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PS Vita Found On Sony's E3 Site, Now Removed
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FromTheFuture
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Imagine. The PSP Mini would become Vitaminis. They're like gaming vitamins!
BlazingDarkness
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So, is this it's new name now? Or just it's old codename?
OP hasn't been updated.
OP hasn't been updated.
Well, fortunately the PSVita photo shows the interface no longer includes text. I agree that it looks quite nice that way. There's a lot of wasted space, but the round icons feel like they want to be touched.Slime said:
This is why whoever changed the thread title made a mistake and needs to change it back.BlazingDarkness said:
To answer your question, it looks like this is the new name.
BlazingDarkness
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Krev said:
Ah okay thank you!
I grew attached to NGP but PSV works for me too!
To briefly summarise developments:BlazingDarkness said:
1) There've been two pictures posted of apparent promo literature showing PlayStation Vita, and showing the device in a pose not previously seen (i.e. doesn't look like a photoshop, would be difficult to fake in such a short amount of time). The blog that posted these pics said on Thursday that the name was Vita, and then when the report in the OP did the rounds, decided to share the photos.
2) playstationvita.com and psvita.com were registered in April via the same company Sony normally uses.
I think it's looking likely.
john tv said:
Why I believe this is real is because the bottom right 2 icons have never been shown before. If you watch an old video of the interface
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJgBeFhmn9I
You can see those Icons are nowhere to be seen, also there is text on the old interface, where as this new interface hasn't got text next to the icons.
get2sammyb said:
I wouldn´t call it unique but I get your point. As a "gamer" that also plays handhelds I see it in a similar way. But it´s also true that even among "hardcores" a more and more people have little interest in handhelds and with the rising smartphone-capabilities even gaming-wise it starts to take priority and soon enough there´ll be more powerful smartphones either way.
With a great and exclusive game library hardcores would be more likely to bite but this is something we have to little information about right now and I doubt that besides Sony alot of 3rd parties will be eager to develop high budget triple A games for such an uncertain territory, it´s more likely that they will go the multiplattform route and porting/downgrading some console games and therefor not gaining a lot in the exclusive department. Buttons and so on are cleary an advantage for games but it seems like smartphones options are good enough to alot of people ignoring that Apple or any other smartphone company could go a route like Sony with Xperia in future.
The increasing chances that this is the real name are worrying me
Vita... that just doesn't sound right.
You know when you say a name and it makes sense? Like I can understand why people hate the name Wii ,but when you say "Nintendo Wii", it still make sense.
Playstation Vita... not so much. "Allow me present to you the Playstation Vita"! .... no. it doesn't catch.
Vita... that just doesn't sound right.
You know when you say a name and it makes sense? Like I can understand why people hate the name Wii ,but when you say "Nintendo Wii", it still make sense.
Playstation Vita... not so much. "Allow me present to you the Playstation Vita"! .... no. it doesn't catch.
VGChampion
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I like the name. Then again, I don't really care what they call a system as long as it isn't a regular word like feel. You'll get used to it just like everyone got used to 360, Wii, etc...
If Vita turns out to be real, I fully expect Sony attacking the whole unisex market head-on, and not just their hardcore audience. I expect them to market this like a quasi-tablet, but with more gaming, less PDF reading.
Which reminds me... they better have a better comic reader than the one they have right now for the PSP.
Which reminds me... they better have a better comic reader than the one they have right now for the PSP.
I really do not like how that PSVita text looks on the handheld underneath the screen. It's quite ugly. Give me PSV (PlayStation 5! - which is true, it would be the fifth real PlayStation platform), or PlayStation Vita.
I only have the free comics since the comics store isn't available in Canada, but I actually quite like the reader. What's the problem you see with it?
Ellis Kim said:
I only have the free comics since the comics store isn't available in Canada, but I actually quite like the reader. What's the problem you see with it?
Krev said:
Sorry I wasn´t clear enough I´m talking about USA and Europe. And about Japan, PSP got a lot of support over there but high budget titles are really sporadic even considering all six years since its launch and even those "high budget" efforts aren´t high budget by any recent standards maybe for PS2 days standards at best. Most efforts were sub PS2 budgets and predominantly ports with some exceptions from SQEX and titles like MGSPW and MH3rd in six years. I doubt even Japanese developers will be to eager to make PSP2 exclusive games with budgets similar to PS3 high budget.
Well, thank god for that. The industry would benefit from more ecosystems that can support lower budget games. I'm hoping that the existence of PS Suite, Minis, etc on the platform will help make 2D and lower budget games seem viable on the machine, even as retail titles.Laguna said:
I expect that we'll see more high budget games from Japanese studios on Vita than we saw on PSP. The Japanese shift in focus towards handhelds is only going to speed up, and there will be a demand for blockbuster games.
It's not hard to imagine this thing landing Dragon Quest XI.
Dedication Through Light
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Kind of easy to get used to the name, though Ive often slipped to saying PS Vista. PSV is an compelling abbreviation. Kudos to Sony if this is an elaborate scheme to throw people off the path to the real name.
FWIW, RipTen claims they've been told the Vita name, along with the subtitle of its Uncharted game: Golden Abyss. They say Sony may confirm these details ahead of E3 - which in the latter case, at least, might make sense - aren't we supposed to be getting new info on the Uncharted on June 2?
http://www.ripten.com/2011/05/29/uncharted-golden-abyss-coming-to-the-playstation-vita-brycew/
http://www.ripten.com/2011/05/29/uncharted-golden-abyss-coming-to-the-playstation-vita-brycew/
It would make sense. Nintendo announced the Wii name weeks in advance of its E3 unveiling. 'Vita' is clearly ruffling some feathers but it's a lot easier to become accustomed to. Glancing at the headline on that RipTen page, the name already looks completely natural to me.gofreak said:
Krev said:
Imagination is a great thing. And of course it would be a good thing if the "ecosystem" could be expanded. But people need to buy the hardware first and there has to be an incentive for this not just a (Sony)promise and if PSP2 will lack exclusive software content it will have a tough time even among "hardcores" in US and Europe after the first launch/hype phase.
The more normal people that aren´t as crazy about videogames as some of us but even people that like to play on their consoles but don´t have to play constantly and even on the go see a smartphone as a device that will be more than sufficient for their needs even gaming-wise, especially knowing that there´ll be more powerful ones soon enough.
So it´s really hard to convince 3rd partie publishers to go all out on exclusive PSP2 development. More than likely there´ll be some flagship title announcements but which will release years after PSP2 launch when the userbase has reached a certain number like SQEX did with Crisis Core.
Dedication Through Light
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gofreak said:
But no details of release information? Rumors are never conclusive. I like the name for Uncharted but the Vita, still needs to grow on me. Its difficult to not say Vista, it really is.
Lord Error
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I like the sound of that.gofreak said:
herzogzwei1989
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Remember how weird the name Dreamcast was? Yeah.
corporate cheerleader
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herzogzwei1989 said:
The thing is, you know how to pronounce Dreamcast just by looking at the name.
I knew how to pronounce Vita as soon as I looked at it. I was shocked people were thinking 'Vye-tah'.General Shank-a-snatch said:
Just like people saying 'Eye-raahk'. Or 'Kraytos'.
People have a bad habit of pronouncing a syllable the way that the name of the letter is pronounced.
corporate cheerleader
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FTH said:
People could interpret it in different ways.
