No Paper Manuals For Vita Games?

People are cracking open new Vita games in Japan already, and it seems there are no paper manuals; they're digital. Is this the case for all Vita titles...?

The first step towards fully digitizing video games is to ditch the paper manual.

This has already been done by some publishers, but it's still a rarity. Most times, when you purchase a game from a retail store, it comes with a paper copy of the instruction manual.

But times are changing fast and according to an Andriasang report, it appears that no PlayStation Vita games will come with a paper manual. They know Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom won't have one and another Japanese source, Inside Games, got their hands on a Vita retail copy and again, no paper manual. It seems all manuals will be included in digital format, although we can't say for certain just yet.

It could just be a coincidence that the few games we've seen don't have paper manuals, but some are thinking this isn't just a trend, and that it will apply to all Vita games. I'm not quite as annoyed over this as I am over the loss of the box itself but even so, I'm definitely gonna miss my manuals.