No First Party Vita Games in Development

Instead Sony is focusing on the PlayStation 4.

According to senior VP Masayasu Ito, Sony is leaving PlayStation Vita game development up to third parties as it focuses on PS4.

"Currently, first-party studios have no titles in development for PS Vita," Ito said. "Since third parties are working very hard on PS Vita, SCE's own strategy is to focus on PS4, which is a new platform."

These comments came after referencing that third-party games continue to be released for the nearly four-year-old (in Japan) system.

"At the beginning, the PS Vita did not resonate with age targets under 20, but now the situation is changing and the popularity with younger demographics is increasing. Minecraft: PS Vita Edition has provided a boost," Ito said, referencing last year's release. "In addition to that, a variety of third-party games [are] also planned for the future, and in order to further accelerate that flow, we decided to release new colors for the PS Vita this fall."