[red_rizer36]

OP Updated with press release information
Thanks to cephalopoid

Overview

The PlayStation Vita, or simply the PS Vita is an upcoming handheld game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the successor to the PlayStation Portable as part of the PlayStation family of gaming devices.

Press release information

http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/rele.../110607a_e.pdf

Hardware

Two analog sticks!

5 inch OLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen

3G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support

4 core ARM Cortex-A9 core processor and a 4 core SGX543MP4+ graphics processing unit

Rear touch pad

Front and rear cameras

Stereo Speakers

Microphone

Sixaxis Motion Sensing

Three axis electronic compass

Built-in GPS

Features

Full backwards compatibility with all PlayStation Portable games digitally released on the PlayStation Network, via PlayStation Store

Live Area interface instead of the XMB

The 2 cameras has the abilities of face detection, head detection, and head tracking

$249 for the Wifi only model , and $299 for the 3G/Wifi model

AT&T as the service provider

List of developers and publishers

NORTH AMERICA
Activision, Inc.
Capybara Games
“CCP”
Demiurge Studios
Electronic Arts
Epic Games Inc.
Far Sight Studios
Frima
High Voltage Software
Kung Fu Factory
Paramount Digital Entertainment
PopCap Games
Powerhead Games
Rockstar Games
THQ
Trendy Entertainment
Ubisoft®
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2K Games
2K Sports
EUROPE/PAL
Alawar
Allegorithmic, makers of Substance
Beatnik Games
Beatshpers
Blitz Games Studios
Broadsword Publishing Limited
Catalyst Outsourcing
“CCP”
Climax Studios Ltd
Codemasters®
Codeplay
Electronic Arts
Enigma Software Productions, SL
Eurocom Entertainment Software
Eutechnyx Ltd
Exient
Firelight Tech
Fresh3D
FUN labs
Gameloft SA
Gameshastra
Home Entertainment Suppliers PTY Ltd
Honeyslug
Icon Games
Impromptu Software Ltd
Just Add Water Ltd
Kuju Doublesix
Lexis Numérique
Mobile Interactive Group Ltd
Namco Bandai
NaturalMotion
Playerthree Ltd
Rebellion®
Rockstar Games
Rubicon Mobile
Sanuk Games
SEGA
Sidhe Interactive
Spinvector
Stainless Games Ltd
StormBASIC Games
Sumo Digital Ltd
Tag Games
Take2
The Game Atelier
THQ
Tonika Games
Trine Entertainment Ltd
Trinigy
Tru Blu Games
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Umbra
VeeMee
ZAPPAR
Zen Studios Ltd
2K
505 Games

List of games

Launch titles
LittleBigPlanet

ModNation Racers

WipeOut 2048

Ruin

Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Games after launch
Untitled Bioshock game

Untitled Call of Duty game

Dragon's Crown

Dungeon Defenders

Gravity Daze

Untitled Hideo Kojima game

Hot Shots Golf Next

Hustle Kings

Untitled Killzone game

Little Deviants

Reality Fighters

Untitled Resistance game

RIIIIIIDDDGE RACER!!

Smart As

Sound Shapes

Rayman Origins

Street Fighter X Tekken

Virtual Tennis 4

Media Gallery









E3 Trailer

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[TicTac]

I will still call it the PSP2.

[OutOfExile2]

Why are companies suddenly competing to come up with the worst possible names for their devices?

[EastBayWilly]

Reminds me of Diablo 3.

Also your title says US dollars twice.

Now onto discussions;

First I'd to say that as a portable gaming platform it shows promise. However, as a portable gaming platform I doubt it'll go much farther than the PSP did. The PSP hardly had any good games. I own about 10 of them, and rarely play any of them. I use mine mostly for music/video/photos and of course occasional blast from the past emulators.

I'm not saying it won't sell, obviously it will. However, I don't have a lot of faith in the games.

[Spectre1406]

So many names.

It's confusing.

[ze beaver]

red_rizer36 posted:

4 core ARM Cortex-A9 core processor and a 4 core SGX543MP4+ graphics processing unit

Dear god :byodood:

[Barrowsx]

PSVITA, wow. Can the name be any more awkward? At least the specs make up for it.

[red_rizer36]

Vee-taa

[NINTENDUDECT]

Vita may sound stupid but PSV sounds fine.

Also, anyone know if the 3G will have a service cost? I assume it will, but I know some devices have free 3G.

[A big fat ass]

I was surprised how good this looked. It won't stop me from buying a 3DS, but it is tempting.

[Diet Kane]

I don't see the big deal with the name. I'll probably just refer to it as the PSV.
Uncharted at launch? I'm glad I held out on getting a 3DS.

[Yarglae]

Wifi version only $249?? :-\

[meppers]

NINTENDUDECT posted:

Vita may sound stupid but PSV sounds fine.

Also, anyone know if the 3G will have a service cost? I assume it will, but I know some devices have free 3G.

expect att ipad data pricing

250mb for $15
2gb for $25

[Vaught]

Argh, so many handhelds this time around. Don't know which one to pick. :frown:

[NINTENDUDECT]

meppers posted:

expect att ipad data pricing

250mb for $15
2gb for $25

Thanks. I'm not sure if I should just not bother with the 3G version, or I should just get it since it's only $50 more and will give me the option to later on.

[MoarToast]

PSV is certainly showing some promise, but it still doesn't have that great of a lineup at the moment. All I can think of is Uncharted, and even then I am both not a big fan (Although I do like the games) and also never thought it was really fit for a handheld. It will probably have some good shooters and the like in the future (Now that devs can actually make FPS games without resorting to the most unintuitive control schemes ever devised due to Sony being utterly incompetent when designing the PSP), so I'll wait for those to start popping up.

[EastBayWilly]

Vaught posted:

Argh, so many handhelds this time around. Don't know which one to pick. :frown:

PSP is okay but games suck.
PSPGo Sucks all together.
DS is okay, but also limited by lack of games.

PSV Looks pretty good, very powerful. Games are a hit or miss.
3DS is an okay idea, can't say I like the 3D, but there are NO games. At all.

Right now I'm more inclined on getting a PSV than a 3DS. I already have a DSi and PSP-3, but the PSV seems like it upgrades enough to warrant me adding it to my collection, where as the 3DS adds 3D. That's it. I can live without 3D.

[A big fat ass]

Little Big Planet looks like it was made for this device.

Edited:

EastBayWilly posted:

PSP is okay but games suck.
PSPGo Sucks all together.
DS is okay, but also limited by lack of games.

PSV Looks pretty good, very powerful. Games are a hit or miss.
3DS is an okay idea, can't say I like the 3D, but there are NO games. At all.

Right now I'm more inclined on getting a PSV than a 3DS. I already have a DSi and PSP-3, but the PSV seems like it upgrades enough to warrant me adding it to my collection, where as the 3DS adds 3D. That's it. I can live without 3D.

What about Luigi's Mansion 2?

[leonthefox]

I will wait at least a year after launch before buying this or the 3DS

[cheesedelux]

I can't wait for the price in Europe to be completely outrageous for about three years like with the PS3. It was like twice the US price for forever and the price didn't go down for years, which was the main reason I ended up spending the money I'd saved for one on a new computer.

[EastBayWilly]

A big fat ass posted:

Little Big Planet looks like it was made for this device.

Edited:


What about Luigi's Mansion 2?

I was never one for Mario games after Super Mario 64. They aren't bad games, but they don't appeal to me anymore.

And one game should not decide what system to get. It should be a combination of games and how they relate to your preferences. Personally Playstation has always given me the "hardcore" games I wanted. Nintendo dropped that ball years ago.

Edited:

cheesedelux posted:

I can't wait for the price in Europe to be completely outrageous for about three years like with the PS3. It was like twice the US price for forever and the price didn't go down for years, which was the main reason I ended up spending the money I'd saved for one on a new computer.

Price for Europe is the same as everywhere else. Literally. The OP just typo-d the title, the second or last one should say 299 EU.

[red_rizer36]

I'm pretty sure the PS Vita 3G won't need a contract, just like the Ipad.

[FullStreak12]

This looks cool but I got a pretty good phone which does my handheld gaming. Dunno about this.

[cheesedelux]

EastBayWilly posted:

Price for Europe is the same as everywhere else. Literally. The OP just typo-d the title, the second or last one should say 299 EU.

Exactly.
€299 is $435
£299 is $490

[Zackin5]

One thing I'm hoping for is the PSP homebrew scene to eventually move over to this.

[EastBayWilly]

cheesedelux posted:

Exactly.
€299 is $435
£299 is $490

Well I'm not sure, but shouldn't $299 in Europe be just as reasonable as $299 in America? What is the minimum wage in Europe?

Edited:

Zackin5 posted:

One thing I'm hoping for is the PSP homebrew scene to eventually move over to this.

Assuming Sony makes the same mistake three times, yes. If not, yes. Where there is a device to be hacked, there is a hacker to hack it.

[Swiket]

How many US dollars?

[The freeman]

EastBayWilly posted:

DS is okay, but also limited by lack of games.

..Lack of games?

According to Nintendo of America, there are over 1150 DS games available as of February 12, 2011.[1]

[postmanX3]

What's everyone's problem with 'Vita'? I think it sounds fine. I rather like it, even.

Also, the price point on the Vita convinced me that Nintendo ripped me off with the 3DS. I don't regret the purchase (I love my 3DS ), but they're definitely overcharging for it.

[EastBayWilly]

The freeman posted:

..Lack of games?

Correction. Lack of any good games.

[red_rizer36]

If you guys don't understand the title, watch this.

This was when they announced the price of the PS3 during the embarrasing 2006 Sony E3 conference

[postmanX3]

EastBayWilly posted:

PSP is okay but games suck.
PSPGo Sucks all together.
DS is okay, but also limited by lack of games.

PSV Looks pretty good, very powerful. Games are a hit or miss.
3DS is an okay idea, can't say I like the 3D, but there are NO games. At all.

Right now I'm more inclined on getting a PSV than a 3DS. I already have a DSi and PSP-3, but the PSV seems like it upgrades enough to warrant me adding it to my collection, where as the 3DS adds 3D. That's it. I can live without 3D.

DS? Lack of games? The hell are you smoking? The DS has one of the best libraries in the history of ever.

And to say the 3DS has no games is not really correct. It depends on your tastes right now... I've got two games for it that I absolutely adore. (Samurai Warriors Chronicles and Dead or Alive Dimensions.) And within the next month or so, it's getting its first 'killer apps' as well. Ocarina of Time and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.

Edited:

EastBayWilly posted:

Correction. Lack of any good games.

DISAGREE

There are so many excellent DS games I wouldn't even know where to start.

[EastBayWilly]

postmanX3 posted:

DS? Lack of games? The hell are you smoking? The DS has one of the best libraries in the history of ever.

And to say the 3DS has no games is not really correct. It depends on your tastes right now... I've got two games for it that I absolutely adore. (Samurai Warriors Chronicles and Dead or Alive Dimensions.) And within the next month or so, it's getting its first 'killer apps' as well. Ocarina of Time and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.

My opinion of it lacking any good games depends on my tastes. And my taste is DS games suck. I have two games for the DS and I don't see myself interested in any others. I have Pokemon Black and Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger is an amazing RPG, one of the best out there. And Pokemon is a fun RPG I've enjoyed since I first got Pokemon Yellow as a kid.

Nintendo goes for the younger audiences and because of that don't make many games I'll enjoy. It's just my opinion. They can have 25000 games in their library and my opinion will be unchanged unless they finally make a game that's not a waste of my time or money.

[Ninja Duck]

Might look into this. This year I chose the iPad 2 as my portable gaming device and I'm loving it, but if there are some good titles coming out then I'll consider getting this. Most likely not though because if I have something for portable gaming, then I don't need something else, and I also need to save money to upgrade my PC for Battlefield 3 and other great games coming out.

[benjgvps]

They must be lowering the price dramatically to compete with the iPod Touch and the 3DS. The stuff inside that thing doesn't sound cheap.

Did they mention the battery life yet? That's the only thing I'm concerned with at this point.

[red_rizer36]

Resident Evil: Deadly Silence was pretty good on the DS.

[EastBayWilly]

I think the battery life is something 8-10 hours.

What I want to know is how well the browser will work. PSPs browser sucks. Even home brew browsers don't quite cut it half the time.

[JerryK]

AT&T sucks ass

been waiting for AT&T service in my area for around 7 years, still nothing and my dad works for AT&T

we're still using ComCast

[postmanX3]

EastBayWilly posted:

My opinion of it lacking any good games depends on my tastes. And my taste is DS games suck. I have two games for the DS and I don't see myself interested in any others. I have Pokemon Black and Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger is an amazing RPG, one of the best out there. And Pokemon is a fun RPG I've enjoyed since I first got Pokemon Yellow as a kid.

Nintendo goes for the younger audiences and because of that don't make many games I'll enjoy. It's just my opinion. They can have 25000 games in their library and my opinion will be unchanged unless they finally make a game that's not a waste of my time or money.

Firstly: Nintendo does not aim exclusively for younger audiences. They have an all ages appeal, like Pixar. Secondly: you are aware there are a ton of amazing third-party DS titles, right? The World Ends with You, Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor & Strange Journey, the Etrian Odyssey series, Dementium: The Ward and Dementium 2, Moon, the Phoenix Wright series, the Rune Factory series, GTA: Chinatown Wars... I could go on.

[red_rizer36]

benjgvps posted:

They must be lowering the price dramatically to compete with the iPod Touch and the 3DS. The stuff inside that thing doesn't sound cheap.

Did they mention the battery life yet? That's the only thing I'm concerned with at this point.

I heard the battery life was similar to the PSP