Hardware PS Vita FAQ

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PS Vita FAQ​

News and Updates
10/18/2011, More specific release date, December 17, 2011 in Japan. February 22 in North America and Europe.
2/18/2011, Release date revealed. Q4 2011, in Japan and Q1 2011, in North America
1/27/2011 NGP (code-name) is announced at a "Playstation Meeting".

FAQ

• Q: What is the PS Vita?
  A - The PS Vita is Sony's next generation portable. It is significantly more powerful than the PSP and has a number of new features.

• Q: When is it being released?
  A - The PS Vita will be released on December 17, 2011 in Japan and in early 2012 for North America and Europe.

• Q: Does it have backwards compatibility with PSP games?
  A - It does up to a point. If you purchased a game from the PlayStation Network, you can re-download that game for free on the new device, however, if you owned the game on UMD, you can use the UMD Passport app to obtain discounted downloads of UMD games you own.

• Q: How much does it cost?
  A - The regular model will cost $249 while the 3G model will cost $300.

• Q: How big is the screen?
  A - The screen is 5 inches wide. It's an OLED capacitive touchscreen.

• Q: Will my PSP be able to play PS Vita games?
  A - No, and it will never be able to.

• Q: When will it be hacked?
  A - Nobody knows.

• Q: What are some features of the PS Vita?
  A - The PS Vita has dual analog sticks, a 5 inch OLED touchscreen, 3G (in one model), Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi support. It also has a 4 core SGX543MP4+ GPU and a different user interface (LiveArea). It also has an electronic compass, built-in GPS and two cameras. The two cameras allow for face detection and head tracking.

Specs

CPU
ARM Cortex-A9 core (quad core)

GPU
SGX543MP4+

External Dimensions
Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest 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

Sound
Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in microphone

Sensors
Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass

Keys/Switches
PS button, Power button, Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left), Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), Shoulder buttons (Right/Left), Analog sticks (Right/Left), START button, SELECT button, Volume buttons (+/-)

Location
Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi location service support

Wireless communications
Mobile network connectivity (3G), IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)

Game Card
Flash memory is called NVG card. Game cards will be available in 2GB and 4GB sizes. 5-10% of the writeable space will be reserved for save data, patches, etc.

Misc.

Spoiler

[titleublisher Support]Japan

ACQUIRE Corp.
ALVION Inc.
AQ INTERACTIVE Inc.
ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co., Ltd
ARIKA CO., Ltd
ARTDINK CORPORATION
ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc.
CAPCOM CO., Ltd
CHUN SOFT CO., Ltd
Codemasters Software Company Limited
Crafts & Meister Co., Ltd
CyberConnect2 Co., Ltd.
D3 PUBLISHER Inc.
Dimps Corporation
Edia Co., Ltd
ENTERBRAIN, Inc.
FromSoftware, Inc.
Gameloft K.K.
Genki Co., Ltd
Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
GUST CO., Ltd
HAMSTER Corporation
HUDSON SOFT CO., Ltd
IDEA FACTORY CO., Ltd
Index Corporation
IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Inc.
KADOKAWA GAMES,LTD.
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd
LEVEL-5 Inc.
Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
media5 Corporation
NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Nihon Falcom Corporation
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
NOWPRODUCTION, CO., Ltd
Q Entertainment Inc.
SEGA CORPORATION
SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION
Spike Co., Ltd
SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd
SystemSoft Alpha Corp.
TECMO KOEI GAMES CO., Ltd
TOMY Company, Ltd
TOSE CO., Ltd
Ubisoft K.K.
YUKE'S Co., Ltd

Europe/PAL

Avalanche Studios
Climax Studios Ltd
Codemasters Software Company Ltd
Eurocom Developments Ltd
Eutechnyx Ltd
Exient Ltd
Firemint PTY Ltd
Gameloft SA
Gusto Games Ltd
Home Entertainment Suppliers PTY Ltd
Impromptu Software Ltd
Rebellion
Rockstar Games
Sidhe Interactive
Sumo Digital Ltd
Team 17 Software Ltd
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Zen Studios Ltd

North America

2K Games
2K Sports
Activision, Inc.
Capybara Games
Demiurge Studios
Epic Games Inc.
Far Sight Studios
Frima
High Voltage Software
Kung Fu Factory
Paramount Digital Entertainment
PopCap Games
Powerhead Games
Trendy Entertainment
Ubisoft
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Spoiler: Confirmed Titles

Monster Hunter
Call of Duty
Hot Shots Golf Next
Gravity Daze
Killzone
Hustle Kings
Reality Fighters
Broken
Little Big Planet
Little Deviants
WipEout
Resistance
Smart As
Uncharted
Yakuza

Spoiler

[titleS Vita Features Trailer]

Official Site

 

[Slyakin]

Great job!

The first spoiler should be titled NGP pic instead of 3DS pic, though.

You also have the "Does it have PSP backwards compatibility" twice.

 

[Deleted_171835]

The first spoiler should be titled NGP pic instead of 3DS pic, though.

You also have the "Does it have PSP backwards compatibility" twice.

Fixed!

Updated the FAQ.

 

[BORTZ]

[*]Q: Does it have backwards compatibility with PSP games?
A - It does up to a point. If you purchased a game from the PlayStation Network, you can re-download that game for free on the new device, however, if you owned the game on UMD, you are out of luck.

Dumb.

 

[Deleted_171835]

[*]Q: Does it have backwards compatibility with PSP games?
A - It does up to a point. If you purchased a game from the PlayStation Network, you can re-download that game for free on the new device, however, if you owned the game on UMD, you are out of luck.

Dumb.

There are people who would ask such a question.

Nothing wrong with including it in the FAQ.

 

[BORTZ]

no no thats not what i meant

I mean for me personally. If i want to play my UMDs there should be a way to get them downloaded or something. Like if you have the original box or something, SONY should make some way that you could be able to play them.

I in no way mean that its dumb that you included that info lol

 

[Deleted_171835]

no no thats not what i meant

I mean for me personally. If i want to play my UMDs there should be a way to get them downloaded or something. Like if you have the original box or something, SONY should make some way that you could be able to play them.

I in no way mean that its dumb that you included that info lol

Oh, didn't know.

No hard feelings, kay?

 

[BORTZ]

none at all

not toward you. Maybe toward sony lol