User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 02-06-'12 — Assassin's Creed III: Liberation revealed!/@comment-1397781-20120712184022/@comment-1888015-20120712185322

Ubisoft have always had some preference with Sony, but the reason why it's for the Vita is because it's releasing on the same day as Assassin's Creed III.

If it was a main console game, it would take a good chunk of the attention away from AC3, which has been Ubisoft's big project for 3 years.