Sony Posts Massive PS Vita FAQ

[Nathan Drake]

I just find the Vita a mini PS3...

But seriously, IMO, this will just be like DS VS PSP
Everyone at first was like WOW THE PSP AWESOME LINEUP WTF
DS SUCKS!!!

In the end... I have no idea what happened. The DS outsold the PSP still.

This time due to price the margin will definitely be smaller, but I bet history will repeat itself

There wasn't much hype surrounding the PSP where I was. The DSlite was beyond much bigger. Even G4 didn't touch on the PSP much, and I used to watch G4 a lot.

Sony just got shafted, as it was their first time entering the handheld wars, while Nintendo had reigned pretty much the undisputed king since the days of the Gameboy.

 

[prowler]

Q: PS Vita doesn't support UMD but do you have any plan to introduce peripherals like "UMD readers" for PS Vita?
A: We do not have plans to introduce such peripherals at this point in time.

Q: I have UMD games but do I need to buy them again from PlayStation Store to play the same game on PS Vita?
A: We will consider every possibility for support on bought UMD games but we have nothing to comment at this point in time.

Not possible unless Sony could render the UMD useless for redeeming again.
You could easily share out the equipment and UMD to friends for free games.

I don't see why Sony made a FAQ now tbh because
>announced at a later time
>announced at a later time
>announced at a later time
>announced at a later time

 

[Forstride]

I dig the Vita, not so much the 3DS. Usually, I'm in love with the handhelds, but even the Vita just has me really interested. Nintendo has flat out failed to impress me.

Wait, the 3DS doesn't impress you, but this does? The only "amazing features" for the Vita are the dual analog sticks, and the fact that it can play PS3 games (Or ports? IDK).

The 3DS has a much much much better lineup than the Vita as well, with titles like Luigi's Mansion 2, Mario Kart 3DS, Animal Crossing 3DS, etc. Whereas the PS Vita, so far, mainly just has PS3 game ports, or "re-imagined" PS3 games as someone else said.

The PS Vita itself just seems like a portable PS3, which TBH, is pretty stupid. The majority of PS Vita games are going to be cross-console games (PS3, 360, Wii U, etc.), which isn't all that great. There's likely to be a handful of PS Vita exclusives, most likely by SCEA, or whatever first party dev works for them, but it just seems to be ports, ports, and more ports.

 

[KingVamp]

I would say the 3DS started with some ports,but that probably going to change soon.

 

[chris888222]

The 3DS has awesome first party support, that's sort of the main point of getting a Nintendo console anyway.

But I have a feeling this will change, starting with the 3DS. more third parties might come.

 

[antwill]

I dig the Vita, not so much the 3DS. Usually, I'm in love with the handhelds, but even the Vita just has me really interested. Nintendo has flat out failed to impress me.

Wait, the 3DS doesn't impress you, but this does? The only "amazing features" for the Vita are the dual analog sticks, and the fact that it can play PS3 games (Or ports? IDK).

The 3DS has a much much much better lineup than the Vita as well, with titles like Luigi's Mansion 2, Mario Kart 3DS, Animal Crossing 3DS, etc. Whereas the PS Vita, so far, mainly just has PS3 game ports, or "re-imagined" PS3 games as someone else said.

The PS Vita itself just seems like a portable PS3, which TBH, is pretty stupid. The majority of PS Vita games are going to be cross-console games (PS3, 360, Wii U, etc.), which isn't all that great. There's likely to be a handful of PS Vita exclusives, most likely by SCEA, or whatever first party dev works for them, but it just seems to be ports, ports, and more ports.

Oh my, what's that? Someone on the internet doesn't share the same opinions as you? Alert the presses!
Honestly why anyone would buy a 3DS (ZOMGZ Nintendo!!1!) I have no idea. None of these supposedly better games you list even manage to impress me. The 3DS is filled with ports, OoT, Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, etc. The 3DS is just a dual screen Virtual Boy which is not only founded on gimmicks, but is also not that great at it either. So how could you possibly be impressed by the 3DS?

(See anyone can do what you've done.)

 

[Goli]

I dig the Vita, not so much the 3DS. Usually, I'm in love with the handhelds, but even the Vita just has me really interested. Nintendo has flat out failed to impress me.

Wait, the 3DS doesn't impress you, but this does? The only "amazing features" for the Vita are the dual analog sticks, and the fact that it can play PS3 games (Or ports? IDK).

The 3DS has a much much much better lineup than the Vita as well, with titles like Luigi's Mansion 2, Mario Kart 3DS, Animal Crossing 3DS, etc. Whereas the PS Vita, so far, mainly just has PS3 game ports, or "re-imagined" PS3 games as someone else said.

The PS Vita itself just seems like a portable PS3, which TBH, is pretty stupid. The majority of PS Vita games are going to be cross-console games (PS3, 360, Wii U, etc.), which isn't all that great. There's likely to be a handful of PS Vita exclusives, most likely by SCEA, or whatever first party dev works for them, but it just seems to be ports, ports, and more ports.

First of all Vita can't play PS3 games, but some are getting both a PS3 and Vita version like Ruin or Dragon's Crown. Secondly, if you're gonna say the rest are games "re-imagined" for Vita, you could say the same thing for Animal Crossing, Mario Kart and a bunch of other Nintendo games that generally get some handheld version. Actually the 3DS situation is even worse right now (of course this could change with future Vita game announcements and make the Vita worse), but PES2011, Lego SWIII, SSFIV3D, Rayman 3D, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, Splinter Cell 3D; Blazblue Continuum Shift II, Dead or Alive Dimensions, The Sims 3, Ocarina of Time 3D, Starfox 3D and a bunch of others I cba to type right now are ports or "re-imagined" games.

 

[prowler]

Wait, the 3DS doesn't impress you, but this does? The only "amazing features" for the Vita are the dual analog sticks, and the fact that it can play PS3 games (Or ports? IDK).All the 3DS has to offer is 3D. That's mainly it.

The 3DS has a much much much better lineup than the Vita as well, with titles like Luigi's Mansion 2, Mario Kart 3DS, Animal Crossing 3DS, etc. Whereas the PS Vita, so far, mainly just has PS3 game ports, or "re-imagined" PS3 games as someone else said.When the 3DS was out, all I heard from people was REHASH, PORT, REHASH, PORT, etc.
Once E3 comes along and see more games announced for it, they changed their tune. 3DS launch was crappy and still is crappy. The only game that's worth buying a 3DS for right now is Zelda and that's not even out.

The only reason why you think the PS Vita only has PS3 ports is because you've not took the time to look at the games coming out for it. The PS Vita is still in early stages really so it makes sense that no other games have been announced.
A few games I can list off the top of my head are Wipeout, Little Big Planet, Project Gravity and Dynasty Warriors. More games will be announced once it comes closer to the release of the PSVQUOTE(TDWP FTW @ Jun 10 2011, 01:22 PM)

The PS Vita itself just seems like a portable PS3, which TBH, is pretty stupid. The majority of PS Vita games are going to be cross-console games (PS3, 360, Wii U, etc.), which isn't all that great. There's likely to be a handful of PS Vita exclusives, most likely by SCEA, or whatever first party dev works for them, but it just seems to be ports, ports, and more ports.

Doesn't look like a portable PS3 at all. Just because it's got graphics like the PS3 doesn't make it a PS3.
As I said before, the PSV is still in early stages so it's obvious that hardly no games at all have been announced like it was the same for the 3DS before E3.

I know you hate Sony and will hate them to the end but being blatantly ignorant? Come on.

 

[KingVamp]

Wait, the 3DS doesn't impress you, but this does? The only "amazing features" for the Vita are the dual analog sticks, and the fact that it can play PS3 games (Or ports? IDK).

All the 3DS has to offer is 3D. That's mainly it.

Don't they have the same things expect like 3-4 things? (including vita with more power)

 

[prowler]

What? You mean the PSV has a bigger OLED screen, better graphics, dual analog and heaps more?

Yup.

 

[Valwin]

Q: Do you have any plans to introduce a video output cable? Will PS Vita have HDMI output?
A: No, PS Vita does not have a video output feature.[/p]
Wait but didn't the PSP have video output?
Damn I was looking forward to playing the Vita on a TV

ouch sony disapoints again


also what will i do with my UMD ?

Keep a PSP around? Not like the things are even really expensive now. The price is only going to go down.

It's like asking how one was supposed to play GBA games on a DSlite since Nintendo removed the GBA slot. Simple, keep a GBA enabled device around. This isn't exactly uncommon at this point. UMD's are a fairly crappy way to store and play media anyways. Glad to see that Sony is trying to ditch the format completely.

3ds can play ds games why cant dam psV play my umd ???

UMD was an obsolete format when it was introduced. A UMD drive would also be absolutely impossible to fit onto the Vita unless you want to sacrifice half the features to play your UMD games. Or, you could just keep a PSP around and not bitch.

3DS and DS are practically the size, and the 3DS uses slightly upgraded media allowing for easier backwards compatibility. It was either use another shitty disc format that was pretty much the same as UMD, or upgrade to higher capacity media, ditch the UMD altogether, and leave old, obsolete technology in the past where it belongs.

well by this

3DS 1Up vita cuz my 3ds is backwar compatible

 

[KingVamp]

What? You mean the PSV has a bigger OLED screen, better graphics, dual analog and Rear touch pad?

Yup.
Everything else the 3DS has. AFAIK in hardware.

This is the first time I actually compare the features. TBH both portables sound good,but I didn't think I need two.

QUOTE(Valwin @ Jun 10 2011, 08:55 AM) 3DS 1Up vita cuz my 3ds is backwar compatible

Technically, the psv has backward compatibility by download.

 

[Veho]

Q: Does PS Vita have internal memory?
A: PS Vita is equipped with the storage media slot so that users can choose what memory capacity they want to utilize depending on their use.
Meaning, no.

QUOTEQ: What type of storage media will PS Vita support?
A: This will be announced at a later date.

This could either mean "we haven't yet decided between M2 and some weird proprietary standard we'll announce in the meantime", or "some weird proprietary standard we'll announce in the meantime."

There's the option of using microSD cards, but come on, this is Sony.

Majorly bummed about the no replacement battery thing. What are we suppossed to do when we travel?

External battery pack.

 

[antwill]

Q: Does PS Vita have internal memory?
A: PS Vita is equipped with the storage media slot so that users can choose what memory capacity they want to utilize depending on their use.
Meaning, no.
There was already posts stating they removed the internal storage to reduce costs.
QUOTEQ: What type of storage media will PS Vita support?
A: This will be announced at a later date.

This could either mean "we haven't yet decided between M2 and some weird proprietary standard we'll announce in the meantime", or "some weird proprietary standard we'll announce in the meantime."

There's the option of using microSD cards, but come on, this is Sony.
They have already shown off the new proprietary memory cards and game cards at e3. Here.

Majorly bummed about the no replacement battery thing. What are we suppossed to do when we travel?

External battery pack.

 

[rad140]

Phased roll out aka no universal release, no internal memory, we're not sure about Skype or Flash, unknown storage medium, no video output, internal battery...

The device itself seems awesome, but I'm a little disappointed, but not surprised with this announcement.
You would think that for a device supposedly releasing later this year that they would announce some of these things.

 

[Veho]

There was already posts stating they removed the internal storage to reduce costs.

They have already shown off the new proprietary memory cards and game cards at e3. Here.

Well whaddaya know...

I didn't know that. So the FAQ was rendered obsolete before it was even released?

I don't think using weird new memory cards is a very good move

 

[shakirmoledina]

i wonder how hackable it will be that the battery cannot be used.
besides the hardware specs, it still has not considered many things probably bcz they havent talked properly with the big ones nor are they sure what the ppl want exactly (or what they can accept)

 

[chris888222]

I really hate M2. I can't use them in other products and only on extreme overpriced Sony products here.

 

[Hop2089]

I wonder how much the 3G will cost, hopefully at normal cell phone price and bandwidth, I really need to know that.

The battery being non-removable is a pain in the ass though. Love the Vita memory cards, I'll need the 32GB one.

 

[chris888222]

Do we actually have to buy the storage cards?

Darn