Sony has ‘orphaned’ PS Vita a bit, says former PlayStation boss

Former CEO of PlayStation America, Jack Tretton, believes the portable has not received the necessary support from the company.

PS Vita has been one of those video game consoles, a powerful and attractive portable computer that is often misunderstood. didn’t know how to reach the massesIt was Sony’s most unsuccessful console and the last of its handheld consoles. One of the criticisms PlayStation received about PS Vita, lack of platform supportcriticism shared by Former CEO of PlayStation America.

Tretton describes the PS Vita as good technology that does not have the necessary support.Jack TrettonIn an interview with Axios magazine published in his newsletter, he admitted that he felt ‘the laptop’.a little orphan‘ from Sony. Tretton explained that while there are technologies he thinks are good, they simply ‘do not have the level of support they need’. The former manager pointed out that even if you have good technology, you still need to invest in marketing. strengthen it and encourage the development of this new venture.

In this sense, Tretton other technologies company like PlayStation VR. In 2016, the former executive referred to the PS Vita as ‘a great machine that came too late’ and said: mobile devices As part of the commercial failure of Sony’s portable product: ‘the world has turned its eyes to portable devices that are not exclusive to video games’.

We learned about Jack Tretton just yesterday that he is looking to acquire a video game company for $1,000 million through PowerUp Acquisition, the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that exPlayStation has been part of for several months. Meanwhile, the director of Gravity Rush, most popular franchises Those born on the PS Vita expressed a desire to make a third game in the saga.