Thread:Nep-Nep/@comment-26913812-20151014193423/@comment-24978536-20151026135417

Simply the fact it is a hand-held console, and I believe the Japanese are really fond of them, so it isn't really a bad marketing strategy in Japan. Also, the other main hand-held console is 3DS, which is vastly different with it's dual screen system that brings obvious compatibility issues between the two consoles (as far as I know, there isn't even a single game that is released for both, PSV and 3DS). Well, the PSV engine should be fairly similar to other sony home-consoles though, and there are some PSV games that have been released for PS4 and PS3 too, but I'm guessing many game makers have still deemed it more profitable to do PSV exclusives due to the popularity of PSV in Japan and any additional costs other consoles could bring. Aside from being a hand-held console, there aren't that many other special features to PSV: There is the touch screen that almost all games make use of in some way, and admittedly it is fun to poke / pet characters in some games like Hyperdimension Neptunia PP. Ultimately though, it is usually just an alternative way of playing the game, as most of the games are made in such a way playing without the use of touch screen is usually possible (and most of the time the things you can only do with the touch screen could easily be substituted with something on the home-console controllers). There is also the motion detectors in the PSV, but it is rarely used and there are motion detectors in PS3 and PS4 controllers too, so it isn't completely unique to PSV only.

So yeah, I'd say it is the popularity of the PSV in Japan, though I'm not 100% sure if PSV is as popular there as I think it is. Now that I think about it again, I do see that the PSV may be loved a bit too much... There also exists things like these, which boggles my mind...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_TV

I'm expecting a fairly easy event this time around. With the mini-event and summer event behind, and also the dev's mention of the event's size, I view it as the most probable option. The last map may be a very difficult one though, maybe around Winter 2015 E-5's level. I wouldn't mind a difficult last map, as I like difficult events in the first place.