Earlier this week, just after press conference day, Square Enix dropped one of E3’s biggest bombshells — that they’re remaking the PSP game Final Fantasy Type-0 and bringing it to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One here in North America.
This was exciting news for fans desperate to play one of the few Final Fantasy games that never made it out of Japan. All of those fan petitions had worked, and now Type-0 was coming here. Plus, as the PlayStation Blog reported on Tuesday morning, Type-0 would also be coming to Vita.
Except… wait… just a few minutes later, Sony issued a correction. No Vita. Just consoles. Whoops.
Update: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is coming to PS4 not PS Vita. Apologies for confusion!
— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) June 10, 2014
A whole bunch of fans were immediately pissed, and took to the comments of the PlayStation Blog to complain about Sony getting everyone’s hopes up only to shoot them down a few minutes later. That Type-0 post on the PS Blog currently has 1319 comments, almost all of them complaints about the game not coming to Vita.
Exacerbating this drama were some tweets from Sony’s Shahid Kamal Ahmad, who has spent months actively promoting the Twitter hashtag “#jrpgvita” and promising big Vita announcements for people who like Japanese role-playing games.
On Tuesday, when Sony announced Type-0 for Vita, Ahmad wrote the following:
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. Coming to PS Vita. http://t.co/zE2Af0T0g4 #jrpgvita is this what you might call a megaton?
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) June 10, 2014
Don’t thank me. Thank Lorenzo. He persuaded me about the whole #jrpgvita thing. He deserves the credit. And thank yourselves!
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) June 10, 2014
Persist. Believe. Persevere. Win.
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) June 10, 2014
But then…
Whoops, I jumped the gun. Blog post now updated. You can kick me now. (But we will keep on pushing for it and I know you will too)
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) June 10, 2014
Though Ahmad says Sony is still working on getting the game to Vita, a whole lot of fans are very pissed off about the whole situation. Square Enix designed Final Fantasy Type-0 as a portable game for the Vita’s predecessor, the PSP, so many gamers expected to be able to play it on the go. And Sony’s big screw-up poured a gallon of salt into that wound.
Combine this Type-0 mess with a PlayStation press conference that was underwhelming for Sony’s unappreciated handheld, and you’ve got yourself a whole lot of angry Vita fans. So now there’s a petition, and even a popular new Twitter hashtag: #NOVITANOBUY.
A lot of people are pissed. To give you a taste of some of the reactions out there:
“People bought this hardware expecting greatness and ended up with left over scraps of empty promises #NOVITANOBUY ” @SquareEnixUSA
— William Santos (@William_SJ) June 12, 2014
I won’t buy a PS4 until Sony proves that they won’t abandon the Vita. #novitanobuy
— James Galizio (@Theswweet) June 10, 2014
WE WANT PORTABLE EXPERIENCES, NOT AN EXPENSIVE PS4 CONTROLER. FF Type-0 #NOVITANOBUY @SquareEnixUSA @FinalFantasy
— ~Lord Gore~ (@MigueKatsura666) June 10, 2014
If @PlayStation spent as much time at #E32014 talking about TV as they did the #PsVita then imagine what could’ve been @Yosp #NOVITANOBUY
— DethJester7 (@DethJester7) June 11, 2014
I thought that the announce day of ff type-0’s western release was goin to be awesome but now just look at us. @Squareenix #NoVitaNoBuy
— Bloodshed (@Monzterpunk) June 11, 2014
If Sony’s not going to support it’s system then fine, but come out and say it! Don’t give the customers this kind on disrespect #NoVitaNoBuy
— David (@daviogbe) June 11, 2014
@giocorsi Damage control? No need to embarrass yourselves anymore, : #BuildingTheList #BuildingTheLies #NoMoreLies #NOVITANOBUY #PSMors
— Shrink007 (@Shrink007_SFS) June 11, 2014
The vita isn’t some streaming device @playstation it’s a console one that needs actual support instead of buzzwords #NOVITANOBUY
— Ryan Young (@ThatVidyaGuy) June 12, 2014
#NOVITANOBUY does not want @FinalFantasy Type-0 to fail anywhere. We simply want to play the game on the handheld we fought hard for.
— Luka (@TyrannikosCM) June 12, 2014
I’m really tired of this neglect toward the vita community it’s actually just insulting at this point… #NOVITANOBUY
— !¡! PSVITA !¡! (@arman_sabahi) June 11, 2014
@SquareEnixUSA even if you stay silent nobody will just forget this #NOVITANOBUY
— Ryan Young (@ThatVidyaGuy) June 12, 2014
Remote play is good, but I’ve not bought an accessorie for PS4. #NOVITANOBUY
— Foxylary (@Foxylary) June 12, 2014
To all who think #NOVITANOBUY is dumb understand that it’s not just about #FFType0 it’s about the complete lack of support of vita owners
— No, I’m Dirty Dan (@yungbananabread) June 12, 2014
People bought this hardware expecting greatness and ended up with left over scraps of empty promises #NOVITANOBUY #NoVitaNoSupport
— No, I’m Dirty Dan (@yungbananabread) June 12, 2014
@PlayStationEU Yeah, like saying Final Fantasy Type-0 was coming to Vita when it was just PS4 awkward.
— Jonathan (@IMissBionix) June 12, 2014
Comments
12 responses to “Vita Fans Are Pissed About Final Fantasy Type-0”
All the rage is pretty justified.
They should be raging at Square Enix – they’re the ones making the game, not Sony.
Maybe Sony will take note?
In other news: pigs flew over the pacific last week.
Well, was a simple slip.
Not angry tho. Having both a ps4 and vita, I can remote play it, so its kiiiiiinda the same…
I dunno, whatevs. I only care about this game mildly…
Uh… what about us loyal PSP fans who could have used an English release three years ago?
There’s a fan translation out. In fact it released a couple of days before E3 and probably forced Squenix’s hand.
Squeenix has been showing the greatest amount of disregard for it’s non-US customers lately, this is just another nail in the coffin.
Eh, I’m quite happy with it on ps4. Heck i play peacewalker more on ps3 than I do on my handheld.
The way some of these people put it, I actually feel pretty bad for them. I’m a vita owner too and I enjoy my games. Sucks they don’t get to have a title they obviously want dearly.
>Bought a vita
>expected it to succeed
lol sillies
I get it, the Vita isn’t selling, but still Sony’s support of the Vita has been abysmal since the launch of the PS4. Before the PS4 came about they pushed the Vita hard, it was a great time to own a Vita. Look at what Nintendo is doing with the Wii U. It’s failing just as hard but they are continuing to push it hard. They aren’t going to let it die without a fight. I’m not buying a PS4 before Sony whips into the Vita. Vita supposedly means life. I’m not seeing that.
The Vita died when Nintendo acquired exclusive rights to the handheld Monster Hunter games. Now it’s stuck in a viocious circles of no games being developed means no customers, and no customers means no games being developed.