PSVita (Successor to PSP, was PSP2 then NGP)

[Brad]

Will retail games be region free? If they are then I probably don't care about the one store business. All the big titles will be available at retail so importing will be possible. I'm not going to download any more ps1 titles so that's not an issue either. There is just one thing that could ruin my plans though. If they start putting ps2 games in the store... I'd want Okami on psvita for sure.

[J0e Musashi]

Games are region-free, but DLC is not. The only real solution is to pick a region for the account you want to use and stick with it.

[teddymeow]

Well, my carry case arrived from Ami Ami today. Games & memory card in sock at NCSX and console due to ship tomorrow. Still time for a pre-Chrimbo delivery.

EDIT: NCSX have charged my card for the console, Uncharted, Minna no Golf 6 & 8Gb Memory Card.

[saturn-gamer]

That and being the natural way it would work out very quickly when a single company makes a phone on one OS and just about every other phone manufacturer can, and does, use the other OS. With that now being the situation, it would seem very difficult for Sony to make a closed platform phone.

That dedicated portable gaming device is the big question really, isn't it? I'm like you with the iPod in that I use it all the time for gaming but not because I like touch controls, just because it's with me all the time (quite like the OS situation in a way - not sure it's that active a choice). But the Vita is so big it doesn't make for an easy device to just have with you at all times even if you want a dedicated portable gaming device. That coupled with the battery life (same issue with 3DS) limits its portability to an extent.

I'm a fan of dedicated devices and yet the lines are blurring more and more and, when we have a certain amount of devices with us at all times, it kind of makes sense to shove them all into one. Even now, I'm tempted to get an iPhone for no other reason than I have my iPod and phone with me at all times and it would make sense to have just one rather than two devices with me.

I have Android but I envy iOS's closedness. You see, I feel iPhone is so much better quality in both build and OS. 3GS still got a big update this year, while 2009 android phones are treated like trash and probably not going beyond Android 2.3. Android is also beaing smeared out over low end devices, and a lot of manufacturers are putting their undeletable shells on top of it. Thats why I solely go for Nexus phones.

Android phones and tablets might have better specs on paper, but never run as efficient and well as an iPhone. I have Android 4.0 now, its brilliant but I feel its still not 4S brilliant.

[Neon Ignition]

From Magicbox:

"Enterbrain reported the first week sales of Sony's PlayStation Vita, which accounted for the first two days only as the launch was on Saturday. PS Vita sold 321,407 units in the first week, slightly lower than 3DS's 371,326, but higher than PSP's 166,074 units"

"Enterbrain also revealed the Top 5 best selling PS Vita titles at launch in Japan, they are:

•Minna no Golf 6 [Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational] (Sony)
•Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Sony)
•Lord of Apocalypse (Square Enix)
•Shin Sangoku Musou NEXT (Koei Tecmo)
•Gravity Daze (Sony)"

Best guess is Vita will pull ahead of 3DS in the 7 day totals but soon drop behind again and likely stay there. There aren't too many heavy hitters lined up and Sony will be doing the usual of expecting early adopters to carry it. I wouldn't be surprised to see a much more aggressive stance with key titles and some good bundles which get around the memory card situation next Xmas.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.the-magicbox.com/1112/game111219b.shtml

Comparison pics of games running on Vita vs PSP

http://www.the-magicbox.com/1112/game111219a.shtml

Vita placed next to past handhelds

[J0e Musashi]

There are already value packs on sale, which include a 4GB memory card and either Uncharted, UMvC3 or Shin Sangoku Musou.

[SuperDanX]

http://www.the-magicbox.com/1112/game111219b.shtml

Comparison pics of games running on Vita vs PSP

Very impressive.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-20-playstation-vita-japan-launch-sales-revealed

More info on the Vita's launch figures and how they compare to the same time period at the 3DS's launch. Also murmurs of a freezing fault.

[bash]

Well they've already bloody apologised apparently, what a mess:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/s...batch-of-vita/

[saturn-gamer]

Sony has not much of a chance against Nintendo I'm afraid. The price is quite a bit higher since Nintendo dropped and they have Mario, Pokemon, Monster Hunter etc. I don't think the Vita has any system sellers of that caliber and the chance is slim that they'll get it. A possible GT, MGS or FF game won't pull that off either. With Uncharted being among the top games, I don't think the software numbers are really stellar. Whats there on the horizon looks decent, but it sounds like a lot of games i'd rather play on the Ps3.

As for the west I doubt many people are going to run to the store to get one either. I think i'm going to wait or a pricedrop or either some decent 32gb memorycard deal. Those faults sound worrying as well.

[cavalcade]

Put a Modern Warfare on it, and things might change.

[dvdx2]

Put a Modern Warfare on it, and things might change.

dead cert that one....

[saturn-gamer]

Props to Sony if they can lure the CoD players in and props if they buy the same game twice. But why play on handheld? 3g won't work out and wifi is where the home is

Is there even L3 and R3?

[C']

PSP vs 3DS vs Vita Battery test.