An anonymous quote from Japan's Nikkei newspaper paints a bleak picture for the future of the PlayStation Vita, but Scott Rohde, Sony's senior vice president of Worldwide Studios, rebuts.
The PlayStation Vita has failed to catch fire in the Japanese marketplace since its December launch -- being routinely beaten in weekly sales by its predecessor, the PSP, which is still popular there, as well as Nintendo's 3DS.
A story was written for Nikkei by Kiyoshi Shin, the head of Japan's IGDA branch. In that story, he claims a major game industry source had this to say.
"Major Japanese companies are canceling all projects intended for the Vita and are changing development to the 3DS."
Obviously Sony says that's not the case, but you have to wonder how much Sony wants to let on while the system is yet to fully launch outside of Japan.
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