Sony Reportedly Hard At Work On Cheaper, PS Vita Slim Model

[Valwin]

we needed the revision since day one too bad we cant have it for the USA release

 

[NolanHuang]

I wish they'd work on improving the battery first...

 

[raulpica]

Sony... maybe it's not about the hardware. Maybe it's about the software.

I really find it silly that people think Sony has an issue with software. They're able to compound a rather large amount of exclusives with strong third party support. It has the software to back it up, the issue is that it just doesn't have software that Japan wants at the moment. Once big Japanese titles start rolling around, we'll see how it fairs then.

exclusives that nobody wants ?

Yup, like Uncharted, Persona 4, Gravity Daze, BlazBlue...y'know, all the unpopular crappy games.

Of which two of them are ports. Awesome. Looks like the Vita is going in the same direction of the PSP. Portstation Portable.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

we needed the revision since day one too bad we cant have it for the USA release

Yeah, I definitely agree. Although it is a shame that the westerners cannot buy it

I can't wait!

+1 this revision is well overdue

Slim hardware is definitely something that was missing from the original release -- I'm glad they're correcting that so soon.

 

[Valwin]

Sony... maybe it's not about the hardware. Maybe it's about the software.

I really find it silly that people think Sony has an issue with software. They're able to compound a rather large amount of exclusives with strong third party support. It has the software to back it up, the issue is that it just doesn't have software that Japan wants at the moment. Once big Japanese titles start rolling around, we'll see how it fairs then.

exclusives that nobody wants ?

Yup, like Uncharted, Persona 4, Gravity Daze, BlazBlue...y'know, all the unpopular crappy games.

Of which two of them are ports. Awesome. Looks like the Vita is going in the same direction of the PSP. Portstation Portable.

yea it looks that way hopefully they try to port good games too

 

[machomuu]

Sony... maybe it's not about the hardware. Maybe it's about the software.

I really find it silly that people think Sony has an issue with software. They're able to compound a rather large amount of exclusives with strong third party support. It has the software to back it up, the issue is that it just doesn't have software that Japan wants at the moment. Once big Japanese titles start rolling around, we'll see how it fairs then.

exclusives that nobody wants ?

Yup, like Uncharted, Persona 4, Gravity Daze, BlazBlue...y'know, all the unpopular crappy games.

Of which two of them are ports. Awesome. Looks like the Vita is going in the same direction of the PSP. Portstation Portable.

Well if the ports are as good as they were on the PSP, I'm in.

 

[raulpica]

Sony... maybe it's not about the hardware. Maybe it's about the software.

I really find it silly that people think Sony has an issue with software. They're able to compound a rather large amount of exclusives with strong third party support. It has the software to back it up, the issue is that it just doesn't have software that Japan wants at the moment. Once big Japanese titles start rolling around, we'll see how it fairs then.

exclusives that nobody wants ?

Yup, like Uncharted, Persona 4, Gravity Daze, BlazBlue...y'know, all the unpopular crappy games.

Of which two of them are ports. Awesome. Looks like the Vita is going in the same direction of the PSP. Portstation Portable.

Well if the ports are as good as they were on the PSP, I'm in.

Sure, I don't despise ports myself, but I'd expect more original titles than ports. Almost every good game I've played on my PSP was a port. (I'm playing Guilty Gear XX AC on it right now )

 

[xist]

Slim hardware is definitely something that was missing from the original release -- I'm glad they're correcting that so soon.

They're not. There's an immense leap of imagination in the reporting article. If you read the actual interview i posted earlier it seems unlikely that the idea of a revision is much more than that...an idea.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Never heard of PSPWorld before so I class this article as

"I never heard of that website before, therefore every single piece of information on this website is fake."

Just drop the rear-touch panel Sony.

And drop support for games that would require the rear touch-panel?
That'd be like saying "Nintendo, remove the touch screen from the next 3DS revision."

 

[emigre]

In fairness, ports are always going to happen. Publishers like their easy money.

 

[xist]

Almost every good game I've played on my PSP was a port. (I'm playing Guilty Gear XX AC on it right now )

Did you try Jeanne D'Arc and the Patapon games?

 

[yuyuyup]

They should get rid of one thumbstick to make room for 3D.

 

[raulpica]

And drop support for games that would require the rear touch-panel?
That'd be like saying "Nintendo, remove the touch screen from the next 3DS revision."

Well, since that rear touch-panel will probably just create hordes of games using it in a crappy way (seriously, is there even a way to integrate it in a game without it seeming forced and/or awkward?), and then ultimately get forgotten entirely by devs... yes, they should.

Did you try Jeanne D'Arc and the Patapon games?

Never heard of the first one, and all my friends have told me that the Patapon games are horribly repetitive, so I didn't ever care to try them.

 

[machomuu]

Honestly, if they're going to bring a game over I always hope they opt for remakes instead of ports (unless the port adds alot), but as emigre said, ports are easy money so they'll always be there.
Also, just wondering, is the current Vita really so bulky that it's not portable?

 

[emigre]

Jeanne D'Arc is a pretty canny SRPG. Well worth a try.

 

[chris888222]

IMO they could just be planning the thing out. When will it be released? Nobody knows. In 2 - 4 years? Longer/shorter?

 

[raulpica]

Jeanne D'Arc is a pretty canny SRPG. Well worth a try.

Oh gawd. SRPGs. I'll pass, thanks.

The only one I could bring myself to play was Disgaea.

 

[machomuu]

IMO they could just be planning the thing out. When will it be released? Nobody knows. In 2 - 4 years? Longer/shorter?

According to the article that's all they are doing. I imagine they're just throwing ideas around at this point, maybe even talking about concepts.

 

[prowler]

I never heard of that website before, therefore every single piece of information on this website is fake.

No, it's just this site in question ass.

When a site that doesn't look popular AT ALL does articles like this (and doesn't even link to the site where they got it from (all they said is ComputerAndVideoGames.com)) it is bound to be suspicious, like xist pointed they are bullshitting.

 

[xist]

For real -