Smaller Games Just as Important to Vita

<p>Sony’s new powerful handheld&comma; the PlayStation Vita&comma; has some fantastic blockbuster games&period; Those games certainly are enough to keep gamers busy&comma; 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&period; Games like <em>Table Top Tanks<&sol;em> and <em>MotorStorm RC<&sol;em> seem to be designed with the iOS and Android market in mind&period; Shuhei Yoshida&comma; president of Sony World Wide Studios&comma; believes that games like these are just as important to the platform’s growth as the big budget titles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While speaking in an interview with <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamasutra&period;com&sol;view&sol;news&sol;172034&sol;Yoshida&lowbar;Small&lowbar;games&lowbar;indies&lowbar;crucial&lowbar;to&lowbar;Vita&lowbar;success&period;php" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Gamasutra<&sol;a>&comma; Yoshida said that Sony has been inspired by the growth of the smartphone and tablet markets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The whole development process of Vita was us watching the smartphone and the tablet market grow and blossom&period; We’ve seen lots of small games sold digitally through the app stores of each device&comma; and that’s something we thought is a great addition to the whole offering of video games to the consumers&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We do not necessarily see the smartphone replacing the portable console market&period; It’s true that many casual people already own smartphones&comma; and spending a dollar for a game is a very easy thing to do&period; People who really like games want more immersive&comma; deeper games&period; In addition&comma; they also enjoy short-form&comma; small games&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued by saying that titles such as <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;category&sol;news&sol;e3&sol;page&sol;5&sol;">Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops Declassified<&sol;a><&sol;em> and <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;assassins-creed-iii-liberation-bundle-announced-ps-vita&sol;">Assassin’s Creed III” Liberation<&sol;a> <&sol;em>are important to the hand held&comma; Sony also has to support indie developers who are making smaller games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He concluded&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We can take care of lots of indie developers and individuals who want to express themselves — we do it for the love of it&comma; almost&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not like small games sell &dollar;100 million revenues&period; But we really think it&&num;8217&semi;s important to work with younger people&comma; and people who really sometimes disregard conventions of making games&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When games are made by a small number of people&comma; the creative vision of one person really shines through the entire game&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s really where we find some magic happens&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pushsquare&period;com&sol;news&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;sony&lowbar;recognises&lowbar;the&lowbar;importance&lowbar;of&lowbar;smaller&lowbar;games&lowbar;on&lowbar;vita&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitterfeed&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter">Push Square<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;