PJV3 said:Beta=Vita=2nd. It's like cracking the enigma code. Luckily i have 40 PS3's crunching the numbers.
Dorfdad said:Never understood why they would want to change it. Sony NGP sounds good. Also it already has traction.
Sony NGP should be the final name..
Hehe better brace for impact. The announcement trailer for the NGP was: PLAY LIFEV_Ben said:Ugh, I'm not. Hopefully it's competent. Or at least more consistent than their PS3 stuff.
It only has traction with a very small portion of the potential user base of the system.Dorfdad said:Never understood why they would want to change it. Sony NGP sounds good. Also it already has traction.
Sony NGP should be the final name..
Positive associations, right? That's probably their line of thinking.ULTROS! said:For some reason, when I hear Vita, I tend to associate it with diet, slimming, and becoming sexy.
Dorfdad said:Never understood why they would want to change it. Sony NGP sounds good. Also it already has traction.
Sony NGP should be the final name..
Most all consoles' codenames have "traction" before the official name is announced. NGP - Next Gen Portable - actually sounds like nothing but a simple project description and seems fit for nothing but a codename. I think it'd be a pretty poor choice for the actual product name.Dorfdad said:Never understood why they would want to change it. Sony NGP sounds good. Also it already has traction.
Sony NGP should be the final name..
Dedication Through Light said:I cant graps abandoning the portable playstation name. Isnt that what people wanted, their playstation experience in a portable form?
It was an temporary name, just like Nintendo and the Revolution/Wii name.Dorfdad said:Never understood why they would want to change it. Sony NGP sounds good. Also it already has traction.
Sony NGP should be the final name..
French said:Seriously ?
Why would they keep Next Generation Portable ? It's a codename ( even if compared to the 3DS, it really is a generation ahead ).
Plinko said:It flows well, it's similar to "PSP," and it already is a recognizable name with gamers. Vita is a complete switch.
French said:PSV is similiar to PSP too.
Next Generation Portable as a name doesn't make any sense.
ULTROS! said:For some reason, when I hear Vita, I tend to associate it with diet, slimming, and becoming sexy.
Did you refer to FFXIII as "EFF EFF , Ex eye, eye, eye" ?Plinko said:My main problem with "PSV" is that every time I see it I think "Playstation Five."
I'd like to know your definition of "sense." Sony is releasing a portable handheld that is clearly a next-generation handheld. How in the world does that NOT make sense?
Plinko said:My main problem with "PSV" is that every time I see it I think "Playstation Five."
I'd like to know your definition of "sense." Sony is releasing a portable handheld that is clearly a next-generation handheld. How in the world does that NOT make sense?
Plinko said:My main problem with "PSV" is that every time I see it I think "Playstation Five."
I'd like to know your definition of "sense." Sony is releasing a portable handheld that is clearly a next-generation handheld. How in the world does that NOT make sense?
Spiegel said:It is the fifth playstation
alr1ghtstart said:NGP is a terrible name for a retail product.
They would have spent ages deliberating over the ins and outs of a ton of names, so I'm sure the thought occured to them, whether it was deliberate in choosing 'Vita' or not. I'm sure the guy behind 'Vita' got a lot of high fives around the office and pretended that was what he was going for right from the start. ; )V_Ben said:...sh*t. I wonder if they intended for it to be that clever.
I actually think the 'Wii' name played a significant role in the machine's success.Grecco said:Playstation Vita is a terrible name but console names have very little impact really. PS vita will either succeed or fail on alot of other things not on its name.
Didn't PSP sell really well in NA? especially considering it was their first handheld and they were going up against a competitor with 100% market share. Software not so much but that's a different story.Kagari said:Based on western sales? No.
neptunes said:Did you refer to FFXIII as "EFF EFF , Ex eye, eye, eye" ?
kairu said:Vita, hunh? I'll still buy it. Names are irrelevant, show me them games!
Heavy said:Didn't PSP sell really well in NA? especially considering it was their first handheld and they were going up against a competitor with 100% market share. Software not so much but that's a different story.
guina said:Hehe better brace for impact. The announcement trailer for the NGP was: PLAY LIFE
Plinko said:Agreed. They could call this thing the Playstation Bowel Movement and it wouldn't deter gamers. Nobody really cares in the long run--it's the games that sell the system.
My thoughts exactly. PSP as a brand didn't work in the west. A rebranding won't hurt in Japan and will bring some new life into the device. You only get a sequel if the original was a big enough success.Kagari said:Based on western sales? No.
That is a shockingly brilliant idea. Wow.gofreak said:There's that theme again.
I mentioned this slightly on Twitter, but I hope Vita - 'Life' - will be a reference to integration with your 'real life' in terms of community and competition in games.
Like, Vita should basically have a foursquare style foundation that transparently discovers communities of people playing the same games as you in the places you go to, and let you join them if you want. This should be a service exposed by the near application to all games.
So if, say, a few people go to the same Starbucks and they all play Wipeout on their Vita, it would invite them to join what would basically be a Wipeout club for that Starbucks.
Global competition is intimidating for most people - most will never touch the top of global leaderboards - but here you could constrain competition and engagement to scopes related to places that are actually to some degree meaningful for you - like your office or university or local bookshop or whatever. Make competition more 'local', intimate, and give more satisfaction to more players by letting them be rule their own local roosts, so to speak.
That would be a interesting foundation to build the online/community side of things on, and you could layer all sorts of other things on top of that, like the treasure hunt idea, AR, etc. And it would be a very different spin on things than's possible on PS3, would be welcome differentiation that makes sense of why you'd want certain games on a portable that you might not otherwise want to play there.
/digresson
gofreak said:There's that theme again.
I mentioned this slightly on Twitter, but I hope Vita - 'Life' - will be a reference to integration with your 'real life' in terms of community and competition in games.
Like, Vita should basically have a foursquare style foundation that transparently discovers communities of people playing the same games as you in the places you go to, and let you join them if you want. This should be a service exposed by the near application to all games.
So if, say, a few people go to the same Starbucks and they all play Wipeout on their Vita, it would invite them to join what would basically be a Wipeout club for that Starbucks.
Global competition is intimidating for most people - most will never touch the top of global leaderboards - but here you could constrain competition and engagement to scopes related to places that are actually to some degree meaningful for you - like your office or university or local bookshop or whatever. Make competition more 'local', intimate, and give more satisfaction to more players by letting them be rule their own local roosts, so to speak.
That would be a interesting foundation to build the online/community side of things on, and you could layer all sorts of other things on top of that, like the treasure hunt idea, AR, etc. And it would be a very different spin on things than's possible on PS3, would be welcome differentiation that makes sense of why you'd want certain games on a portable that you might not otherwise want to play there.
/digresson
Krev said:That is a shockingly brilliant idea. Wow.
If Sony maintained the service well enough, that could make Vita a success with people who otherwise wouldn't consider getting one. It makes serious portable gaming seem fresh, accessible, fashionable even.
Alas, probably too good to be true.
Plinko said:It's a decent idea but has the same problems Nintendo has with "Streetpass." How likely are you to find a bunch of people playing Wipeout on their Vita at the same Starbucks? What about those who live in rural areas? I could see it being successful at universities but that's about it.
As a university student who lives very close to the city, it seems perfect for me, but I can see how it could be problematic for many locations.Plinko said:It's a decent idea but has the same problems Nintendo has with "Streetpass." How likely are you to find a bunch of people playing Wipeout on their Vita at the same Starbucks? What about those who live in rural areas? I could see it being successful at universities but that's about it.
gofreak said:Like, Vita should basically have a foursquare style foundation that transparently discovers communities of people playing the same games as you in the places you go to, and let you join them if you want. This should be a service exposed by the near application to all games.
So if, say, a few people go to the same Starbucks and they all play Wipeout on their Vita, it would invite them to join what would basically be a Wipeout club for that Starbucks.
Global competition is intimidating for most people - most will never touch the top of global leaderboards - but here you could constrain competition and engagement to scopes related to places that are actually to some degree meaningful for you - like your office or university or local bookshop or whatever. Make competition more 'local', intimate, and give more satisfaction to more players by letting them be rule their own local roosts, so to speak.
That would be a interesting foundation to build the online/community side of things on, and you could layer all sorts of other things on top of that, like the treasure hunt idea, AR, etc. And it would be a very different spin on things than's possible on PS3, would be welcome differentiation that makes sense of why you'd want certain games on a portable that you might not otherwise want to play there.
A revival of the "This Is Living" campaign.Xater said:I really don't like the name for a console/handheld. I am curious what their marketing spin will be with this name...