Sony Executive Jim Ryan confirms that cross buy functionality is very limited, more details inside.........
At Gamescom 2012 Sony revealed a new initiative called "Cross Buy" this involves gamers buying say a copy of Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale for PS3 and receiving a PS Vita version free of charge.
Jim Ryan, the chief executive at PlayStation Europe, told CVG that "the development environments are rather different"."PS Vita is a more PC-based environment whereas the PS3 is a more bespoke development environment. So the cross-over between both platforms is rather limited."
So the amount of Cross Buy compatible titles will most likely be very limited. However new rumours suggest that the Playstation 4 will utilise a PC-based environment so future games may be easily ported.
Shuhei Yoshida also confirmed Cross Buy will be available worldwide.
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Source:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/363968/ps3-and-vita-cross-buy-potential-is-limited-sony-admits/