Hotline Miami on PS3, PS Vita this spring

@Geminon Are you sure? Or are you mistaking it with Retro City Rampage?

If that's the case, let me tell you that the only things both games share is the pixelated retro graphics and the violence. Hotline Miami is a MUCH superior game. Retro City is just retro gamer fan service and doesn't stand on its own beyond constant nostalgic references. Hotline Miami is its own beast, with gameplay that has no parallel in ANY era. The retro look is just a means to an end.

@Geminon i can not. just checked, it must have been pulled. 

@debryson The game runs on any controller not just the 360 controller specifically. The 360 controller is also natively supported for PC outside from the actual Xbox 360.

@debryson Message Microsoft. I'm pretty sure it would be a smash hit on XBLA. But Microsoft has to be interested in publishing it. Don't ask here or the developers, demand it to the ones with the power to actually publish it. I'll bet my whole game collection that the PSN port is happening because Sony guys approached the devs after seeing the game's critical acclaim in 2012.

@debryson 

Buy it on Steam? the game would work on a netbook, it's not like its Crysis 3.

@metroidhunterx Someone with little programming knowledge can make a platforming game, that doesn't make it Super Mario Brothers.

Programming and game design are not the same things.

This is a great game and deserves any awards it gets.

@Memories0fBlood Same here. Even if it isn't cross-buy I'll get it again on the Vita since it seems to fit that console better. I'm also expecting the port to have better controls than the PC version - none of the control schemes there was ideal and wholly intuitive.

@firehawk998 I wish there was an Indie Game College somewhere with postgraduated teachers who would make all freshman play Hotline Miami, slap them in the face twice and yell "NO, NOT A FUCKING DERIVATIVE 2D PLATFORMER YOU COCKSUCKER! LOOK! THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE! RETRO LOOK, YES, BUT ***NEW GAMEPLAY***!"

@Grovilis I have played the game many times on PC both using mouse and keyboard and a PS3 controller and the game was fine with both. I prefer the mouse and keyboard but I wasn't extremely hindered with a controller. My main problem was that it would register a button press twice in one press. So when I used a trigger to pick up a weapon it would sometimes throw the weapon as I picked it up, though that could be more refined easily. 

One advantage tot he controller especially for non PC gamers is the ability to hold the joystick in one direction and know that you will attack in that direction as the mouse cursor can get lost in lots of action. 

Though when using guns it is harder to be accurate because you cannot simply put the cursor over an enemy and shoot.

@Grovilis It works at least as well with the controller as with the mouse/keyboard, just with different strengths. I mean, actually none of the schemes is ideal. M/k seems better at aiming (no surprise there) but controller makes movement easier, which is crucial in a game where you may need to move very swiftly not to die at the last moment in your Nth attempt. I ended up playing to completion on the controller as I tried to avoid using guns most of the time anyway (they're noisy and all, as we know).

If the Vita/PSN version manages to somehow change how aiming/targeting is done and achieve a solution that's more intuitive than just trying to point to a general direction, it will outstrip both control schemes on the PC version by a mile. It can't just reproduce the Xbox controller scheme anyway as this scheme uses the R3 button to lock on targets, and the Vita sticks are not "pressable". Let's see how it comes out.

@Grovilis Gamepad support was added to the PC version and it actually controls extremely well that way. I was pleasantly surprised. It will be great on the Vita and PS3.

@highlanderjimd Correction: ****Xbox 360**** piracy is massive.

The PS3 can be cracked now, but constant system updates made the whole process way more complicated and involved after time, and piracy in the console doesn't reach 10% of the levels seen on the PC or the Xbox. And that's despite both consoles having basically the same user base size.

If most torrent sites and hackers/crackers were based in the US you could say the piracy levels are biased, but that's not the case. The truth of the matter is that the Xbox is WAY easier to crack.

@highlanderjimd the thing is, the developer applauded the pirating, but hated because he did not get paid. i have never pirated a game, but i have a cd (and bought them later) but for many developers, they have said pirating has helped spark the popularity of the games. hell, i played starcraft on a pirated disc, and i am still looking for a legit copy because i LOVE that game. 

@dominoodle Take a second look at the console's library. Look at the Metacritic reports for 2012: Vita games had an overall better reception than 3DS ones, for example. Granted, some of it is due to good home console ports (NFS: Most Wanted, Mortal Kombat and others), but there are plenty of good games in there that just don't have mainstream appeal - hence the impression the console "has no games". It does. They're just not as high-profile as a Mario or Zelda game.

Once Sony reduces the Vita's price (already announced for Japan, it's just a matter of time to get a reduction in the West too) it will fare way better.