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[mrklaw]

Ah that's too bad. I was hoping to keep all my digital content in their specific PSV, PSP and PS1 folders.

I think folders will be wanted/needed soon enough. All games get a persistent icon for their live area, so even physical cards that aren't in the machine still have an icon. And at only 10 icons per screen that could get full very quickly - especially with apps and minis


btw, anyone think the headphone output is a bit quiet? Only tried it outside or in a kids play area (so a bit noisy) but I needed the volume on full to hear clearly

 

[Takao]

DCCharlie, do you plan on buying every Vita game?

 

[Gravijah]

if i don't get some more battery impressions i might have to make takao disappear.

 

[mrklaw]

Buuuu. Sony needs to tweak this functionality. At the moment everything is confusing. What can and what can't be done.



Maybe in February. Now you can just use japanese stuff.

Agree its confusing. Do Japanese open users need to redownload psp games because they need to be in 'bubble' form to install?

And the eu/us 4.00 update to ps3 brought that, so why don't eu/us psp games transfer? Is there some additional online authentication going on?

Was hoping to put patapon on when I get home but sounds like I'll have to wait until February, and then keep my fingers crossed

 

[Jomjom]

lol why does this happen in Japan? I thought it was just a pronunciation thing, how does it happen in text form as well?

Because Japanese (and many other Asians who don't speak English as their first language) often pronounce Ls like Rs. Whoever typed that was probably just going by how they pronounce the word and spelled it phonetically.

 

[Chuck Norris]

Can you download and back up PSP / Vita games on your PC? That way I don't have to redownload games every time I want to play them (using a memory card)

 

[adam.chance]

The OP hasn't been updated, but has anyone tried the 3G model in the US? I am assuming that it does not work, but it would be a nice surprise.

 

[mrklaw]

lol why does this happen in Japan? I thought it was just a pronunciation thing, how does it happen in text form as well?

Japanese can't hear the difference between 'l' and 'r', because they aren't sounds in their language. But like how the French have problems with 'the'. So they often guess which is the right one to use and sometimes guess incorrectly

No excuse for a decent localisation house to get that wrong though. Maybe Sega just did it in-house?

 

[lupinko]

The OP hasn't been updated, but has anyone tried the 3G model in the US? I am assuming that it does not work, but it would be a nice surprise.

I read at least the jp vitas are locked to docomo. SCE will consider unlocking in the future. Best bet maybe the Asia vita, dunno if SCE locked that 3G either.

 

[tait269]

Mine and friends PS vita arrived to today in the UK.We ordered them via WhiteRabbitExpress using them for first time and saved a bunch of money compared to if we ordered from somewhere like Play-Asia. Came to 335 GBP with Console, 8GB Memory, UMVC3 and shipping(Fedex).

I'm properly impressed by the online functionality of the vita. I do wish that friends, messages and party were not separate apps though.

Here is a unboxing video my friend did.

http://youtu.be/M5gxKb8hkwc

 

[KoukiFC]

Can I play my US PSP games on my imported Vita?

I activated my Vita, but do not see any apps in the content manager.

 

[dallow_bg]

Mine and friends PS vita arrived to today in the UK.We ordered them via WhiteRabbitExpress using them for first time and saved a bunch of money compared to if we ordered from somewhere like Play-Asia. Came to 335 GBP with Console, 8GB Memory, UMVC3 and shipping(Fedex).

I'm properly impressed by the online functionality of the vita. I do wish that friends, messages and party were not separate apps though.

Here is a unboxing video my friend did.

http://youtu.be/M5gxKb8hkwc

Wow, that site is cheap.
$387 for the wifi Vita...

I got ripped from another "Japan shipping" third party service a while back for some accessories. www.rinkya.com. Had them purchase something from Yahoo Auctions JP for me.

Never using them again, but I'm going to look into whiterabbitexpress.com
The whole process seems way easier with them.

 

[areal]

Can I play my US PSP games on my imported Vita?

Nope. You can't play anything that isn't for sale on the JP PSN.

 

[Hasemo]

Nope. You can't play anything that isn't for sale on the JP PSN.

On the Japanese VITA PSN. That's the important part, because some PSP games (like PSO2) aren't for sale for Vita.

 

[dallow_bg]

He can't transfer them from his PS3? (if he has one)

 

[flipswitch]

Just bought a Vita with some games from someone.Need some help on a few questions.

I guess since I am from Australia, the only way I can charge it is through USB?
Regarding PSN, there would be no point in connection to the jap PSN store as it's only 1 PSN account per system, right? So it would be best connecting to my local PSN store despite being no Vita content up at the moment.

These are the games that came with the Vita.

Just wondering if anyone knows if any of these games are available in english, including english subtitles? Thanks.

Asphalt Injection
Dark Quest Alliance
Army Corpse of Hell
Shinobido 2

 

[Shadow780]

Wow, that site is cheap.
$387 for the wifi Vita...

I got ripped from another "Japan shipping" third party service a while back for some accessories. www.rinkya.com. Had them purchase something from Yahoo Auctions JP for me.

Never using them again, but I'm going to look into whiterabbitexpress.com
The whole process seems way easier with them.

I've looked at their pricing structure, the fees are pretty similar to Rinkya to me (buying from YAJ), both with minimum service fee for each item, and increases the more expensive the item, and both charges for handling and shipping separately.

But whiterabbit's explanation is definitely easier to understand, no deposit required and no commitment quotes are pluses too.

 

[DCharlie]

DCCharlie, do you plan on buying every Vita game?

god know - this is just launch fun - though i guess i'll be picking up a fair few of the releases already lined up.

Asphalt Injection
Dark Quest Alliance
Army Corpse of Hell
Shinobido 2

- don't know, haven't got it
- Japanese except, strangely, for item names
- 100% japanese
- 100% japanese

Other note : was transfering over Wife's Monster Hunter save to her Xmas pressie vita and the content manager kept crashing on scrolling to PS1 saves. Had to delete them all from PC to get it to work without barfing.

 

[mrklaw]

Just bought a Vita with some games from someone.Need some help on a few questions.

I guess since I am from Australia, the only way I can charge it is through USB?
Regarding PSN, there would be no point in connection to the jap PSN store as it's only 1 PSN account per system, right? So it would be best connecting to my local PSN store despite being no Vita content up at the moment.

These are the games that came with the Vita.

Just wondering if anyone knows if any of these games are available in english, including english subtitles? Thanks.

Asphalt Injection
Dark Quest Alliance
Army Corpse of Hell
Shinobido 2

charger is multivoltage. Has a figure of 8 type radio lead, so you can just pull out the Japanese one and plug in an Australian one and you're done.

 

[mrklaw]

Nope. You can't play anything that isn't for sale on the JP PSN.

So what was the 4.00 firmware update for?

 

[KoukiFC]

I am trying to copy my US PSP & PS1 games to my Vita by using my PS3.

I read on another forum that it could be done. Bummer if it's not possible. :/

 

[Hasemo]

So what was the 4.00 firmware update for?

To enable you copying data between PS3 and Vita in the first place?

 

[areal]

So what was the 4.00 firmware update for?

Well, remote play works irrespective of region.

I am trying to copy my US PSP & PS1 games to my Vita by using my PS3.

Vita can't yet emulate PS1. You can play your US PS1 games by remote play but you can't play your US PSP games at all.

 

[darkwing]

I am trying to copy my US PSP & PS1 games to my Vita by using my PS3.

I read on another forum that it could be done. Bummer if it's not possible. :/

where did you read that? it's not possible because it hasn't been released for the US yet so the US PSN isn't 'Vita friendly'

 

[KoukiFC]

Alright thanks. Looks like I'll be importing more Vita games.

I read that it was possible in another forum. Here are the steps he gave:

FYI, you can transfer us psp games over to the vita

Log on to your account
Activate it with account management
Connect vita to ps3 and activate usb connection
Download psp game to ps3 with firmware 4.0
Click on bubble and select copy
Vita will start the transfer
Install and play!

Whats even better, if you have 2 cards, you can play us/jpn content while logged into jpn/us psn account with a small trick

Neogaf on the vita is pretty cool!

 

[flipswitch]

Would the PSP go charger work with the Vita? Just looking at some images and they do look similar.

And will I get to chose a region for psn, ( I want to use the Australian psn store) on setup?

 

[farnham]

got a look at a softmap in osaka yesterday

first impression was that the screen is huge and the graphics are nice

the loadong is quite long thought despite being a card system

played the number touching game, umvc3 and mingol


overall i think ill wait for a price drop but will prob get it down the road

 

[canvee]

Japanese can't hear the difference between 'l' and 'r', because they aren't sounds in their language. But like how the French have problems with 'the'. So they often guess which is the right one to use and sometimes guess incorrectly

No excuse for a decent localisation house to get that wrong though. Maybe Sega just did it in-house?

How do Japanese pronounce names like Ryu and Rikuo?

 

[mrklaw]

Can someone explain how ridge racer's structure works? Is there a single player career, or do you just rave against ghosts?

I got a 'team mission' to race against the purple square team but how am I supposed to do that?

graphically its so close to perfect as to be painful. Just a little tuning to avoid slowdown and its be great - I think it looks fantastic for a handheld. But the lack of tracks (and they don't even seem that memorable) is really disappointing.

Will keep an eye out for what they do with DLC in the west and I might consider double dipping

 

[Hasemo]

the loadong is quite long thought despite being a card system

It's because those demos are on the memory card - the actual game carts have shorter loading times afair.

 

[mrklaw]

How do Japanese pronounce names like Ryu and Rikuo?

They use 'ri' which phonetically is kind of a blend of both our 'r' and 'l' sounds. Its the one I have most difficulty pronouncing properly as we don't have the exact equivalent either. If you can roll your 'r's its a little like that (I can't)

 

[x3sphere]

Alright thanks. Looks like I'll be importing more Vita games.

I read that it was possible in another forum. Here are the steps he gave:

That doesn't work for me, I already tried earlier. No US games or JP demos show up when in the copy screen, and you have to initiate the copy from the Vita, not PS3. So selecting "Copy" from the PS3 won't work.

 

[neptunes]

Not sure if this was asked but can you view web pages in portrait mode (i.e. holding the vita sideways)

 

[canvee]

They use 'ri' which phonetically is kind of a blend of both our 'r' and 'l' sounds. Its the one I have most difficulty pronouncing properly as we don't have the exact equivalent either. If you can roll your 'r's its a little like that (I can't)

Thanks for the response

 

[HardRojo]

They use 'ri' which phonetically is kind of a blend of both our 'r' and 'l' sounds. Its the one I have most difficulty pronouncing properly as we don't have the exact equivalent either. If you can roll your 'r's its a little like that (I can't)

Yeah but that's when you pronounce, not when you write.

 

[Bukana]

Can anyone link youtube links on PSP games running on Vita, especially Crisis Core or Twisted Metal.

Multiple videos please.

 

[goonergaz]

Well, yes - that model is not supported, but then again the whole aim of a portable machine (as per Iwata's philosophy) is that you are trying to sell one machine to each person, unlike to one house hold with consoles.

In this case, caring about trophies and personal achievement is something that i'd assume Sony would hope drives you to getting your won model. In the mean time you can earn someone else some trophies but you can still have a segregated save as with anyother handheld as long as the individual game supports it.

Yeah, in our house we already have 2 PSPs 2 DSs a 3DS and a GP Wiz lol, I think we'll probably go with 2 mem cards, 1 for me and one for the kids...that seems the best compromise, until the systems hit sub £100 then we'll only have one of each.

 

[DCharlie]

and a GP Wiz

woah, high five man

Secretive GP fan *hides Canoo*

Yup, it's good for fans to judge Vita by a high standard. Multi account support would be idea though i can see why it hasn't happened.

 

[Zutroy]

Mine and friends PS vita arrived to today in the UK.We ordered them via WhiteRabbitExpress using them for first time and saved a bunch of money compared to if we ordered from somewhere like Play-Asia. Came to 335 GBP with Console, 8GB Memory, UMVC3 and shipping(Fedex).

I'm properly impressed by the online functionality of the vita. I do wish that friends, messages and party were not separate apps though.

Here is a unboxing video my friend did.

http://youtu.be/M5gxKb8hkwc

Did you not get hit by customs?

 

[wotta]

The English version of Little Deviants is on the Hong Kong store. I got some points and downloaded it, it's quite fun. The good thing about it is how it uses all of the vita's new features, it's a good starter game I'd say.

 

[tait269]

Did you not get hit by customs?

Nope, my friend did not either. We did ask for WhiteRabbitExpress to send as a gift but I was not sure that would work due to the value of the product. Most probably just got lucky.

 

[darkwing]

The English version of Little Deviants is on the Hong Kong store. I got some points and downloaded it, it's quite fun. The good thing about it is how it uses all of the vita's new features, it's a good starter game I'd say.

how much is it in $?

 

[Hydrargyrus]

Resistance looks great!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011...g-skies-george-washington-bridge-playthrough/

Yeah!.

Looks fantastic. But the IA seems a little poor. I guess it's because is a early version.

The cover system, as in Killzone, is a great addition

 

[Zen]

Hm it looked a little linear to me, but that could be a feeling that's created by the AI not being so hot. I hate to be someone that comments with 'no way I'm buying this' but chances are I won't. I could bit for the Killzone game, though. I wonder when we'll see more of that.

Regardless, I'm getting a Vita when Gravity Daze comes out (oddly I might pass on Golden Abyss, given the price and lack presumed lower quality, we'll see).

 

[Keys]

Nope, my friend did not either. We did ask for WhiteRabbitExpress to send as a gift but I was not sure that would work due to the value of the product. Most probably just got lucky.

For the games and accessories did you send them the link from some shop like amazon jp or just asked for them?

 

[tait269]

For the games and accessories did you send them the link from some shop like amazon jp or just asked for them?

Did it all as one order and gave links to each item from yoboashi.com.

 

[Loonz]

Japanese can't hear the difference between 'l' and 'r', because they aren't sounds in their language. But like how the French have problems with 'the'. So they often guess which is the right one to use and sometimes guess incorrectly

No excuse for a decent localisation house to get that wrong though. Maybe Sega just did it in-house?

Sorry for the Off-topic, but even though I'm aware this is the main reason for the typical mistyping of the "r" and the "l" in Japanese - Chinese - Korean language speakers I've always thought it's BS. When you learn a word, you should learn its written form exactly as it is. So when there is an "l", type an "l" and not an "r" even though you can't tell the difference by sound. I feel something is not going well in the way most Asian people learn foreign languages, because this kind of (otherwise simple) errors are commonplace.

I swear I'll never understand this problem.

 

[dark10x]

got a look at a softmap in osaka yesterday

first impression was that the screen is huge and the graphics are nice

the loadong is quite long thought despite being a card system

played the number touching game, umvc3 and mingol


overall i think ill wait for a price drop but will prob get it down the road

The loading is likely due to the way things are stored. Old cartridge systems were all memory mapped so the systems had instant access to the data required. That is not the case here.

Same deal with 3DS, really, as many games have pretty significant loading times. Still faster than a disc in most cases (though Ridge Racer 3D loads slower than Ridge Racers from UMD).

 

[mattfabb]

Sorry for the Off-topic, but even though I'm aware this is the main reason for the typical mistyping of the "r" and the "l" in Japanese - Chinese - Korean language speakers I've always thought it's BS. When you learn a word, you should learn its written form exactly as it is. So when there is an "l", type an "l" and not an "r" even though you can't tell the difference by sound. I feel something is not going well in the way most Asian people learn foreign languages, because this kind of (otherwise simple) errors are commonplace.

I swear I'll never understand this problem.

There is no LA LI LU LE LO but just ラ　リ　ル　レ　ロ

 

[mrklaw]

Can I ask quickly again - what do you need to do to get a crown for a 'perfect' round in minna no golf?