Father_Brain
Banned
I think you mean "bearish."
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The PlayStation Vita In 2011-2012
- Thread starter Nirolak
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I think you mean "bearish."
The AR games announced might be worth an add. Captured some shots from the trailer to save you time, if you wanna use them. Dunno who the developers are but would guess SCE is publishing at least (and prob developing most of them).
PulsAR
Pocket War
FlickBall
Table Top Sports Diving
Fireworks
Pocket Garden
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
The AR games announced might be worth an add. Captured some shots from the trailer to save you time, if you wanna use them. Dunno who the developers are but would guess SCE is publishing at least (and prob developing most of them).
PulsAR
Pocket War
FlickBall
Table Top Sports Diving
Fireworks
Pocket Garden
Are you going to do the VITA OT?
Thanks. I'll go put them in a slightly separate section.
Prob not. I can't compete with the OTs people put out these days
By the way, there is a new 16 minute video of some lads playing around with the OS here, from the London event:
http://gamezilla.komputerswiat.pl/publicystyka/2011/11/pokazujemy-polskie-menu-w-ps-vita
VERY annoyingly they seem to be stubbornly avoiding trying out multitasking while a game is open/suspended. They close the game entirely before trying out other things.
FWIW, though, at the start Top Darts seems to be suspended, with a few other apps either open or in a suspended state themselves. But I would still like to actually see someone hopping from game to app etc. to get an idea of speed and how many or which apps can actually be opened without exiting the game.
Anyway, they look around a few different things. An empty PSN store, a near app that seems to have locked up, settings, an empty music player, the content manager (although they obviously couldn't connect to anything), the remote play app (again, couldn't connect to anything), and perhaps more interestingly, the web browser. They check out their own site and youtube. Don't actually try to play a youtube video. The initial page load speed IMO is not great. I hope that's a function of their net connection there rather than that pre-page-load pause you get on some devices :\
Also at the start you can see how hitting the power button while in a game suspends it, Turning it back on brings you to the lock-screen. Going back into the game is very fast.
They also look at the trophies app, which seems to also have activity feed for the player.
madmaxx350
Member
Prob not. I can't compete with the OTs people put out these days
By the way, there is a new 16 minute video of some lads playing around with the OS here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNSG3iqo_Hw
VERY annoyingly they seem to be stubbornly avoiding trying out multitasking while a game is open/suspended.
FWIW, though, at the start Top Darts seems to be suspended, with a few other apps either open or in a suspended state themselves. But I would still like to actually see someone hopping from game to app etc. to get an idea of speed and how many or which apps can actually be opened without exiting the game.
Anyway, they look around a few different things. An empty PSN store, a near app that seems to have locked up, settings, an empty music player, the content manager (although they obviously couldn't connect to anything), the remote play app (again, couldn't connect to anything), and perhaps more interestingly, the web browser. They check out their own site and youtube. Don't actually try to play a youtube video. The initial page load speed IMO is not great. I hope that's a function of their net connection there rather than that pre-page-load pause you get on some devices :\
Also at the start you can see how hitting the power button while in a game suspends it, Turning it back on brings you to the lock-screen. Going back into the game is very fast.
They also look at the trophies app, which seems to also have activity feed for the player.
nice find gofreak.
That's why a platform holder needs to make some expensive deals in the beginning if they expect to be taken seriously.
test_account
XP-39C²
What is that Impreza stuff? "Midgetgrrl" is mentioned there, lol.
I'm admittedly not too hopeful there. Still, who knows? If I'm remembering right until Monster Hunter become a roaring success GTA:Liberty City Stories was the best selling game on the system, probably still is in the US, and stuff like smartphones and tablets HAVE been doing very well. If those people are placated by higher visual quality and dual analog, and either aren't already satisfied with other devices or don't mind grabbing another as long as it's appealing enough then maybe there's a shot.
Square Enix is releasing two games for Vita at launch (granted, one of them is a port from a PSP game). When have they EVER been there for launch on any other platform? SEGA is possibly offering the first properly challenging Super Monkey Ball in ages & an actually decent looking portable Virtua Tennis with some additions instead of it being the clearly inferior version. Namco has Touch My Katari & Tales of Innocence + Ridge Racer Trial For Full Price. Konami has the HD Collections, Silent Hill & other possible Transfarring-using stuff in the pipeline. The support is there. Whether it continues stronger or the same (or at all) in the long run... we'll probably see that only after Vita has launched and the initial dust has settled.
Just because we don't know of dozens & dozens of games from each of those publishers doesn't really mean anything, at this point. Vita hasn't even been launched yet, they probably want people to focus on the launch offerings instead of what might be coming much later. The first 6-ish months are already packed with games, moreso than I can think of any platform having in the past. Some of the bigger games just aren't going to make it for the launch period, so we'll probably hear about them afterwards
That's true, the biggest psp game game announced before the release of the system was a "Final Fantasy VII Action RPG". GTA Liberty City Stories wasn't even announced until January 2005.
But these were old times when Nintendo and Sony were in very different positions and the psp wasn't arriving a year late.
I want to believe that Sony is full in launch mode and there will be big games announced after the launch period is done but I'm not optimistic, the big games (possible million sellers) for year one are probably FFX, Assassin's Creed*, Uncharted and Call of Duty*.
At this point the best we can hope for is big multiplatform japanese games shared with the PS3 and the yearly multiplatform western franchises
Things can change a lot in a few months but it seems like Nintendo has outsmarted Sony. Although Nintendo had it a bit easier thanks to the insane amounts of money they have and can spend.
*I'll believe these exist when I see something more than a logo.
But these were old times when Nintendo and Sony were in very different positions and the psp wasn't arriving a year late.
I want to believe that Sony is full in launch mode and there will be big games announced after the launch period is done but I'm not optimistic, the big games (possible million sellers) for year one are probably FFX, Assassin's Creed*, Uncharted and Call of Duty*.
At this point the best we can hope for is big multiplatform japanese games shared with the PS3 and the yearly multiplatform western franchises
Things can change a lot in a few months but it seems like Nintendo has outsmarted Sony. Although Nintendo had it a bit easier thanks to the insane amounts of money they have and can spend.
*I'll believe these exist when I see something more than a logo.
Everytime I boot up Super Stardust portable I think how awesome it's going to be to have an actual twin stick portable HD version for the Vita. The PSP version works well considering the control limitations but it's going to be glorious on the Vita where I can actually have two sticks instead of one stick and 4 buttons.
Super Stardust Vita is a launch window title right? Do we know if it's a PSN only title?
Super Stardust Vita is a launch window title right? Do we know if it's a PSN only title?
Prob not. I can't compete with the OTs people put out these days
By the way, there is a new 16 minute video of some lads playing around with the OS here, from the London event:
http://gamezilla.komputerswiat.pl/publicystyka/2011/11/pokazujemy-polskie-menu-w-ps-vita
VERY annoyingly they seem to be stubbornly avoiding trying out multitasking while a game is open/suspended. They close the game entirely before trying out other things.
FWIW, though, at the start Top Darts seems to be suspended, with a few other apps either open or in a suspended state themselves. But I would still like to actually see someone hopping from game to app etc. to get an idea of speed and how many or which apps can actually be opened without exiting the game.
Anyway, they look around a few different things. An empty PSN store, a near app that seems to have locked up, settings, an empty music player, the content manager (although they obviously couldn't connect to anything), the remote play app (again, couldn't connect to anything), and perhaps more interestingly, the web browser. They check out their own site and youtube. Don't actually try to play a youtube video. The initial page load speed IMO is not great. I hope that's a function of their net connection there rather than that pre-page-load pause you get on some devices :\
Also at the start you can see how hitting the power button while in a game suspends it, Turning it back on brings you to the lock-screen. Going back into the game is very fast.
They also look at the trophies app, which seems to also have activity feed for the player.
Man it's so smooth.
Prob not. I can't compete with the OTs people put out these days
By the way, there is a new 16 minute video of some lads playing around with the OS here, from the London event:
http://gamezilla.komputerswiat.pl/publicystyka/2011/11/pokazujemy-polskie-menu-w-ps-vita
VERY annoyingly they seem to be stubbornly avoiding trying out multitasking while a game is open/suspended. They close the game entirely before trying out other things.
FWIW, though, at the start Top Darts seems to be suspended, with a few other apps either open or in a suspended state themselves. But I would still like to actually see someone hopping from game to app etc. to get an idea of speed and how many or which apps can actually be opened without exiting the game.
Anyway, they look around a few different things. An empty PSN store, a near app that seems to have locked up, settings, an empty music player, the content manager (although they obviously couldn't connect to anything), the remote play app (again, couldn't connect to anything), and perhaps more interestingly, the web browser. They check out their own site and youtube. Don't actually try to play a youtube video. The initial page load speed IMO is not great. I hope that's a function of their net connection there rather than that pre-page-load pause you get on some devices :\
Also at the start you can see how hitting the power button while in a game suspends it, Turning it back on brings you to the lock-screen. Going back into the game is very fast.
They also look at the trophies app, which seems to also have activity feed for the player.
Wow so smooth, the more i see of the vita the more it looks like a device i want the style and ease of use of a ipad like touch screen matched with real controls.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
That looks a lot smoother and (obviously) complete than what we've seen so far, I'm impressed. But a few observations mixed with nitpicking:
- Some of the swipes and presses, especially on the home screen, we're not registering for Polish Gerstmann. I hope it was more of a failure on his part rather than the software, since everything else was working smoothly and perfectly, especially the peel gestures. Either way, I hope this issue doesn't come up on release.
- "Trophy Syncing" pop-up showed up when the trophy app was launched. Gah, I hate this screen and was hoping for a seamless syncing process. It just HAS to be faster and better implemented than the PS3.
- I still dig the Index page (PS Button pressed twice), but I really hope the bottom banners/shortcuts/dock, if you will, will be customizable. Having a PS store there persistently is great, not so much for PlayStation.com (though technically its the browser), or the very Meh Startup Park. Party, Group Messaging, Near, and Friends would be far more valuable replacements.
- The Live Area of the stock apps are so empty and sad. It should have some glance-able stats, bookmarks, playlists, etc. for example (I wonder if they have their own Activity Log, though). On the other hand, a lot of the game (hopefully temp) Live Areas we've seen so far, especially for the smaller projects, look like cheap web ads. Everything should look cleaner, tighter, and helpful rather than intrusive.
- With the amount of RAM I predict will be free to the OS I'm expecting the browser performance to be comparative to the 3GS. So what I saw in that video was within my expectations, if not slightly better, for any image heavy, non-mobile optimized website. Although I noticed the pause, followed by the page popping up with most of the elements loaded.
All in all, I really dug what I saw; everything looked smooth and navigation seemed to be rather intuitive. Good jon, Sony.
More news from SKFU today. He now claims to have extracted AND decrypted Vita PKG archives. Apparently, Sony reused the PSP's leaked AES key for securing the files...
http://exophase.com/34126/rumor-hacker-decrypts-ps-vita-pkg-archives/
If true, it won't open the gates to homebrew by itself but it will let people look at the raw binaries and such, which isn't good news for Sony as far securing the system goes. Could expose function calls, etc.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Impossible
I should be doing hw
Member
Jesus, come on Sony. Quick, someone tell Yoshida to fix that shit up.
I hope not.
This would mean I could convert and play all my UMD games myself just like my Go maybe?
Damn, that would be just great if actually possible.
Can't wait to download a new goddamn security patch every other day on my Vita. Whee.
Impossible
Pure incompetence if true.
Wouldn't they need to do that to ensure BC with PSP software?
Thunderbear
Mawio Gawaxy iz da Wheeson hee pways games
I sincerely doubt it's the same as the PSP's. Sony has themselves said often what a problem piracy has been on the PSP and I'm sure they've gone to lengths to fix it for the Vita.
For all the hoopla about the PS3 supposedly being opened forever (where's all that talk now?) back when that douche-bag released the keys. The piracy on the PS3 is really limited and still the only firmware hacked is 3.51 or whatever.
We'll see what happens with the Vita but I do doubt (hope) it won't be as easy to hack as the PSP.
Seriously, we've heard this type of talk before. Wait before you see something concrete before you jump on the FUBAR-shouting train.
There might be a few wrinkles then, IE being unable to do anything you couldn't already do on the PSP. I think there are flash carts that work on the 3DS for playing DS games, but 3DS games themselves aren't pirated just yet.
I love homebrew stuff so this is great news. The 3DS not being cracked yet has been a real thorn in my side - region locking sucks and I wish to see it done away with.
Shai-Tan
Banned
probably his pecking the buttons to some extent, however there were other times where it seemed like he was pressing buttons that were inactive while something else was going on which is bad form
the livearea for those games he was playing look terrible btw
Thunderbear
Mawio Gawaxy iz da Wheeson hee pways games
The Vita has no region locking.
test_account
XP-39C²
Regarding that PS Vita firmware stuff, the first firmware extractor that he released, he said it was for firmware version 00.945.040. Here is a video that is nearly 2 months old:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wDMMLY-Wix4#t=97s
This video shows that Vita has firmware 0.990. So if SKFU really has a PS Vita on his hands, then the Vita he used is even older. I dont think that it is 100% impossible that Sony actually used the PSP AES keys on these early beta devices, but i cant imagine that this will be present in firmware 1.00 (which is most likely the firmware version that the retail Vitas will have to begin with).
But i wouldnt put too much into this. As far as i know, SKFU doesnt exactly have the best reputation from the PS3 scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wDMMLY-Wix4#t=97s
This video shows that Vita has firmware 0.990. So if SKFU really has a PS Vita on his hands, then the Vita he used is even older. I dont think that it is 100% impossible that Sony actually used the PSP AES keys on these early beta devices, but i cant imagine that this will be present in firmware 1.00 (which is most likely the firmware version that the retail Vitas will have to begin with).
But i wouldnt put too much into this. As far as i know, SKFU doesnt exactly have the best reputation from the PS3 scene.
Not really, they can resign all games and ask you to redownload them from the Store instead of transferring from a PC or PS3.
If this thing is cracked, and pirates already have the platform by US launch I'm not buying it. I've lived through the PSP, and have seen the kind of effects this stuff does. These hackers should probably target the 3DS where there's actual reason to want to open that up rather than emulators, and homemade games.
GBA had a working emulator before release IIRC?
I'm actually pretty intent on buying a 3DS, but the region-lock thing just kills it for me.
I noticed that, but I also noticed he seemed to be shooting his finger at the screen as if he was just hoping to get to the spot he wanted, which he oftentimes missed.
Okay, today I went to check the Vita demo stations again.
All the units in display had either firmware 1.04 or 1.05.
Now, I asked around, and all the reps claimed that as far as they know, the latest one is FW 1.08
madmaxx350
Member
was this posted ? Gamestop prices, if those are true then damn Sony...
http://www.examiner.com/video-game-...ards-and-other-accessories-priced-by-gamestop
this sounds like a good deal though:
http://www.gamestop.com/ps-vita/accessories/ps-vita-starter-kit/98031
http://www.examiner.com/video-game-...ards-and-other-accessories-priced-by-gamestop
this sounds like a good deal though:
http://www.gamestop.com/ps-vita/accessories/ps-vita-starter-kit/98031