that's a shame, at least there's some psp games on the psn store for me to try out.
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The PlayStation Vita In 2011-2012
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that's a shame, at least there's some psp games on the psn store for me to try out.
This is only for the japanese launch.
DO you think with 3G this will be a viable alternative to a good phone in terms of utilizing social networking?
I haven't replaced my last good phone since I was jumped at 3am in the morning while walking home drunk in april, and i've just made do with an old phone for texting.
Feasibly do we know if the battery life will be good enough to use this during the course of say a working day (ie leave house at 7.45am get home at 6pm)?
I haven't replaced my last good phone since I was jumped at 3am in the morning while walking home drunk in april, and i've just made do with an old phone for texting.
Feasibly do we know if the battery life will be good enough to use this during the course of say a working day (ie leave house at 7.45am get home at 6pm)?
Slick.
But I'd still like to see someone open some apps while in-game and flick between them, see how fast (or not) all that is.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Someone from the Mall thread said he tried opening the web browser while Uncharted was backgrounded, but not before the "quit game" prompt popped up. This does not bode well.
You can't open the web browser while playing a game on the PS3 either, so I didn't expect to be able to on Vita, but perhaps due to the "demo" nature of these appearances it was a locked out feature...
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
@Leona Lewis this one is for you babe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMxhNZ6NUU
A random video I found of someone trying the Vita in Yodobashi Camera, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. The two significant things about this video are the not-so-static UMvC3 backgrounds, and how fast the guy jumps from game to game.
Oh, how much this makes me long for the 32GB stick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMxhNZ6NUU
A random video I found of someone trying the Vita in Yodobashi Camera, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. The two significant things about this video are the not-so-static UMvC3 backgrounds, and how fast the guy jumps from game to game.
Oh, how much this makes me long for the 32GB stick.
But with the rumored amount of RAM that was supposed to be reserved to the OS, people assumed a lot of apps would work while a game is suspended in the background.
Leona Lewis
Banned
EDIT: Seems like it's the same as the TGS build - in that level only the fireworks move, but all the Servbots are frozen in place and look creepy. Oh well, 12/17 isn't too far away to learn the truth. Thank you Jinfash baby <3
Hope that's an unfinished firmware thing :| The JPN Vita site says you can open the browser 'in the middle of games and movies' so...
I am (was?) less curious about what would open, more about performance when opened. I ASSUME, based on the official stuff on the Japanese site, that browser, sns apps etc. will open. But we'll see I guess!
Shadow of the BEAST
Banned
IonicSnake
Banned
Screw the memorycard prices, I need this nao!
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Boo-me
madmaxx350
Member
yea that is pretty impressive but don't know if i can spend 120 on a memory card at launch. I'll just get the bundle that comes with 4 and buy a bigger one down the road.
Shtof
Member
Ever tried climbing a really steep mountain?
From my impressions at the mall regarding multitasking:
It's difficult to tell which apps close the game in progress and which don't. So I just opened random ones while having Modnation Racers suspended.
Would open ok:
Camera (although it won't let you take pics without mem card)
Settings
Trophies
Content Manager
Would open if I closed the game:
Videos
Welcome Park (this is like its own game though, has a trophy list)
Flicking between suspended apps was instantaneous though. Experienced no lag or pause when doing so.
I'm going to go back and play around more. Perhaps I needed to close some items before trying to open videos.
It's difficult to tell which apps close the game in progress and which don't. So I just opened random ones while having Modnation Racers suspended.
Would open ok:
Camera (although it won't let you take pics without mem card)
Settings
Trophies
Content Manager
Would open if I closed the game:
Videos
Welcome Park (this is like its own game though, has a trophy list)
Flicking between suspended apps was instantaneous though. Experienced no lag or pause when doing so.
I'm going to go back and play around more. Perhaps I needed to close some items before trying to open videos.
I'd be prepared to buy one for 120 if I could get 64 GB for that price, since that would mean I don't need to upgrade throughout the lifetime of the device. Now I plan to just get the 8 GB card at launch and upgrade later.
I think it was said in some interview or article a while back that the videos app won't run while a game is open. Methinks it uses the GPU too much (or could, depending on what video you want to play) for that vs what the OS has reserved on that side. Perhaps.
Leona Lewis
Banned
Is this memory card thing really a death blow? PS2 did just fine without on-board storage.
That was 10 years ago, expectations change.
If there will be a death blow to the Vita, it will be that people don't want to buy $40 off-shoot portable games when they can get last month's AAA console blockbusters for the same price or less, especially when those blockbusters appeal to the exact same audience.
Having to use a memory card is pretty far down the list of the Vita's primary problems.
People are willing to spend $100+ on hard drives for the Xbox, so I doubt it.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
The only thing I worry about is the length of the game--have there been any impressions about it yet?
I should be doing hw
Member
Pfft. Ban my account if that happens, I can't see this memory card thing being that big of a problem. The vocal minority always muddies these threads with bullshit.
Well, mainstream compared to junk like Gizmondo and prohibitively expensive things like NeoGeo.
Eh, it has a pretty good line-up out of the gate. I'm not that worried. Square Enix and other Japanese companies are supporting it and that's all I need.
They're final units.
You can't use the camera though (at least the photo app) as you need a mem card inserted.
ooh nice.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Wow! That's pretty amazing with how fast and responsive it is! Puts even the PS3 and 360 to shame lol!
I should be doing hw
Member
It probably has the best looking launch selection I've seen in a long time. Are you forgetting the PS3's first year?
Oh my gosh it's beautiful!
I don't see any console moving software. Unlike PS3, Vita doesn't have the benefit of a greatly received predecessor or equally weak competition in a diminishing market.
Shai-Tan
Banned
does anyone know if the web browser can be run beside games? it would be nice to to not require another device to boot up gamefaqs or check some random thing without exiting out
i was also wondering if it has a save state feature (pause/resume game) like the PSP GO?
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
I hope Zone Mode at very least is 60fps like the PSP games. I can't tell thanks to the video capture quality.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
How could you possibly tell? It's a Youtube video! (just in case you don't know, all Youtube videos are capped at 30FPS)
MightyKAC
Member
Holy SHIT!!!! That looked sooooo good.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
I realized that and edited. STOP EXPOSING MY IGNORANCE!
Wipeout looks pretty. It's for sure a day 1 game for me even though I have HD and Fury on the PS3.
Memory card prices are pretty ridiculous but I'm getting the starter kit or whatever for $349 that comes with a 4gb so I won't be worried about it initially. Eventually I'm going to want an 8 or 16gb card for PSP and PS1 content though so I will keep my eyes open for a sale or even a deal on a used one.
Honestly it's pretty easy to store PSP and PS1 content on a PS3 or PC for transfer to your Vita later on so it's not like you need to have access to your entire library all the time. I have a PSP Go and I have a PSP 3000 with a 16gb memory card and I don't play 3/4ths of what I have installed on them very frequently. The larger cards are more convenient but that's it.
Memory card prices are pretty ridiculous but I'm getting the starter kit or whatever for $349 that comes with a 4gb so I won't be worried about it initially. Eventually I'm going to want an 8 or 16gb card for PSP and PS1 content though so I will keep my eyes open for a sale or even a deal on a used one.
Honestly it's pretty easy to store PSP and PS1 content on a PS3 or PC for transfer to your Vita later on so it's not like you need to have access to your entire library all the time. I have a PSP Go and I have a PSP 3000 with a 16gb memory card and I don't play 3/4ths of what I have installed on them very frequently. The larger cards are more convenient but that's it.
Yoshio Matsumoto, who's SVP of development at SCE said it would in this interview (along with other apps like the social networking stuff etc.)
http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/series/rt/20110916_477763.html
The JPN Vita site also says so. ('Internet Web site can be viewed In the middle of games and movies to know information now')
However, it's been reported in the thread about the demo units at US malls that the firmware on those units prompts you to exit the game if you try to boot the browser. Just early software? Hope so.
EhrgeizVII
Member
Pretty. =)
And what you can use memory for changed too. Even if it was a ripoff for how much space you got, and increasingly became so, $20-$25 extra to save your games isn't too big a deal, and you wouldn't ever actually use those 8 MB for anything but game saves anyway. With game downloads becoming a big enough thing to be a feature on all modern platforms however that kind of strategy with memory won't cut it anymore, not in the long term.
On the same note, it's why I DO expect prices to drop, unlike the PS2 cards. There will be need for more memory, the system is HOPEFULLY designed in a way that can handle larger cards as they come out, and even if not it's probably a matter of a firmware update this time that can be distributed. They're not in a completely separate field like PS2 memory cards were, and they're depending more on larger cards generating more sales, so charging $120 for 32 GBs years from now will not cut it.