PS Vita TV coming to West as Playstation TV, $99

Woo-Fu said:
It is a Roku with access to a significant portion of Sony's library of games. Should appeal to anybody who plays videogames, particularly at that pricepoint. I expect them to sell millions of them to hotel chains.
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How would that work, would the hotels be buying the games? This doesn't sound like a good idea for anyone.
 
impetuous_silly said:
How would that work, would the hotels be buying the games? This doesn't sound like a good idea for anyone.
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The hotels would have the units and whenever someone rents a game, it'd be charged to their room. Another way they could do it is offer a small package of preloaded games to hotels and it's restricted by some kind of hourly play rate.
 
zeopower6 said:
The hotels would have the units and whenever someone rents a game, it'd be charged to their room. Another way they could do it is offer a small package of preloaded games to hotels and it's restricted by some kind of hourly play rate.
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That would actually be quite a good idea.
 
For those people saying Vita is dead because of Playstation TV, I think your off base.

Reason is I own a Vita and I will also be purchasing a Playstation TV, and use both independently.

Nothing can replace my Vita on the go. Nor sometimes do I want to play on my plasma 55" game TV. Just is a hassle. Lol!

Something about the Vita, on the night stand, jumping into a few easy minutes of gaming. Nothing is going to replace that ease of use. (Or when the wife is sleeping next to me don't want to wake her up. Vita time! Sure I couldvgo downstairs and play... But something about that Vita.

Lastly I wrote this (below) somewhere on another site but, I thought this would be an appropriate place to repost it concerning Playstation TV:

E3 showcased a hidden “David” to all the hardware "Goliaths" a $99 console called Playstation TV

One of the reasons E3 is so fun, is because it’s a flurry of information. Fun information of new games, new hardware and in this flood of information, some strategies can get lost.

One of the items getting lost in the wave of information just might be a David to the gaming industry hardware Goliath’s.

The PlayStation TV announcement came and went, I myself scantly gave it a glance at first. But as we all try to slowly wrap our minds around E3, my mind kept thinking back to this little console.

Nothing new to see here right? We already know it can support hundreds of Vita games, remote PS4 local network play, PS1, PS2, PS3 NOW games, movies, TV shows and is PlayStation NOW ready.

And that’s the kicker, it the supports the PlayStation NOW.

The NOW network is already being beta tested successfully around the nation. And with Sony testing pricing models from 2.99 to 19.99 they seem open to finding the right pricing model that people will be willing to pay for games being streamed to their TV.

Currently the NOW network streams PS1, PS2, and PS3 games.

But how long before it streams PS4 games? Or perhaps games produced specifically on the cloud of servers, for games requiring more calculations than what are possible on the PS4?

When this happens, why would a mom, dad, grandparents, or a kid with $99.00 not just purchase a PlayStation TV console? (Assuming that internet is a regular item at the home)

There is a good reason why Sony has not announced the NOW network will do PS4 games, (Perhaps its not technically ready?) but even more likely is it does not want to cannibalize its business… yet.

Same reason you don’t see cable companies offer an internet only package with ALL-the-same-live-TV offerings. They stacked the products differently, as cable TV doesn’t want to eat away at their own TV business. (Something I respect on Apple, they will put a product in place event if it jeopardizes the another Apple product. It’s almost a business model of internal competition.)

I digress, this PlayStation TV strategy is huge. And in reality positions Sony to be ready for any future, whether consoles stay or go, they have diversified their portfolio of products.

And while the competition talks about cloud computing, and talks about expanding their hardware capabilities, Sony is actually doing the work.

We see this personified in their ability to offer PlayStation TV, PlayStation NOW and predictably one day Project Morpheus.

Sony may have a hidden David Vs. Golith in the PlayStation TV.

The Sony games division just might be the personification of the mythical phoenix.

From the ashes of PS3, only to be overwhelmingly stronger in its rebirth.

Time will tell, but for sure, it is truly an exciting time to be a gamer!
 
Xinkwi-Xkuk said:
For those people saying Vita is dead because of Playstation TV, I think your off base.

Reason is I own a Vita and I will also be purchasing a Playstation TV, and use both independently.

Nothing can replace my Vita on the go. Nor sometimes do I want to play on my plasma 55" game TV. Just is a hassle. Lol!

Something about the Vita, on the night stand, jumping into a few easy minutes of gaming. Nothing is going to replace that ease of use. (Or when the wife is sleeping next to me don't want to wake her up. Vita time! Sure I couldvgo downstairs and play... But something about that Vita.

Lastly I wrote this (below) somewhere on another site but, I thought this would be an appropriate place to repost it concerning Playstation TV:

E3 showcased a hidden “David” to all the hardware "Goliaths" a $99 console called Playstation TV

One of the reasons E3 is so fun, is because it’s a flurry of information. Fun information of new games, new hardware and in this flood of information, some strategies can get lost.

One of the items getting lost in the wave of information just might be a David to the gaming industry hardware Goliath’s.

The PlayStation TV announcement came and went, I myself scantly gave it a glance at first. But as we all try to slowly wrap our minds around E3, my mind kept thinking back to this little console.

Nothing new to see here right? We already know it can support hundreds of Vita games, remote PS4 local network play, PS1, PS2, PS3 NOW games, movies, TV shows and is PlayStation NOW ready.

And that’s the kicker, it the supports the PlayStation NOW.

The NOW network is already being beta tested successfully around the nation. And with Sony testing pricing models from 2.99 to 19.99 they seem open to finding the right pricing model that people will be willing to pay for games being streamed to their TV.

Currently the NOW network streams PS1, PS2, and PS3 games.

But how long before it streams PS4 games? Or perhaps games produced specifically on the cloud of servers, for games requiring more calculations than what are possible on the PS4?

When this happens, why would a mom, dad, grandparents, or a kid with $99.00 not just purchase a PlayStation TV console? (Assuming that internet is a regular item at the home)

There is a good reason why Sony has not announced the NOW network will do PS4 games, (Perhaps its not technically ready?) but even more likely is it does not want to cannibalize its business… yet.

Same reason you don’t see cable companies offer an internet only package with ALL-the-same-live-TV offerings. They stacked the products differently, as cable TV doesn’t want to eat away at their own TV business. (Something I respect on Apple, they will put a product in place event if it jeopardizes the another Apple product. It’s almost a business model of internal competition.)

I digress, this PlayStation TV strategy is huge. And in reality positions Sony to be ready for any future, whether consoles stay or go, they have diversified their portfolio of products.

And while the competition talks about cloud computing, and talks about expanding their hardware capabilities, Sony is actually doing the work.

We see this personified in their ability to offer PlayStation TV, PlayStation NOW and predictably one day Project Morpheus.

Sony may have a hidden David Vs. Golith in the PlayStation TV.

The Sony games division just might be the personification of the mythical phoenix.

From the ashes of PS3, only to be overwhelmingly stronger in its rebirth.

Time will tell, but for sure, it is truly an exciting time to be a gamer!
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Oh boy. I bet that sounded great in your head. Written out, though, man, that was some cringe inducing stuff.
 
zeopower6 said:
The hotels would have the units and whenever someone rents a game, it'd be charged to their room. Another way they could do it is offer a small package of preloaded games to hotels and it's restricted by some kind of hourly play rate.
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That would require SCEA to put in work to sell something related to Vita, and that's just not their style.
 
Some teardown pics (white model) because why the hell not?

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Xinkwi-Xkuk said:
For those people saying Vita is dead because of Playstation TV, I think your off base.

Reason is I own a Vita and I will also be purchasing a Playstation TV, and use both independently.

Nothing can replace my Vita on the go. Nor sometimes do I want to play on my plasma 55" game TV. Just is a hassle. Lol!

Something about the Vita, on the night stand, jumping into a few easy minutes of gaming. Nothing is going to replace that ease of use. (Or when the wife is sleeping next to me don't want to wake her up. Vita time! Sure I couldvgo downstairs and play... But something about that Vita.

Lastly I wrote this (below) somewhere on another site but, I thought this would be an appropriate place to repost it concerning Playstation TV:

E3 showcased a hidden “David” to all the hardware "Goliaths" a $99 console called Playstation TV

One of the reasons E3 is so fun, is because it’s a flurry of information. Fun information of new games, new hardware and in this flood of information, some strategies can get lost.

One of the items getting lost in the wave of information just might be a David to the gaming industry hardware Goliath’s.

The PlayStation TV announcement came and went, I myself scantly gave it a glance at first. But as we all try to slowly wrap our minds around E3, my mind kept thinking back to this little console.

Nothing new to see here right? We already know it can support hundreds of Vita games, remote PS4 local network play, PS1, PS2, PS3 NOW games, movies, TV shows and is PlayStation NOW ready.

And that’s the kicker, it the supports the PlayStation NOW.

The NOW network is already being beta tested successfully around the nation. And with Sony testing pricing models from 2.99 to 19.99 they seem open to finding the right pricing model that people will be willing to pay for games being streamed to their TV.

Currently the NOW network streams PS1, PS2, and PS3 games.

But how long before it streams PS4 games? Or perhaps games produced specifically on the cloud of servers, for games requiring more calculations than what are possible on the PS4?

When this happens, why would a mom, dad, grandparents, or a kid with $99.00 not just purchase a PlayStation TV console? (Assuming that internet is a regular item at the home)

There is a good reason why Sony has not announced the NOW network will do PS4 games, (Perhaps its not technically ready?) but even more likely is it does not want to cannibalize its business… yet.

Same reason you don’t see cable companies offer an internet only package with ALL-the-same-live-TV offerings. They stacked the products differently, as cable TV doesn’t want to eat away at their own TV business. (Something I respect on Apple, they will put a product in place event if it jeopardizes the another Apple product. It’s almost a business model of internal competition.)

I digress, this PlayStation TV strategy is huge. And in reality positions Sony to be ready for any future, whether consoles stay or go, they have diversified their portfolio of products.

And while the competition talks about cloud computing, and talks about expanding their hardware capabilities, Sony is actually doing the work.

We see this personified in their ability to offer PlayStation TV, PlayStation NOW and predictably one day Project Morpheus.

Sony may have a hidden David Vs. Golith in the PlayStation TV.

The Sony games division just might be the personification of the mythical phoenix.

From the ashes of PS3, only to be overwhelmingly stronger in its rebirth.

Time will tell, but for sure, it is truly an exciting time to be a gamer!
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This sounds identical to the arguments people were using before this thing released in Japan.
 
Plinko said:
This sounds identical to the arguments people were using before this thing released in Japan.
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It comes down to compatibility, tbh... :( (and it was really bad in Japan apparently) Also PS Now is a huuuge feature imo and it could really define the PSTV.
 
Xinkwi-Xkuk said:
And with Sony testing pricing models from 2.99 to 19.99 they seem open to finding the right pricing model that people will be willing to pay for games being streamed to their TV.
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This will end up being $2.99 for a day to $19.99 for a month. Maybe some games will be cheaper/more expensive but that is the reason for the range in the press release.
 
erpg said:
Nobody knows. For there's a chance that even the Japanese ones will lose the "region lock" once it launches elsewhere. Reason the Japanese Vita TV doesn't work anywhere else is that the Stores/Network aren't curated and compatible with it. A firmware update would fix that.
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So Shu was on the Giant Bomb post E3 show yesterday and Jeff asked him about that. He said something along the lines of even though the system is essentially region free, the Japanese and US versions having different white lists and they might not be something that can be changed easily. Essentially, he didn't say "yep it should convert to US no problem" so it's probably best to wait it out and see what happens. I will be waiting until the Australian ones launch myself.
 
Novocaine said:
So Shu was on the Giant Bomb post E3 show yesterday and Jeff asked him about that. He said something along the lines of even though the system is essentially region free, the Japanese and US versions having different white lists and they might not be something that can be changed easily. Essentially, he didn't say "yep it should convert to US no problem" so it's probably best to wait it out and see what happens. I will be waiting until the Australian ones launch myself.
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Anyone have a round up of PS TV news and interviews post-E3?
 
Novocaine said:
So Shu was on the Giant Bomb post E3 show yesterday and Jeff asked him about that. He said something along the lines of even though the system is essentially region free, the Japanese and US versions having different white lists and they might not be something that can be changed easily. Essentially, he didn't say "yep it should convert to US no problem" so it's probably best to wait it out and see what happens. I will be waiting until the Australian ones launch myself.
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That sounds about right given that even the Japan / "Asian" Vita TV lists differ a lot.

I wonder why that is though... is it just the patches?
 
Xinkwi-Xkuk said:
For those people saying Vita is dead because of Playstation TV, I think your off base.

Reason is I own a Vita and I will also be purchasing a Playstation TV, and use both independently.

Nothing can replace my Vita on the go. Nor sometimes do I want to play on my plasma 55" game TV. Just is a hassle. Lol!

Something about the Vita, on the night stand, jumping into a few easy minutes of gaming. Nothing is going to replace that ease of use. (Or when the wife is sleeping next to me don't want to wake her up. Vita time! Sure I couldvgo downstairs and play... But something about that Vita.

Lastly I wrote this (below) somewhere on another site but, I thought this would be an appropriate place to repost it concerning Playstation TV:

E3 showcased a hidden “David” to all the hardware "Goliaths" a $99 console called Playstation TV

One of the reasons E3 is so fun, is because it’s a flurry of information. Fun information of new games, new hardware and in this flood of information, some strategies can get lost.

One of the items getting lost in the wave of information just might be a David to the gaming industry hardware Goliath’s.

The PlayStation TV announcement came and went, I myself scantly gave it a glance at first. But as we all try to slowly wrap our minds around E3, my mind kept thinking back to this little console.

Nothing new to see here right? We already know it can support hundreds of Vita games, remote PS4 local network play, PS1, PS2, PS3 NOW games, movies, TV shows and is PlayStation NOW ready.

And that’s the kicker, it the supports the PlayStation NOW.

The NOW network is already being beta tested successfully around the nation. And with Sony testing pricing models from 2.99 to 19.99 they seem open to finding the right pricing model that people will be willing to pay for games being streamed to their TV.

Currently the NOW network streams PS1, PS2, and PS3 games.

But how long before it streams PS4 games? Or perhaps games produced specifically on the cloud of servers, for games requiring more calculations than what are possible on the PS4?

When this happens, why would a mom, dad, grandparents, or a kid with $99.00 not just purchase a PlayStation TV console? (Assuming that internet is a regular item at the home)

There is a good reason why Sony has not announced the NOW network will do PS4 games, (Perhaps its not technically ready?) but even more likely is it does not want to cannibalize its business… yet.

Same reason you don’t see cable companies offer an internet only package with ALL-the-same-live-TV offerings. They stacked the products differently, as cable TV doesn’t want to eat away at their own TV business. (Something I respect on Apple, they will put a product in place event if it jeopardizes the another Apple product. It’s almost a business model of internal competition.)

I digress, this PlayStation TV strategy is huge. And in reality positions Sony to be ready for any future, whether consoles stay or go, they have diversified their portfolio of products.

And while the competition talks about cloud computing, and talks about expanding their hardware capabilities, Sony is actually doing the work.

We see this personified in their ability to offer PlayStation TV, PlayStation NOW and predictably one day Project Morpheus.

Sony may have a hidden David Vs. Golith in the PlayStation TV.

The Sony games division just might be the personification of the mythical phoenix.

From the ashes of PS3, only to be overwhelmingly stronger in its rebirth.

Time will tell, but for sure, it is truly an exciting time to be a gamer!
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Yoshida made a GAF account?
 
I'm planning on buying this thing when it releases, but I need to know if it can be used with two dualshocks?

I bought the PowerStone Collection a while ago and I have no one to play with otherwise.
 
Is this really Vita TV? It wasn't even marketed as a VITA machine in E3. I was thinking of importing VitaTV but if this thing really is the NA VitaTV then I'll grab it.
 
Atelier games, Soul Sacrifice, FFT-WotL, Tactics Ogre, Persona 4 The Golden, Sword Art Online, plenty of waifu games and RPG goodness to keep me occupied for a long time. Price is perfect for the amount of use I'll get out of it.

GayForMaster said:
Is this really Vita TV? It wasn't even marketed as a VITA machine in E3. I was thinking of importing VitaTV but if this thing really is the NA VitaTV then I'll grab it.
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Yes it is.
 
ShroudOfFate said:
I'm planning on buying this thing when it releases, but I need to know if it can be used with two dualshocks?

I bought the PowerStone Collection a while ago and I have no one to play with otherwise.
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You can link two DualShocks with a PS/Vita TV for multiplayer on PSone (+maybe PS3 via PSNow and PS4 via Remote Play too?) games.

However, that's not going to work for Power Stone Collection. That's a PSP game. The multiplayer components for all handheld titles were designed for playing individual units. The software won't detect a second controller. You should be able to link up a PSP/Vita to the game and have one player play the game on TV with the other on a handheld. Just link the same PSN account to both the PS/Vita TV and the handheld. Power Stone supports Adhoc (local multiplayer) so that should be easy.
 
Takao said:
You can link two DualShocks with a PS/Vita TV for multiplayer on PSone (+maybe PS3 via PSNow and PS4 via Remote Play too?) games.

However, that's not going to work for Power Stone Collection. That's a PSP game. The multiplayer components for all handheld titles were designed for playing individual units. The software won't detect a second controller. You should be able to link up a PSP/Vita to the game and have one player play the game on TV with the other on a handheld. Just link the same PSN account to both the PS/Vita TV and the handheld. Power Stone supports Adhoc (local multiplayer) so that should be easy.
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I kind of figured, but thanks for clarifying.

Nice that I can (maybe?) play CTR multiplayer with a PSTV instead of lugging around my PS3 though.
 
One thing that I'd like to hear from any VitaTV owners that might know: how do the PSP games look on a TV with HDMI? That is quite honestly the main draw for me at the moment.
 
I'll be using this as it intended, to remote play my ps4 from the home theater room to my bed room. :D

Now I need confirmation if I had to buy US version of Ps tv, or can I use the asian release. Vita tv are already released in my country but since I use US account for my ps4, I'm not sure if that will work on asia vita tv.

Anyone know the answer?
 
ShroudOfFate said:
I kind of figured, but thanks for clarifying.

Nice that I can (maybe?) play CTR multiplayer with a PSTV instead of lugging around my PS3 though.
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This is something I'm interested in seeing if SCEA will fix for PS TV. PSP/PSone compatibility is a mess of titles that either need transferring from a PS3 or just don't work in general. There's notable games too, like the entirety of the Crash and Spyro series. Even Metal Gear Solid requires a PS3 transfer, and lol doing that with a PS TV.
 
zeopower6 said:
I remember that short period where every PSP game was Vita compatible ;_;
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I still don't understand why they messed that up. Why are they intentionally locking us out of PSN titles when they are obviously playable? They said it was a "glitch" and they "fixed it" but why do so, when it makes the console worse?
 
Haeralis The BRave said:
I still don't understand why they messed that up. Why are they intentionally locking us out of PSN titles when they are obviously playable? They said it was a "glitch" and they "fixed it" but why do so, when it makes the console worse?
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Sony never actually commented on that. I guess no members of the press cared to ask.
 
BroBuzz said:
Never forget.
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In their defense, we aren't totally sure how off base they were since it was only released in Japan, a place where it would have surely bombed anyways since they don't like gaming on TVs as much as portables.

It's up to America / Europe now to prove that this is a worthwhile idea.

Takao said:
Sony never actually commented on that. I guess no members of the press cared to ask.
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What a shame. Its stuff like this that makes me not update my Vita's firmware so I can keep TN-V and not have to worry about my PSP / PS1 games that I bought and own "not being compatible"
 
Nags said:
Do you only come into Sony threads to rub shit on the noses of fans?
Serious question.
Not seeing anything in your post history that would lead me to believe otherwise.
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He's not wrong. I love my Vita and wish it weren't the case, but everyone should have very limited expectations about it's future and the impact the PTV will have.
 
Takao said:
This is something I'm interested in seeing if SCEA will fix for PS TV. PSP/PSone compatibility is a mess of titles that either need transferring from a PS3 or just don't work in general. There's notable games too, like the entirety of the Crash and Spyro series. Even Metal Gear Solid requires a PS3 transfer, and lol doing that with a PS TV.
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It would be nice if they just fixed it so I could download them again on PSTV.

But PSTV has a memory card slot correct? If I have all the Crash and Spyro's on my card, wouldn't it work if I just put it in?
 
petethepanda said:
Safe to assume there's no hope that the PSTV as a PS4 extender will have less lag/compression than Remote Play?
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Like Zoe said you can use a wired connection to connect it to the PS4 and as for the compression I think Vita TV remote play is 720p while Vita remote play is 544p.
 
Matt said:
He's not wrong. I love my Vita and wish it weren't the case, but everyone should have very limited expectations about it's future and the impact the PTV will have.
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Personally I don't think it will be a success either. But it's not like anyone needs to be reminded of how abysmal it has been doing in Japan. Just seems like a troll, he did save that list of quotes to use after all... lol. I'm just happy it's actually coming out here.
 
Nags said:
Do you only come into Sony threads to rub shit on the noses of fans?
Serious question.
Not seeing anything in your post history that would lead me to believe otherwise.
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:P
On topic, I'll buy one for $75. Maybe $100 if I have the extra cash.
 
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