Uncharted: Golden Abyss, the not-bad black sheep in the exclusive series, could yet come to the PlayStation 4. In an interview with Australian website Finder.com, community strategist Arne Meyer explained that a port of the Vita launch title is "not out of the question" – but ultimately it's not up to Naughty Dog whether it happens or not.
"I think that I was asked this at Eurogamer Expo and Shuhei Yoshida was sitting in the front row and I pitched it off on him and I was like, 'You have to go talk to Shu about this,' which is what the case is," he explained. "But it's definitely not out of the question. I mean anything is possible. I know there hasn't been talk about that recently, but there's no reason why it can't happen either."
But with Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection already out and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End right around the corner, would it be worth the effort? The likes of Tearaway Unfolded and Gravity Rush Remastered have proven that games can successfully make the jump from the handheld, but Golden Abyss' complex touch controls would need to be reworked.
We gave the Sony Bend developed spin-off an 8/10 in our review, describing it as "an impressive feat". However, the game was never nearly as ambitious as its console counterparts, and so we're not convinced that it would play on the big screen. And considering that the story is anything but essential, we reckon this will probably remain tied to the portable that it launched alongside.
[source finder.com]
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I wouldn't be opposed to it. Seeing this game in true HD would be great as it is very much under the radar. It's not the best in the series, but definitely still worth playing. It would also be cool to have every main series Uncharted title on one console.
In my personal opinion, they should just leave it.
Yeah, just leave it on the Vita. It's completely forgettable
If they were going to release it on PS4 they should have included it with the Nathan Drake Collection. I have it on my Vita and I enjoy it but, I would not purchase or play it on PS4. That game was not made for the big screen.
I feel that porting Golden Abyss to PS4 would do more harm to the series than good.
I personally wouldn't mind, since it'll be easier to get, and having every Uncharted so far on one system would be cool. But since the collection is already out, I don't know if the game itself would stand alone on PS4. I've never played it, so I can't speak for the game's quality.
It's pretty easy to see why it would be nice, especially since we're also getting Gravity Rush on PS4, but Golden Abyss is a different matter I think.
Please stop pillaging the Vita, exploiting it for every last drop you can squeeze Sony.
Good grief.
This is why your handheld is dying. Instead of adding exclusives (aka reasons to own the system) TO the Vita, you're stealing them away FROM the Vita. One by one by one, until soon it will have nothing left.
Does PS4 really need this? No! But the Vita needs every last exclusive it has (and then some).
These companies HAVE to learn to play the long game, not the short. With Sony already admitting they don't have another handheld in the works, Vita is it for at least the next 5 or so years (maybe longer). Why pillage and plunder it's library instead of building it up?
I just don't get it.
Sorry but no! If they want sell to me this game they should put it on the collection, no way I'll buy a new game just for this spin off.
@JaxonH Honestly, to them the Vita is probably dead already. You ask some people, they'll probably tell you it's been dead for a while now! So this kinda thing isn't out of the realm of possibility.
I agree that they should support their product instead of picking it apart, but right now the Vita is practically that botched science project they made in middle school. So taking parts of it to make it's new project better is probably their thought right now.
In the case of Gravity Rush, I actually support a PS4 version because it can get the name some exposure. In Golden Abyss's case, while I'd like it as an easy out, I also feel it may not work as a standalone console game. I understand how you feel, but this their business now, I suppose.
@DerMeister
What you say makes sense, they probably do see it as a failed legacy platform.
But until they pull it from store shelves and halt production, I say they have a responsibility to support it. And if they refuse to support it, then at the VERY least do no further harm to it.
It's one thing to stop selling it and take the pieces left and start building elsewhere. But they're still selling it, and producing it, and that's why I believe they deserve no slack for this.
@JaxonH I don't know why they haven't killed it off yet if they dumped it so badly. My only real guesses are because there are developers that continue to support it, or that they just don't want to come straight out and say it's a failure. I haven't followed the Vita closely, so I don't really know. It really is sad. They shouldn't get slack for it. I wouldn't want to buy a nice system just to see it get no support, after all.
@get2sammyb Agreed, it was a good game for sure, but it's right at home on the Vita, and I'd rather they stopped short of putting up every single Vita game on the PS4. It missed the train with the Uncharted Collection too anyway.
I'd settle for Sony just patching Golden Abyss to be playable on the PlayStation TV. There's no reason why the touch sections couldn't be replicated with the DualShock 4's touchpad.
wouldnt mind it, but prefer they left some Vita exclusives, as Vita exclusives. No need to kick it while it's down.
aah - the Complete Collection, coming soon, including Golden Abyss and all updates and patches, only $60!
they could just release it as a PSN Game, they wouldn't need to do a lot then and because of the PS4 Touchpad they don't even have to remove the touch controls
@get2sammyb Hey, I think it would be a perfect PS Store fit then.
@FullbringIchigo I just read your comment and it's exactly my thoughts. PS4 controller is really cool, including the touchpad, and the PS Store is perfect for smaller releases.
Sure! Vita could use one less exclusive and PS4 could use yet another remaster!
I'm sure this won't go down well, but I'd happily get this again on ps4.
It's not that the Vita is bad, but personally I found it very uncomfortable to play. The sticks just felt wrong to me and the shoulder buttons felt loose, plus the face buttons were hard edged and occasionally unresponsive. Maybe I just got a bad vita, but as a console I just couldn't take to it.
It wouldn't have been so bad if there were a few more KZ Mercenaries and Uncharted GA's, but the abandonment of the console by Sony forced me to sell mine long ago.
I've since bought a Vita TV and playing vita games with a ps4 controller is a joy!
I don't think that Naughty Dog should. A waste of resources
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