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Thsi has probably already been posted and discused.. but I did not know this, so there might be others to..

•When you buy MotorStorm RC you will be able to play it on PS3 and PS Vita at no additional cost.
•When you buy Hustle Kings and/or Top Darts for PS Vita, you will get the PS3 versions for free. If you already own these games on PS3, you’ll be able to download the PS Vita version for free.
•If you purchase WipEout 2048 and you already own WipEout HD and the HD Fury DLC on PS3, you will be able to download them for free when they launch on PS Vita later this spring.
•DLC purchased for the PS3 version of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 can be used on the PS Vita version for free (and vice versa).

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/02/16/try-ps-vitaps3-cross-play-content-for-one-price/
 
Saw Rayman being played on youtube. Looks so damn nice
I was going buy it on PC, but tages am cry.
Getting it for vita, DD unless the prices at retail post 22nd feb is better.

Really wished Dynasty Warriors Next came out in EU. Would be the perfect game for me!
Btw is there any benefit to sign up for PSB plus for PSP games?
I never paid attention when I had my subscription last year when it came to PSP discounts.
 
Uncharted, Wipeout, Rayman Origins, FIFA, Hot Shots etc etc dual analog sticks, no video-out...yeah, I believe Sony is selling the Vita (at least initially) as a console-on-the-go. In fact I'm positive that's what Sony wants people to believe it is, since that's what their advertising is saying it is.

I highlighted "people that don't want". Sony isn't catering to the people who don't want that experience.
 
We're going to try to storm through Uncharted so we can trade it in so we can pick up something else. Has to be rendered at the native resolution (Rayman, maybe?). Can't handle the upsampling and fogginess in UC.
 
Saw Rayman being played on youtube. Looks so damn nice
I was going buy it on PC, but tages am cry.
Getting it for vita, DD unless the prices at retail post 22nd feb is better.

Really wished Dynasty Warriors Next came out in EU. Would be the perfect game for me!
Btw is there any benefit to sign up for PSB plus for PSP games?
I never paid attention when I had my subscription last year when it came to PSP discounts.

I was playing Rayman on the tube this morning, maybe that was me?

Edit - except you said youtube - not the tube LOL
 
Thsi has probably already been posted and discused.. but I did not know this, so there might be others to..

  • If you purchase WipEout 2048 and you already own WipEout HD and the HD Fury DLC on PS3, you will be able to download them for free when they launch on PS Vita later this spring.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/02/16/try-ps-vitaps3-cross-play-content-for-one-price/

Wait ... is HD coming to vita? I missed this announcement.

I was playing Rayman on the tube this morning, maybe that was me?

Heh, well is this you?
 
Anecdotal sales evidence...I booted up near for the first time and was surprised to see at least ten vita owners within 5 km. I'm in Columbus, OH.
 
Lots of RAM.
I think this is one of the main reasons :-)
OS looks super fluid.

... and carefully designed software.

There were some talks about Android rendering on the main thread, causing the UI visuals to lag/stutter when the system is busy. So far Vita OS is very responsive and sensitive, like an iOS device. The text edit box event handling needs some more tweaks and polishing, but the auto-completion works better than iOS. The hit detection needs some finetuning when the web browser is zoomed out (i.e. small text/link). But the experience is rather pleasant and usable.

It may need some shortcut gestures though. If Sony continue to refine this, they can surprise a lot of people.
 
I'm still getting the "np-2244-2" error when trying to buy UMvC3, is this a problem for anyone else?

yup, after i bought lumines + rayman, i can't buy anything else on the store. can't do it through my ps3 either. can't add funds to the wallet, nada.

so much for that. :(
 
Thsi has probably already been posted and discused.. but I did not know this, so there might be others to..

•If you purchase WipEout 2048 and you already own WipEout HD and the HD Fury DLC on PS3, you will be able to download them for free when they launch on PS Vita later this spring.

Jesus christ, seriously? That's amazing. So the full version of WipEout HD/Fury is coming to Vita??

Or will it be a DLC pack that just lets you play all those maps outside of cross-play?

Good to know about Marvel as well; I didn't want to buy it yet if I was going to have to repurchase all the DLC. Looking forward to the full costume pack this spring.
 
Wait ... is HD coming to vita? I missed this announcement.

looks so..

this is from the US blog..

•If you purchase Hustle Kings for PS Vita, you will get Hustle Kings on PS3 for free. If you already own Hustle Kings on PS3, you’ll be able to download the PS Vita version for free.
•If you purchase WipEout 2048, you will be able to download WipEout 2048’s DLC packs, WipEout HD and HD Fury for free when they launch later this spring (if you already own the PS3 versions).
•DLC purchased for the PS3 version of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 can be used on the PS Vita version for free (and vice versa).

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/02/16/3-great-reasons-to-try-ps-vitaps3-cross-play-content/
 
Well this is a Vita-Thread, so what answer do you expect? :P

Ya, Vita could have a slow start, but word of mouth could really help it. Almost everyone, who sees it in action, likes it.

I would buy a vita, but it depends on you.

Aye, but, while I haven't been posting here for long, it seems that most members (Atleast in the Gaming part of the forum.) here are actually very level headed, or reasonable. Especially when compared to most other forums I've been a member of.

Plus, I want both systems almost equally as much, so I just thought I'd ask for some input. And I appreciate it!

The Vita is also very sleek. Very very sleek!
 
I highlighted "people that don't want". Sony isn't catering to the people who don't want that experience.

And that's why I said if the Vita fails in the West as it is in Japan, I think a big part of that could be a result of pushing the device towards a tiny segment of the gaming audience that wants a console experience on a handheld. I'm the rare example of someone that has no interest in console games on a handheld, but am still buying the Vita (lumines). The point being if the Vita fails it may not necessarily be the iPad's fault.
 
... and carefully designed software.
There were some talks about Android rendering on the main thread, causing the UI visuals to lag/stutter when the system is busy. So far Vita OS is very responsive and sensitive, like an iOS device. The text edit box event handling needs some more tweaks and polishing, but the auto-completion works better than iOS. The hit detection needs some finetuning when the web browser is zoomed out (i.e. small text/link). But the experience is rather pleasant and usable.

It may need some shortcut gestures though. If Sony continue to refine this, they can surprise a lot of people.
And this, of course!
Like Hirai and Yoshida already said: They have build the hardware around the software this time.
And you can see it now! Easy to develope for... and the OS looks super smooth.
Simply great!
 
That's OLED for you. Someone posted a comparison screen a few pages back.
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man i was really hoped that samsung would have fixed this problem already. i guess not
 
I noticed it last night but only as the system was booting up or launching a game. I was playing in pitch blackness too, which I don't want to do too often anyways because I prefer some light.

During gameplay or even when games use deep blacks, it's completely unnoticeable.

And I guess US blog confirms that HD/Fury will be DLC packs, but that's still awesome. Hopefully by then we have a proper Racebox...I wonder if they'll bring the 2048 tracks to the PS3 version.
 
I can't get my vita screen to come on. Everything was great last night. I plugged it in to charge overnight and now this morning when I try turning it on, the screen will not come on. The home button flashes blue and then nothing happens.

I thought maybe I had the charger in the wrong way and the battery but I plugged it my Vita in this morning and still the screen won't come on.


Help!
 
With these news of free DLC and the reduced load times announced yesterday, I might actually pick up Wipeout.
Are you talking about the 1.01 patch or did they further comment on the issue? The 1.01 patch doesn't seem to have improved loading that much.
 
... and carefully designed software.

There were some talks about Android rendering on the main thread, causing the UI visuals to lag/stutter when the system is busy. So far Vita OS is very responsive and sensitive, like an iOS device. The text edit box event handling needs some more tweaks and polishing, but the auto-completion works better than iOS. The hit detection needs some finetuning when the web browser is zoomed out (i.e. small text/link). But the experience is rather pleasant and usable.

It may need some shortcut gestures though. If Sony continue to refine this, they can surprise a lot of people.

Add folders (or something like it), an HTML5 compliant browser, make trophy syncing less stupid, and fix that weird disabling of the network issues and I think they will have a perfect closed game system on their hands. You get that network issue when enabling the gyro in Hot Shots, or playing Uncharted. If it's an issue with saving battery life then at least don't do it while I'm plugged in. If you let devs do it to make games run at all then you are fucking idiots.
 
man i was really hoped that samsung would have fixed this problem already. i guess not

My Nokia Lumia 800 has an OLED screen and it does have this issue, but no one but crazy people like myself notice it. They implemented something like "Clear Black" technology or something, it's awesome.
 
yup, after i bought lumines + rayman, i can't buy anything else on the store. can't do it through my ps3 either. can't add funds to the wallet, nada.

so much for that. :(

same exact problem for me, called my bank and also called Sony, the rep didn't even know much about how the menus on vita worked. All i did was purchased Monster hunter and after that can't buy anything else. Also i went ahead and bough a PSN card from Gamestop.com and got emailed code and this works just fine adding funds that way just takes an hour or so to get code.
 
I can't get my vita screen to come on. Everything was great last night. I plugged it in to charge overnight and now this morning when I try turning it on, the screen will not come on. The home button flashes blue and then nothing happens.

I thought maybe I had the charger in the wrong way and the battery but I plugged it my Vita in this morning and still the screen won't come on.


Help!

Need to hard reset. Read somewhere that you need to hold down power button for 20 seconds or so to fix this.
 
I can't get my vita screen to come on. Everything was great last night. I plugged it in to charge overnight and now this morning when I try turning it on, the screen will not come on. The home button flashes blue and then nothing happens.

I thought maybe I had the charger in the wrong way and the battery but I plugged it my Vita in this morning and still the screen won't come on.


Help!

Try Holding the OFF button pressed for 20 seconds.. that should fix it.
 
Is Wipeout Fury coming to the Vita as a stand-alone purchase as well? I'd much rather have that than 2048. Or is it simply DLC for 2048 (hopefully using the PS3 version's framerate).
 
Your eyes are not broken. These games are absolutely incredible to behold on this thing.

The screen itself is responsible for that. MVC3 on a console is typically going to be displayed on a 1080p screen (or even 1366x768 screen) so you won't be seeing that perfect 1:1 pixel image. The Vita delivers that alongside a near perfect refresh rate (faster than a plasma but still not quite as fast as a CRT) and incredible contrast (infinitely better than every LCD). Really outstanding to behold.

You are the guy with a Pioneer Kuro and hates LCD if i am right, what do you think about the black level of the PS vita OLED screen when viewing a movie?
Are the dark scenes really THAT good if you compare it to a good old CRT and a 5090 Kuro? I really want to know this. :)
 
Are you talking about the 1.01 patch or did they further comment on the issue? The 1.01 patch doesn't seem to have improved loading that much.
I was talking about the 1.01 patch. I thought I read a few very positive responses from GAFers yesterday. How much did it reduce the load times?
 
Saw Rayman being played on youtube. Looks so damn nice
I was going buy it on PC, but tages am cry.
Getting it for vita, DD unless the prices at retail post 22nd feb is better.

Really wished Dynasty Warriors Next came out in EU. Would be the perfect game for me!
Btw is there any benefit to sign up for PSB plus for PSP games?
I never paid attention when I had my subscription last year when it came to PSP discounts.

Dynasty Warriors Next is being released in the UK. I assume you aren't in the UK?
 
So whats the best case to get? What would be some must have psp games?

I actually really like the case that came with the FEB. I was worried it would be too bulky but it holds the system perfectly, gives you spots to put games, and then of course the top of it is where you'd put the power cable. I like for the Vita that its hard to protect the screen and the sticks from any possible damage.

Granted it can't fit in your pocket at all that way, but we live in an Indiana Jones adventure satchel world these days, right?
 
Search didn't show anything for me and don't have time ATM to read further 80 odd pages I'm yet to catch up on.

Do you have to use the Sony memory cards or can I get another brand from a camera store etc?

I assume in the psn store there's a vita specific section and for psp you just browse psp like normal?

Thanks in advance.
 
You are the the guy with a Pioneer Kuro and hates LCD if i am right, what do you think about the black level of the PS vita OLED screen when viewing a movie?
Are the dark scenes really THAT good if you compare it to a good old CRT and a 5090 Kuro? I really want to know this. :)
It's better than my Kuro and my Sony CRTs.

The Kuro actually comes shockingly close to matching OLED at times. If you use a bit of lighting behind the TV (very dim lighting even) it looks totally dark, but if you cut the lights completely you can see it glow. That's hardly the case with the OLED which appears almost completely black. I'm using the second gen Kuro (5020fd) which was darker than the first gen Kuro (which I also owned previously).

CRTs are similarly dark but suffer from a bit of blooming when bright objects appear on screen.

It's very good. In the dark, the screen fades into the bezel. Also, the OLED is extremely fast. Not quite as fast as a CRT, but it actually handles motion better than ALL LCDs and plasmas that I've used.

Let's just say that, when a large OLED TV hits the market, I may finally have a reason to upgrade from the Kuro. It's that good.

Yes, I do hate LCDs (despite owning several of them for various purposes).

I was talking about the 1.01 patch. I thought I read a few very positive responses from GAFers yesterday. How much did it reduce the load times?
It does improve things a bit but it's still slow. I think that's just how the game is going to be, unfortunately. Still worth playing regardless.
 
Jesus christ, seriously? That's amazing. So the full version of WipEout HD/Fury is coming to Vita??

Or will it be a DLC pack that just lets you play all those maps outside of cross-play?

Good to know about Marvel as well; I didn't want to buy it yet if I was going to have to repurchase all the DLC. Looking forward to the full costume pack this spring.

Hum if I have the retail game I can't download it for free right?
 
I could totally see myself doing all my gaming on the Vita. I hope the PS vita starts to get all the ps3 ports (if Rayman Orgins and MvC3 are anything to go by).


How can this thing not be a success?
 
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