It's become a den of anti-corporate, pro-piracy fanboys who had anyone who dares to sell anything for a profit.

there is a fee involved, and I suspect, an ios style contract for selling apps, revenue sharing, etc.

Herp, derp. Seriously, can the anti-sony fanboys at least be original in their bashing every once in a while?

Took them less then that, uncharted 2 was magnificent looking in all areas. UC 1showed a lot of promise as well, and that came out around year 1.

It also used it as a shift in priorities for the PlayStation division. Kaz wanted something easy to make games for, like the ps1. The best way to do that was common hardware.

Which is why everyone hated Vita development, right? Clearly they have learned nothing in the six years since the ps3 launched.

Slashdot has become a den of self-entitled hackers, crackers, and pirates. The site has really fallen in recent years.

Oh please no one actually cared about that feature till it was gone. Heck, the vast majority never even knew you could do it.

And, interestingly, received none of the complaints sony got. I suppose that's because sony scrapped it very early in the generation, while Nintendo kept it till pretty recently. Nintendo's biggest problem is they are very arrogant, and seemingly think nothing of any other developer. their consoles are designed to play the games they want to make, and not what others may want to do. That's why the 3ds lacked power, a second stick, or even an online network worth note.

The poor Japanese sales were, imho, largely due to the lack of the killer app: monster hunter. Until that game, or something very close to it, drops for the vita, sales will lag behind a bit. The 3ds had the same problem over there till Tri-g came out, then suddenly it flew off the shelves. Sony's probably wining and dining Capcom to ether ensure Mh 4 gets a psv release, or get some other psv focused MH game out.