Bluekaveli
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With the given support, I don't even think they expected anyone to buy it.
Have you figured out a way to play it on the go, or have you simply given up trying to play it outside?
I have a Galaxy S3 and it's putrid outside. Especially if you use auto-brightness to save on battery life. I come out of the subway here in the city and bam have to go and manually set the brightness to see shit. I'm going to disagree with you on this one my man!
The shade dood.... Th ssssshhhhhaaaaaddddeeeee!No matter how bright your device's screen, it's not brighter than the sun, gnoma sayajin?
Lol yes I can see how wanting to play my Vita while outside in the summer could give the impression that I'm nine years old.I haven't been able to "game outdoors" during the day since the GBA. All the phones I've owned, my PSP, my 3DS, and my Vita are IMPOSSIBLE to play with in direct sunlight outside.
However I don't see how this is a dealbreaker. I'm not 9 years old. My time outside is spent walking somewhere or doing a physical activity. My portables get portable play time when I use public transit OR if I have a break at work/school/friends house/gf's house
With all the talk at how beautiful the Vita's OLED display is, I'm surprised nobody ever talks about how it is impossible to play the damned thing outside; Shit I'm equally surprised Sony let this, what I see as a massive flaw for a bloody portable console, design ever reach the development stage. How the hell did Sony's engineers expect to play the console on the go? It is fucking baffling for Christ sakes!
Ok so now that I got my mini rant off my chest, how does vitagaf deal with this when you are out and about?
Have you figured out a way to play it on the go, or have you simply given up trying to play it outside?
You shouldn't be looking at any screen like the iPhone's or Vita's without having a light on in your room anyway. It's really bad for your eyes.
I do this all the time but I usually turn the brightness down to the lowest possible. Can you elaborate on why this is bad for your eyes?
You could stick on a matte screen protector, I guess?
I'm surprised nobody ever talks about how it is impossible to play the damned thing outside; Shit I'm equally surprised Sony let this, what I see as a massive flaw for a bloody portable console, design ever reach the development stage. How the hell did Sony's engineers expect to play the console on the go? It is fucking baffling for Christ sakes!
Lol yes I can see how wanting to play my Vita while outside in the summer could give the impression that I'm nine years old.
I just played dragon crown in my car yesterday cause it was too rainy for me to run indoors.
Had no problems.
That is really cute...This thread kind of reminded me of when I was a little kid, and I'd play Game Boy in the back seat of my parents' car during long drives. When it got to be night, I couldn't see anything, so what I did was pause the game, wait for a car to come up behind us, then play during the brief moments I could get some light off the headlights of the car behind.
Fuck, that's really nostalgic.
There is always Boktai 2, Boktai 3 (jp only) and the DS sequel Lunar Knights (which is quite awesome IMO).My hopes for another Boktai game have been ruined.
Canada, BC. Granted it is very sunny in the summer, but our weather is much like yours the rest of the year.
I don't know any adult who spends significant amounts of lounge time outside. The last time I did was when I was a little kid.
Would it be great if current portables blocked out the sun? Sure. But is this a thread worthy complaint for an adult? Nah.
I'm in BC too. I don't usually play handhelds outside, but definitely in transit and in cars. I haven't had a handheld that worked well in bright sun since maybe GBA SP.
For me the Vita is usable when I'm in the shade and dial brightness up to max. I have a screen protector on it (nothing special, I think it's the sony one), so I'm not sure if that helps.
My 3DSXL on the other hand seems worse, at least with SMTIV.
You could stick on a matte screen protector, I guess?
This reminds me of the original GBA. Even outside it was still too reflective to see the screen properly, and it wasn't even backlit.
Indeed, I was disappointed to discover that Vita is actually not a great bedtime console because it is too bright to play in the dark. My iPad gets far more use simply because it doesn't hurt my eyes.
outside
It's designed specifically so you don't play it outdoors, to save you the embarrassment.
If you're on the Okanagan, sure. If you're in Vancouver, that's the biggest overstatement of the year right there.Canada, BC. Granted it is very sunny in the summer, but our weather is much like yours the rest of the year.
Outdoors? What is this, the stone age?
Sounds like you need to get yourself some of that Los Angeles smog layer to blot out the sun.Canada, BC. Granted it is very sunny in the summer, but our weather is much like yours the rest of the year.
People still play handhelds outside?
.....in the outdoors?
I do wish the Vitas screen could handle ultra bright sunny weather better, but I fully understand and accept its limitations. Here's a photo from my vacation in Mexico earlier this year. The screen brightness is on max in this pic
I do wish the Vitas screen could handle ultra bright sunny weather better, but I fully understand and accept its limitations. Here's a photo from my vacation in Mexico earlier this year. The screen brightness is on max in this pic
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Please don't thread whine, especially with such questionable opinions.I don't know any adult who spends significant amounts of lounge time outside. The last time I did was when I was a little kid.
Would it be great if current portables blocked out the sun? Sure. But is this a thread worthy complaint for an adult? Nah.