^ the music in that fifa video!! most harcore tune ever!!!

YES don't have to buy an Xbox now!

Akai Katana Shin Landing On PlayStation Vita

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/12/07/akai-katana-shin-landing-on-playstation-vita/

Cave is bringing is a side of bullet hell to PlayStation Vita. According to an interview with SPOnG, a port of Akai Katana Shin with dual analog stick support is in development for Vita. Cave released an arcade port of the game for Xbox 360, which Rising Star Games will release in Europe in early 2012.

"Yes, we are planning for it to be an original game," Makoto Asada said to Siliconera when we asked Cave about PlayStation Vita development. "We will still make ports of our arcade games in parallel to this project, but we want to make original games as well." Sounds like Cave has at least two Vita titles in development.

trailer for the 360 version


yes its a shmup but its still amazing

Less than 10 days for Japan. New advert below>

The PlayStation Vita is not limited to a single PlayStation Network log-in, as widely reported last week, Sony has confirmed.

However, you will need to either restore factory settings every time you want to change accounts or buy two separate proprietary memory cards.

Sony exec Crystal MacKenzie told Wired that PSN accounts will be linked to the memory cards, not the system itself.

"Your PSN ID is bonded to your memory card and your memory card is bonded to your Vita," she explained

"So if you wanted to change different PSN users but use the same memory card, you would need to go factory reset."

Should that not appeal, MacKenzie added that you can also host different accounts on different memory cards.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-08-playstation-vita-not-limited-to-one-psn-log-in

^ Now that clears things up A LOT. Thanks for that bit of info Scottie.

Nice, now that is more reasonable. I have two PSN accounts, a local and US one, and if I get a Vita, card swapping is not much of an inconvenience.

Stolen from here > http://www.thesixthaxis.com/forum/gaming-banter/ps-vita-will-you-buy-it/page-3/

After your first post (Hello!) it seemed you might need a little help to decide between a Vita and a girlfriend. So here's a, hopefully helpful, comparison chart.

Girlfriend vs. Vita:

Processing power – Depending on the particular girlfriend, the Vita may well provide more raw processing power than a girlfriend.

Graphics power – Whilst the quad core GPU is no doubt powerful, it would at best put you in the "uncanny valley". A well chosen girlfriend should easily avoid the "uncanny valley", however again, be careful as some optional extras may do so.

RAM – 512MB of RAM and 128MB of VRAM should be great. Also, you can Randomly Access it whenever you damned well want. Girlfriends tend to disagree with Random Access.

Memory – Very pricey on Vita. Girlfriends come with memory for life, and will never forget your failings.

Buttons – More difficult to find on girlfriends.

Dual Sticks – Easier to find on girlfriends. A bit fiddly on PSVita.

Touch controls – A tie.

Battery Life – Up to 5 hours on demand play time between charges. Girlfriends are a) headache prone and b) broken once a month.

Visuals – PSVita games will look better in a couple years time. Girlfriends visually degrade as time passes. You can always trade in for a newer model, though. Tie.

Sound – For greater immersion you can use headphones to block out the world on the Vita. You may want headphones to block out the girlfriend.

Price – After the initial outlay, purchasing games online is rumoured to be cheaper vs. retail. Online Girlfriends are much cheaper.

Just thought it was a clever reply

I read somewhere that the reason the cards are so expensive is because Vita games on PSN will be like 40% cheaper than retail

THeres a number of reasons why the cards are expensive.

First and foremost is that they are propriety. They are used for the sole purpose of the PSV and so mass production is not quite as easy.
Secondly to offset the cost of the actual PSV itself.
And thirdly, as you said, because of teh possibility of much cheaper PSN titles.

If teh latter is true there should not be a problem. All I knwo is that 9000￥ for a 32gb is a steal if you ask me.

Looking good.I get paid a couple days after the PSV launches here so I will probably pick up sometime next week. Think I may pick up hot shots golf

11 new trailers for the same games you've heard a million times about have appeared...























Can't this system just release already!

^it does, this weekend!

Launched in Japan.

I missed the hustle and bustle of the morning but I saw some 3g models left. One store had some wifi left but the store I buy from had no wifi.

Did have a demo model up and played some Uncharted, Hot Shots Golf and MvsC3 - all played well enough.

Ill try pick up a PSV at Wednesday but that depends if my store gets any new stock before then.

This weekend I watched a really, REALLY long Live stream of “RedSunGamer’s” Vita experiences. They’ve now uploaded it all to Youtube. Here is their playlist.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL382CE6C7E11E7AA1

Despite the length of their show, it is a very thorough in-depth look at the PS Vita. I highly recommend giving their videos a look if you're not sure what to expect.

The system is as awesome as I hoped it would be, but theres just a few things to look out for>
1. A few people are having freezing issues (Including the guys I mentioned above (see part8 of their video)).
2. When playing a game (uncharted), network features were disabled, and cross game chat didn’t work. (It might depend on the game)
3. Only 1 PSN account per Vita. Previous statements about accounts linked to memory cards were wrong. Account is bound to system and memory card.

After the JP launch I’m 110% sure I want a Vita. Now the only question is – “3g/Wifi or Wi-fi only?”

Only 1 PSN account at a single time.

This is nothing new from what we knew about the PSV. Slight specifics may be changed sure.

Not a problem for anyone unless you are quite active in various PSN region purchasing.


Samurai and Dragons trailer:

*sigh*

Really wish they would allow multiple accounts, going digital only i was going to purchase alot from the US store. That has put me off buying it for a good while honestly, or atleast until PAL will get some decent titles.

1 PSN at a time is onconvenient, but not a deal breaker. Still think I will wait for the second gen hardware as I don't think that all the bugs have been worked out of this one.

From Eurogamer 'journalist' at Tokyo launch: PSN is indeed linked to PSV.

I tested it alright - signed in with my UK PSN account, played through the first couple of stages on Uncharted, then lost everything when I switched over to the Japanese PSN to download the extra apps and all that. You have to factory reset the Vita, and even if you remove the memory card when you do so, it formats it the next time you put it back in.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-18-at-vitas-launch-a-special-report-from-tokyo-article

PSV manual

http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/psvita/basic/index.html

Woofels said ...

*sigh*

Really wish they would allow multiple accounts, going digital only i was going to purchase alot from the US store.

Multiple accounts would have been great. But besides PS1 games, I dont see why you would need to have a dedicated US account for the PSV. Every game gets a digital release.

Magius said ...

Still think I will wait for the second gen hardware as I don't think that all the bugs have been worked out of this one.

What bugs?