You know, aside from excellent 3rd party support from big publishers...My fondest games of the PSP tend to come from anything weird (especially from SIE Japan Studio).
LocoRoco, Patapon, Patchwork Heroes...The PSV didn't really have many things like this. Sure, it had wonderful Indie support, even better than the PSP. But the unique creative minds from SONY's teams spent more focus on AAA/AA instead of leaning more on those weird smaller creative titles.
And that's what SONY missed. They could have made simpler games on the VITA, it could have been the 3D Platformer console from with many PS1/PS2 feelings. It always felt like it was trying to catch up the PS3 (and later PS4).
I love my VITA for the incredible library (especially when you include the PSP/PS1 titles via PSN), but the only two games that ever made me feel "yes, only on VITA" were Gravity Rush and Tearaway...And even those were eventually ported in their own ways to PS4.
We needed those simple LocoRoco budget titles, an Invizimals blowout, a GTA: Stories, God of War spinoff etc...But we never got them really. (And yes, there was an Invizimals game on PSV, but it wasn't enough is my point...And not advertised enough).
They just didn't understand what made the PSP great to play/hold.
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Re: Feature: It's Time to Celebrate the PSP, Sony's 21st Century Walkman
You know, aside from excellent 3rd party support from big publishers...My fondest games of the PSP tend to come from anything weird (especially from SIE Japan Studio).
LocoRoco, Patapon, Patchwork Heroes...The PSV didn't really have many things like this. Sure, it had wonderful Indie support, even better than the PSP. But the unique creative minds from SONY's teams spent more focus on AAA/AA instead of leaning more on those weird smaller creative titles.
And that's what SONY missed. They could have made simpler games on the VITA, it could have been the 3D Platformer console from with many PS1/PS2 feelings. It always felt like it was trying to catch up the PS3 (and later PS4).
I love my VITA for the incredible library (especially when you include the PSP/PS1 titles via PSN), but the only two games that ever made me feel "yes, only on VITA" were Gravity Rush and Tearaway...And even those were eventually ported in their own ways to PS4.
We needed those simple LocoRoco budget titles, an Invizimals blowout, a GTA: Stories, God of War spinoff etc...But we never got them really. (And yes, there was an Invizimals game on PSV, but it wasn't enough is my point...And not advertised enough).
They just didn't understand what made the PSP great to play/hold.