[Ein Bear]

The problem with the Vita version of Rayman Origins is that it doesn't have any multiplayer co-op like the console versions do. The game is so much more fun when you play it through with a friend.

[ReaperXL07]

This is probably the best place to ask this, it's just a hypothetical question though as I'm sure it would be some kind of nightmare for Sony to attempt it, but i'm curious how difficult it would be for Sony to put the entire PS1 catalog of games onto PSN?

I can only imagine it might be impossible because of licensing, companies no longer exsisting, and a ton of other reasons, but I don't know this whole no PS1 support is strange to me. It was on the PSP, and the tech here (while great) does not seem like it would have a hard time handling PS1 emulation. So I guess i'm hoping against hope that the reason for it not being there yet has to do with them adding alot more games to it.

Hell i'd even kill to get my hands on a bunch of PSP games that are not on either PS3, or Vita PSN, like Star Ocean 1+2. I'm not going to lie though, i'm fully expecting Sony to push HD PSP-->Vita collections at some point. It would be nice if they would put Phantasy Star Portable 2 back on the store.

[Ponn01]

Don't think they need to bother with the whole PS1 catalog but there are some glaring omissions. Some could be redone to take advantage of the touchscreen like Elemental Gearbolt.

There is no excuse for the PSP library not being up there. There's only a few I would buy HD Vita remakes of like Crisis Core and.Birth by Sleep.

[cyborg009]

This is probably the best place to ask this, it's just a hypothetical question though as I'm sure it would be some kind of nightmare for Sony to attempt it, but i'm curious how difficult it would be for Sony to put the entire PS1 catalog of games onto PSN? I can only imagine it might be impossible because of licensing, companies no longer exsisting, and a ton of other reasons, but I don't know this whole no PS1 support is strange to me. It was on the PSP, and the tech here (while great) does not seem like it would have a hard time handling PS1 emulation. So I guess i'm hoping against hope that the reason for it not being there yet has to do with them adding alot more games to it. Hell i'd even kill to get my hands on a bunch of PSP games that are not on either PS3, or Vita PSN, like Star Ocean 1+2. I'm not going to lie though, i'm fully expecting Sony to push HD PSP-->Vita collections at some point. It would be nice if they would put Phantasy Star Portable 2 back on the store.

They do need handle the PSP collection on Vita and have sells like steam

[Epcott]

I had always thought Sony was attempting to put most of the PS1 library on PSN (starting first with blockbusters). But now, I don't know. That idea slowly diminished over time, since the PS1 classics have slowed to a trickle. I don't see it happening (at least, not the entire library).

I'm getting pretty annoyed with the limited store on the Vita myself. The Minis selection is borked.

I searched for 2 Minis titles: Hero of Sparta and Thexder Neo, and they're not there. I would download them to my PS3, but there's no guarantee they're playable (I tried it with Pix N Love and that doesn't play on Vita either). It's frustrating.

Don't think they need to bother with the whole PS1 catalog but there are some glaring omissions. Some could be redone to take advantage of the touchscreen like Elemental Gearbolt. There is no excuse for the PSP library not being up there. There's only a few I would buy HD Vita remakes of like Crisis Core and.Birth by Sleep.

It's a shame those aren't in the store. Not to mention when a game like God Eater Burst isn't even showing up in the Vita store as well.

[chickdigger802]

as with everything out of Sony, it's 1 step forward, 2 steps backwards. 5 steps sideways.

I just pretty much take ever 'news' out of Sony with a grain of salt.

I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than be sorely disappointed or 'WTF ARE THEY THINKING?' all the time ;P

[RoylAsult]

From European PSBlog:

why is resistance still only in Europe :(

[famousmortimer]

There aren't many reviews of F1 2011 around. There are even less by former EGM editors that are racing nuts.


So I'm pretty excited about this.

[chris.trejo]

Ok I ended up buying Legend of Heros, I loved the first 2 on the PSP so I should like this one. I really need a bigger memory card though 4GB just isn't enough for anything lol.

[skochtaype]

I've never owned a PSP before and I'm really craving some RPG goodness. I so far have Persona 3 and Ys Seven. Are there any other games people would recommend to download?

ClaDun!!! Not your typical Nippon Ichi fare, ie Disgaea and ZHP, but it's got some serious old-school charm and some interesting party (to use the term loosely) and combat mechanics coupled with a pretty quirky personality.

Haven't checked out ClaDun X2 yet, but the customization options I've seen of it look pretty beefy.

EDIT: Both go for $19.99USD via digital download and are available without transferring via PS3.

[JimmyRickard]

Disgaea has amazing gameplay. But unless you like super wacky japanese storylines, you'll be skipping most the story. Its humorous at times and never takes itself seriously. There is a demo for Wipeout as well.

Thanks for the replies guys. I really enjoyed the demo for Wipeout, I might give it a shot when it inevitably drops in price. As for Disgaea, how does it compare to say, Jeanne D'Arc?

[Koroviev]

Thanks for the replies guys. I really enjoyed the demo for Wipeout, I might give it a shot when it inevitably drops in price. As for Disgaea, how does it compare to say, Jeanne D'Arc?

If you check the buy/sell/trade thread, you might be able to score a cheap copy of Wipeout. I saw a few people trying to sell copies.

[chickdigger802]

Thanks for the replies guys. I really enjoyed the demo for Wipeout, I might give it a shot when it inevitably drops in price. As for Disgaea, how does it compare to say, Jeanne D'Arc?

it's pretty different.

[CecilMcW00t]

I bought Y's Seven, my first ever Y's game, a few days back. Forty five minutes of play and I still don't know where the fuck im going. I got off a boat and have been wandering this town like an idiot. I think im supposed to go to the inn, but when i go in there nothing special happens.

Have you talked to the blue haired girl in the center of town yet? If not, talk to her, then leave the town center and immediately go back to the town center to trigger the next event.

[Number45]

That's the only negative in the game, but it's a pretty big one. Not only is it sometimes hard to tell what it is that you've not yet done to miss out on the right path, but you may have screwed something up near the beginning of a chapter! It can take a long time before it leads you to a bad end and may not be instantly recognizable as the wrong thing to do. That alone wouldn't be so bad, but couple it with the way you can't skip dialogue or cutscenes that you've just watched and it gets pretty terrible =[

Yeah, thanks for the heads up. I really went in blind on this one (all I knew is that it's creepy/graphic and has great sound design) so it serves me right. I can only assume that reading the newspaper fucked me up, but YOU CAN'T TELL ME NOT TO DO SOMETHING AND EXPECT ME TO OBEY! :'(

Ah, my bad. It was pretty out there, though, but it gets dead serious soon afterwards.

Yeah, so I found out! :'(

Anyhoo, I'll try and be clever in how I go about saving at least within a chapter. I assume once you move on to the next chapter I can just start a new game each time at that chapter if necessary?

[Kevin]

So what is GAFs general consensus, wifi or 3G model?

[R_thanatos]

So what is GAFs general consensus, wifi or 3G model?

Wifi does my needs , but i have a 3g phone on the side..

[Toma]

So what is GAFs general consensus, wifi or 3G model?

3G makes way more sense for an iPhone with the thousand of apps you might want to use on the go. Vita not so much.

[xKilltheMx]

So what is GAFs general consensus, wifi or 3G model?

Get 3G for future proof. Imo, thats why i got 3G instead of wifi and i figured id use the gps for near.

[michaelius]

It's 50$ (or less depending on actual bargain sales) for being future proof.

Worst case even if you don't use that 3G you still get GPS for 50$ which isn't that much of wasted cash for console which you will use for next 3-4 years.

If you get wi-fi now and 3G turns out to be usefull later your only option to upgrade will be buying new machine and reselling old.

I don't regret getting 3G (but i pay 20 euros for 3 months and 6 gigs of data ;) )

[DoctorWho]

Three months in and I'm still trying to figure out how near works. Is it always triangulating your position on WiFi, even if you're not connected to a specific wifi network?

I went to a Playstation event on Tuesday and never took the Vita out of my bag yet I got a near hit.



A couple of months ago, I went on a business trip to Israel. I couldn't get my Vita to connect to the wifi in the hotel at all while I was there yet when I came back and connected to the wifi at home it showed that I had traveled to Israel and gave me some discoveries from that region.

[Ardenyal]

Dont know if this is old but an update is available for golden abyss, change log says that the game wont put the Vita in offline mode anymore.

[Glorious Ownage]

Dont know if this is old but an update is available for golden abyss, change log says that the game wont put the Vita in offline mode anymore.

Oh, that's nice

[Raonak]

So what is GAFs general consensus, wifi or 3G model?

If you're in europe; 3G, since it comes free with wipeout2048. which nearly covers the cost of 3G.

[michaelius]

Three months in and I'm still trying to figure out how near works. Is it always triangulating your position on WiFi, even if you're not connected to a specific wifi network? I went to a Playstation event on Tuesday and never took the Vita out of my bag yet I got a near hit. A couple of months ago, I went on a business trip to Israel. I couldn't get my Vita to connect to the wifi in the hotel at all while I was there yet when I came back and connected to the wifi at home it showed that I had traveled to Israel and gave me some discoveries from that region.

You can change settings - but yes if you observe your vita when it's in sleep mode it will blink blue LED from time to time - it's a sign of wi-fi activity as it updates data from/to Near.

I always get plenty of hits when i take mine to work or my university and it's full of discoveries later.

[Vyse The Legend]

Dont know if this is old but an update is available for golden abyss, change log says that the game wont put the Vita in offline mode anymore.

How timely... I just finished it this weekend.

*sigh*

[DoctorWho]

You can change settings - but yes if you observe your vita when it's in sleep mode it will blink blue LED from time to time - it's a sign of wi-fi activity as it updates data from/to Near. I always get plenty of hits when i take mine to work or my university and it's full of discoveries later.

Do you know if it's actually connecting to the networks or is it just using the fact that wifi exists to triangulate a position?

[test_account]

Dont know if this is old but an update is available for golden abyss, change log says that the game wont put the Vita in offline mode anymore.

Out of curiousity, is there much use to this? Uncharted is a purely single player game anyway.

[FireCloud]

Dont know if this is old but an update is available for golden abyss, change log says that the game wont put the Vita in offline mode anymore.

That's great news! I need to get back to Unchated. (If P3P will let me)

Out of curiousity, is there much use to this? Uncharted is a purely single player game anyway.

It's of great use if you use party chat.

[CorrisD]

Dont know if this is old but an update is available for golden abyss, change log says that the game wont put the Vita in offline mode anymore.

Not old, looks like it hit today.

1.02 Uncharted: Golden Abyss Black Market Trade Frequency Increased Black Market Menu Changes Difficulty Tuning For Crushing Mode Stats will no longer Reset Network will no longer be disconnected during gameplay Improved Trophy Verification

[Raonak]

Three months in and I'm still trying to figure out how near works. Is it always triangulating your position on WiFi, even if you're not connected to a specific wifi network? I went to a Playstation event on Tuesday and never took the Vita out of my bag yet I got a near hit. A couple of months ago, I went on a business trip to Israel. I couldn't get my Vita to connect to the wifi in the hotel at all while I was there yet when I came back and connected to the wifi at home it showed that I had traveled to Israel and gave me some discoveries from that region.

Heres how it works:

Obtaining Location:
near uses GPS if you have the 3G model, if not (or no signal) it uses wifi triangulation. for triangualtion you don't actually need to connect to the hotspot. since all the vita needs is the unique IDs of the hotspot(s)

Near, if set to automatic, will grab your location every 30 mins, if your position has changed, it'll mark down the new location. If you press the near button, it'll also record the location then and there. (can be done once every hour, or something like that.)
you'll notice the near button has a ring that fills up blue a portion of the way. that indicates how many locations have been marked down.
note: interenet connection is not required for recording the location.


Syncing with server:

when you press the near button, the vita will upload all the saved locations to the near servers. it'll compare each location with the time it was recorded to determine how many vita units were near by. get gifts. etc.

obviously, you'll need internet connection to sync.

--
on the history page where it lists every saved location. theres a footprint next to each listing. A white footprint means it was an automatic location saved, and black footprint means manual location save.(ie; pressed near button)

[FireCloud]

Heres how it works: Obtaining Location: near uses GPS if you have the 3G model, if not (or no signal) it uses wifi triangulation. for triangualtion you don't actually need to connect to the hotspot. since all the vita needs is the unique IDs of the hotspot(s)

To use the GPS in the 3G model, does the 3G network have to be connected?

I haven't signed up for a data plan, so I've gone in to Settings and disabled the 3G network (in hopes to save on battery life). Would this keep Near from being able to detect my location when I'm out and about?

[DoctorWho]

Heres how it works: Obtaining Location: near uses GPS if you have the 3G model, if not (or no signal) it uses wifi triangulation. for triangualtion you don't actually need to connect to the hotspot. since all the vita needs is the unique IDs of the hotspot(s) Near, if set to automatic, will grab your location every 30 mins, if your position has changed, it'll mark down the new location. If you press the near button, it'll also record the location then and there. (can be done once every hour, or something like that.) you'll notice the near button has a ring that fills up blue a portion of the way. that indicates how many locations have been marked down. note: interenet connection is not required for recording the location. Syncing with server: when you press the near button, the vita will upload all the saved locations to the near servers. it'll compare each location with the time it was recorded to determine how many vita units were near by. get gifts. etc. obviously, you'll need internet connection to sync. -- on the history page where it lists every saved location. theres a footprint next to each listing. A white footprint means it was an automatic location saved, and black footprint means manual location save.(ie; pressed near button)

Thanks. That's exactly what I needed to know. Really makes me feel good about not having the 3G version (not available in Canada) as there is a wifi hotspot pretty much everywhere these days for the Vita to use for triangulation.

[CorrisD]

To use the GPS in the 3G model, does the 3G network have to be connected? I haven't signed up for a data plan, so I've gone in to Settings and disabled the 3G network (in hopes to save on battery life). Would this keep Near from being able to detect my location when I'm out and about?

GPS in theory should work fine on getting your position without 3G and save it for later use, but Near can't update itself with your and other peoples positions without some sort of data connection whether it is wifi or 3G.

[FireCloud]

GPS in theory should work fine on getting your position without 3G and save it for later use, but Near can't update itself with your and other peoples positions without some sort of data connection whether it is wifi or 3G.

Thanks. I was hoping that Near would remember where it had been and then upload it the next time I was on WiFi. Oh well, not worth getting 3G for.

[Raonak]

Thanks. I was hoping that Near would remember where it had been and then upload it the next time I was on WiFi. Oh well, not worth getting 3G for.

^yeah, thats exactly what happens.

--
On another note I can't seem to get online on wipeout!
I click on a multiplayer race/objective it says please wait, logging onto psn, please wait, etc. then loads. then goes to the main screen.
keeps repeating this.

[FireCloud]

^yeah, thats exactly what happens.

Strange, I've taken my Vita with me on a couple of trips around town but when I get home and "synchronize" with Near it thinks I haven't left my house, e.g. distance travelled < 1 km.

I've had it with me out and about for several hours. Guess I should see how often the auto updates are configured for. I thought it was something like every 30 mins.

[brooklyniteOne]

Does anyone know of any good back protector filter/films out there? I have the hori film on the front but would like somethhing on the back to prevent scratches when i set it down on tables and such.

[Solstice]

Does anyone know of any good back protector filter/films out there? I have the hori film on the front but would like somethhing on the back to prevent scratches when i set it down on tables and such.

I used the official Sony protector on mine. Not perfect, but it works, and since it came in a two pack, I love it.

[scottzorus]

Does anyone know of any good back protector filter/films out there? I have the hori film on the front but would like somethhing on the back to prevent scratches when i set it down on tables and such.

I use a barrier chief protector for the back (the pack comes with a front and back protector) and am happy with it.

[CorrisD]

Does anyone know of any good back protector filter/films out there? I have the hori film on the front but would like somethhing on the back to prevent scratches when i set it down on tables and such.

I just picked up some cheapo ebay ones myself, should do the job of keeping the back protected and I never look at the back so it doesn't have to be pretty.
Really hate any sort of glossy plastic, stuff scratches like theres no tomorrow, and I've been keeping mine its its case.

[Grinchy]

Not old, looks like it hit today.

Damn, I had given up hope and I sold my copy. Oh well. I guess I won't platinum GA.

[DBT85]

Dont know if this is old but an update is available for golden abyss, change log says that the game wont put the Vita in offline mode anymore.

Nice to hear, hopefully every other game that does the same will also get a patch.

[Returners]

itching to play something on the Vita after finishing Mutant Blobs and Escape Plan.

between:
Unit 13
Ridge Racer
Hot Shots
Virtua Tennis 4

which one would you guys recommend?

[FireCloud]

Damn, I had given up hope and I sold my copy. Oh well. I guess I won't platinum GA.

You sold GA because it used to disable the network features?

itching to play something on the Vita after finishing Mutant Blobs and Escape Plan. between: Unit 13 Ridge Racer Hot Shots Virtua Tennis 4 which one would you guys recommend?

Really depends on what types of games you like. I've had a great time with Hot Shots but I really enjoyed Hot Shots on the PS3 and PSP as well.

I thought the demo for Unit 13 was nice. I may pick that up next if I finish Uncharted before Gravity Daze/Rush comes out. But Personal 3 Portable has had my attention recently. I don't know when I'll get back to Uncharted.

[SteeloDMZ]

Woah, I just started my second replay of Golden Abyss without knowing that the update hit the same day. Nice. BTW, I freaking love this game.

[Chesskid1]

binged out a little today. got a $50 card and got killzone liberationsyphone filter: logan's shadow pack ($15), GTA: chinatown wars ($20) (and journey for PS3).

never played any of the PSP games so those should be fun. i have a PSP but i pretty much never bought any games for it. i dunno why, there was just something i didn't like about the system (besides the one nub), but now i can't stop buying stuff on vita now.

also 8GB seems plenty for me with the physical carts and PSP games aren't very big. i can keep quite a few games on it. best size/price ratio imo

[JimtotheHum]

itching to play something on the Vita after finishing Mutant Blobs and Escape Plan. between: Unit 13 Ridge Racer Hot Shots Virtua Tennis 4 which one would you guys recommend?

If you like shooters, I would recommend Unit 13. The controls are fantastic, and I like how they set up the mission structure, it's perfect for handheld. The only flaw is, at times, the mission types seem repetitive. Other than that, it's a great game and a blast on Co-op.

[impact]

itching to play something on the Vita after finishing Mutant Blobs and Escape Plan. between: Unit 13 Ridge Racer Hot Shots Virtua Tennis 4 which one would you guys recommend?

Virtua Tennis is the best game there by a mile

[FairXchange]

I'm silently hoping Sony is developing a PS1 emulator that upscales the resolution of their old games to look better on the Vita's OLED screen.

My friend has a android tablet and can play Legend of Dragoon upscaled on his device, so perhaps Sony feels compelled to offer an official support to counteract things like this.