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PlayStation Vita Japanese Launch Thread. "APOCALYPTIC!" says concerned Nuclear Muffin
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Kotaku did a video of it. UC game card vs download = Game card loaded 4 seconds faster than download.
Nuclear Muffin
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Was just posted not long ago, but it comes from Kotaku (of all places!)
http://kotaku.com/5869222/which-is-faster-vita-game-cards-or-vita-downloads/gallery/1
Retail Game Cards load faster than their download counterparts.
Wow, I mean, what's the hurry? Unless you are importing, there's still a good two months to get those battery tests.
That's technically not "scientific" either, haha.
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spoiler that shit
sixteen-bit
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Good to know.
he's actually referring to bestbuy.ca. they ran e3 preorder deals for 25 bucks and now it seems you can buy most of them for 25 bucks right now. i don't know what's up with that, but i'm taking advantage.
Uncharted
LBP
Wipeout
Modnation
Hot Shots
all for 25 bucks each wooooo.
edit: well a couple were like 27 or something, but still.
Phoenician_Viking
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Wow. I did not see tat coming. They are really doing a detailed launch coverage and info. That´s great.
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Regarding that Kotaku comparison, i wonder why the top Vita has english OS, but japanese text in the game, while the bottom Vita has japanese OS, but english text in the game?
Phoenician_Viking
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You can always buy games from Amazon in the UK. I get fairy good deals there in comparison to Denmark.
The Elite
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Yeah, it's a great deal for Canuckistan.
I think around 39 (for Uncharted).
Or just buy them at zavvi or amazon.co.uk (yeah, I know. UK version only ^^)
Castor Krieg
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Actually, I will do just that. English and German are not my native languages, and I'm ok with both. So Amazon UK it is. I only hope shipping is not expensive.
Uncharted isn't 25 still though. 50$! Yay....
Got the Shakes
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According to the Vita page on PlayStation.com http://us.playstation.com/psvita/games-and-media/, the release date of a lot of the launch games is actually 02/15/12 so it looks like there should be games for First Edition purchasers to pick up with their system.
Reluctant-Hero
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Excellent. Hopefully the majority of those titles will be uploaded to PSN on the 15th as well.
Nah, not really.
Check play.com, zavvi.com and amazon.co.uk.
Never had problems with their shipping fees
Care to give a summary of the findings? I don't do Kotaku any more.
Edit: I meant anything further that what you already stated.
Reluctant-Hero
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It was just a short video, less than 2 minutes, from Kotaku Japan showing two Vitas start the same game simultaneously. The game card version looked to load 1 to 3 seconds faster than the PSN version on memory card.
Thanks. Didn't know if it was a significant increase in performance. I'm toying with the idea of going 100% DD with the Vita. Still not sure though....
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Here is the direct link to the video on Youtube if you dont want to go through Kotaku first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cKQ3AnXZVT4
I'm still curious why ther title screen on the two versions are different (one is japanese and one is english), and if this has anything to do with the difference in preformance, if there are two different versions of the game.
Vyse The Legend
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I'm surprised how long the load times are, period. You'd think they were running off a UMD or something. I expected more from a cart.
Reluctant-Hero
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Same here with 100% DD via PSN. But DCharlie had a great suggestion; DD for multiplayer titles like Hot Shots & Wipeout, but physical for single player titles like Uncharted GG.
I think I may end up doing that.
You obviously haven't played a UMD game in a while.
Castor Krieg
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Good advice, keep what you will play in the long term. Buy at retail, beat, and sell back SP games.
Sounds like a pretty good plan for most. But I don't play a lot of MP and I tend to go back and replay my SP games. I have a while to decide, I'll give it some more thought...
Vyse The Legend
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Fair enough, but they're still much, much longer than they should be (especially compared to other cart-based systems). Not a deal-breaker, but it's still jarring.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
re: battery life
i've done nothing "scientific" but i don't think there's going to be any problems with it, played the machine through out yesterday in short spurts and still plenty of charge.
Will try and do something today as i'm almost certainly off work sick.
i've done nothing "scientific" but i don't think there's going to be any problems with it, played the machine through out yesterday in short spurts and still plenty of charge.
Will try and do something today as i'm almost certainly off work sick.
Nuclear Muffin
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Thanks a bunch! Nobody else seems willing!
These games may be larger than your typical cart game. I don't know that to be the truth but that could be a reason why it appears to take longer that what you would think. From watching the Red Sun Gamer live stream, the load times seemed to be all over the place. Some titles loading quickly and other seeming to take a while. However, they were also testing background downloads, custom sound tracks, party chat, etc.
"sick"
The Vita has a lot more memory to fill than any other cart-based system. (Eg. ~4x as much as 3DS)
Still, I expect load times to get better with non-launch titles.
I think 2222 where running some battery test as well. Maybe he will be back with results sometime today.
Edit: Well that was 9 hours ago when he mentioned though xD.
Edit: Well that was 9 hours ago when he mentioned though xD.
Risk Breaker
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Damn, get better, and thanks for those (maybe) incoming battery tests
If you could do one with low brightness, kinda low sound and wifi/3g off, please? That's how I'll play most of the time (at home, like a lot of people).
A good idea could be also testing how long it takes when on the OS/some apps compared to ingame. I don't think you need to deplete the battery completely either, just a 20% or something?
Andrefpvs
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Can anyone confirm if there's a new firmware?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/sony-issues-appology-and-software-update-for-first-batch-of-vita/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/sony-issues-appology-and-software-update-for-first-batch-of-vita/
There has been at least one firmware update already.
lol engadget
They said the following example would be of lag, so they post a video where the handheld is clearly frozen...
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
will try and get around to it - not to sound like a bit of a dick but i -really- need to actually start playing the games
So what i'll do is monitor and track usage, i'll set the base line at :
1) start from fully charged
2) nothing but game playing
3) will note brightness and sound and keep consistant , will log if i switch to headphones
4) will be wifi/3G off
5) ultimately it'll all be set at "Dcharlie comfort gaming" level
I have absolutely no doubt that the final battery life time is going to be good. I'm guestimating from usage so far that i'm going to get around 4 hours from a full charge.
No! Not like this...
Risk Breaker
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will try and get around to it - not to sound like a bit of a dick but i -really- need to actually start playing the games
Ah, no worries
Take your time if you want, you've been more than patient enough to be honest. Thanks again.will try and get around to it - not to sound like a bit of a dick but i -really- need to actually start playing the games
So what i'll do is monitor and track usage, i'll set the base line at :
1) start from fully charged
2) nothing but game playing
3) will note brightness and sound and keep consistant , will log if i switch to headphones
4) will be wifi/3G off
5) ultimately it'll all be set at "Dcharlie comfort gaming" level
I have absolutely no doubt that the final battery life time is going to be good. I'm guestimating from usage so far that i'm going to get around 4 hours from a full charge.
It kinda feels weird that there so few things to complain about the vita at this moment. Except for the obvious apocalyptic stuff going on and the one account per system and mandatory memory card. If everything keeps like this I might pick it up for launch (US), and that's something I wasn't even considering before. So I'm guessing the battery should be fine since no one has really complained about it yet.
Latest firmware seems to be v1.5:
http://www.jp.playstation.com/psvita/update/
We already knew about this on launch day. It's the day 1 patch.
This is where Friend List on handhelds are kind of useless -- thanks to weak battery tech. To save battery life no one will have wifi on unless the game needs it, so you'll never see many people online with Vita -- exactly like the 3DS.
Leona Lewis
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Didn't PSP launch in Japan with version 1.5 firmware as well? I remember using that when I installed the Dark-Alex custom firmware.
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