You're describing a vary narrow and small segment of consumers
PS VITA TV announced (~$100, Vita set top box - as in it has no screen - for TVs)
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Yep. Bought.
Flightmare
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nvm, misread
chaosblade
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Gravity Rush isn't compatible.
The_Macho_King
Banned
I don't buy handhelds.
But now I will download every Vita game on PS+.
I will buy a PS4. I wouldn't mind buying a cheap Vita TV.
You know what's better than off screen?
Being able to use another TV without physically moving any hardware.
Sony! :bow
But now I will download every Vita game on PS+.
I will buy a PS4. I wouldn't mind buying a cheap Vita TV.
You know what's better than off screen?
Being able to use another TV without physically moving any hardware.
Sony! :bow
Callibretto
Member
You guys know what this means...
In 60 inches, baby!
it's still going to be psvita resolution...
Vanillalite
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Sort of want. I need this thing to release so we can get some real impressions.
Manmademan
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yep. PSP and PSV game access on a TV is pretty damn good. If you've been stacking up on PSP/V games via plus for a while now but didn't have a vita/psp, this is great.
TechnicPuppet
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I think it will, no one is going to design for touch screen or anything else now. Every game will need to be designed to go on big or small screen. It will attract indie games and the type of games that usually go on PSN and XBLA.
Why would someone make a unique game for it now, anything you make for it will easily be able to go on PS Store and/or XGS as well.
I gave psnstores a hard time on twitter saying he wasted his money buying the modded Vita to stream Vita games on twitch.
Ah. That makes more sense. Direct Feed will probably be useful for a lot of people as well
You can get a used one for cheap. Hell, I'll sell you mine.
Sure sounds like it. Kids are going to love this. Makes me think of my lan party days. Now you can have all your friends in one room, with just this thing,a dualshock, and LCD tv. Win.
Anyone know how many hotel rooms let you plug an hdmi cable into their tv?
The selling point would seem to be the remote streaming of PS4 games. The Vita capability is almost ill conceived. We're talking about having to blow up the games that look great on a 5 inch display to fit on your HDTV; the low resolution is going to make those games, and especially PSP games, look bad.
I mean, it's cheap, sure, but you'd be better off spending the extra $100 if you actually want to play Vita games.
I mean, it's cheap, sure, but you'd be better off spending the extra $100 if you actually want to play Vita games.
Yeah...I think its a cool device and I can see quite a few people grabbing it at its low price. I just dont need those games.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Why not?
Horrible
Not that bad. Played a few on my 24" PlayStation TV with the PSP mode on through component and they detract from the gameplay.
The Vita emulator has some filtering options but some games do look terrible.
How do PS1 games look on your PS3 right now? You can try that to gauge.
Stop this. Stop getting my hopes up...
PS2 = Would buy one of these day 1
Did we determine if PSV can control this, or DS3/4 only?
MikeE21286
Member
It's very smart.
No screen lessens the cost and barrier to entry while still providing an ecosystem for Vita hardware.
It's a great response to the struggles Vita has had as a dedicated handheld.
There's now three PlayStation entries
$100 - Vita Box
$200 - PS3
$400 - PS4
$200 - Vita that can interact will all of them
People mention indies, but how many of them use Vita's additional functionality? (gimmicks)
Requires touch screen
Requires touch screen
WAR recon zero
Banned
bought!
Which begs the question, what is the latency of this thing when used over the internet?
Devilgunman
Member
I don't see how it is small. Imagine a household looking for an alternative for their expensive cable tv and they find a media box that can stream movies, tv shows and music to TV plus it has a lot of games for their kids. I think that covers very wide audiences.
I don't see how the factors you listed above suddenly make it harder to justify making games specifically for the Vita ecosystem. The only thing this does is make touchscreen support questionable, and for that I'd still wait to see if the packed-in DS3 isn't replaced with a DS4 in the future to remedy that before discounting touchscreen support completely. Other than that, you have no less reason to make Vita-specific games now than you did before - if this takes off in a notable way, I'd say it gives more reason to, in fact.
Anything like that would be good for it and give it more value.
wapplew
Member
Any info about Vita TV internal ram? Still 512MB?
I hope they add Ram to 1G, 2G better, 512MB just too small for 1080i
I mean if this device wanna be some sort of proper TV box competitor, it'll need better App support.
I hope Sony will announce new SDK for Vita TV, get more developer on board.
I hope they add Ram to 1G, 2G better, 512MB just too small for 1080i
I mean if this device wanna be some sort of proper TV box competitor, it'll need better App support.
I hope Sony will announce new SDK for Vita TV, get more developer on board.
Considering the rumors of Amazon making their more gaming-oriented set-top box, and Apple possibly incorporating more gaming-focused features into the AppleTV, I'd hardly consider that segment narrow or insignificant.
I'd rather get an original Vita, love me some handhelds.
Niche high end product vs. Mainstream oriented product supporting a system that's struggling, especially outside of Japan.
Callibretto
Member
game will need to be patched to support dualshock 3 or 4 controller. Sony already demand PS4 games to offer alternate Vita control, now they can demand the other way round with all Vita games to offer dualshock support.
Soul Sacrifice is already announced to be patched for alternate control mode
It at least outputs 720p/1080i for non-Vita content.
Releasing this in Japan first is such an odd choice. It's the territory with the least interest in general in non-handhelds, and one of the flashiest features ("Play your PS4 games on another TV!") won't even be an option for three months after release.
I know Vita is at least barely clinging to life in Japan, as opposed to its death-coma in the rest of the world, and that's probably why, it just feels weird.
I know Vita is at least barely clinging to life in Japan, as opposed to its death-coma in the rest of the world, and that's probably why, it just feels weird.
I'll happily take being able to control every Vita game with a DS4 from now on. I'll still use the Vita, but only on the very rare case where I take it to work or something