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Playstation Vita western launch thread | It only does everything, everywhere.
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I think 2gb and 4gb have been confirmed so far. Considering Uncharted is over 3gb, I doubt 4gb will be the max.
I wouldn't be surprised if some retail games require downloading a significant portion.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Okay, I'm getting the 3G launch bundle, and depending on the free PSN game, I may get Asphalt later.
I just need $15 of trade-ins so I can still have enough money left over from my tax refund to get a bigger PS3 hard drive.
I just need $15 of trade-ins so I can still have enough money left over from my tax refund to get a bigger PS3 hard drive.
yankeehater
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That site is blocked for me at work, what sucks? Trophy support is one of the main reasons I wanted a Vita.
Here's the message from the site:
"In the vita video about at around 5:30 the guy talks about trophies. He earned some whilst on the vita and made sure he synced them. When he goes to see his gamer card and trophy list on the PS3 it is not visible. WTF Sony?"
Apparently you currently can't see your Vita Trophies on the PS3 (and possibly vice versa). But the consensus seems to be, that this is only the case because the Vita hasn't "official" launched in our region yet.
archnemesis
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You can currently not view Vita trophies on a PS3. I guess it will be added in a feature update.
For people on the fence about what size memory card to buy, I recently purchased a PSP Go which has 16GB of internal storage. I have 9 games at the moment and just under 4GB of storage left, so if you plan on doing a significant amount of PSP gaming and going all digital with Vita titles, the 32GB memory card is really your best option. You could go with the 16GB and look for sales later on, but 16GB goes fast. Again, this is really only for people who intend on going fully digital.
Damon Bennet
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I can play ALL my Xbox games on 360. And ALL my GameCube games on Wii.
what
Takamura-San
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If i'm not mistaken you can see your ps3 trophies on your vita.
You can.
Yeah, I don't plan on juggling two memory cards in a year or two.
Biting the bullet now will be less cumbersome later.
Castor Krieg
Banned
He can play all 3 Xbox games he owns on X360, and Wii has GC support by default.
They can sell uncharted, hot shots, little deviants, wipeout, mod nation
Someone from RFD claims their Vita is out for delivery.
I'm really tempted to order from Amazon and cancel my EBGames instore reserve... choices, choices...
Oh man, if true, Amazon.com (US) better ship mine out!
Shining Sunshine
Banned
An unboxing video showed it didn't have an online pass.
Screw it..
I just placed an order on Amazon.ca a few seconds ago... It says "Shipping soon".
I think it's only Amazon.ca that's breaking the street date, not amazon.com
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Maybe Canada doesn't have street date penalties, or the same street date laws the US has?
I wonder if Amazon.ca would ship to me here in the states, or if it would get changed into a .com order... Hmmm
But not the other way round... Yet.
DevelopmentArrested
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Of course we do. Amazon will get in shit for doing this.
Even if they did, it'll probably get held up at the border for at least a day and you'll get raped with custom fees.... and the weekend is coming up.
It's probably not worth the hassle to potentially get it a day or two early.
Just tried ordering one from .ca (to be shipped to Arizona), but got shot down :*(
"Important Message
PS Vita Hardware Wi-Fi cannot be shipped to the selected address."
Ah shucks.
Reluctant-Hero
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I've been Curious about this too. I ended up copying my saves over into my PS3. Hopefully I can just copy them over to my Vita next week.
Not yet, just someone on RFD linking their shipping info. I'll keep you guys posted on how my Amazon.ca order goes.
EBGames.ca just delievered my 32gb memory card. woo.
Darko
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are they selling memory cards in store yet? THered be no point in my ordering off amazon I couldnt play uncharted
slade
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You can still put your downloads on a memory card. There's your physical media.
GAF, I'm still trying to decide between the WiFi Model & the 3G, I know the 3G Launch Bundle is good, but I could still just get a WiFi Model & 8GB Card for $280 instead, saving myself $20. I'm just not convinced that 3G would be very useful, when I already have a phone for multimedia functions. Of course, there's Vita functions like "Near", but I am really going to pay a $15/$30 a month fee just to get some free items in a game? And I highly doubt game developers will use the 3G functionality to give gamers using it a significant advantage or lockout essential features. Plus, I typically never really meet anyone that has handheld game systems and if I do it's a DS/3DS (which I'm also considering buying instead).
are they selling memory cards in store yet? THered be no point in my ordering off amazon I couldnt play uncharted
Gamestop in St Louis was when I went in yesterday
The Elite
BOSS
It's not unusual for Amazon to undercut the competition. I'm really not surprised at all.
are they selling memory cards in store yet? THered be no point in my ordering off amazon I couldnt play uncharted
They weren't yesterday, but call them and ask. My card didn't ship until late yesterday so they might've gotten a shipment in.
The Elite
BOSS
Saw that too. If they ship, I wonder if EB would be given the go ahead to start selling the FEB's. It won't be the FEB if I don't get it first.
madmaxx350
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I'd say wait a bit and see what free games they are planning to give away with the Bundle and if it's worth it go 3g if not just save the money!
A lot of the Amazon games were priced before we even knew what the official price was. I wonder if they just said fuck it when the prices were announced. They must be getting boned thanks to pre order price guarantee.
I wouldnt be surprised one bit if Amazon priced new retail games at the same price as the PSN digital version..maybe even a buck or two less.
I wouldnt be surprised one bit if Amazon priced new retail games at the same price as the PSN digital version..maybe even a buck or two less.
TouchMyBox
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My Amazon.ca order is still "Shipping soon - Estimated ship date Feb. 8"
The Elite
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Also, Sony had the MSRP for Wipeout and HSG at $29.99. I think Amazon just stuck with it while other retailers upped their price accordingly.
3G model with free Wipeout pre-ordered and I'm starting to get really excited for the launch.
Got to try the system few days ago at local gamestop and I was pretty much pleasantly surprised by everything I did with the system. The dpad almost felt like it was using micro switches. The dpad's rather small but darn did I like it. The analog sticks were a lot smaller than I expected, but they did their job rather fine. The shoulder buttons impressed me the most. I really loved how large they were and really easy to get a good grip too.
Like everyone else, I too was amazed by the picture quality on the screen. Katamari was just as colourful as I hoped it would be and the size of the screen was about just perfect for handheld gaming.
Aside from the memory card and few extra games I'm set for launch.
Unit 13 and HSG seem to be the way to go at launch and maybe Super Star Dust. Those with my Dissidia 2 and Ys games backlog from PSN should keep me going for awhile.
Got to try the system few days ago at local gamestop and I was pretty much pleasantly surprised by everything I did with the system. The dpad almost felt like it was using micro switches. The dpad's rather small but darn did I like it. The analog sticks were a lot smaller than I expected, but they did their job rather fine. The shoulder buttons impressed me the most. I really loved how large they were and really easy to get a good grip too.
Like everyone else, I too was amazed by the picture quality on the screen. Katamari was just as colourful as I hoped it would be and the size of the screen was about just perfect for handheld gaming.
Aside from the memory card and few extra games I'm set for launch.
Unit 13 and HSG seem to be the way to go at launch and maybe Super Star Dust. Those with my Dissidia 2 and Ys games backlog from PSN should keep me going for awhile.
Oh yeah, thats right. Sony sent an email out or something listing those games at 29.99.
I wonder why Sony themsleves didnt even price the games at $29.99 on PSN. I was really hoping the pricing structure would look something like this:
Retail - 39.99
Digital @ Retailers - 35.99
Digital on PSN - 29.99
but I guess that would piss off the retailers too much...having a full 10 dollar discount would be nice.
I still like the 10% discount thought. Its better than nothing and itll actually sway me to go digital for those must have launch titles...assuming Amazon doesnt end up pricing them cheaper.
http://www.destructoid.com/psvita-uncharted-and-resistance-to-get-multiplayer-220171.phtml
Evidently there's a rumor of multiplayer for Uncharted for the US localization.
Portugeezer
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10% is not enough. You're forced to buy a memory stick (practically) and it would take ~6 games to offset the price of the cheapest memory stick.. and if you did they wouldn't even all fit on it.
Now if they were $30 instead of $40 that would be nice, but saving $4 is not worth it, might as well buy a physical copy and some places would probably be cheaper.
Why some games have no discount at all is beyond me.
I know it depends overall on what games you have, but on my PSP Go, I have 11 PSP games, 27 minis, and 3 PSone game, and I have six gigs left on it.
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