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Official VIta PR from Sony:
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/110607a_e.pdf


SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES “PLAYSTATION®VITA” AS THE OFFICIAL NAME FOR NEXT GENERATION PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
Wi-Fi Model: 24,980 Yen (including tax), $249 and €249
3G/Wi-Fi Model: 29,980 Yen (including tax), $299 and €299
Realizes Unparalleled Interactive Network Entertainment

Tokyo, June 7, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced
PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) (PCH-1000 series) as the official platform name for the next
generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP). Wi-Fi model will be available
for 24,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $249 in US and €249 in Europe, 3G/Wi-Fi model will
be available for 29,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $299 in US and €299 in Europe and
successively launch in global market starting the end of 2011.
“Vita”, which means “Life” in Latin, was chosen as the most appropriate name for the
next generation portable entertainment system as it enables a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context. SCE is aiming to transform every aspect of user’s daily life into an entertainment experience.

PS Vita incorporates a beautiful 5-inch multi-touch organic light emitting diode
(OLED) as the front display and a unique multi-touch pad on the rear. Together with the front
touch screen and the rear touch pad, PS Vita offers new game play experiences never before
seen on any device, allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like
motion, through “touch, grab, trace, push and pull” finger motions. Also PS Vita features two
analog sticks which enable a wider range of game genres to be brought into the portable
experience, such as shooters, action games, and fighting games. Exciting and attractive new
titles*1 are scheduled to be released from SCE Worldwide Studios, including “GRAVITY

DAZE”, "Uncharted Golden Abyss", "Little Deviants", "Hot Shots Golf", "Reality Fighter",
"Hustle Kings", "ModNation Racers", "Wipeout 2048" and "Super Stardust Delta," as well as
from a broad range of third party game developers and publishers, which will deliver value
only possible on PS Vita.
Also, by having both Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity, together with various
applications, PS Vita will enable infinite possibilities for users to “encounter,” “connect,”
“discover,” “share” and “play” with friends wherever they are.
On January 27, 2011, SCE announced the first PS Vita application, “near”, which will come pre-installed. It will let users discover what games PS Vita users in the vicinity are or were recently playing, as well as let users share their game information.
"near" also enables location-based gaming features such as "gifting," in which a user can access virtual game-related items that other users are sharing, through checking in at geographic locations that others have also visited. The virtual items can include content unlocked from games, such as character costumes, weapons, and treasures.
Sharing these items between users adds a unique dimension to the portable gaming experience on PS Vita while enhancing the social connectivity among the PS Vita community.

Additionally, PS Vita will come pre-installed with a newly developed application
called “Party.” “Party” is an innovative application for a portable entertainment system which
enables users to enjoy voice chat or text chat not only during online gaming, but also when
users are playing different games or using different applications such as internet browser.
Through “Party”, which offers a new form of social networking, and “near”, which enables
users to share their game information with other users anywhere, anytime, users can
dramatically expand the boundaries of interactive communication.
Also a tutorial application called “Welcome Park,” developed specifically to guide
every user about PS Vita’s brand new user interface such as the front touch display and the
multi-touch pad on the rear, will come pre-installed. By playing “Welcome Park”, users can
easily become accustomed to the three dimension-like finger motions used on PS Vita.
SCE will vigorously promote PS Vita towards the launch as the next generation portable
entertainment platform and work towards expanding the portable gaming market.*1 Some title names are tentative. Titles may differ by countries and regions.

Platform Name PlayStation®Vita
Model number PCH-1000 series
CPU ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
GPU SGX543MP4+
External Dimensions Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludeslargest projection)
Screen (Touch screen) 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED
Multi touch screen (capacitive type)
Rear touch pad Multi touch pad (capacitive type)
Cameras Front camera, Rear camera
Frame rate : 120fps@320x240(QVGA), 60fps@640x480(VGA)
Resolution : Up to 640x480(VGA)
Sound Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
Sensors Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis
accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
Location Built-in GPS (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
Wi-Fi location service support
Keys / Switches PS button
Power button
Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
Right stick, Left stick
START button, SELECT button
Volume buttons (+/-)
Wireless
communications
Mobile network connectivity (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR （A2DP/AVRCP/HSP）
Slots/Ports PlayStation®Vita card slot
Memory card slot
SIM card slot (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
Multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In], Serial data communication),
Headset jack (Stereo mini jack) (for Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In])
Accessory port
Power Built-In Lithium-ion Battery,
AC adaptor

Supported AV content format
Music
－MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3、MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC)、WAVE (Linear PCM)
Videos
－MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC)、H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Hi/Main/Baseline Profile
(AAC)
Photos
－JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG

List of Third Party Game Developers and Publishers
As of June 7th, 2011
(in alphabetical order of developer/publisher)
JAPAN
ACQUIRE Corp.
ALPHA･UNIT CO.,LTD
ALVION Inc.
AQ INTERACTIVE INC.
AQUAPLUS Co.,Ltd
ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co.,Ltd.
ARIKA CO.,LTD.
ARTDINK CORPORATION
ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc.
ASGARD Co.,Ltd.
Aspect Co.,Ltd.
BROCCOLI Co.,Ltd.
Capcom Co., Ltd．
CHUN SOFT CO., Ltd
Codemasters Software Company Limited
Crafts & Meister Co.,Ltd.
CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.
CYBERFRONT Corporation
D3 PUBLISHER Inc.
DIGITAL WORKS ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Dimps Corporation
dorasu corporation
Edia Co., Ltd.
ENTERBRAIN, INC.
FromSoftware, Inc.
Gameloft K.K.
GANBARION Co.,Ltd.
Genki Co.,Ltd.
Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
GungHo Online Entertainment,Inc.
GUST CO.,LTD.
HAMSTER Corporation
HUNEX CO., LTD.
IDEA FACTORY CO., LTD.
Ignition Entertainment Ltd.
IMAGICA DIGITALSCAPE Co.,Ltd.
Index Corporation （Atlus）
IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INC.
Jorudan Co.,Ltd.
KADOKAWA GAMES,LTD.
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.
KAGA CREATE CO., LTD
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
LEVEL-5 Inc.
MAGES．Inc．（5pb．）
Mainichi Communications Inc.
Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
media5 Corporation
NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Nihon Falcom Corporation
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
NOWPRODUCTION, CO.,LTD
OaKs co.,Lｔｄ.
PAON CORPORATION
POLYGON MAGIC, INC.
PROTOTYPE CO.,LTD.
Q Entertainment Inc.
SAFARI GAMES., Ltd
SEGA CORPORATION
SilverStarJapan Co., Ltd.
SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION
Sonic Powered co.,Ltd.
Spike Co.,Ltd
SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.
Starfish-SD Inc.
SUNCORPORATION
SystemPrisma Co.,Ltd.
SystemSoft Alpha Corp.
TECMO KOEI GAMES CO., LTD.
TGL
TOMY Company,Ltd.
TOSE CO., LTD.
tri-Ace Inc.
Ubisoft K.K.
Views Co.,Ltd.
YUKE'S Co., Ltd.
76 companies in total

NORTH AMERICA
Activision, Inc.
Capybara Games
“CCP”
Demiurge Studios
Electronic Arts
Epic Games Inc.
Far Sight Studios
Frima
High Voltage Software
Kung Fu Factory
Paramount Digital Entertainment
PopCap Games
Powerhead Games
Rockster Games
THQ
Trendy Entertainment
Ubisoft®
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2K Games
2K Sports
20 companies in total

EUROPE/PAL
Alawar
Allegorithmic, makers of Substance
Beatnik Games
Beatshpers
Blitz Games Studios
Broadsword Publishing Limited
Catalyst Outsourcing
“CCP”
Climax Studios Ltd
Codemasters®
Codeplay
Electronic Arts
Enigma Software Productions, SL
Eurocom Entertainment Software
Eutechnyx Ltd
Exient
Firelight Tech
Fresh3D
FUN labs
Gameloft SA
Gameshastra
Home Entertainment Suppliers PTY Ltd
Honeyslug
Icon Games
Impromptu Software Ltd
Just Add Water Ltd
Kuju Doublesix
Lexis Numérique
Mobile Interactive Group Ltd
Namco Bandai
NaturalMotion
Playerthree Ltd
Rebellion®
Rockstar Games
Rubicon Mobile
Sanuk Games
SEGA
Sidhe Interactive
Spinvector
Stainless Games Ltd
StormBASIC Games
Sumo Digital Ltd
Tag Games
Take2
The Game Atelier
THQ
Tonika Games
Trine Entertainment Ltd
Trinigy
Tru Blu Games
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Umbra
VeeMee
ZAPPAR
Zen Studios Ltd
2K
505 Games

 

[cj_iwakura]

Nocturne for PSV!


(I can hope.)

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

cntrl 'f' + Ico





FUCK YEAH.

 

[Father_Brain]

Falcom confirmed an NGP game, but they're not on the list anymore. Weird, though I doubt it means anything. EA and THQ have been added... not that anyone really thought they wouldn't be supporting the system.

edit: I am dumb

 

[TheKaeptain]

That list is huge.

 

[ULTROS!]

Falcom confirmed an NGP game, but they're not on the list anymore. Weird, though I doubt it means anything. EA and THQ have been added... not that anyone really thought they wouldn't be supporting the system.

Nihon Falcom Corporation

.

 

[pharmboy044]

I'll believe it when I see it. Yeah, I'm pissed.

 

[Deadly Joker]

Bu bu but... Where are all the 3rd games?

 

[kuroshiki]

Falcom confirmed an NGP game, but they're not on the list anymore. Weird, though I doubt it means anything. EA and THQ have been added... not that anyone really thought they wouldn't be supporting the system.

I see falcom right there. What are you talking about?

 

[NateDrake]

The lack of built-in internal memory is what bothers me. I wonder if that kept cost down and allowed them to release it at $249.

 

[chubigans]

Rockster Games

DAMNIT, I thought we were getting Rockstar games, not some knockoff company.

 

[Palmer_v1]

That sounds a lot like Party Chat. Excuse my ignorance, but has PSN even gotten cross game party chat yet?

 

[V_Ben]

It's grown since last time. Nice.

 

[Dead Prince]

TGS will be big? i hope so. needs more launch games and not just stuff for 2012.

 

[Atilac]

Final RAM amount?

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Awesome
I'm not worried now, got all the big names


Just need some reveals, TGS please deliver!

 

[Lard]

Index Corporation （Atlus）

That's all I wanted to know.

Edit - no XSeed? :/

 

[Stephen Colbert]

Please have a gig of ram. Pretty please.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

So like, everybody.

Here's hoping they deliver some games designed for the hardware, rather than ports.

 

[AcceptableGhost]

This system's feature set is so much more impressive than the 3DS it is astounding.

 

[Clunker]

Additionally, PS Vita will come pre-installed with a newly developed application
called “Party.” “Party” is an innovative application for a portable entertainment system which
enables users to enjoy voice chat or text chat not only during online gaming, but also when
users are playing different games or using different applications such as internet browser.

I'm assuming this means you'll be able to actually send party and game invites to people on your friend list from the XMB, instead of just looking at your online friends from afar.

(looks at 3DS, sighs)

It's kind of ironic that cross-game chat is coming to the Vita ... isn't it still not in the PS3?

 

[Jinfash]

Final RAM amount?

No mention of internal flash storage, or bundled memory sticks too

 

[Father_Brain]

.

hahaha I am dumb

 

[Jinfash]

hahaha I am dumb

It's the doozy caused by the price

 

[DiscoJer]

Bu bu but... Where are all the 3rd games?

That's a good question, with all those developers, you'd think they'd have more games shown.

And a good number of those Devs in Europe are Minis developers (mostly) (plus Frima from NA)

And of course, a lot of companies had PSP dev kits, but never made any PSP games.

And there is a big lack of localization companies on the NA list...

 

[disappeared]

No mention of internal flash storage, or bundled memory sticks too

Yeah I scratched my head there too. Primarily I'd love to use Vita as a portable dump for all my music, so I hope they say something soon.

 

[chaosblade]

Falcom support along with Wipeout at launch means this is probably a day one purchase, especially since there is a good chance that Falcom launch/near launch game is a Ys game.

Edit - no XSeed? :/

They probably just don't have any projects for the system yet, so they haven't registered as a publisher. Hopefully they are able to get on it relatively quickly so they can pick up Falcom's game.

 

[NomarTyme]

DAMNIT, I thought we were getting Rockstar games, not some knockoff company.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432790

 

[Rikyfree]

Saw a ninja game in the montage... Acquire is developing for Vita, Acquire makes Tenchu and Shinobido.

Tenchu Vita. Shinobido Vita

 

[TheJollyCorner]

ARTDINK, motherfuckers!


Tail of the Sun VITA~! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lonely1]

"Frame rate : 120fps@320x240(QVGA), 60fps@640x480(VGA)
Resolution : Up to 640x480(VGA)"

Fuuu, .3MP cameras. Well, nothing could be awesome.

 

[disappeared]

Saw a ninja game in the montage... Acquire is developing for vita, Acquire makes Tenchu...

Tenchu Vita.

It was in the montage at the end of the conference, looked exactly like Tenchu.

 

[RealMeat]

People wanted third party support, looks like they got it.

 

[Alexios]

Lol, Level-5. When will they release their current gen games x_x

Anyway yeah, Nintendo had a similar list, not much came of it yet, waiting to see...

Some of these companies' offerings were already shown and they weren't exactly hot stuff (like SF Vs. Tekken). A lot of it could end up being ports and shit.

 

[Mr. B Natural]

List means nothing.
Gotta wait and see as you do for every console. handheld or not.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Wow virtually every company is signed on.

 

[Luthos]

I'm getting more and more interested in getting a Vita.

 

[Pirabear]

Atlus, where are you?

Edit: whoops, forgot they were known as Index Corp

 

[Einbroch]

Lol, Level-5. When will they release their current gen games x_x

Anyway yeah, Nintendo had a similar list, not much came of it yet, waiting to see...

White Knight Chronicles?

Atlus, where are you?

Index Corporation （Atlus）

 

[Teknoman]

Probably going to be another generation where I end up having to own all systems at some point.

 

[ULTROS!]

Anyway yeah, Nintendo had a similar list, not much came of it yet, waiting to see...

The only dev that Nintendo didn't have was Falcom though.

 

[Keyouta]

Looks good

 

[B.K.]

Edit - no XSeed? :/

XSEED is a publisher, not a developer.

 

[DiscoJer]

XSEED is a publisher, not a developer.

There are several companies on that list that are middleware and outsourcing companies, not developers, either.

Localization companies still need dev kits.

And anyway, how many of these developers didn't have dev kits for the PSP?

(And speaking of that, no Zenimax/Bethesda, and no Obsidian)

 

[Pai Pai Master]

"Frame rate : 120fps@320x240(QVGA), 60fps@640x480(VGA)
Resolution : Up to 640x480(VGA)"

Fuuu, .3MP cameras. Well, nothing could be awesome.

They're not really for taking photos. They've said before the cameras are there for ARG purposes.

 

[yurinka]

no word for memory?

 

[CamHostage]

"Frame rate : 120fps@320x240(QVGA), 60fps@640x480(VGA)
Resolution : Up to 640x480(VGA)"

Fuuu, .3MP cameras. Well, nothing could be awesome.

The 120fps and 60fps@VGA is what's important in these specs (even for victory snaps, you don't need high-res, though I do hope the low-light is decent. ARG is best with a good framerate to work with.

Too bad their online service talked all about voice and text but not about video chat, portables make great vidphones.

 

[Suzzopher]

No Q Games

 

[Raistlin]

*ctrl+f FROM SOFTWARE*





SON
OF A
BITCH




Seriously though, a new King's Field would be the greatest thing to ever land on a 5" screen





ever

 

[shwimpy]

No Q Games

I NEED LUMINES VITA.