Heavy Iron Studios recently struck out at the PS Vita as not financially viable in today’s market. Crytek is concurring with this sentiment, saying that tablets are replacing gaming-only portable devices.
“While it’s a nice achievement from Sony in the first step it’s not something we would take into consideration in the short term,” said Crytek managing director Avni Yerli. “I can see that the multifunctions that devices like tablets offer is a big advantage of them. And I think people want one mobile device that can do multiple things. Considering this, I think those handhelds are lacking in that area and they are losing ground, actually. I think they have to be more innovative.”
Explaining why Crytek isn’t making anything for PS Vita, he said, “In the first place anything new and exciting gets our attention, regardless of what it is. But then the second step is does it fit to what we want to do? Will our people like to work on this? It’s all very important. The team must pick it up as well, or a dedicated team we think can pick it up. But ultimately it must make sense in the context of Crytek. And then sometimes we say ‘OK, that’s a nice piece of technology but it doesn’t fit’ so we leave it. It’s a matter of whether it fits basically, with the strategy of Crytek.”
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
