Google Play now makes more in gaming revenue than Nintendo or Sony

4. buccob (Posts: 2733; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)

Even though I never had a PSP and my mobile gaming is within my phone... I completely agree with you...

It would have been a killer move to do a PSP with android built-in... and in the near future with the current convergence strategy (camera phones, tablet phones, etc) it would make sense to do a proper PSP Xperia Phone...

9. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)

They would get much better sales.

15. buccob (Posts: 2733; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)

Yeah specially when timing is the most critical point in smartphone manufacturing world... (and luck)... when it comes to niche products that want to become mainstream

For example

Motorola Atrix 4G was the first Smartphone/Laptop crossover... But hardware and software (2.2, 2.3) at the time sucked for such potential...

Asus made the PadFone, a more logical step... but with EurAsia avaiability only... and an extremely high price

Sony Ericsson made their Xperia Play... but also with huge hardware limitations... and little games advantages... And one would say it was popular enough to make people aware of itself... but overall a dissapointment

Now, if they were to make those devices today, with high end specs, and fixing their old shortcomings... I am not saying they would become popular... (because 1st impression is important) but they would have an incredibly better chance to survive, if done right...

The market today is flooded with Phablet, the trend is leaning towars camera phones... BUT there is still room for the devices I just mentioned if they are donde properly...

There are no alternative to a Phone/Laptop... or Phone/Tablet and a Phone/PSP yet...

11. renz4 (Posts: 319; Member since: 10 Aug 2013)

Updating the internal hardware on on frequent basis is going to go against the very foundation of the console business itself. Of course we see updated version from time to time but normally that's only limited to memory amount or storage capacity or using much cheaper component.

12. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)

It seems like the common solution to everything nowadays is to just thrown on Android OS. Adding Android to the Vita accomplishes absolutely nothing...The reason App Store and the Play Store have more revenue has to do with the simple fact that pretty much everyone already has a smartphone and therefore buying a game isn't too difficult.

The games for the PS Vita (and even DS) are already tons better than what's available in the Play Store. Are more people going to buy the Vita because now they can play Cut the Rope both on their smartphone and on their gaming system? Or maybe sales will increase because they can customize their Vita so it can match the homescreens of their phones.

The real problem here is the price tag. Most people would choose to play a simple game to keep them busy and only spend an extra $.99 to $3.99 versus paying $199 for the Vita and then $14.99 to $39.99 for every high-quality game afterwards.

14. juandante (banned) (Posts: 679; Member since: 23 Apr 2013)

I stopped reading to the second "Play Store". The reality is Android is an Open OS, and if Sony threw Android on their Vita this doesn't mean in anyway that their games have to be Java-emulated and exclusively online Play Store depended.

As an Android device, they can use the exact same DRM based system and native game support (as on the current Vita and all other old PSP), and in consequence, in addition of having UMD games (I don't know witch material Vita games use), they will have Android games and all other Android ecosystem of now.

Throwing Android on the Vita is just a win-win situation. The only effort Sony have to make is to push the developers to use the native language and to make them confident enough on the quality of the DRM chip the "Vita Android" would be using for those other devs to program HQ games like Uncharted without worrying about hack.

16. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)

Throwing Android on the Vita does nothing for it. There have been many Android powered devices (non-smartphone/tablet) that have been released and haven't done well. This is probably because people don't care to have Android on all their devices.

Having Android is not going to increase the quality of gaming on the Vita end of story. Most of the games are extremely basic and a lot of developers don't really spend time making sure the graphics and game itself works well on Android smartphones... and then you have to worry about skins, updates, smoothness/lagginess, compatability with applications....talk about a decrease in perceived value of PS Vita. Why don't we just throw Android onto the PS3 and Xbox while we're at it?

22. buccob (Posts: 2733; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)

Having Android does not increase the quality of gaming, but it allows you to have a wider range of options...

17. renz4 (Posts: 319; Member since: 10 Aug 2013)

well after the mess with ps3 and linux i don't know if it will be sony interest to allow android to run on vita

20. madpiyal (Posts: 108; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)

I think putting Android in PS Vita will be a huge mistake. Because the original game developer will lose to the popular android based game. Which u n I both know will be a degradation in gaming quality. Eventually we the gamer will lose and have to make do with crappy and boring android games. And there is another big fact in android which is fragmentation which will one day or another catch PS Vita(android). And with every version of android will come lot of issues. Not only that the lagging issue of Android will make the user experience worse. And lastly people will think why bother to buy a Vita when all the big titles can also be played in their own mobile phone. That will destroy PSP from the earth.

21. renz4 (Posts: 319; Member since: 10 Aug 2013)

that's what i'm thinking as well. with android on board the original developer of ps vita have to compete with android developer that use to make free and cheap games. to compete with android game developer vita might take similar approach with what android dev has been doing: IAP. that or drop the platform altogether.

5. Blazers (Posts: 467; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)

They should make up for that in ad revenue. And all the major games are the same price on Google Play as they are in the App Store.

18. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2720; Member since: 26 May 2011)

Ad revenue is not taken into account in this data

10. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)

If a paid game has inapp purchases the developers are a bunch of greedy POS.

13. Sauce (unregistered)

Well said. I completely agree. I was actually feeling the same thing today as I was playing a few games on my phone.