What do you think of Sony's upcoming Playstation Vita?

Sporting duel anolog sticks, a front and back touchscreen, motion sensors, and many other awesome things, the sleek new stylish appearance of the device looks promising to consumers everywhere.

Specs: http://us.playstation.com/psvita/tech-specs/

I'll need to see the games available for it before making a decision. Hardware means nothing without the software to back it up.

Don't want one, will probably fail.

it looks like a rehash of PSP with a bunch of features other handhelds had that were better (which is actually kinda subjective) and crammed it into one.

and isn't it supposed to work like some kind of cloud service or was that psp go?

This, I'm still kinda facepalming over my buying a 3DS already. I only have three games for it, and there really aren't that many that have been announced that impress me so far.

Granted, it's a fantastic system, it's just there's practically nothing to play on it.

Although I'll probably end up with one eventually. My PSP, even with it's awesome Darth Vader print on the back, has definitely seen better days.

I'm not a Sony fan so I won't be getting one, as for how well it will do I think that anybody who's stuck with Sony and regularly buys Sony consoles will but it, that is to say quite a few, however I don't think it will top the PS3 or 360, I also think the 3DS will do better by a small amount simply because of Nintendo's huge target audience.

It's a wonderful looking handheld and I'll definitely be getting the Wi-Fi model, as I don't really need 3G. I imagine it'll be fairly successful and might actually be the first handheld to dethrone Nintendo, though most of its success will most likely be in Japan.

I don't have enough pockets for a cell phone, all my other stuff, and a portable game system. When I travel I bring a notebook if I want something like that, so no, portable game systems have no appeal for me at all. Maybe someday when cell phones or tablets have control schemes for games that are actually fun to use (no tactile feedback is a deal-breaker for me with action games, so a touchscreen won't cut it) I'll be interested in portable gaming again. :shrug:

It looks like something Sony had brewing for quite awhile, judging by its almost futuristic abilities and power in such a small system. Maybe Sony made the awful PSPgo to throw off the competition just so they could really surprise them with the PSV? I don't know, but one thing's for sure: it will definitely be successful.

If someone were to give me one for free, I might play it. But honestly, I've never seen the need for mobile gaming, especially not a dedicated piece of equipment for it (Android/iPhone games are pretty good time wasters). It'll probably do as good as other hand held gaming systems (which is to say meh), but of all handhelds I've seen, the Vita definitely seems the coolest.

The PSPgo was to test the waters for a digital-only handheld. I doubt they thought it would be nearly successful enough to build the PSV around, but it was still probably a good indicator as to where we're at in that regard.

exactly, the point of mobile gaming is for when you are in transit from point A or to point B or simply away from your console/PC. so first of all you really don't need a major piece of hardware and all your really looking for is something to kill that time while you get to where you are going, or to kill time while you are away from your normal rig.

other wise you are spending hundreds of dollars for the experience of holding the game in your hand and looking at a tiny screen sitting in your bed/or where ever playing some hand held game. There is nothing stopping Nintendo from being able to have their pokemon games (well its not specificly Nintendos' but whatever) run on their console, but they're developed for the DS, why? So they can sell extra tiny peices of hardware, that will always be inferior to consoles/PC's.

I'm not getting one.

I think it might out do the 3DS, definitely the iPhone.

What you say is true, @uberbanna, as unfortunately console gaming definitely trumps mobile gaming. Seriously, who but the creepy pedophile lying in wait in his neighbor's bushes would play on their PSP when they have a PS3 or Xbox in the other room? It's almost the same for the DS franchise as opposed to the Wii. I do believe the DS is successful solely based on its huge differences from its cousin Wii. The DS gives you a reason to play it in the presence of a Wii, whereas I may fear that the PSV is so similar to the PS3 as people won't even use it at all unless away from their console. Of course, I could be horribly wrong. :hehe:

By the way, I absolutely hate the DS, but I still respect it, which is why I used it as an example. Lol

I have a feeling the PSV will be very successful though. I could actually see myself using it at home when I have the option of the PS3 as well. And no, I'm not a creepy pedophile. If the software diversity is large enough to appeal to a wide range of audiences, then it may outsell any of the consoles.

I don't think there's anything odd about playing a handheld at home. I go where the games are and, due to significantly lower development costs, handhelds offer quite a few games that would most likely never happen on home consoles. It's also nice not being stuck in one place the entire time you're playing a game, even if that mobility is restricted to different rooms of your house or out on the porch.

I know handhelds aren't very popular with older audiences in the West though, which is why I say most of the PSV's success will be had in Japan where the PSP has traded blows with all iterations of the DS for years now.

Yes, that's true, and you bring up interesting points I had not thought of. I guess that is why I talk to you guys.

Playing handhelds at home isn't necessarily weird, but just not done in the west as much as the companies who made them would like.

BTW @wingus, I think you mean PSV, because PVS means Play Vita Station

Well, the DS was successful for the same reason as nearly every other Nintendo system: innovative hardware. The only handheld I remember that had a touch screen before the DS was the Tiger Gamecom (if anyone here remembers that piece of crap, I'll be amazed). The Gamecom failed miserably because of a horrible library and just bad design decisions in general. Nintendo had already proven they aren't very prone to either, the Virtual Boy notwithstanding. The DS was the first handheld system to use a touch screen well, and that's one of the main reasons it was so popular: effective use of a relatively new concept.

So yeah, you're more or less right. With the advent of smartphones, the key to a successful handheld nowadays is not how much graphical horsepower you can cram into your pocket, it's what new concepts you can fit into the handheld. The DS did it with its touch screen; the 3DS did it with its 3D display; right now it seems that the PSV is just trying to copy the DS' touch screen a handheld generation too late.

Of course, library still>all, so the game selection is still the deal breaker/maker, hardware is secondary after that.

It will be better than the 3DS at the least; only good thing about that is that Ocarina of Time has been re-released on it.

But still, I've pretty much had it with hand helds. The IPhone and Androids have great addicting games like Angry Birds and Real Racing that are much better and cheaper than a lot of the games on the 3DS.

It doesn't have pokemon and therefore will not beat the 3DS.

In all seriousness, it's probably not going to beat the 3DS and it's next iteration.

Yeah, Pokemon might just be the whole reason behind their lead in the handheld race.

But I don't know, the PSV seems like it means business, and it definitely has my attention, so I guess we shall see how it is received.

Overall, I believe that people who are saying that it will fail have not looked too far into its features and abilities and the people who say it is going to be amazing (more or less like me lol) need to see the negatives of a device such as this. It's all in perspective of what matters for a system to be good and what doesn't.

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Those tech specs didn't mention the RAM. How much will it have? Based on the specs we do know of, how powerful would some of you say it is in comparison to a 360 or PS3?

No word on RAM yet, though there were rumors that Sony was cutting the amount of RAM to lower costs, so it may not be finalized.