14 DAY TRIAL // The PlayStation Vita handheld is now set to be launched in Japan before the end of the year and on Western markets in the early months of 2012 and Sony is saying that it aims to support the new platform by having a lot of launch games ready and then delivering new, attractive titles to support sales.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Shuhei Yoshida, who is the leader of Sony World Wide Studios, has said, “As far as we’re concerned from a worldwide studios standpoint, right after the launch of PSP we had to shift lots of resources to prepare for the launch of the PS3.”
He added, “That followed closely after the launch of PSP. In retrospect we did it too extreme. We were happy with the launch of PSP. We had lots of games to launch with, but because of the demand of creating games on the new consoles, we shifted resources too much and the coverage for the PSP became weak.”
Sony has insisted that it is not working on any new home console, which means that there's no danger of having to quickly shift resources away from the PlayStation Vita.
Of course, the success of the new handheld is not only down to Sony's actions and the publisher says that it is also working hard to make sure that third party developers are interested in the new device and have long-term plans to develop video games for it.
One major problem for the PSP has lately been that third party developers are no longer interested in it because of issues like piracy and better prospects on the PlayStation 3.
The focus on having a constant stream of games for the Vita is a sign that Sony is eager to get a more successful launch than Nintendo had with the 3DS, which initially sold very well but has since dipped massively, forcing the company to cut price.