[BFWWIWA] Issue #2 - Sony PSVita

[Gaming4Ever]

I kinda doubt it now but what do u think the possibility of a 128GB Card being announced for the Vita this year???


I remember being extremely happy finding out i could use a Micro SD Adapter and 2x 64GB cards to get around 120GB on my PSP

 

[Foxi4]

I kinda doubt it now but what do u think the possibility of a 128GB Card being announced for the Vita this year??? I remember being extremely happy finding out i could use a Micro SD Adapter and 2x 64GB cards to get around 120GB on my PSP

I'd say it's slim at best - the 64GB cards did not make their way to the west yet and have to be imported, 128GB ones are well-within the realm of dreams for now. I do think that 64GB should be fine for everyday use though, if you're planning to store a lot of content on your PSVita and don't mind the expense, I'd go for one of those.

 

[Gaming4Ever]

Moar Moar i need Moar!!!


Memory Card cost being a factor im tryin to get everything i can in Physical Format and DL'ing all my PS+ stuff on Memory Cards for the time being......

 

[Buck_7]

Cool review Foxi4. Did I see front and rear touchpads? Huh??

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Cool review Foxi4. Did I see front and rear touchpads? Huh??

The front screen is a touchscreen, and the back features a rear touchpad for various other functions.

 

[Foxi4]

Cool review Foxi4. Did I see front and rear touchpads? Huh??

See above.

The PSVita is equipped with a capacitive touchscreen as well as a touchpad on the back of the unit, useful when scrolling web pages in the browser and sporadically used in gameplay.

 

[Foxi4]

For all the ladies and gentlemen still undecided due to storage prices, Amazon has just reduced the price of 16GB PSVita cards from $60 to $25. If there was ever a good time to grab one of those, it's now.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006J...id=1403873944&ref_=sr_1_2&s=videogames&sr=1-2

Link courtesy of clarky, thanks a bunch.

 

[TripleSMoon]

For all the ladies and gentlemen still undecided due to storage prices, Amazon has just reduced the price of 16GB PSVita cards from $60 to $25. If there was ever a good time to grab one of those, it's now.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006J...id=1403873944&ref_=sr_1_2&s=videogames&sr=1-2

Link courtesy of clarky, thanks a bunch.

Curses! So many great sales going on when I have no $$$. Any idea if this is a sale, or a price drop?

 

[Marth16]

For all the ladies and gentlemen still undecided due to storage prices, Amazon has just reduced the price of 16GB PSVita cards from $60 to $25. If there was ever a good time to grab one of those, it's now.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006J...id=1403873944&ref_=sr_1_2&s=videogames&sr=1-2

Link courtesy of clarky, thanks a bunch.

Damn, I payed nearly 40€ on mine.

 

[Foxi4]

Curses! So many great sales going on when I have no $$$. Any idea if this is a sale, or a price drop?

I think it's a sale, sorry.

EDIT: It would appear that the $25 offer is now over, the 16GB cards are now listed at $38.98, which is still a good dealio.

http://www.amazon.com/16GB-PlayStat...F8&qid=1403993994&sr=8-1&keywords=PSVita+16GB

 

[zeello]

ok I've been saving up but lately I've had some hesitance. Someone on Giant Bomb told me that Assassin's Creed Liberation has AR minigames where you're required to hold it up to a lightbulb. That was kind the game I was looking forward to. (dunno why)

It's just one game, not a deal breaker right? But see here's the thing, I already knew I despised read touchpad and I knew that Killzone Mercenary has touch gesture shenanigans. (so does Uncharted GA for that matter) And LBP uses rear touchpad not that I'd get that game anyway after playing the PSP LBP. So the issue here is not one game but the fact that I'm seeing sort of an epidemic here regarding full retail Vita titles. And add to that my previous concerns of the Vita's buttons being too small, and the fact that pressing X means you nudge the stick because they are placed so closely together, and the fact that, since Vita has two sticks, all game devs will just straight port FPS games onto it even though it will be much harder to be accurate on a Vita. Even in Gravity Rush demo it was fiddly trying to center on an enemy.

So now I'm sort of in indecision. It doesn't help I'm sort of in an existential crisis, I don't know why I exist much less why I play games, and AC Liberation just adds to that, because it's like the game devs are just tripping over themselves running in circles and I'm just someone merely trying to salvage something out of all the madness. Why do I do this exactly?

In any case my new to-get game instead of AC Liberation is Sonic Racing Transformed. Right on for listing it in the OP, I just hope it doesn't disappoint.

Also, weirder still, I was wondering if I should get a 2DS after all. It makes no sense. Vita used to be the good guy and 3DS the bad guy but at the moment neither particularly make that much more sense to me than the other. All I know is that 2DS is cheaper than Vita, and makes me ashamed to be tempted for that reason, since it is why Nintendo always wins.

 

[Foxi4]

ok I've been saving up but lately I've had some hesitance. Someone on Giant Bomb told me that Assassin's Creed Liberation has AR minigames where you're required to hold it up to a lightbulb. That was kind the game I was looking forward to. (dunno why)

It's just one game, not a deal breaker right? But see here's the thing, I already knew I despised read touchpad and I knew that Killzone Mercenary has touch gesture shenanigans. (so does Uncharted GA for that matter) And LBP uses rear touchpad not that I'd get that game anyway after playing the PSP LBP. So the issue here is not one game but the fact that I'm seeing sort of an epidemic here regarding full retail Vita titles. And add to that my previous concerns of the Vita's buttons being too small, and the fact that pressing X means you nudge the stick because they are placed so closely together, and the fact that, since Vita has two sticks, all game devs will just straight port FPS games onto it even though it will be much harder to be accurate on a Vita. Even in Gravity Rush demo it was fiddly trying to center on an enemy.

So now I'm sort of in indecision. It doesn't help I'm sort of in an existential crisis, I don't know why I exist much less why I play games, and AC Liberation just adds to that, because it's like the game devs are just tripping over themselves running in circles and I'm just someone merely trying to salvage something out of all the madness. Why do I do this exactly?

In any case my new to-get game instead of AC Liberation is Sonic Racing Transformed. Right on for listing it in the OP, I just hope it doesn't disappoint.

Also, weirder still, I was wondering if I should get a 2DS after all. It makes no sense. Vita used to be the good guy and 3DS the bad guy but at the moment neither particularly make that much more sense to me than the other. All I know is that 2DS is cheaper than Vita, and makes me ashamed to be tempted for that reason, since it is why Nintendo always wins.

So tell me if I'm getting this right... You're dismissing the PSVita because it features occasional use of the touchscreen, camera or the touchpad (which often times is optional)... and you're leaning towards the 2DS, a system strictly touchscreen-oriented? Alright, each to their own, I guess.

As far as Sonic Racing Transformed is concerned, if you've played the home console versions, you know exactly how it'll look and play like. The differences are minimal and mostly in lighting, but the PSVita version is still whole lightyears ahead of the bastardized 3DS one.

 

[Arras]

So tell me if I'm getting this right... You're dismissing the PSVita because it features occasional use of the touchscreen, camera or the touchpad (which often times is optional)... and you're leaning towards the 2DS, a system strictly touchscreen-oriented? Alright, each to their own, I guess.

As far as Sonic Racing Transformed is concerned, if you've played the home console versions, you know exactly how it'll look and play like. The differences are minimal and mostly in lighting, but the PSVita version is still whole lightyears ahead of the bastardized 3DS one.

To be fair it's really easy to accidentally tap the back touchpad while using it. Accidentally tapping the touchscreen on a 2/3DS is near impossible.

 

[Foxi4]

To be fair it's really easy to accidentally tap the back touchpad while using it. Accidentally tapping the touchscreen on a 2/3DS is near impossible.

Seeing that it's most often used for gestures, I've never accidentally done anything using the rear touchpad. In fact, some games/apps allow disabling it altogether if you're really that accident prone.

 

[zeello]

To be fair it's really easy to accidentally tap the back touchpad while using it. Accidentally tapping the touchscreen on a 2/3DS is near impossible.

That is partly why I was going to get a 2000 instead of a 1000.

But vaguely it feels strange that I would have to. And I've never actually held a 2000 only a 1000 so it's sort of like gambling. This whole time I'm sure 2000 would be fine (or if push comes to shove, 1000, provided that I avoid games where reach touch is always on) but.... is it though?

Mind you I wouldn't be getting 2DS "instead" of a Vita, just that I wouldn't mind having either, and vaguely wouldn't mind not having either, but 2DS is cheaper. (although on second thought, it isn't really that much cheaper. Vita comes with memory and Borderlands, and if you substract $40 for Borderlands, then Vita is only $30 more.. yea scratch that I'd be crazy to get a 2DS)

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

I think it's a sale, sorry.

EDIT: It would appear that the $25 offer is now over, the 16GB cards are now listed at $38.98, which is still a good dealio.

http://www.amazon.com/16GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASAC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403993994&sr=8-1&keywords=PSVita 16GB

Ouch.... I picked up a couple of 16GB MicroSD's for a little over 8 bucks each at Big Lots on a spur of the moment kind of thing. Nothing fantastic class 10 Sandisk's.

Sale might be over now, probably cost about 11 bucks.

 

[Chris_Highwind]

Why would you not want to buy the best console of the next generation?

Maybe because I can't afford it?

 

[emigre]

3DS>>> Vita.

Take that Foxi4Sony!

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

3DS>>> Vita.

Take that Foxi4Sony!

omg ur logic is flawless tiem 4 $ony to giv up

 

[Foxi4]

Maybe because I can't afford it?

If you can afford a 3DS, you sure can afford a PSVita as in the grand scheme of things the two consoles cost about the same.