PSVita (Successor to PSP, was PSP2 then NGP)

[sj33]

24,000 yen = roughly the same as the 3DS. Nintendo have some things to think about.

[Ouenben]

psv out this year and priced at ?249.99............. excellent price imo

249.99 Euro. Which is what the 3DS is. Might be ?220-?230 UK.

Seems to be matching the 3DS price everywhere for the wifi model

[EvilBoris]

Apart from almost everywhere is selling 3DS for under ?170 now. Not that they are competing with each other anyway

[Ouenben]

I'm just talking RRP. PSV could see price drops too depending on sales.

[Family Fry]

Just Add Water tweeted saying...

"Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath coming to PS Vita this holiday season, with cross platform cloud saves."

Is this a trend starting?
Having to buy games twice to use cloud saves, or being able to make bundle deals on PSN for PS3/Vita versions.

[Shozuki]

Just Add Water tweeted saying...

"Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath coming to PS Vita this holiday season, with cross platform cloud saves."

Is this a trend starting?
Having to buy games twice to use cloud saves, or being able to make bundle deals on PSN for PS3/Vita versions.

PSN titles require one purchase and then can be installed on different systems im sure these cross platform games will be the same.

[englishbob]

This thing better not be region locked.

Any titles annouced for it? Are Cave on board?

[Sketcz]

Not to sound stupid, but what are the differences between Wi-Fi and 3G?

Wi-Fi I'd need to find a hotspot or router, correct? 3G is anywhere through mobile phone masts? I haven't owned a mobile phone in years btw, so this technology is beyond me.

[Flabio]

Basically yes. For the wifi you need to be somewhere with an open access wifi spot, or at home on your own wireless network. 3G just uses the mobile phone network instead.

The Kindle has the same deal going.

[abigsmurf]

Don't really see the point in 3G for a console from a gamer's PoV. The game downloads are too big, the only play too unreliable and laggy.

However it does allow it to be subsidised by the carriers. Getting a PSV for 'free' on a 24 month data contract will get a few sales.

[Flabio]

If they go that way. The Kindle 3G is basically free 3G all the time, no contract or anything needed.

[Family Fry]

PSN titles require one purchase and then can be installed on different systems im sure these cross platform games will be the same.

oh yeah I understand that but what I am asking is they are saying there is a specific Vita version of the game that you can use Cloud and carry on PS3 version but surely that means they will be seperate games, sold separately?

[englishbob]

How do you get games on it then? Is it all pure downloads via a PSN store? If so then it will be region-locked of sorts depending on which account bought the content. (Anyone how has downloaded demos to a standard PSP knows this is a massive pain in the arse!)

[BearBoy]

How do you get games on it then? Is it all pure downloads via a PSN store? If so then it will be region-locked of sorts depending on which account bought the content. (Anyone how has downloaded demos to a standard PSP knows this is a massive pain in the arse!)

The specs on the offical UK Playstation site says it has a "PlayStation?Vita card slot" as well as a memory card slot. Assume games will be available on cards as well as via download.

[BearBoy]

Here are the full specs:

PlayStation?Vita product outline

Platform Name: PlayStation?Vita
Model number: PCH-1000 series
CPU: ARM? Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
GPU: SGX543MP4+
External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
Screen (touchscreen):
- 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED
- Multi touch screen (capacitive type)
Rear touch pad: Multi touch pad (capacitive type)
Cameras:
- Front camera
- Rear camera
- Frame rate: 120fps@320x240(QVGA), 60fps@640x480(VGA)
- Resolution : Up to 640x480(VGA)
Sound:
- Built-in stereo speakers
- Built-in microphone
Sensors:
- Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer)
- Three-axis electronic compass
Location:
- Built-in GPS (3G/Wireless model only)
- Wireless location service support
Keys / Switches:
- PS button
- Power button
- Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
- Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
- Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
- Right stick, Left stick
- START button, SELECT button
- Volume buttons (+/-)
Wireless communications:
- Mobile network connectivity (3G/Wireless model only)
- IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure Mode/Ad Hoc Mode)
- Bluetooth? 2.1+EDR （A2DP/AVRCP/HSP）
Slots/Ports:
- PlayStation?Vita card slot
- Memory card slot
- SIM card slot (3G/Wireless model only)
- Multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In], Serial data communication)
- Headset jack (Stereo mini jack) (for Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In])
- Accessory port
Power:
- Built-In Lithium-ion Battery,
- AC adaptor
Supported AV content format:
- Music: MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3、MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC)、WAVE (Linear PCM)
- Video: MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC)、H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Hi/Main/Baseline Profile (AAC)
- Photo: JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG

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