Gamescom 2014: PlayStation Vita Largely Ignored During Sony's Show

I think that the Vita is going to be lacking in AAA titles for a few more years. But at least the indie games will keep the Vita barely alive.

Vita's getting a very steady stream of games — it always has done — but the problem is that none of these games are grabbing people by the collar like a big first party title would. I still think many are hung up on the original promise that the Vita would become a home console on the go, and I totally agree that it's a shame this hasn't happened.

I mean, I love my Vita and I adore the games I currently own on the system, but it's this total lack of presence that isn't doing it any favours. It's also a really good way to get owners doubting what its future holds for them. I could go on and on and on about the handheld market and the troubles it currently has, but at the end of the day, I think a lot of people are just annoyed that it's being constantly turned away from the spotlight.

The same goes for Tekken

I'm happy with my vita too. Its the future I worry about. I would like something big budget to come about every few months , not asking much. It just seems like anything decent is all coming from Japan. Not all bad but its going to get tiresome fairly quick.

i love my vita and i'm not blind to the many great titles that are coming to the device unlike a lot of people, the reason it was ignored is because the vast majority of people won't give a pump which is a shame, if they were to put any big focus on vita exclusives then the internet will have declared microsoft the winner of GC simply for the fact that console gamers take up more of the audience than vita owners :/

Honestly, it makes me physically Ill. Sony should be embarrassed of the way they treat Vita supporters.

Youd think with the advent of the Vita TV they at least would have allowed the remaining PSP and PSOne games to be released for it. But nope. Probably planning on PS NOW ruining that anyway... Ugh. Really rough times to be a Vita owner IMHO.

Not surprised. Vita will very likely be Sony's final portable. They obviously can't handle them properly.

Dont think i will ever support their next portable
I ll just go portable on Nintendo and console on sony next generation

Irony when vita get 6 game released today but zero attention on gamescom today

Yeah, and I thought it was largely ignore at this years e3 0.0

It's official Vita is dead

So the only show where Vita had any chance of any kind of impact....and nothing? Sony arfed up.
Guess Sony really doesn't care for it anymore, which is a sad thing. Nintendo needs core competition in the handheld ring. With Sony bowing out, whose left? NVIDIA?

Why can't the Vita have some sort of nominal success like the Wii U will be set up for? Vita has a better argument for being relevant in my opinion. I guess the difference is PS totally jumped ship on the Vita in favor of the PS4 whereas Nintendo stuck with the WIi U when they could have just cut and run on the strength of 3DS sales. Nintendo wasn't/isn't willing to cede the home console market. It looks like Sony is willing to do that with the handheld market.

Despite what Gravity Rush and Uncharted: Golden Abyss may have said to Vita owners, Sony clearly has to be thinking they overpromised with the PS3 in the palm of your hand thing. Sure, the Vita has a strong, often overlooked game library, which should only get stronger, but almost exclusively from indies here on out it seems. I love plenty of indies. I don't love the PlayStation in PlayStation Vita giving up on their own product when I already own it. What now?

Tried to trade mine in at gamestop, but they wouldn't take it because Sony put the serial number on a sticker that fell off. I am over it.

My only hope for the Vita lays in NISA, XSeed and Aksys

Largely ignored? I don't remember hearing about it at all. Granted my livestream feed cut out for about 2 minutes so maybe I missed something in that span. Still, I'm not too p*ssed about this. 100% focus needs to be on PS4.

Sony is discording in PS FAMILY,many owners are getting XBOXONE instead.

I'm really disappointed, no one cares about this handheld and Steam boy is coming soon i will buy that Pc handheld, i wish there was an xbox handheld.

I am not liking the "PS4-only" direction Sony take the last months. I love the handheld and think it has HUGE potential. Too bad the people at Sony don't think so...

It's a shame what $ony are doing to the VITA its a brilliant piece of kit, in there interview after gamescom they made out like there is a load of titles coming out for VITA... We will soon see

The sad truth is that real estate at a key notes presentation is at a premium and Sony are focussing their efforts on the console that is actually returning a profit. Vita support will continue as the console trundles along, but I wouldn't expect any more exciting exclusives that haven't already been announced.

For what it's worth, the news that Papers, Please will be released on Vita was all I wanted to hear.

It's sad, I love my Vita, I also love my 3DS (and PSP and DS/DSi).
Vita is fantastic handheld, and it's really too bad that no AAA games are coming out for it.
It's ver slow and painful death for Vita, and also the Wii U (at least N is producing some games for it)...

I think the real concern is that we didn't get to see anymore of powers.

@Pink_Floyd

It was officially dead a long time ago. People just didn't want to admit it.

I love my vita Im pretty much on it everyday. It was highly disappointing that sony didnt bother mentioning the vita at gamescon or e3 and when they do they just try to sell it off as their version of the wiiu gamepad. Thats cool and all for people who own a ps4 but for people like me who yet to get one it blows especially when they dont mention anything for gamers like me to look forward to on the vita. Its a good thing theres plenty to play on the vita now and many great games coming out till the end of the year like akiba's trip, hatsune miku f 2nd, tale of hearts r, freedom wars, senran kagura, arcana heart 3 and many digital only titles. But im really afraid to see what the vita has in store in the near future.

Am I the only one who plays the vita every day and didn't care that they showed nothing on it. Theres been about 30 releases in the last couple of months, not including psMobile games. About 8 of them cost around £30 so I presume they are fair sized budget games. Fed up of hearing the vita and wii u are dead. Such a stupid thing to say. Until you have played and completed every game on a system, there is still a lot of life left in it. And if you are done with it, then it is dead to you.

@Ps4all UK version has the imei number in the system information, no idea if you have this in the us but it should be good enough for trade in, GameStop staff in the UK are absolute morons they've double charged for stuff and even sent me a free pair of the Sony PlayStation Wireless Stereo Headset 2.0, useless.