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PlayStation Vita Japanese Launch Thread. "APOCALYPTIC!" says concerned Nuclear Muffin

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Radec

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twentytwo22 said:
Battery Test:

3G/Wifi Model
Mobile Data (3G) ON (but is probably over-riden by...
Wifi ON (connected to home network) -- this means I was getting notifications/etc the whole time, all on
Brightness MAX
Headphones, volume at 50%

Full to Death: 4:29
Warning notice came on at 4:11
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This is actually great.

So we can actually get 5 hours with brightness @ 30-50% and wifi off ?

Much better than my GSII lol.
 
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Me_Marcadet

Member
NateDrake said:
Certainly by no means great, but good since it's PSP/3DS level of life. It's doable though still disappointing, but is exactly what Sony pitched as battery life for it.
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It's way better than 3ds. Don't want to start a pissing contest but my 3ds doesn't last more than 2 hours everything on max while playing sm3dland.
4h with max setting is way more than I expected from the vita, it's even better than the psp @ max setting.
 
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Leona Lewis

Banned
charlequin said:
Am I crazy, or is this noticeably better than the PSP, even?
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It's probably a combination of non-removable battery, which allows for a basically "injectable" battery shape like iPhone, and the large surface area of the Vita itself allowing for a wider battery. I personally would've welcomed a Vita with PSP-1000 thickness - with OLED and no UMD, that would've been battery life to behold.
 
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Dragon

Banned
pharmboy044 said:
I'd like to know this too. I know not all games support Party chat due to some knocking you off the network but hopefully all games support custom soundtracks.
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I would think they would, but it doesn't disable the game's music which is unfortunate. I watched the RedSunGamer guys playing Uncharted and it just played over the music of the game. Maybe that's expecting too much but there it is.
 
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dallow_bg

nods at old men
Leona Lewis said:
It's probably a combination of non-removable battery, which allows for a basically "injectable" battery shape like iPhone, and the large surface area of the Vita itself allowing for a wider battery. I personally would've welcomed a Vita with PSP-1000 thickness - with OLED and no UMD, that would've been battery life to behold.
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You can remove the battery though.
 
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darkwing

Member
Dragon said:
I would think they would, but it doesn't disable the game's music which is unfortunate. I watched the RedSunGamer guys playing Uncharted and it just played over the music of the game. Maybe that's expecting too much but there it is.
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yup, you have to lower the game music in the game itself
 
iceatcs

iceatcs

Junior Member
Leona Lewis said:
It's probably a combination of non-removable battery, which allows for a basically "injectable" battery shape like iPhone, and the large surface area of the Vita itself allowing for a wider battery. I personally would've welcomed a Vita with PSP-1000 thickness - with OLED and no UMD, that would've been battery life to behold.
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Actually Vita look like has a removable smartphone battery. I think it is replaceable but not sure about the warranty. It was in talk much early in this thread.
 
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Replicant

Member
twentytwo22 said:
Battery Test:

3G/Wifi Model
Mobile Data (3G) ON (but is probably over-riden by...
Wifi ON (connected to home network) -- this means I was getting notifications/etc the whole time, all on
Bluetooth OFF
Brightness MAX (note: Brightness in OS MAX, caps in-game at about 80% [battery saving measure -- even 80% brightness is really bright...])
Near Auto-Updating ON
Headphones, volume at 50%

Time was spent: Play UMvC3 from Game Card (including about 30 minutes of Online play)
Occasionally flipping to Web Browser for quick look-ups, as well as Trophies app to check trophies (game kept running in the background, obviously)

Full to Death: 4:29
Warning notice came on at 4:11
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Only 4.5 hrs? Muffin will go Nuclear! It's gonna be Apocalyptic!

Wario64 said:
320k units sold apparently
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Out of 700k?

Wario64 said:
Not bad Bomba!
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Fixed
 
Raonak

Raonak

Banned
twentytwo22 said:
Battery Test:

3G/Wifi Model
Mobile Data (3G) ON (but is probably over-riden by...
Wifi ON (connected to home network) -- this means I was getting notifications/etc the whole time, all on
Bluetooth OFF
Brightness MAX (note: Brightness in OS MAX, caps in-game at about 80% [battery saving measure -- even 80% brightness is really bright...])
Near Auto-Updating ON
Headphones, volume at 50%

Time was spent: Play UMvC3 from Game Card (including about 30 minutes of Online play)
Occasionally flipping to Web Browser for quick look-ups, as well as Trophies app to check trophies (game kept running in the background, obviously)

Full to Death: 4:29
Warning notice came on at 4:11
Click to expand...

Wow, thats much better than I expected.
Sony said ~5 hours, which to me meant that I would have to play with wifi off, brightness 0. etc, to get anywhere near the 5 hours.
 
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FireCloud

Member
Dragon said:
I would think they would, but it doesn't disable the game's music which is unfortunate. I watched the RedSunGamer guys playing Uncharted and it just played over the music of the game. Maybe that's expecting too much but there it is.
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That's true. I guess you'd have to turn down the in game BGM on Uncharted if you wanted to use custom soundtracks. Also, I think I remember from the RSG feed that some titles didn't allow for custom soundtracks. I guess Sony left it up to the devs to decide if their titles would support custom soundtracks.
 
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FantasticMrFoxdie

Mumber
Not sure if Probably posted already - Playstation Vita Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 gameplay. This guy is making tons of videos with Q&A too.

EDIT: LOL just watched a vid where he mentioned GAF. I take it its someone here?

Takao said:
Maybe Nuclear Muffin was describing the launch sales?
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F*ck! Spoilers everywhere!
grin.gif
 
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dofry

That's "Dr." dofry to you.
ZoddGutts said:
Not bad expected worse. Can you do a test on movies as well?
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I can do a movie test today, just by looping the same video while I sit here at my desk. I will use full brightness and headphones on full blast. PSP lasted hours and hours, so I will get back to you at night I assume.
 
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Nuclear Muffin

Banned
twentytwo22 said:
Battery Test:

3G/Wifi Model
Mobile Data (3G) ON (but is probably over-riden by...
Wifi ON (connected to home network) -- this means I was getting notifications/etc the whole time, all on
Bluetooth OFF
Brightness MAX (note: Brightness in OS MAX, caps in-game at about 80% [battery saving measure -- even 80% brightness is really bright...])
Near Auto-Updating ON
Headphones, volume at 50%

Time was spent: Play UMvC3 from Game Card (including about 30 minutes of Online play)
Occasionally flipping to Web Browser for quick look-ups, as well as Trophies app to check trophies (game kept running in the background, obviously)

Full to Death: 4:29
Warning notice came on at 4:11
Click to expand...

Wow! That's a lot better than I was expecting. Looks like there are no real complaints to be had about the battery life at all.

Thanks for doing this (about time somebody did one!)
 
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marc^o^

Nintendo's Pro Bono PR Firm
twentytwo22 said:
Battery Test:

3G/Wifi Model
Mobile Data (3G) ON (but is probably over-riden by...
Wifi ON (connected to home network) -- this means I was getting notifications/etc the whole time, all on
Bluetooth OFF
Brightness MAX (note: Brightness in OS MAX, caps in-game at about 80% [battery saving measure -- even 80% brightness is really bright...])
Near Auto-Updating ON
Headphones, volume at 50%

Time was spent: Play UMvC3 from Game Card (including about 30 minutes of Online play)
Occasionally flipping to Web Browser for quick look-ups, as well as Trophies app to check trophies (game kept running in the background, obviously)

Full to Death: 4:29
Warning notice came on at 4:11
Click to expand...
4:30 with brightness MAX is excellent, that probably means 5:30 with brightness at mid level, which is more time than I can play in a day 99% of the year.
It also means I won't need to buy a Nyko product as I had to do for the 3DS, so that I can go for a larger memory stick instead.
 
Auto_aim1

Auto_aim1

MeisaMcCaffrey
twentytwo22 said:
Battery Test:

3G/Wifi Model
Mobile Data (3G) ON (but is probably over-riden by...
Wifi ON (connected to home network) -- this means I was getting notifications/etc the whole time, all on
Bluetooth OFF
Brightness MAX (note: Brightness in OS MAX, caps in-game at about 80% [battery saving measure -- even 80% brightness is really bright...])
Near Auto-Updating ON
Headphones, volume at 50%

Time was spent: Play UMvC3 from Game Card (including about 30 minutes of Online play)
Occasionally flipping to Web Browser for quick look-ups, as well as Trophies app to check trophies (game kept running in the background, obviously)

Full to Death: 4:29
Warning notice came on at 4:11
Click to expand...

Very, very nice. I guess the lack of an optical drive and OLED screen helps a lot. I think this is thread worthy.
 
Lupin3

Lupin3

Targeting terrorists with a D-Pad
Can hardly believe how simple and easy it is to transfer files back and forth between the Vita and the PC. Apple, take notes, and kill iTunes with fire!
 
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Fafalada

Fafracer forever
Meisadragon said:
Very, very nice. I guess the lack of an optical drive and OLED screen helps a lot. I think this is thread worthy.
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UMD doesn't even factor into this.
4.5 hours with WiFI/3G ON is considerably better then PSP ever did just using Memory Sticks (or PSP GO).
For that matter it's way better then what I can ever get out of 3DS as well.
 
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Nuclear Muffin

Banned
Fafalada said:
UMD doesn't even factor into this.
4.5 hours with WiFI/3G ON is considerably better then PSP ever did just using Memory Sticks (or PSP GO).
For that matter it's way better then what I can ever get out of 3DS as well.
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Max brightness too! (though they cheat when playing games, by making 80% the max)

I'd guess that 5.5-6 hours is the max you'll get out of it in the best case scenario (3DS nets 6.5 hours at best). Very good battery life, all things considered (it's better than the iPhone 4 and 4s!)
 
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sechsterangriff

Member
Lupin3 said:
Can hardly believe how simple and easy it is to transfer files back and forth between the Vita and the PC. Apple, take notes, and kill iTunes with fire!
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MediaGO? Since it seems we won't able to keep Vita games on the PS3 once transferred, this might be the most viable option.
 
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wazoo

Member
MEDIA GO is a good system. Considering I have alway my laptop with me, it makes the capacity for storage of games a non issue, and the USB charging helps also for the battery.

PC laptop + MEDIA GO + Vita : best match
 
Lupin3

Lupin3

Targeting terrorists with a D-Pad
sechsterangriff said:
MediaGO? Since it seems we won't able to keep Vita games on the PS3 once transferred, this might be the most viable option.
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No, I'm using the app on the Vita, content manager or whatever it's called in english (using swedish). Amazing stuff right there!
 
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