Sony’s new powerful handheld, the PlayStation Vita, has some fantastic blockbuster games. Those games certainly are enough to keep gamers busy, but if they were to dig a little bit deeper they would find just as rich of a gaming experience from some of the smaller titles that are available. Games like Table Top Tanks and MotorStorm RC seem to be designed with the iOS and Android market in mind. Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony World Wide Studios, believes that games like these are just as important to the platform’s growth as the big budget titles.
While speaking in an interview with Gamasutra, Yoshida said that Sony has been inspired by the growth of the smartphone and tablet markets.
He added:
“The whole development process of Vita was us watching the smartphone and the tablet market grow and blossom. We’ve seen lots of small games sold digitally through the app stores of each device, and that’s something we thought is a great addition to the whole offering of video games to the consumers.”
“We do not necessarily see the smartphone replacing the portable console market. It’s true that many casual people already own smartphones, and spending a dollar for a game is a very easy thing to do. People who really like games want more immersive, deeper games. In addition, they also enjoy short-form, small games.”
He continued by saying that titles such as Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified and Assassin’s Creed III” Liberation are important to the hand held, Sony also has to support indie developers who are making smaller games.
He concluded:
“We can take care of lots of indie developers and individuals who want to express themselves — we do it for the love of it, almost. It’s not like small games sell $100 million revenues. But we really think it’s important to work with younger people, and people who really sometimes disregard conventions of making games.”
“When games are made by a small number of people, the creative vision of one person really shines through the entire game. That’s really where we find some magic happens.”
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