Yes, probably the rear camera.
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PS Vita western launch thread, p. 2 | Simply the most desirable handheld yet released
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Yes, probably the rear camera.
Grinchy
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One thing I think is better is that the fast forwarding is much faster. If you ever listened to podcasts or radio shows on your Go, you know how shitty it was to fast forward to 2 or 3 hours in. It was slow as hell. Something I personally hated about the Go was also the fact that accidentally hitting the shoulder button would always change the track, so if I had just fast forwarded a long podcast or radio show to the right spot, then hit the shoulder button, I'd have to start all over again. So for me that's a plus but others have stated they don't like that it doesn't change tracks that way.
Other than that I can't think of any disadvantages that the Vita has. It still saves your exact spot even when you close the music app, so that's still in tact.
Yeah, the fast forward and reverse were pretty terrible. About the shoulder buttons, I found myself setting the system to "lock" when listening to music.
I'm happy it still saves the same spot you left off. I actually enjoyed the old music player, I used it in my car all the time. Thanks!
Grinchy
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Yeah I would do the same thing with the lock, but sometimes I'd fast forward to like 3 hours into a Stern show and then accidentally hit the shoulder button when I was trying to lock it. Or I'd hit it when I was unlocking it. Then I'd do the rage face lol
Did EU get free MotorStorm RC last week ?
I read that EU dropped PSP price on PSN. Is it accurate ?
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Last page?! Bring on OT3!
BTW, has anyone in the US ordered a Hori Screen Protector from Amazon lately?
Dissidia (if its still on sale)? Save for sale time? Mutant Blobs!
BTW, has anyone in the US ordered a Hori Screen Protector from Amazon lately?
Dissidia (if its still on sale)? Save for sale time? Mutant Blobs!
Need some quick advice: when I first booted up my Vita, the rear touchscreen didn't work at all in my Little Deviants and Katamari demos. I powered it down, recharged it, and now it works perfectly! Has this happened to anyone else? I have a replacement on order from Amazon, but am not sure whether to keep it or not. Any advice? Thanks.
Hispanicguy
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UberTag
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Sumioni: Demon Arts comes out next week. So there is that. (Well, okay not for PAL people. Sorry.)
Heard it's repetitive and bad.
Grinchy
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Guess I'll be buying Mutant Blobs Attack this week. Challenge accepted
hahaha nice
While you're at it, I just placed 56th in Level 4. This game is so fun.
Joe Molotov
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I just keep dreaming of the day when I look on the store and there's a PSOne section...
I have about a dozen install bubbles on my xmb just waiting to be copied over. The wait continues.......
Man-is-Obsolete
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(Mutant Blobs Attack) Someone on here, beat this score so I can go back and try to do better.
Just played this level again and got to rank 34. That is a tough one to speed run.
Try going after my best scores. On level 14 and 19 I am ranked number 1. ^_^
Grinchy
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I want to try to beat these scores, but you have a Ron avatar. I doubt I'm man enough.
#1 huh...I think I may have to go after these scores.
You don't actually get the free month unless you purchase a month first. After purchasing one month, you get a voucher added to your phone provider account (i.e. ATT acocunt) which gives you a free month.
The free PSN game (SSDD + DLC) is supposed to come one month after you first purchase and activate the month you bought. I think a few people here on gaf got their codes already.
email code at the end of the 1st month I assume, and you must PAY for the 1st month to get your 2nd month free.
yeah I paid for the first month on the 15th, so I imagine I would be getting an email soon.
thanks
DidntKnowJack
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I live in North America so I can't speak to your experience in the PAL territories. I don't even know what you have or haven't gotten. But in the US since launch we've seen at least a smattering of releases each week. From MLB 12 The Show, to Ridge Racer, to Unit 13, to Motorstorm RC, and the assorted demos that have been trickling out every week. Granted, not a lot but after that massive launch I never expected to see a ton of stuff each week.
Kyleripman
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Can't wait for this.
Lord Error
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For a gaming device it would be great to have it, just for some of the games that you could play. I'd love to be able to play Abobo's Big Adventure on Vita. For that to work, there'd have to be some setting where you could map the face buttons to a keyboard keys that the games would expect you to use though.
ss_lemonade
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See the vertical lines on the screen (sorry for the crappy cellphone pic)? Is this as common a problem as the blotches? Its really visible for me especially when using the browser at the lowest brightness setting and viewing sites with dark backgrounds. Panning around shows them very visibly since the entire screen is affected it seems.
EU did not get free MotorStorm RC.
Some PSP games got a price drop but there's really only one or two decent games out of that list and the price drop puts the prices more inline with the US store.
I'm curious to try it, how is it on the trophy side of things?
Grinchy
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*Edit- yeah it's definitely about the points. Try to collect all the point bubbles and eat all the stuff you can find even if you don't need to get bigger anymore.
Square Triangle
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Trading in Uncharted: GA tomorrow, those trophies are too annoying to go back and play again. Might pick up Rayman finally.
Agent X
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Interesting, I didn't know they were bringing this game out on Minis until you mentioned it in this thread. It looks like it's not available in North America yet.
Touch My Katamari is reasonable for the most part, but there's one obscenely expensive costume piece that you need for a trophy. The grinding needed to get it is giving me Idea Factory flashbacks with my wife and I taking turns doing a super-fast level in hopes of getting a random bonus. Even though it's Namco Bandai, spending real money on DLC won't get it any faster. :/
DyslexicAlucard
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I'm really enjoying it, but I never owned it on the consoles, so the value proposition is still strong for me. And it looks and runs excellent--definitely a showpiece game.
Hmm, might buy this when I trade in Ninja Gaiden.
Also, what fighting game would GAF reccomend? UMvC3 or Blazblue? Does either one have online play?
PS Vita is nailing one aspect of gaming very quietly: High Scores.
So many of my Vita games have leaderboards you can compare to the world, or your friends list. These leaderboards keep me coming back. So even if you got 3 medals in a Motorstorm RC event, you still want to replay to beat your friends score. This is also the case with Wipeout, Unit 13, Lumines, and others.
And Near's ability to send challenges to your friends and neighbors amplifies the joy of beating high scores even further.
Not that high scores are new on Vita. Many current-games such as Burnout Paradise and SSX have friend's leaderboards. But Vita's leaderboards seem to be built into the SDK.
So many of my Vita games have leaderboards you can compare to the world, or your friends list. These leaderboards keep me coming back. So even if you got 3 medals in a Motorstorm RC event, you still want to replay to beat your friends score. This is also the case with Wipeout, Unit 13, Lumines, and others.
And Near's ability to send challenges to your friends and neighbors amplifies the joy of beating high scores even further.
Not that high scores are new on Vita. Many current-games such as Burnout Paradise and SSX have friend's leaderboards. But Vita's leaderboards seem to be built into the SDK.
Umvc3 does. But I assume BB does as well.
I'd wager that marvel will have a stronger online community in the long run though.
I've been doing some ranked matches and the occasion lobby every night. Runs really well. Occasional lag, but the good matches far outweigh the janky ones.
Both have online but UMvC3 definitely seems like it has a higher online population.
Do you lobby with randoms? I've been looking for gaffers to play with, so if you want to add me: nya_08.
DyslexicAlucard
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DyslexicAlucard
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I doubt it. The PS3 version didn't have HD sprites, and its resolution was much larger than that of the Vita version's; The sprites are probably made for a 480p/i screen, and the Vita has 544p, as opposed to PS3's 720p(/1080p?).
Edit: Sorry for the double post.
You still up for some games?
phosphor112
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See the vertical lines on the screen (sorry for the crappy cellphone pic)? Is this as common a problem as the blotches? Its really visible for me especially when using the browser at the lowest brightness setting and viewing sites with dark backgrounds. Panning around shows them very visibly since the entire screen is affected it seems.
I've never noticed such a thing...
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