Sony executives have insisted they are perfectly satisfied with the performance of PlayStation Vita thus far.
Indeed, despite the widespread perception that Sony’s new pocket brick has struggled since its launch in December 2011, the company insists it’s on track in terms of sales forecasts.
Speaking with Joystiq, Scott Rohde, Sony’s senior vice president of product development, commented: “We’re building a lot of additional titles internally. A lot of good third-party support, you saw that announced at our press conference.”
“So, we think that it’s certainly on the rise. Still doing well. Would we like it to do better? Of course. And we’re doing everything we can in terms of providing great new content – sixty titles next year – to ensure that that will happen."
“There are a lot of other bigger and smaller things that we just haven’t announced yet,” teased Rohde.
Elsewhere, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) hardware marketing boss John Koller observed that digital sales for PS Vita have done especially well, and that the majority of those who own the device are also PS3 gamers.
“Right now we’re on forecast to where we thought the platform would be,” said Koller. “We knew there was a market. Our research pointed over the last four years of creating it that there was a market. We still absolutely believe that.”
“The digital side has far surpassed our expectations. It shows the type of consumer who has come into the market. It’s a PS3 owner. Almost across the board, the Vita owner has been a PS3 owner,” he added.
Nonetheless, Rohde chipped in again and admitted he would have changed a few things regarding the launch of PS Vita.
“If I could go back in time, maybe I would’ve spread out some of the software releases a little bit," he said.
Sony has come under much scrutiny for its press conference at E3 last week, where the platform holder failed to dedicate a substantial portion of the show to PS Vita.
While we did get a new Assassin’s Creed and the logo for Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified, many were expecting considerably more software announcements, specifically in terms of first-party titles.