another thing did you see they have launched a PSP Street - it's a simplified PSP 3000 - no Wi-Fi, no brightness control etc. I suspect Sony will continue to sell this alongside the Vita.

Yea id of rather gotten that than my 3000, prefer the matt finish .

As iv said before im buying a PSvita for PSvita games. Also the other thing not choosing where your save file goes?

WHO CARES!? i don't choose on my ps3 either? it goes into a nice little folder called save game! and to back them up just copy it to pc, pretty sure the same is going to happen here.

wait, is the Vita matte finish or glossy? Ii can't tell.

it's gloss.

@Charmi

Vita is gloss, the none-wifi psp is matt.

Would rather the vita was matt aswell, i hate gloss.

Scottie said ...

another thing did you see they have launched a PSP Street - it's a simplified PSP 3000 - no Wi-Fi, no brightness control etc. I suspect Sony will continue to sell this alongside the Vita.

Yeah the PSPE1000. It, along with the PSP3000 will sell alongside the Vita, but that is expected considering Sony history. Sony aint gonna kill off the PSP when its still selling, even if not as much as they would want.

Gloss aint too bad. Matte is definitely easy to maintain though.

Matt just feels nicer aswell, i like the texture of matt items, and yeah no freaking finger prints. Which is generally something id want on a piece of equipment im going to be holding for prolonged periods of time with sweaty fingers

North American gamers are being offered the chance to purchase a PlayStation Vita a week before its official February 22, 2012 release date, via the 'First Edition' bundle.

For a limited time in the US and Canada the bundle, which includes a 3G model Vita, a limited edition case, 4GB PS Vita Memory Card and Little Deviants game, will be pre-sold at select retail locations, starting today.

The US bundle retails for $349.99 and the Canadian bundle for $299.99. Both will be available for pick up on February 15, 2012.

There's no word on a similar offer for European consumers yet, but we're on the case.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/324095/le-playstation-vita-bundle-to-be-released-a-week-early/

and

Namco Bandai has confirmed has confirmed it will have three games ready for the launch of PlayStation Vita in US and EU on February 22.

Ridge Racer is a given - it wouldn't be a PlayStation launch without an RR game.

The other two are Shinobido: Revenge of Zen, and the awesome-looking Touch My Katamari.

I know that our pre-order gift would either be Ps Vita earphones or a PsVita wallet

This looks seriously cool

Escape Plan - launch PSV title

Escape Plan is a puzzle game that instantly brings back memories of the PSone classics from the Oddworld series, Abe’s Oddysee and Abe’s Exoddus, Escape Plan sees players controlling two characters – Lil and Laarg – as they… escape.

What this translates to is a series of puzzles involving numerous different uses of touch control, a beautiful, stark art style and some brutal, punishing deaths. It’s certainly not a light-hearted romp through Candy Cane Land.

Escape Plan is one of the few titles we’ve played on PS Vita that eschews pad/button-based controls in favour of the touch screen and touch pad. While the sticks are still used to manipulate the camera, all of the main controls are swipes and taps on the front and back.

This makes for a scheme that’s simple to get used to and intuitive throughout – need to push something from the back to foreground? Tap it from behind. Move? Swipe the direction you want to go.

The addition of non-intrusive gyroscopic controls just helps to make the whole thing feel like – much as we are loath to say this – it was built from the ground up with PS Vita in mind.

Any update from AWX on pre-order bonus?

Review of budget PSP:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-psp-e1000-review

I see another store has the pre-order bonus as ear phones.

I must admit, the one thing I havent bothered to check up on is the use of bluetooth headphones. Then i can just use my ps3 earpiece which would be great for bus and train transport.

You can use Bluetooth devices. It was mentioned in the big Ps Vita Faq.

Ps Vita Sofware Prices will Vary Based on the game.

Sony will be taking a more customized and nimble approach when it comes to the pricing of PS Vita games. They won’t all sit at $40 when they release; instead, it appears the company will be pricing titles as they should be worth.

http://www.technobuffalo.com/gaming/portable/ps-vita-software-prices-will-vary-based-on-game/

Ah thanks Charmi.

And the pricing news could be good or bad... cna go either way. Granted, new titles are cheaper on the PSN on release for PSV so thats at least something right.

I won't be using this service, I'll just keep one of my PSPs (plus the availability of PSP for the foreseeable future if something was to go wrong with it). Obviously more titles could be added sooner rather than later.

There are big names missing from the list of PSP games that can be downloaded for Vita at a discounted price.

Among them, Monster Hunter and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

The entire Capcom, Konami, Square Enix and Namco Bandai catalogues are missing.

As it stands, 262 PSP games support the UMD Passport system. This list is in Japanese, and Google's translation service not accurate enough for us to reproduce it here.

While 262 sounds like a lot, Siliconera pointed out that there are 606 PSP games currently available digitally from the Japanese PlayStation Store.

The UMD Passport system links owned PSP games with PSN accounts, then makes the games available to download for between £4 and £12 - based on official Japanese pricing.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-01-big-games-missing-from-psp-to-vita-umd-passport-list

So, the second part of the rather vague japanese advert for the PS Vita has been revealed + "the making of" segment. I'm guessing teh first part of the ad was to generate curiousity, maybe?

Anyway, here's teh advert>



Edit: A! That projection just reminded me taht there will be no video out on the vita.

Edit2: Sony has also corrected Gamestop's pricing for 4gb and 8gb memory cards> http://psp.ign.com/articles/121/1213432p1.html

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New Action title from SEGA and Yakuza producer: Samurai & Dragons.