We’ve all had that “where the heck in the Mall is this thing?” moment, so that would be a win.

And since the Vita is linked to existing PSN accounts, it could actually be used for Home purchases. Get what you want on your Vita, and it’s waiting when you get home and log in.

As a side app where residents can over see the personal clothing and winter chalet empire. Vita:home would be as much of a tool as it is an inroad to Home.

I stayed away from the financial concerns of Vita:Home for the most part because it felt like a digression, but here are some thoughts showing the fiscal upside for Sony.

The Vita app, which would be less grand spaces and more direct view, would be a perfect platform for activity announcements. Sales, events, new space mini tours (Camera fly throughs and such) could all be easily flashed to Vita:home via in space monitors or direct tap icons that the touch screens make easy to use, but are harder to target in the PS:Home interface. Release day would be a breeze for fashionistas, as they could jump to Wardrobe and tap and Whats New area of their closet and see all the new gear listed by store/location/gender/political relevance or whatever.

All of this would make selling easier, as well as buying. That makes the Vita the GO TO item for Home users looking to pick up gear while also giving them a tool to enjoy what they already have.

Sony has already spent a LOT on a service that was free for a long time, and now only is partially supported by micro transactions, so their willingness to drop more money into developing a large (this would be a serious time investment for Sony) add on for a second system has to be offset by the ability to recoup some of that investment.

HearItWow, You are right that with development on the PS4 and its version of Home will make Sony think twice before trying to attack the Vita:Home question, but I think this is the time for them to start. They rolled out Remote play with the PSP before they had half of it ready and used it as a beta test. I think in the long run Sony would be doing itself a favor starting out on it now and releasing it and testing it now, before the PS4 releases. Home has matured over the last few years, and become what we love, and I think Vita:Home would do well in the same development model.

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ALacrityFitz

With the PS4 likely about two years away and some early buzz coming from developers about the next iteration of Home, where does the Vita fit into things? It would make sense for the PS4 to be Vita compatible, and I suspect Sony will make sure that happens to preserve the lifespan of the handheld.

This leads to the next question: What happens to Home on the PS4? The current version will need to be upgraded (maybe we’ll even get 1080p graphics), and there’s a sticky point of backwards compatibility to consider for current Home users. The ideal Home strategy would need to account for PS4 and PS3 users in the same spaces, so that everyone who can’t buy a PS4 on launch day isn’t left out, but we’ll see how that goes.

The long and short of it is that Home will need a new core to run on the PS4. That takes time and resources, which are likely better spent on developing the PS4 version of Home, which will last for at least seven years, than a Vita version of Home, which will need to be replaced in two years.

I think there is hope for the Vita users out there to see Home someday, but I think it’s going to be a long time coming.