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PlayStation Vita Japanese Launch Thread. "APOCALYPTIC!" says concerned Nuclear Muffin
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Claw makes it easier to do other things, that's why most of us MH players don't mind it it. You can use your right hand freely for the right face buttons
Americanmushroom
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sorry if already posyed: are there official sales numbers now?
Phoenician_Viking
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There are no info thus far.
If you never preorder from Sony Hong Kong, I think its better not to.
Glad to see the button/stick ain't posing issues, seems it's just a tad too close on the pics.
In my 500+ hours on F2,2G and 3rd... never have to use the claw. The L1 button is my friend.
16gig man - should last you longer, if you're investing a lot of game time on the portable.
In my 500+ hours on F2,2G and 3rd... never have to use the claw. The L1 button is my friend.
16gig man - should last you longer, if you're investing a lot of game time on the portable.
Shai-Tan
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Black Ops on 3g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSL46BtI2k4
obviously a portable device won't be able to transmit like a stationary device and things will be a lot more intermittent.
Deim,
This is a bit noobish, but I realized today that I was semi-expecting games to install large chunks onto memory cards ala PS3, and later PSP. Do we have any idea if this is going to be commonplace?
Otherwise, if the memory cards are just for game saves, digital copies (which I never buy), or minis (bought Tetris, that's it), then an 8gig should last me forever......Right?
This is not gonna happen. On PS3 and PSP this is done because the internal memory was faster than the disc-based medium the games came on. With Vita, the carts are actually faster than the Vita's proprietary memory cards (but not by much), so the loading speed should be the same on both.
Mutanthands
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Quick aside...
O to confirm and X to cancel? No way to change it with choosing a different region on set-up?
O to confirm and X to cancel? No way to change it with choosing a different region on set-up?
Vanillalite
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This is going to be more PSN on the PS3 like than the PSP though in terms of content. So think more of games like Super Stardust on the PS3 which is a Vita title or stuff like PixelJunk verses minis for download. Also I fully expect us to get DLC and patches. So depending upon how that is all handheled you might fill up your card. Plus the only way you're getting PS1 classics or PSP games on the Vita would be through the digital route
It won't be omfg immediate with an 8 gig card if you don't buy digital copies, but it'll fill up faster than the PSP.
NA launch is 2 months away, and it's also the only place getting it cheaper - everywhere else in the world it's priced at ~310USD or higher.bobbytkc said:
Mind you most of the world also buys phones at 2x higher prices then US - so Vita is actually cheaper elsewhere - relatively speaking (since everyone is seeing it as competition with phones).
Singapore follows Europe/Japan pricing - so you can expect the same price at this point.Castor Krieg said:
Any of you guys able to run a speed test with Vita MemCards? I realize it won't be real-measurement (just copy in/out, so possibly limited by USB rather then card itself) but it gives some sort of indication at least.Johnnyram said:
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Nope. Nothing to change though, that's the CORRECT set-up. =P
To add to the memory card question, when you install the LiveArea for a new cartridge game, where does that store to, the memory card? I mean how does that work, like if you switch out the memory card, or say for a game that doesn't require you to have a memory card? Does everything stay intact regardless?
Whoosh! Went right over my head. But I'll take your word for it.
Mutanthands said:
That's the correct set up for Japan's button config. In Japan, O (Maru) = Yes/Correct/Perfection/Confirm, while X (Batsu) = No/False/Wrong/Cancel.
I'm pretty sure, however, that if you buy the US or Europe Vita, the button config will be O to cancel while X to confirm though.
So you don't see yourself downloading PSX, PSP, or the eventual PS2 game to store and play in the future? Not to mention using that badass screen to view vids or something....
8 just seems really limiting to me. 16, 32 or bust.
Annoying when tracking numbers don't work.twentytwo22
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Spent a long time in Denden Town (Osaka's mini-Akihabara) today. Some things of note (some of this won't be directly Vita related, but I figure this is as good a place as any):
-Wi-Fi models were not in stock at any of the 6 stores I visited
-One store was selling the 3G non-gentei version (does this mean Sony already sold over 500k 3G versions to retailers? >.>)
-All 6 stores had 3G versions in stock; 5 were the 100hr versions, and 1 was the 20hr version (see above)
-Various games sold out at various stores, not conclusive but Lord of Apocalypse was only in stock at 1/6 stores, Disgaea at 2/6 stores, Monster Radar at 3/6 stores. Few other games were sold out at 1 or 2 stores.
-Used copies of Monster Radar and BlazBlue at the biggest store (no others anywhere else) -- BlazBlue had notice on case "case damage and instruction book damage" /smh people, already?
-Biggest stores were sold out of 4, 16, and 32 memory cards, smaller shops had everything but the 32 (which was nowhere)
-Zelda: SS was sold out at a couple of stores -- resurgence next week on the charts?
-The stores in general were freaking PACKED, expect some pretty crazy game and hardware sells incoming
-Wi-Fi models were not in stock at any of the 6 stores I visited
-One store was selling the 3G non-gentei version (does this mean Sony already sold over 500k 3G versions to retailers? >.>)
-All 6 stores had 3G versions in stock; 5 were the 100hr versions, and 1 was the 20hr version (see above)
-Various games sold out at various stores, not conclusive but Lord of Apocalypse was only in stock at 1/6 stores, Disgaea at 2/6 stores, Monster Radar at 3/6 stores. Few other games were sold out at 1 or 2 stores.
-Used copies of Monster Radar and BlazBlue at the biggest store (no others anywhere else) -- BlazBlue had notice on case "case damage and instruction book damage" /smh people, already?
-Biggest stores were sold out of 4, 16, and 32 memory cards, smaller shops had everything but the 32 (which was nowhere)
-Zelda: SS was sold out at a couple of stores -- resurgence next week on the charts?
-The stores in general were freaking PACKED, expect some pretty crazy game and hardware sells incoming
What about what was in the carts of people? 3DS or PS Vita or Wii or PS3?
But there are the 64GB ones, yeah? Seems if it were price then those would also be scarce.
edit: oh wait, is 32GB the max? Hrm.
Nope. You would have to use Remote Play and use your PS3 as the client.Does VITA have DLNA feautures? i would love to use it as a client to my pc to watch all kind of movies in bed
AndrewDean84xX
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twentytwo22
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The LED is much more faint than the one on the 3DS, which is pretty strong. And yeah, it's only on when charging or when you get a notification.
So if Nintendo is doomed Sony is already dead?
With the Japanese launch the Vita had a bunch of Japanese specific apps like Nico Nico right?
Do we know if there will be similar US specific apps at launch like a Youtube app or a Facebook app?
Does VITA have DLNA feautures? i would love to use it as a client to my pc to watch all kind of movies in bed
At a presentation in the past they confirmed DLNA and Skype.
Cheers - that does show what you mentioned (downloads may also be more compressed then carts - but for these early titles I doubt anyone bothered).Jonnyram said:
Still curious what is the ballpark transfer speed of the Mem-Cards though - relative to what we had on PSPGo already particularly.
Interesting test on Kotaku: which one loads faster, the game ROM cards or the memory cards?
http://kotaku.com/5869222/which-is-faster-vita-game-cards-or-vita-downloads/gallery/1
http://kotaku.com/5869222/which-is-faster-vita-game-cards-or-vita-downloads/gallery/1
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/19007317.html
Ultimate Marvel v.s. Capcom 3 launch trailer.
...So, you can use Vita as a touch controller for the game on PS3? Did we know that? O_O
60 fps trailer, such a not so common thing! Nice!
Ultimate Marvel v.s. Capcom 3 launch trailer.
...So, you can use Vita as a touch controller for the game on PS3? Did we know that? O_O
60 fps trailer, such a not so common thing! Nice!
Always-honest
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Well they clearly didn't go to proprietary memory cards for the speed.
Castor Krieg
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You are unable to do it right now, the US PSN store needs to be updated for Vita to see your PSN content.
After US launch it will be as intended - use same account on PS3, and PSVita, no problem.
Nuclear Muffin
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Heh, never even thought to compare the two. I'm surprised that there's a difference at all! Even more reason to avoid DD and go with the retail versions of Vita games!
I think the setup DCharlie suggests would work well - carts for single player games, MP-orientated stuff on the memory card. It'd be nice not to have to go looking for your game card if you want to join someone's online game or you get an invite or whatever.
I'd make the split more to save memory card space, though, rather than because of any load time differences. It seems quite small.
I'd make the split more to save memory card space, though, rather than because of any load time differences. It seems quite small.
bodyboarder
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Play-asia have an astronomical markup as always.
Yeah but noobs can pull off combos like nothing..... Thank GOD devs confirmed you can choose to not play with touch screen players on the console versionhttp://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/19007317.html
Ultimate Marvel v.s. Capcom 3 launch trailer.
...So, you can use Vita as a touch controller for the game on PS3? Did we know that? O_O
60 fps trailer, such a not so common thing! Nice!
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/19007317.html
Ultimate Marvel v.s. Capcom 3 launch trailer.
...So, you can use Vita as a touch controller for the game on PS3? Did we know that? O_O
60 fps trailer, such a not so common thing! Nice!
I thought that the Vita version of UMvsC3 had static (non animated) backgrounds? If that's not true then that's great!
Nope. It will launch in singapore the same day as the US I believe
Dunno what the last word on this was, but I read somewhere that they're not fully static at least. But whether they've all the animations is another matter.
Nuclear Muffin
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Ahh, so it's probably a matter of some of the animations being missing, with most of them being left intact then. One of the best thing about MvsC3's visuals was how lively those backgrounds were and that trailer looked good enough to me!
twentytwo22
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Not sure if they are as good as the console version, but they are what you see in that trailer -- definitely some animation going on.
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