There's also the tablet PCs/iPads to potentially take over handheld gaming due to all what it can do outside games, but it's not what we all want.

I respect Mivamoto for showing his opponents what's to improve. I do plan to get something on my hands that is portable and play games, but i'll decide soon.

He's right. Many people buy wii & ds to play mario and I can see why, though am not one of them. Vita does need a metal gear solid or a final fantasy ( a new ip that becomes household names like these two and emminently associated with vita though may be on other platforms) . Without such strong titles I don't see vita getting mass adapted.

This coming from a man whose last five gaming machines survived on only a handful of games and franchises.

Look at Miyamoto in the picture he's like "I invented gaming effers!"

ahhh classic geru

i think he worded it fine by comparing how nintendo also failed at the start cause of iti mean he could have brought up the fact that the 3ds had the whole ds library to play while vita dont play psp - but he didnt - therefor i think he said it very nicelyor the price and memorycard needed etc - but no instead he said its a great high tech console but lacks the software for the time being

Interesting that Miyamoto apparently doesn't consider backward compatability to be a strength of the 3DS.

Nah, Sony can sell anything, ice to eskimos, vitas with no games, lol

I think it's great that he comments on this and also notes that Nintendo did the same mistake with their handheld. Very honest. Good.

Okay then give us Earthbound on the virtual console and a four player Yoshi's island on the Wii

Well Mr Miyamoto is right for the statement but is a question of time.Vita Isn't all miss- stepped at the moment.Nintendo 3ds didn't have a Mortal Kombat type at lauch, the best Mortal portable released yet.Just a Monster hunter freedom release an rpg exclusive from square enix and vita will be set for popularity.

Let the sales numbers speak for themselves. I'm sick of seeing people type about "Vita is doomed". They obviously haven't tried one out, and wish they had one.

One thing Sony has that Nintendo hasn't for over 9 years? Decent 3rd party support.

Economically speaking, we're still not ready for the next gen-consoles. They look innovative, yet a good percentage of people are still buying DSlites & PSPs. Along with the library it took so long to make. Who wants to start over, play the wait game, and spend $50 on a new game? I can stick to playing Pokemon & Dissidia until the library expands with some hit titles. Just Sayin'.

The same could be said for the 3DS though too.

The man speaks sense. A honest assessment of a rival, very fair.

Well, duhh :)

Give me a bundle of a 4g and vita for $200, and I'd probably invest in one. I can't say I'm a fan of sonys franchises, but I think the vita could be an interesting gateway device to see if I could enjoy them or not.

The PS Vita might be really good (I've never been a Sony fan but I'll admit that the screen is pretty nice looking and 2 sticks helps a lot lol) but I have to say, the 3DS is also a very beautiful piece of technology. The 3D is awesome and the games look amazing in 3D and 2D. I think the PS Vita would be doing very well if the hand held market wasn't so loyal to the DS systems. It seems like Nintendo has the handheld market won over and for many reasons. I think Sony should take a step back and see how they can innovate the market and get it's own customers instead of trying to get people to switch from DS to Vita. They did something similar with the Move; they took Nintendo's idea (much more directly with the Move) and tried to get people to switch. They didn't have any games to use it and they also were trying to get customers that already had practically the same thing already in their hands for over a year.

Yeah PS Vita is struggling. It has no backward compatability cause its got no UMD drive, requires one to buy its overpriced proprietary memory card, had low quality launch titles, doesn't have that many games, and costs $250-300 not including the overpriced proprietary memory card and a game or two. Miyamoto's right on about Vita being a high tech machine, but it lacks that must have killer app. And I think with the iphone and ipad having good games, people won't put the money out for a dedicated portable gaming system today.

who remembers the game boy? :D remember having to carry around that cable and go to your friends houses to play pokemon or yu gi oh together? those were the good ol' days :D

At least Vita didnt released a half finished game like super street fighter 4 for 3ds.

LOL lets face it miyamoto, the wii died 4 years ago due to the painful lack of third party support and oh not to mention the heaps of shovvelware....oh and the wiiu is already having doors closed on it by developers....Before its release XD

@Ladiesman17 No, but Nintendo is. They're the new Sega... except Sega made GOOD games.

I generally don't like to spout doom and gloom for a console before giving it it's chance,but even the 3DS didn't struggle as bad as the Vita is. I Sony doesn't do something fast,it may not make it.