Comments on: Home Games on the Vita?

By: mnmsgin

mnmsgin — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:24:14 +0000

OMG I would be going out to buy one right away if Novus Prime was on the Vita. I could be walking around the store while smashing Bots!! That would be cool.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:01:47 +0000

I like the idea of people having a way to buy the new stuff in Home from a Vita, that would be good marketing and a way to promote Home too. I will probably never get a Vita, but that is because I have never gotten into handhelds at all since they were conceived. The screen is too small for my tastes,even though they have made them larger now. I don’t use my phone for the internet or gaming for the same reason.
I think some games would translate well enough though, like Bounce and Scribble Shooter, and perhaps Sodium one and two. They would have to have that low price, and it might attract new users as Norse mentioned. Interesting read Norse, I think you may be onto something.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:37:54 +0000

You know what I’m gonna say, dont you? Home’s games just ain’t strong enough to stand on their own. S1 and S2 may be, and Tycoon could. But most rely on the insatiable appetite of rewards that they bring the main Home users as validation, rather than good old fashioned game-play. I ain’t peein’ on your fire here though Norse, its a sound idea to have Home content on the Vita.

I do think that Home should be integrated into the Vita some how, but it’s that somehow that’s the problem. To me, I think it should just be a case of having an app that allows you to properly browse and buy Home items directly from the Vita, so you can pick up your new stuff on arrival from a PS3. So if you’re at work when the new stuff comes in on a Wednesday instead of having to wait till after work/school/whatever, you can start buying your new toys during your break! It might be lucrative for Sony, and handy for us!

An improved, more detailed search system could be implemented for items, I’m sure the Vita could handle the wardrobe previews for clothing items too. They could gather all the little showcase videos in one neat little place as well, so they’d be advertising content that cant afford to do so within Home itself maybe. It could be a pretty strong marketing tool for Home I think. I’m sure you could parcel off Home arcades while you’re at it, like that Game About Bouncing, Super Hero Mad House etc.

Oh and Norse; Feels good man, thanks for the chance. : )