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[Kup]

Folders. Be mine.

 

[test_account]

Hoping for a 64GB memorycard the most. Folder can be nice too, but i still got much space left before i reach the 100 icon limit.

 

[brotkasten]

I was disappointed that the HDMI out wasn't in the consumer version at launch, so this news pleases me.

4G? Why?

4G is much better suited for gaming, because of the lower latency, afaik.

 

[Kyoufu]

A model with more useless junk instead of a proper price drop? Hope that snippet of information is false.

HDMI out is not "useless junk".

 

[reptilescorpio]

All Sony rumors have been too positive! What is happening!

 

[CoachKevin]

As a huge fan of the Vita, I hope Sony brings the ruckus and annonces a hardware and memory card price drop. They need to get the Vita in more hands.

Also if the revision does have HDMI out and a better battery I will be picking up a second unit.

 

[sechsterangriff]

Don't know about the rumor, but the diagram is just a dev-kit.

 

[tzare]

i guess that a hw revision means sony has plans for the vita, and won't be abandoning it anytime soon. good news. hdmi out is nice, maybe i will sell mine to get the new one

 

[LevityNYC]

Can you imagine the meltdowns we would get ?

I would take the day off of work to watch them.

 

[DR2K]

It's about time they revealed the Vita to the mass market.

 

[Aostia]

WUT!?
I don't believe that they'll focus on this on Feb 20 at all.

 

[Nibel]

Why 4G? They should add a 3rd stick instead

 

[OldJadedGamer]

No one buys the 3G and no one will buy the 4 G. Odd decision. Memory needs to drop ASAP and a 4 gig needs to come with the system outside of bundles.

 

[z0m3le]

So... no Vita price drop.

 

[test_account]

4G is much better suited for gaming, because of the lower latency, afaik.

I cant say 100% for sure, but i think that 4G still got too high latency for online gaming.

 

[stryke]

Strange thing is though that "new" design is remarkably similar to the Vita devkits. I do wonder what the USB port is for though. Seems kinda redundant.

(taken from Wololo)

 

[ubersticky]

I see no reason to upgrade...

 

[Sid]

Still no internal memory and no price drop if this is true.

 

[Terra Firma]

HDMI out would have been nice but I'd probably use it once for novelty's sake and be done with it. Great news for those that record and upload gaming footage.

I don't know why people are complaining about no price drop for the system. If memory card prices are going down (and I hope they go down significantly), I'm good with no price drop on the system itself.

 

[onimushroom]

HDMI out is not "useless junk".

Well does the system need that more than a price drop? Who will run out to buy a Vita just because it now has an HDMI port?

 

[Mael]

You can patent a price cut?

 

[Erethian]

ugh

First of either 3DS or Vita to get a price drop I will buy. This does not constitute a price drop.

The console generation was all about the "value add" rather than actual price drops, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised if this rumour ends up true.

 

[Drencrom]

Ow shit, no PS4 at the meeting confirmed. This is the announcement!

They wouldn't have a PS Meeting just for a Vita revision. Both will be announced.

 

[SmokyDave]

If this is true I'm going to be buying a 2nd Vita. Yum.

 

[Kyoufu]

Well does the system need that more than a price drop? Who will run out to buy a Vita just because it now has an HDMI port?

I will.

 

[darkblade77]

Is there any chance that if they go to 4G, they'll be able to roll with more carriers than just AT&T?

 

[Blue Submarine No. 6]

I'll buy one. I've certainly got my money's worth out of my FEB Master Race Vita. Glad I held off on the Ass. Creed white model now...

 

[Beermeister]

Ow shit, no PS4 at the meeting confirmed. This is the announcement!

GAF will cry.

 

[plainr_]

All I care about is the memory card price cut.

 

[onimushroom]

I will.

Really? To play the games on a TV or for some other use?

 

[Kyoufu]

Really? To play the games on a TV or for some other use?

Capture/Stream.

 

[V_Ben]

4G? Perfect for cloud streaming PS4 games to your Vita anywhere. Hmm.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Can´t be true, there is no way Sony is this retarded.

I would like to hope so as well. Clearly the 3G unit wasn't selling and it had nothing to do with it not being 4G and everything to do with it was $299 and if you wanted to use the 3G it was an additional $15 a month. With 4G people still wouldn't buy it.

1st priority should be to get the WiFi system to $199 with a 4GB card bundled with each purchase.

 

[liger05]

$299.00 good luck with that.

 

[Ghazi]

Wait, so how is this a price cut (for the vita) if it still has the same price?

 

[onimushroom]

Capture/Stream.

OK. I can see why you'd want it, but I don't believe that's something most potential buyers are interested in.

Edit: I'm not against a SKU that has such bells and whistles, I just don't want it to be used to substitute a proper price drop.

 

[yurinka]

A price cut in both Vita and cards would be way more important, but HDMI and 4G are welcome.

 

[awesomebro]

Its a dev unit.. for the future, I hope they drop cellular radio-containing skus. Its useless

 

[Feature]

Quickly , rollback all the Kaz gifs!!!

 

[kurahador]

If Sony announces this instead of PS4... oh boy.

Bwahahahaha...the meltdowns will be glorious!!

 

[fixuis]

Wait, so how is this a price cut (for the vita) if it still has the same price?

The older non hdmi model would get a price cut hopefully?

 

[Suirrad]

As a huge fan of the Vita, I hope Sony brings the ruckus and annonces a hardware and memory card price drop. They need to get the Vita in more hands.

Also if the revision does have HDMI out and a better battery I will be picking up a second unit.

Came here to post this. I feel exactly the same and wouldnt mind picking up another one expecially if a different color is available at launch. Also, I've been waiting on a memory card price drop to grab a 32gb. Hopefully, the drop in price comes before the actual hardware.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

You know, I think this is just a patent for the dev kit.

I can't find the specific patent myself, but Patent Bolt says it was filed Q3 2011 which is ages ago.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Really? To play the games on a TV or for some other use?

I'd buy it to play the games on a TV (when it's much cheaper, of course), I have little use for a portable system.

 

[SmokyDave]

Wait, so how is this a price cut (for the vita) if it still has the same price?

The price cut is for the memory cards. I hope it tips a lot of fence-sitters as it's commonly cited as the reason for not buying one.

 

[DMeisterJ]

I'd die laughing if this was the 2/20 announcement.

 

[luffeN]

Nah, JH said that we "are right" in thinking what it is on the 20th. Maybe this one will get announced too.

 

[PapaJustify]

HDMI out means tie-in with PS4 confirmed.

I indeed expect that the general specs won't change so that they gonna price drop the current Wi-Fi version and replace the 3G with the 4G version.

 

[Nibel]

Quickly , rollback all the Kaz gifs!!!

 

[GhostTrick]

Useless revision, really. I don't get why people get handheld... to play them on TV. Come on, it's called a home console.
They just better drop the price of both hardware and memory cards. Also 4G ? What's the point ?