Sony Posts Massive PS Vita FAQ

[Maedhros]

The funniest thing to me in this FAQ is how they keep saying how "innovative" the new storage medium is. And how it's so cool you can save directly to it, like you could oh, 20 years ago. What is innovative about a game card? Before you say, "flash memory is included" note that there are DS games that have had that for a while (eg, Warioware DIY), and the whole concept of game cards has been around for ages. It's like Sony is trying to save face on the whole umd debacle.

But they already said UMD sucks, that's not new. Disc has tons of advantagens over flashcards, but they work better on consoles. It was Sony first attempt on handheld, they learned, that's why you're not seeing UMD's here, but cartridges and DD.

 

[tianeloso1]

Crap so you're saying that if i get a faulty vita im going have to buy a new since they cant open it up -.- i m not going to push my luck.

 

[Snailface]

New info: Battery life 3-5 hours.

Nice, especially with a non-replaceable battery.

Neogaf user gofreak:

No memory card included in the box. Japanese pricing is at the link.

Battery is a 2200mAh unit, cited as giving 3-5 hours of gameplay or 5 hours of video playback. Charging time is 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Someone else might want to copy and paste the game lists, on a tablet here

Haven't had a proper look but think there's more new stuff in there.

src:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444821

Sony PDF: http://scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/110914a_e.pdf

 

[KingVamp]

New info: Battery life 3-5 hours.

Nice, especially with a non-replaceable battery.

src:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444821

2 hours, 40 minutes charging time?

Must be a laptop-like charger again.

 

[cris92x]

Wait does ps vita not have onboard storage? And battery life was very expected, battery tech hasn't really improved as much as it should in the last few years.
Edit: So it only has a memory card slot....so thats why the vita could be priced so "competitively" and damn those memory card gb to price ratio sucks.

 

[Snailface]

Here's some of the more interesting parts of that pdf:

*3 First 0.5M units will come with “Prepaid data plan 100h.”

Some PS Vita software titles may require the use of separately sold memory card for saving game’s
saved data while some software titles are capable of saving it on to the PS Vita card itself. Please refer
to the PS Vita game packages or game manuals for further details.
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< Reference: About Duration of the Battery>
Game: Approx. 3~5 hours
Video: Approx. 5 hours
Music (in stand-by mode): Approx. 9 hours
* Screen brightness default setting, Bluetooth feature off, headphones used
* Game, when not using the network
* The duration may change depending on the brightness of the screen, what content being played and if
the network (3G/Wi-Fi) feature is being used or not

Oh yeah, the memory cards range from 4-32GBs and a cost of $28-$123 (converted from yen)

 

[chris888222]

3 - 5 hours

And people said that the 3DS battery was short.

Darn, not replaceable.

 

[phantastic91]

Crap so you're saying that if i get a faulty vita im going have to buy a new since they cant open it up -.- i m not going to push my luck.

is this sarcasm? If you get a faulty one, you return, exchange it, or send it in.....?