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PS Vita System software 3.50 adds 30% more memory for game use.
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The Mad Draklor
Member
That's cool. It should lead to easier development for the Vita.
OmegaDL50
Member
Still things could very well been much worse off for the PS4 if a some of these decisions had not been made.
Case in point - http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07...ched-without-hard-drive-and-with-just-4gb-ram
http://www.redgamingtech.com/ps4-developers-were-speechless-when-8gb-gddr5-ram-was-announced/
I think I've read some people claiming games launch faster.
Yes but that's not what I was pointing out. It's not just "because of Cerny" but because of devs requests and fortunate timing on Samsung chips.
Don't quote me on this, but I think any perceived performance improvements that people are seeing with 3.50 are mostly just placebo effect.
Games most likely need to be specifically compiled to the newer version of the SDK with the increased memory in mind. That's how it usually works on such a fixed platform. Some existing games may get this through a patch, but it's probably non-trivial work, especially for a game that's already finished.
Games most likely need to be specifically compiled to the newer version of the SDK with the increased memory in mind. That's how it usually works on such a fixed platform. Some existing games may get this through a patch, but it's probably non-trivial work, especially for a game that's already finished.
Sounds awesome! Hope existing games can be made to make use of the extra ram. Don't have it, but I imagine BL2 would benefit from it.
Looking forward to PS4 reducing the OS RAM footprint too, though I would think that's further away from happening, espicially with the way OS updates have been so far.
Looking forward to PS4 reducing the OS RAM footprint too, though I would think that's further away from happening, espicially with the way OS updates have been so far.
Nice
And that was before we knew this, as soon as the fw launched so maybe there's some truth to that.
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
I don't know if this is related, but my Vita seems to run noticeably worse since the update. Specifically there's some lag when scrolling through the live area when I have a game open that wasn't there before.
this happened to me too. Just once though.
The intro video for SK:Bon Appetite ran like crap when I started it up recently :/
ieptbarakat
Member
Hopefully the vita version of pso2 will see some improvements from this.
Usually doing a full restart fixed that for me.
nope.
In percentages it's 200% vs 30% in actual numbers it's 128MB vs 76MB I believe. (didn't it have 256 usable before?)
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Should make crossplatform indies even easier and more stable. I'm thinking specifically something like the Teslagrad port will benefit, since the dev often remarks about how trying to make the physics work on Vita is difficult.
This isn't what I came in here to read, but now that I've read it, it is.
This isn't what I came in here to read, but now that I've read it, it is.
Game streaming was announced before launch, but it didn't came out. Maybe this?
You can stream games to it.
That's not what he's talking about. Nico Nico said they were working on enabling Vita game streaming before launch.
View PS4 streams, yes, but not direct stream your vita game, just like the PS4.
No, he might be referring to the fact that the NicoNico app would've allowed you to stream games from your Vita. It just never came to be.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Hopefully Killzone Mercenary gets patched to utilize it. The game deserves it.
The slide in the OP is clearly a SCE presentation (not Unity), that specifically mentions firmware 3.50.
Think larger, ZOE 2 HD.
That was patched months ago
Nope, still occurs.
Maybe a vita dev on gaf could chime in.
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
Well, at least to somewhat look on the bright side, when something similar happens for PS4 there will still be enough dev/consumer support around to really take advantage of it.
Vita is a handheld not a console.
Hero Prinny
Member
i mean thats cool and all but that doesn't really matter anymore at this point. all we get are little indie ports and shit. the "biggest" game Vita got coming out anytime soon is RE:R 2 and thats not even all that.
all we get are little indie ports and shit. the "biggest" game Vita got coming out anytime soon is RE:R 2 and thats not even all that.That just means you download the RAM over WiFi.
That's the only problem you found with that sentence?
iirc, Unity games require a C# VM, which on Playstation platforms is handled by a mono VM supplied by Sony. So if there was a change to how the VM operates (like it unloads a chunk of its code after doing the JIT compile), it would be mentioned by SCE and it wouldn't apply until a certain firmware. On the other hand, 30% is a lot of memory for a VM improvement.