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kodt said:
Why should new digital games be cheaper than used versions? Shouldn't used versions always be cheaper? Why would anyone buy used if digital was cheaper? If they lowered digital prices, used prices would drop accordingly.
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I'm seeing new copies of Uncharted in stores for $39.
 
osknoes said:
Could anyone explain me how to setup the controls properly for PW ? I remember reading something about it, but can't really find it.
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Long press the screen and you'll see a menu pop up with the option to map the face buttons to the right joystick.
 
The gap is way bigger in Japan, the used game heaven. Price of new games is often affected as well.

I was looking into shinobido 2 and the English version had no (free until a certain date) DLC yet so I went looking at the Japanese version. On PSN, it cost roughly 5000 yen and on amazon it's 3380 -NEW-.

I pointed this out to the Japanese publisher in this case and have filled in psn surveys but I don't know if anyone else is complaining or not.
 
So I have a Vita and my daughter wants one for her birthday. If we share psn account can I load my digital games on her vita? or is that a bad idea like if we ever want to play against each other online?

Can she use her own psn tag as long as I load them from my ps3?

Trying to save some money. We like the same games so I'd be rebuying everything I already bought.
 
Damn handheld life is taking over my gaming time! I am sorry vita i have been neglecting you for the past week because I am caught up with Kid Icarus at the moment. I can't wait to come home to you soon!

<3 KooPaL
 
Koroviev said:
Would you guys recommend Hot Shots Golf or Wipeout 2048? I love Wipeout HD, but I've never played an HSG game.
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Hot Shots Golf has my vote. I've never played HSG much less a golf game other than Wii Sports and I've been hooked playing HSG for the vita. Be prepared though, the learning curve becomes really steep and gets harder to win matches as you move through the ranks. Still don't let that deter you since it is really an addicting and rewarding game.
 
blackflag said:
So I have a Vita and my daughter wants one for her birthday. If we share psn account can I load my digital games on her vita? or is that a bad idea like if we ever want to play against each other online?

Can she use her own psn tag as long as I load them from my ps3?

Trying to save some money. We like the same games so I'd be rebuying everything I already bought.
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I don't think that's going to work. I believe the game are tied to the account you purchased them under. So she'd need to play using your account or you'd have to re-buy the games for her account.

In your situation it probably makes more sense to purchase the physical carts instead of digital downloads. That way when one of you is finished with a game, the other person can play it (assuming that they wipe any save data from the cart).


Koroviev said:
Would you guys recommend Hot Shots Golf or Wipeout 2048? I love Wipeout HD, but I've never played an HSG game.
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It's hard to say. I've been playing HSG like crazy recently. It's even pulled me away from Uncharted:GA. But if you've never played a HSG game before, I'd be reluctant to recommend it. Do you like golf?

I don't have Wipeout 2048 yet but I do love Wipeout HD on the PS3. If you know you love Wipeout, I'd probably suggest going that route since you know what you'll be getting.
 
cyborg009 said:
I hated MHU it was too hard to get into but I instantly fell in love with god's eater burst and also has great soundtrack
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This is good to hear, I tried to get into MH multiple times and hated it. Anybody here play Phantasy Star Portable 2? I LOVED PSP2 and wish I could play it on Vita (US here) so I'm looking for a PSP2 substitute.
 
KooPaL said:
Hot Shots Golf has my vote. I've never played HSG much less a golf game other than Wii Sports and I've been hooked playing HSG for the vita. Be prepared though, the learning curve becomes really steep and gets harder to win matches as you move through the ranks. Still don't let that deter you since it is really an addicting and rewarding game.
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Thanks, I've seen a lot of people say that it's addictive :)

FireCloud said:
It's hard to say. I've been playing HSG like crazy recently. It's even pulled me away from Uncharted:GA. But if you've never played a HSG game before, I'd be reluctant to recommend it. Do you like golf?

I don't have Wipeout 2048 yet but I do love Wipeout HD on the PS3. If you know you love Wipeout, I'd probably suggest going that route since you know what you'll be getting.
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I liked Mario Golf on the GameCube, but I haven't played another golf game since.

As much as I love Wipeout, I'm kind of burnt out on the tracks available in the PS3 version and the Fury add-on. Does 2048 features new tracks?
 
BrLvgThrChmstry said:
Is it more fun than MH:FU? (yes, I am having a hard time with MH and I find it to be a bore)
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I have only played demo of MH2 on PSP a year or so ago and deleted it fast since i felt it was pointless grind.

Compared to that GEB feels really good - missions are fast (up to 10 minutes so far) and when you do them story advances (kinda like Valkyria Chronicles 2).

I just played my first difficulty 3 mission (around 7 hours mark) and story was so far very interesting and makes me want to play another and another mission to unlock next bit of secrets among secrets.

Also so far i manage well with my policy of doing each mission once so minial gring.
Of course there are also areas where you can very deeply like bullet creation - but so far rellying on bullets from merchant have been ok.

One of key factors here is right analog used as d-pad which makes controls comfortable instead of hand deforming exercise like it would be on psp.

For 10 euros it's a steal
 
blackflag said:
So I have a Vita and my daughter wants one for her birthday. If we share psn account can I load my digital games on her vita? or is that a bad idea like if we ever want to play against each other online?

Can she use her own psn tag as long as I load them from my ps3?

Trying to save some money. We like the same games so I'd be rebuying everything I already bought.
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Use yours as master account and your daughter's as a sub account.

http://ps3explained.com/beginner/users-accounts-and-sub-accounts/

Here's how to create a sub account: http://us.playstation.com/support/answer/index.htm?a_id=1197
 
Massa said:
I'm 99% sure you can copy PSP save data from a PC with Content Manager. Gran Turismo saves are locked though, I couldn't transfer mine from a PSP 3000 to the PSP Go.
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I managed to transfer my data from PSP2000 to Vita. EU Gran Turismo if that matters. Did it all through the PS3.
 
xKilltheMx said:
This is good to hear, I tried to get into MH multiple times and hated it. Anybody here play Phantasy Star Portable 2? I LOVED PSP2 and wish I could play it on Vita (US here) so I'm looking for a PSP2 substitute.
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nothing really expect monster hunter

michaelius said:
I have only played demo of MH2 on PSP a year or so ago and deleted it fast since i felt it was pointless grind.

Compared to that GEB feels really good - missions are fast (up to 10 minutes so far) and when you do them story advances (kinda like Valkyria Chronicles 2).

I just played my first difficulty 3 mission (around 7 hours mark) and story was so far very interesting and makes me want to play another and another mission to unlock next bit of secrets among secrets.

Also so far i manage well with my policy of doing each mission once so minial gring.
Of course there are also areas where you can very deeply like bullet creation - but so far rellying on bullets from merchant have been ok.

One of key factors here is right analog used as d-pad which makes controls comfortable instead of hand deforming exercise like it would be on psp.

For 10 euros it's a steal
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this guy sold me the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGV-YB-JCWc
 
famousmortimer said:
For those who were on the fence about Disgaea 3 or just generally not knowing what it's about... i shot about 15 minutes of video showing the hub world and one battle and doing some narration trying to explain it all.

http://foryourvitahype.com/2012/04/20/for-your-viewing-disgaea-3/


It's a dense game so I'm not even sure if I did a good job of it in 15 minutes - but there ya go, i hope it helps :)
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Thanks for the vid. I've had a wrapped copy of this game sitting on my desk for a few days now. I couldn't decide if I wanted to open and play it. Well, I finally opened it!
 
When did Canabalt come out as a mini?

I really can't believe that they can let minis be released at this point that aren't Vita compatible. It's terrible enough that pretty much the only older mini I want to play isn't available, but going forward it just makes no sense.
 
So after looking at Burning Skies and Uncharted, and after noticing a shocking lack of L3 and R3 input, I have to ask:

Are the touch screen controls mandatory? I've always been curious: I have to imagine that it makes movement awkward when you have to take your thumbs of the analog sticks to reload and knife, especially when you play online. I saw the same for UC:A, they should really make it optional.

I dont know why VITA lacked the R3 and L3 when it is trying to emulate consoles, but couldnt they map this to the backpad? The four corners could each support the missing inputs, or is that uncomfortable?

I've been playing around with controller setups in my head, it'd be really cool if VITA could also somehow allow for you to customize controls via a patch update
 
TimeEffect said:
So after looking at Burning Skies and Uncharted, and after noticing a shocking lack of L3 and R3 input, I have to ask:

Are the touch screen controls mandatory? I've always been curious: I have to imagine that it makes movement awkward when you have to take your thumbs of the analog sticks to reload and knife, especially when you play online. I saw the same for UC:A, they should really make it optional.

I dont know why VITA lacked the R3 and L3 when it is trying to emulate consoles, but couldnt they map this to the backpad? The four corners could each support the missing inputs, or is that uncomfortable?

I've been playing around with controller setups in my head, it'd be really cool if VITA could also somehow allow for you to customize controls via a patch update
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Yeah the back and front touch are going to have to make up for missing L2, R2, L3, R3.

Double tapping the back for sprint is a good idea i think and much better than having a front touch button for it.
 
I need the lil deviants trophy honor upheld... If someone has the game and can send me a EASY challenge so I can get this it would be highly appreciated (im even ashamed to ask this game is that bad). My ID in profile so just hit me up.

Kinda annoying cause the game is cute enough to be good but gameplay is horrid
 
JackFrost said:
I need the lil deviants trophy honor upheld... If someone has the game and can send me a EASY challenge so I can get this it would be highly appreciated (im even ashamed to ask this game is that bad). My ID in profile so just hit me up.

Kinda annoying cause the game is cute enough to be good but gameplay is horrid
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I'll send you one I guess might as well get a trophy too lol
 
chris.trejo said:
Ok which ones do you find easy? And yeah send me one too, as long as it's not motion based lol I suck at those.
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I dont suck at them as much as I despise them. For me any move/motion based gameplay is inherently flawed in the fact that I like to be a complete bum when gaming....no movement is good movement imo. Moreso in handhelds as I play them hidden under blankets sheltered from the world. Anything that pulls me outta there is bad, Including, but not limited to my gf lol.

wish i had you a week ago I sent everyone easy challenges on motocross for a easy trophy, now my times arent so easy i dont think!

Ill dig through my lil deviants ass games (theres alot of them) and find you a early map with a badscore for a easy trophy.


anything where you scored under a silver will be fine.
Ty tons I appreciate it
 
JackFrost said:
I dont suck at them as much as I despise them. For me any move/motion based gameplay is inherently flawed in the fact that I like to be a complete bum when gaming....no movement is good movement imo. Moreso in handhelds as I play them hidden under blankets sheltered from the world. Anything that pulls me outta there is bad, Including, but not limited to my gf lol.

wish i had you a week ago I sent everyone easy challenges on motocross for a easy trophy, now my times arent so easy i dont think!

Ill dig through my lil deviants ass games (theres alot of them) and find you a early map with a badscore for a easy trophy.
Ty tons I appreciate it
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lol I know the feeling I hate moving while gaming, ok I'm going to send you one with the touch screen our scores aren't far off so it shouldn't be too hard I hope.
 
Koroviev said:
Would you guys recommend Hot Shots Golf or Wipeout 2048? I love Wipeout HD, but I've never played an HSG game.
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I recommend HSG. I've never played a hot shots game before and I"m not a fan of golf. That being said, this is the most played vita game I have. I've been doing the 3 dailies daily (online tournament). Even when you do bad, it seems there is someone even worse. The game is highly recommended.
 
I've played Disgaea 3 for about an and a half now. I've skipped the story at every possible moment. Seems awful and boring. I love the gameplay, though! I've never really played a SRPG. I am finding it a bit difficult. I finished the tutorials with a tiny bit of difficulty, then barely made it out alive on the first non-tut mission. Ugh. I'm gonna stick with it.
 
i can't lie, i'm actually pretty excited about burning skies. i've been dying to play an fps game on this thing. regardless of it's quality, i'm convinced it will be a considerably better experience than coded arms on psp.
 
chris.trejo said:
lol I know the feeling I hate moving while gaming, ok I'm going to send you one with the touch screen our scores aren't far off so it shouldn't be too hard I hope.
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the only one they lemme challenge you was the one sent (non move)...I only got you by 100 so you should be able to do that as my score is only silver .

I appreciate the boost as the few friends I have that owned the game sold it like day 1 lol
 
Heads up.. Target has some Vita charging items on clearance. They had multiple USB and AC chargers in the 8 dollar range.

Picked up an extra one for my work computer :)
 
VindictiveGnome said:
I've played Disgaea 3 for about an and a half now. I've skipped the story at every possible moment. Seems awful and boring. I love the gameplay, though! I've never really played a SRPG. I am finding it a bit difficult. I finished the tutorials with a tiny bit of difficulty, then barely made it out alive on the first non-tut mission. Ugh. I'm gonna stick with it.
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One of us. One of us.

Post game content story is a lot more interesting, so maybe you'll enjoy that instead.
 
JackFrost said:
the only one they lemme challenge you was the one sent (non move)...I only got you by 100 so you should be able to do that as my score is only silver .

I appreciate the boost as the few friends I have that owned the game sold it like day 1 lol
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Awesome thanks I was able to beat the score my 2nd time, yeah I've tried to get rid of it too lol
 
VindictiveGnome said:
I've played Disgaea 3 for about an and a half now. I've skipped the story at every possible moment. Seems awful and boring. I love the gameplay, though! I've never really played a SRPG. I am finding it a bit difficult. I finished the tutorials with a tiny bit of difficulty, then barely made it out alive on the first non-tut mission. Ugh. I'm gonna stick with it.
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The story is funny if you enjoy NIS humour. The characters themselves are funny to listen to (I played with english voices, it's one of the rare games where I prefer english to japanese voices), but the story itself isn't really great. Disgaea 1's story is way better in every way.
 
Looked through the OP, but didn't see this information.

I'm trying to put some videos on the Vita, but it keeps saying my videos are incompatible. Specifically, what formats does it support?

Instead of converting, I did muxing with a program called MkvToMp4. However, the program's outputted videos, while they appear to meet some specifications I found online, they don't play on the Vita.

One video that works has the following specs:

Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280x720 30.00fps [Video]
Audio: 0x0000 44100Hz stereo [Audio 0]

Code: 
General
Complete name                  : H:\Vita\Videos\&#12304;&#20108;&#12494;&#22269; &#30333;&#12365;&#32854;&#28784;&#12398;&#22899;&#29579;&#12305;PV (720p).mp4
Format                         : MPEG-4
Format profile                 : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                       : mp42
File size                      : 34.8 MiB
Duration                       : 1mn 39s
Overall bit rate mode          : Variable
Overall bit rate               : 2 938 Kbps
Encoded date                   : UTC 2011-09-04 10:01:27
Tagged date                    : UTC 2011-09-04 10:01:27
gsst                           : 0
gstd                           : 99431
gssd                           : BADC21423HH1315234235284097
gshh                           : o-o.preferred.par08s05.v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com

Video
ID                             : 1
Format                         : AVC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                 : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC         : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames      : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP           : M=1, N=30
Codec ID                       : avc1
Codec ID/Info                  : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                       : 1mn 39s
Bit rate                       : 2 780 Kbps
Maximum bit rate               : 7 596 Kbps
Width                          : 1 280 pixels
Height                         : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Frame rate mode                : Variable
Frame rate                     : 30.000 fps
Minimum frame rate             : 29.412 fps
Maximum frame rate             : 30.303 fps
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Scan type                      : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.101
Stream size                    : 32.9 MiB (95%)
Tagged date                    : UTC 2011-09-04 10:01:28

Audio
ID                             : 2
Format                         : AAC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                 : LC
Codec ID                       : 40
Duration                       : 1mn 39s
Bit rate mode                  : Variable
Bit rate                       : 152 Kbps
Maximum bit rate               : 202 Kbps
Channel(s)                     : 2 channels
Channel positions              : Front: L R
Sampling rate                  : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode               : Lossy
Stream size                    : 1.80 MiB (5%)
Title                          : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011
Encoded date                   : UTC 2011-09-04 10:01:27
Tagged date                    : UTC 2011-09-04 10:01:28

An example of a video that does not work:

MPEG4 Video (H264) 1024x576 23.98fps [Video]
Audio: 0x0000 48000Hz stereo [Audio 0]

Code: 
General
Complete name                  : H:\Vita\Videos\0001.m4v
Format                         : MPEG-4
Codec ID                       : M4V 
File size                      : 248 MiB
Duration                       : 23mn 39s
Overall bit rate mode          : Variable
Overall bit rate               : 1 463 Kbps
Encoded date                   : UTC 2012-04-20 05:24:51
Tagged date                    : UTC 2012-04-20 05:24:51
Writing application            : MkvToMp4 [www.mkvtomp4.ru] version 0.219

Video
ID                             : 1
Format                         : AVC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                 : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC         : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames      : 14 frames
Codec ID                       : avc1
Codec ID/Info                  : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                       : 23mn 39s
Bit rate                       : 1 207 Kbps
Maximum bit rate               : 7 152 Kbps
Width                          : 1 024 pixels
Height                         : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Frame rate mode                : Constant
Frame rate                     : 23.976 fps
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Scan type                      : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.085
Stream size                    : 204 MiB (82%)
Title                          : H.264
Writing library                : x264 core 105 r1732 2b04482
Encoding settings              : cabac=1 / ref=14 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=10 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60
Language                       : English
Encoded date                   : UTC 2012-04-20 05:24:51
Tagged date                    : UTC 2012-04-20 05:24:55

Audio
ID                             : 2
Format                         : AAC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                 : LC
Codec ID                       : 40
Duration                       : 23mn 39s
Bit rate mode                  : Variable
Bit rate                       : 253 Kbps
Maximum bit rate               : 262 Kbps
Channel(s)                     : 2 channels
Channel positions              : Front: L R
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode               : Lossy
Stream size                    : 42.8 MiB (17%)
Title                          : Japanese 2.0 AAC
Language                       : Japanese
Encoded date                   : UTC 2012-04-20 05:24:54
Tagged date                    : UTC 2012-04-20 05:24:55

Any help here?
 
Finally caved and bought Mutants Blobs Attack and also found out I could use my iPhone as a personal hotspot for my Vita so now I no longer have 3G envy! It just gets better.
 
That feel when you want Gods Eater but you've already paid "full" price for 10 PSP games in the last couple months over PSN. I have to be strong and wait for a sale.
 
Why would you do that? said:
Looked through the OP, but didn't see this information.

I'm trying to put some videos on the Vita, but it keeps saying my videos are incompatible. Specifically, what formats does it support?

Instead of converting, I did muxing with a program called MkvToMp4. However, the program's outputted videos, while they appear to meet some specifications I found online, they don't play on the Vita.

...

An example of a video that does not work:

MPEG4 Video (H264) 1024x576 23.98fps [Video]
Audio: 0x0000 48000Hz stereo [Audio 0]
...
Code: 
[B]Format profile                 : High@L4.0[/B]
...

Any help here?
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The Vita only supports up to H.264 level 3.1, while the video that doesn't work is H.264 level 4.0. It will probably need to be converted.

PlayStation Vita's User Guide said:
Types of files you can watch with the Videos application
MPEG-4 Simple Profile Level 3, Maximum 320 x 240 pixels, AAC
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Baseline/High/Main Profile Level 3.1, Maximum 720p, AAC
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