PSVita (Successor to PSP, was PSP2 then NGP)

[Anpanman]

Agreed, I reckon I could perform a dragon punch with that. I liked the PSP Go's d-pad anyway though and never had any problem with the d-pad on the dual shocks.

Is it xmas yet?

I didn't like the pad on my fat so did that mod thingy, the Light was different altogether - love it.

[Sam The Man]

Im really liking the Concave dpad design. It looks like it will offer good grip and perfect for a handheld. As for the hardware in general i think its the best Sony product since the original Playstation.

[JP]

I've posted this in the firmware thread also but it does relate to this.

A few sites are running with stories that Sony has now informed developers that cloud saving is going to be made available to PS3 users via the soon to be released v3.60 firmware.

SteamCloud will be available on the PS3 in April via Portal 2 so I presume the firmware update will happen before then.

[dataDave]

Without the usual debates about them, I'm personally going to find trophies a major plus point with the PSP2. I typically have a lot of trouble holding my attention on handheld titles so anything that works as an incentive is a plus.

My lack of attention with handheld (erm, more like PSP) titles is usually down to the games being **** in the first place.

Perhaps you need to play better games where the incentive is to actually enjoy and conquer a challenge resulting in an overall rewarding experience, rather than rack up some meaningless 'score'? The amount of people forcing themselves through pain, ****, and piss just for a gamerscore is quite worrying.

I'm tempted to make my own Flash game called "Shoot the **** for Gamerscore!!" and release it on XBL. Basically 20 turds fly across the screen and you have to shoot them for 10gs each... The only thing is they can fly out once anywhere between 1min and 2hr intervals, and you have no pause.

[ItsThere]

I'm tempted to make my own Flash game called "Shoot the **** for Gamerscore!!" and release it on XBL. Basically 20 turds fly across the screen and you have to shoot them for 10gs each... The only thing is they can fly out once anywhere between 1min and 2hr intervals, and you have no pause.

Do it.

Someone would buy it.

[Mr M0by]

My lack of attention with handheld (erm, more like PSP) titles is usually down to the games being **** in the first place

Didn't you say earlier in the thread that you've only played 2 games for it since launch?

[Neon Ignition]

My lack of attention with handheld (erm, more like PSP) titles is usually down to the games being **** in the first place.

Perhaps you need to play better games where the incentive is to actually enjoy and conquer a challenge resulting in an overall rewarding experience, rather than rack up some meaningless 'score'? The amount of people forcing themselves through pain, ****, and piss just for a gamerscore is quite worrying.

I'm tempted to make my own Flash game called "Shoot the **** for Gamerscore!!" and release it on XBL. Basically 20 turds fly across the screen and you have to shoot them for 10gs each... The only thing is they can fly out once anywhere between 1min and 2hr intervals, and you have no pause.

That would be true though were it not for my low attention span in the past with handhelds meaning I only used to pick up the key releases. In the end trophies and gs points have had no negative impact.There's always been people buying poor games

[JP]

SCEA's direct feed videos of the presentation in English, it's also available at 1080p on YouTube.












I imagine most people have seen the game videos now but it's worth watching them like this as they're far clearer.

[abigsmurf]

List of developers working on it (or at least with Dev kits)

Japan

* Acquire Corp.
* Alvion Inc.
* AQ Interactive Inc.
* Arc System Works Co. Ltd.
* Arika Co. Ltd.
* Artdink Corporation
* Ascii Media Works Inc.
* Capcom Co. Ltd.
* Chun Soft Co. Letd.
* Codemasters Software Company Limited
* Crafts & Meister Co. Ltd.
* CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd
* D3 Publisher Inc.
* Dimps Corporation
* Edia Co. Ltd.
* Enterbrain Inc.
* From Software Inc.
* Gameloft K.K.
* Genki Co. Ltd.
* Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
* GungHo Online Entertainment Inc.
* Gust Co. Ltd.
* Hamster Corporation
* Hudson Soft Co. Ltd.
* Idea Factory Co. Ltd.
* Index Corporation (Atlus)
* Irem Software Engineering Inc.
* Kadokawa Games Ltd.
* Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd.
* Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd.
* Level-5 Inc.
* Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
* Media5 Corporation
* Namco Bandai Games Inc.
* Nihon Falcom Corporation
* Nippon Ichi Software Inc.
* Nowproduction Co. Ltd.
* Q Entertainment Inc.
* Sega Corporation
* SNK Playmore Corporation
* Spike Co. Ltd.
* Square Enix Co. Ltd.
* SystemSoft Alpha Corp.
* Tecmo Koei Games Co. Ltd.
* TOMY Company Ltd.
* TOSE Co. Ltd.
* Ubisoft K.K.
* Yuke's Co. Ltd.


North America

* Activision Inc.
* Capybara Games
* Demiurge Studios
* Epic Games Inc.
* Far Sight Studios
* Frima
* High Voltage Software
* Kung Fu Factory
* Paramount Digital Entertainment
* PopCap Games
* Powerhead Games
* Trendy Entertainment
* Ubisoft
* Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* 2K Games
* 2K Sports


Europe/PAL

* Avalanche Studios
* Climax Studios Ltd.
* Codemasters Software Company Ltd.
* Eurocom Developments Ltd.
* Eutechnyx Ltd.
* Exient Ltd.
* Firemint PTY Ltd.
* Gameloft SA
* Gusto Games Ltd.
* Home Entertainment Suppliers PTY Ltd.
* Impromptu Software Ltd.
* Rebellion
* Rockstar Games
* Sidhe Interactive
* Sumo Digital Ltd.
* Team 17 Software Ltd.
* Ubisoft Entertainment SA
* Zen Studios Ltd.

That's pretty much every Japanese studio working on it. No EA presence raises an eyebrow though.

The PSP(1) is currently trouncing every other console in Japan in terms of HW and software sales so it probably makes sense that they all got their dev kit orders in early.

[Neon Ignition]

Are the new jap sales figures out? The last ones I saw had the NDS selling more, it just looked lower due to being split over 3 SKU's

EDIT: Just seen the new ones and PSP did win

[averybluemonkey]

My lack of attention with handheld (erm, more like PSP) titles is usually down to the games being **** in the first place.

I would suggest you play more PSP games before making a statement like that.

[MisterBubbles]

What did people think of David Jaffe's comments on the NGP?

[Dogg Thang]

What were they?

[nakamura]

http://games.uk.msn.com/gaming/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=155998943

[MisterBubbles]

I dont think its sexist , just David Jaffe's a complete nutter.