PlayStation Vita needs games, according to Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto. Speaking to Edge in Paris, the Mario creator praised the system’s high-specs, but insisted the need for software.
“It’s obviously a very hi-spec machine, and you can do lots of things with it,” he said of the handheld, which launched in the U.S. and Europe this February. “But I don’t really see the combination of software and hardware that really makes a very strong product.”
Miyamoto noted that 3DS faced similar troubles during its launch period.
“When we launched the 3DS hardware we didn’t have Super Mario 3D Land, we didn’t have Mario Kart 7, we didn’t have Kid Icarus: Uprising,” he said. “We were striving to have all of these ready for the launch, but we weren’t able to deliver them at that time.
“We were kind of hoping that people would, nevertheless, buy into the product, find 3DS hardware promising, but looking back we have to say we realise the key software was missing when we launched the hardware.”
Following price cut in August, 3DS has been selling like hotcakes ever since.