Why is Sony so fuckin' stupid?
Why the hell don't the understand that concave is much more better?
Damn! The same mistake over and over again!!!
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Why is Sony so fuckin' stupid?
Why the hell don't the understand that concave is much more better?
Damn! The same mistake over and over again!!!
Castor Krieg
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Yes, but DS had Japan to sustain it + it sold way more than PSP which gave it larger market.
Factory restart the system to switch accounts, no need to format the memory card.
Because they're not.
I prefer convex myself.
Seriously through, no one knows when vita titles are hitting euro psn ?
Nope..maybe next week?
criesofthepast
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The only thing that would make me kinda happy is if the PSP emulator gets hacked. Leave the Vita side of things alone. The PSP is already pirated to shit so it wouldn't really be harmful to the Vita at all. It would only allow all of us with UMD's to play our games without having to pay twice and by buying them digitally. I could sell my PSP after that. Also memory card adapters. If it were ever possible to use SD cards or cheap un-official cards that would be nice.
Is the ability to controller map and use the dual analog and the better image quality a part of the OS and applied to every PSP game? Or is it only for certain games that have been patched on PSN?
Me too. Concave makes it uncomfortable to push the sticks all the way forward. At least on the 360 controller.
It's an OS feature.
Glossy. Still wiating for my FEB to see how thick they are compared to the old PSP one.
Steve McQueen
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Just played the Vita at my "local" MediaMarkt ( Roermond, Netherlands ). The store was very crowded, but no one seemed interested in the Vita, so I could walk straight to the demo pod and play for about 40 minutes without anyone disturbing me. It was a strange feeling to see gamers looking for 360/PS3 and Wii games and not noticing the Vita...or just walking by. I mean, I drove 30 miles to try the Vita and those people are just walking by? I was like "WTF is going on". I hope that Sony is gonna get some airtime and will show some amazing gameplay footage because most people are unaware that the Vita is about to be launced. The lack of interest from people attending at the store confused me, to say the least.
Now for some impressions:
Hardware:
- Sticks ar tiny but they do the job remarkebly well
- Screen is not that big as I thought it would be.
- Screen looked awesome but it's ( imo ) not on par with my Iphone 4S screen ( maybe the brightness was not configured the right way )
- Could have been my imagination, but the touchscreen seemed a bit slow ( maybe dirty )
- Triggers are more responsive than on the PSP
- D-pad is great!
- Built quality was good, but it's a shame everything is so glossy...fingerprints everywhere. I'd love to see Sony releasing a matte Vita
Games/ Demos
- Motorstorm RC; disappointment. Graphics were kinda meh, and the cars were way too tiny to control
- Super Stardust Delta: looked very vibrant and played well. The tiny sticks make the game harder to control imo.
- Mod Nation: Framerate was not smooth to say the least. Not gonna buy this
- Wipeout 2048: Looked great, but it's definitely not on pat with the Wipeout HD. Some guys wrote that it even looked better than the PS3 version and that's definitely not true. Framerate was not stable. It seems that the retail version has a stable 30 fps...and I hope it's true because the framerate in the demo would be a real gamebreaker to me
- FIFA 12: Game looked great ( although the players are very tiny and it's hard to see which moves they pull off ) but played great with the sticks. Also some minor slowdown, but not too bad.
- Gravity Daze: Kinda hard too get into in a noisy store. Some minor graphical issues going on, but the game ( art direction ) looked great. The demo took some time to take off, at first you're playing a tutorial, but when the controls click, it feels magical. Day 1 for me.
- Ridge Racer. Better than I expected. Graphics aren't that great and some major framedrops. Game controlled well. Franchise starts to wear a bit thin for me.
- Escape plan: very nice 'little'game. Great art direction.
- Hot Shots Golf: seems like a lot of fun. Never played it on my PSP but I must admit I enjoyed it a lot. Graphics were okay
- Virtua Tennis 4: F**k me. The graphics looked really awesome. If you wanna show off your Vita this is the game to own. I must say that for me personally, this is the only game that made me think: hell, I'm playing on my PS3 right now. 60 fps, crisp graphics and great controls. For me, this was the most impressive game graphic wise. Gameplay wise it's Gravity Daze without any doubt.
Didn't try Michael Jackson Experience, Touch my Katamari , Reality Fighters and Little Deviants.
Unfortunately, Uncharted GA was not playable. A real shame I could not play this because I still don't know if I should keep my preorder now. If I found out Uncharted was awesome the decision would be a lot easier
Don't get me wrong, I love the device, loved Fifa 12, Virtua Tennis 4 and Gravity Daze but that may not be enough for me to make me buy this on day one.
Now for some impressions:
Hardware:
- Sticks ar tiny but they do the job remarkebly well
- Screen is not that big as I thought it would be.
- Screen looked awesome but it's ( imo ) not on par with my Iphone 4S screen ( maybe the brightness was not configured the right way )
- Could have been my imagination, but the touchscreen seemed a bit slow ( maybe dirty )
- Triggers are more responsive than on the PSP
- D-pad is great!
- Built quality was good, but it's a shame everything is so glossy...fingerprints everywhere. I'd love to see Sony releasing a matte Vita
Games/ Demos
- Motorstorm RC; disappointment. Graphics were kinda meh, and the cars were way too tiny to control
- Super Stardust Delta: looked very vibrant and played well. The tiny sticks make the game harder to control imo.
- Mod Nation: Framerate was not smooth to say the least. Not gonna buy this
- Wipeout 2048: Looked great, but it's definitely not on pat with the Wipeout HD. Some guys wrote that it even looked better than the PS3 version and that's definitely not true. Framerate was not stable. It seems that the retail version has a stable 30 fps...and I hope it's true because the framerate in the demo would be a real gamebreaker to me
- FIFA 12: Game looked great ( although the players are very tiny and it's hard to see which moves they pull off ) but played great with the sticks. Also some minor slowdown, but not too bad.
- Gravity Daze: Kinda hard too get into in a noisy store. Some minor graphical issues going on, but the game ( art direction ) looked great. The demo took some time to take off, at first you're playing a tutorial, but when the controls click, it feels magical. Day 1 for me.
- Ridge Racer. Better than I expected. Graphics aren't that great and some major framedrops. Game controlled well. Franchise starts to wear a bit thin for me.
- Escape plan: very nice 'little'game. Great art direction.
- Hot Shots Golf: seems like a lot of fun. Never played it on my PSP but I must admit I enjoyed it a lot. Graphics were okay
- Virtua Tennis 4: F**k me. The graphics looked really awesome. If you wanna show off your Vita this is the game to own. I must say that for me personally, this is the only game that made me think: hell, I'm playing on my PS3 right now. 60 fps, crisp graphics and great controls. For me, this was the most impressive game graphic wise. Gameplay wise it's Gravity Daze without any doubt.
Didn't try Michael Jackson Experience, Touch my Katamari , Reality Fighters and Little Deviants.
Unfortunately, Uncharted GA was not playable. A real shame I could not play this because I still don't know if I should keep my preorder now. If I found out Uncharted was awesome the decision would be a lot easier
Don't get me wrong, I love the device, loved Fifa 12, Virtua Tennis 4 and Gravity Daze but that may not be enough for me to make me buy this on day one.
criesofthepast
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Niiiice. I'll probably double dip and pick up MGS Peace Walker day 1 because of that.
Seriously through, no one knows when vita titles are hitting euro psn ?
This week or the next one. Come on, the system isn't out yet.
Blue Submarine No. 6
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I bought the Sony screen protector for my Vita on the basis of my experience with them on my PSPgos... On both PSPgos, they were easy to put on, and are so seemless that they're virtually invisible... In fact, it's pretty much impossible to tell they're installed! I'm hoping for the same quality and effect with the Vita once I get it installed on Wednesday.
Not really... with the DS, you had to go out and buy the hardware, and the R2 or G3 or whatever carts weren't sold in stores (at least, they sure weren't sold in any stores around here), meaning you pretty much needed a credit card to get one, so there was that barrier of entry. With the PSP, all you had to do was copy a couple files you downloaded from the Internet to a memory card and run them; not a challenge for today's computer-savy kids. I agree that piracy no doubt hurt DS sales as well, but it was far more rampant on the PSP from what I saw... Hell, when you've got 70 Million systems sold worldwide, but you can't sell a million copies of a game like MGS
W (a game that has what, 3 million downloads on the torrent sites now?) it's pretty hard to argue that piracy was not a significant factor in the PSP's crummy attach rate...I'm willing to bet that the Vita firmware* won't be breached in any fashion that allows for popular piracy for several years, if every, and I'm not a gambling man.
*(not talking about PSP emulation mode here, which we already know can run homebrew, though we don't know what the barrier to entry is - and I suspect that could be sufficiently complex to prove a deterent to general adoption)
EU PSP games on Vita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tTk5KIW9YE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tTk5KIW9YE
So how do the Icons work, can you position them where ever you want on the screen? How come some of the images only have 4 slots for icons? Can you hide icons and only have a select few showing at your choice?
Very good find btw, some absolutely amazing work gone into some, nay, all of those. I'd love to see a Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets or Space Battleship Yamato/Starblazers one. I really should start learning how to use Gimp to create something of my own.
Sony probably makes more money from PSP and PS3 than Vita at this early stage. The best case scenario for them is to have gamers buy Vita with lots of games and accessories. I reckon the Vita ads will likely be tuned to core gamers.
spectyre
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I have the exact same reasoning for buying the Sony protectors. And if I agree with you, you must be right.
Duxxy3
Member
They're not stupid. Concave is not always better.
Get one of those MLG controllers and you can test it all you like. Personally i've gone with a convex analog for left analog and concave analog for right.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
That psp/mini compatibility list is kind of worrying, I thought psp mode on a vita was something you could throw any old game at. I even wanted to play Castlevania X and Where is my Heart when I got mine and I guess i'm not.
Liquid_015
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Hey guys,
just saw this on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/HORI-PS-Vita-Silicone-Protector-Sony/dp/B006WJ70P6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329063190&sr=8-2
just saw this on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/HORI-PS-Vita-Silicone-Protector-Sony/dp/B006WJ70P6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329063190&sr=8-2
Japan to sustain it?
DS did gangbusters in the US.
And PSP in Japan did pretty great as well.
Every time I see that link I get more and more annoyed.
The site has the PSD templates for download, so you can fool around with those if you want.
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Listening to the latest 8-4 Play podcast and IIRC they are the guys that are localising Gravity Daze. They're talking about having just finishing a project so perhaps they've just finished localising Gravity Daze since it is supposedly late because of localisation problems.
It's just a theory but if that is the case we could possibly expect it within the next month.
It's just a theory but if that is the case we could possibly expect it within the next month.
Why?
Because it's not entirely accurate (Escape Plan isn't retail) or complete, and compared to the one I spent days doing (here) it's quite lacking.
Just on a personal level, that's all.
Calm the fuck down. Sony is the only one giving you analog sticks in the first place. So what does that make the 'competition'?
Still over a week left for us Euros who have no option of FEB. It'll be the slowest week ever
Especially because it's the last week of school before a 1 week holiday for me, it feels like the world is spinning in slow motion.
Revolutionary
Member
Hmm... I am very interested. The back part of my Vita has been scratched very lightly in one spot (somehow) so I was hoping there would be some sort of protector for it (and the front). Looks like I finally found one. Thanks! I think I'm going to pick this up and another screen protector for the back.
When will I stop being impressed by how well designed the device looks? It's gorgeous.
Already? Ouch.
I guess with my White PSP it wasn't easy to tell any hairline scratches.. I'll probably buy a second white Vita if they ever become available.
Yeah, my mate here has had a Vita from SOny for about a week with 6 games and he himself is under embargo too. He's told me a little bit, offered an invite to come over and check it out (He's a reviewer, I used to contribute to the same site) but I said I don't want the surprise ruined for me and will happily wait till launch. He's had nothing but positive things to say about it and even said that the 'Near' has told him 2-3 people within a 9km radius have them as well. I can't wait to see this, so glad I ordered the 3g.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Lol piracy did not kill the PSP. Otherwise the DS would have died too.
Fair enough. I hadn't seen yours before, the one I posted popped up on Twitter a while ago so I thought I'd see if it had any unknowns on it.
Tarin02543
Member
Same situation here at Fnac stores in Belgium, nobody cared about the Vita demo pods and I could play Vita for hours undisturbed if I wanted, everybody walking by and not caring one bit. Most kids were crowding the MW3 ps360 stations and couldn't care less about this new system, really sad to see how Sony just does not seem to care about any marketing whatsoever, unless you can count those ripoff preorder packages as marketing.
Probably because the PlayStationEU twitter feed only tweets to the Official PlayStation Magazine site. Making it all the more annoying... =)
Live Free or Die
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Does anyone know if you will be able to choose the PSN game you get when you activate the AT&T data pass?
addyb
Member
Am i right in saying i will need multiple cards if im to use my us and jap psn accounts as well as my uk one?
How does this work on the vita. Will i get a choice of which account to log into like on ps3 startup. Once there all setup of course.
So basically id sign into relevant account on my ps3 and vita and transfer content that way, and obviously have correct memory card inserted.
How does this work on the vita. Will i get a choice of which account to log into like on ps3 startup. Once there all setup of course.
So basically id sign into relevant account on my ps3 and vita and transfer content that way, and obviously have correct memory card inserted.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
Ultimately , we got to the point where you didn't need anything extra to CFW your PSP, the DS at least needed you to go buy an R4 or whatever.
I'm pretty sure that had an effect - the other thing was that the DS crowd pulled in a whole ton of players who weren't traditional techy leaning gamers as well with Brain Training etc.
I'm sure you're right and piracy didn't kill the PSP - but i'm pretty sure it's one of 3 or 4 very large factors that harmed it (definitely in the west)
you will have to factor reset your machine each time you want to switch accounts - there's no quick log in/out a la PSP over wireless unfortunately. Not tried to get multiple user data onto one card as i had multiple cards in preperation (and i initially got "this card can only be used by account <account name> - to use this card you must format it now" warning - but apparently you can skip this step - never tried, can anyone fill us in on this please?)
Sometimes I hate gaffers, hyping everything, which as a result make me spent my money.
But this time I'm strong I tell ya muaha! Resisting the urge!
Piracy affected PSP in Asia as well. In the Philippines you can walk into a store in an official mall in the middle of Manila and get your PSP home brewed, even buy illegal games behind the desk.
But this time I'm strong I tell ya muaha! Resisting the urge!
Piracy affected PSP in Asia as well. In the Philippines you can walk into a store in an official mall in the middle of Manila and get your PSP home brewed, even buy illegal games behind the desk.
In some markets, even the retailers sell CFW'ed PSPs with free pirated games and movies, as many as you can fit on your memory sticks.
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