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[Shadow780]

RAMs making people hard.

 

[Shadow of the BEAST]

whats the point of the camera anyway?

that augment shit looks like crap to me.

The only thing i can think off that would be kinda cool is head tracking, for cool true 3d display.

like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUC5JJCxx5k


Anyway i truly hope vita is a huge success in japan. I really want to see technical accomplished games that aren't on fucking 15 year old hardware.

 

[Hyuga]

yes, but how does it compare to WiiU?

Spoiler

am I doing it right?

 

[Vanillalite]

whats the point of the camera anyway?

that augment shit looks like crap to me.

The only thing i can think off that would be kinda cool is head tracking, for cool true 3d display.

like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUC5JJCxx5k

You can take pics of real world object and input them into LBP. They were hyping that feature in the video.

 

[Cygnus X-1]

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[MikeE21286]

What does that mean?

It means glorious news. HD video for all.

 

[Cruzader]

Just got back from work.

Those complaining about the Ram(are you fucking kidding me? LOL) and the "low res" camera? Check out the price...$250.

Edit: before people think Im rude. Im just baffled that people would knit pick about such things considering the price of the machine. This is not a $400+ cellphone that you buy unlocked that has like 1GB ram. Also those phones might have 1GB of ram that they will never use properly. Most of the time, that ram wont be used for gaming more like multitasking using random apps.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Just got back from work.

Those complaining about the Ram(are you fucking kidding me? LOL) and the "low res" camera? Check out the price...$250.

$250 is too much for a dedicated gaming handheld.

Spoiler

Am I doing it right?

 

[RurouniZel]

Nice! I'm game.

 

[Hyuga]

My gs2 has 1 gb so dont know whats the big deal...

GS2? You mean the Samsung Galaxy II?
You mean the 499€ mobile phone?

 

[Kaako]

Good shit on the main and vram. Keep it up and go all out on the PS4 specs, pleeeease.

 

[Plinko]

Cannot wait. Still hoping for reasonable prices on the memory. Preparing to be majorly disappointed.

 

[Manaka]

Ah, now that I ordered a 3DS I'm also warming up to the Vita - looks like with every generation I'm turning more and more into a handheld-only gamer (the amount of DS and PSP games I played compared to console games is mind boggling)

 

[Vanillalite]

Cannot wait. Still hoping for reasonable prices on the memory. Preparing to be majorly disappointed.

Memory is still the wild card for me. We don't know if we are gonna get stick included in the box, and we don't know how much it's gonna cost to buy one.

 

[Hyuga]

Good shit on the main and vram. Keep it up and go all out on the PS4 specs, pleeeease.

Yeah, but with a (max.) 399€/$ price!!!!

 

[DieH@rd]

Does this mean Vita can do PS3 graphics? Or is the CPU/GPU too weak?

Vita architecture is different from PS3. It is way more focused on processing only visible pixels [and on ignoring everything else]. Although it cant render as much geometry as PS3, it can shade pixels like motherf**er.

 

[twinturbo2]

More ram than PS3 and 360! Sony got game!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the 360 use 512 megs of RAM, too?

Still, this is pretty sweet. As Bart Scott would say, can't wait!

 

[Weenerz]

Probably because those "cell phones" cost $600 unsubsidized.

Yep, that will do it, that extra 512mb of ram will cost you another $350! I see the light now, we are having a huge savings with only going with 512mb.

 

[Eiji]

Main memory 512MB
----------- -----
VRAM 128MB

 

[Confiture]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the 360 use 512 megs of RAM, too?

Still, this is pretty sweet. As Bart Scott would say, can't wait!

Both ps3 and 360 have 512 (well 360 has 522 with the edram)
Vita has 512 main + 128 vram = 640 total

 

[Man]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the 360 use 512 megs of RAM, too?

But not the extra 128MB in addition.

 

[seb]

Hmmm, I wonder if you could run a webkit browser with all that RAM... What do you think JEFF ?

 

[madmaxx350]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the 360 use 512 megs of RAM, too?

Still, this is pretty sweet. As Bart Scott would say, can't wait!

360 has 512 Shared Mem , vita has 512 System + 128 VRam

Hmmm, I wonder if you could run a webkit browser with all that RAM... What do you think JEFF ?

Why would you do that... Plus we haven't seen Beeta's Browser, it could very well be webkit based?

 

[twinturbo2]

Both ps3 and 360 have 512 (well 360 has 522 with the edram)
Vita has 512 main + 128 vram = 640 total

So, Vita has dedicated VRAM, and the 360 doesn't?

 

[Durante]

The people comparing this against cell phones should also be aware of bandwidth concerns. I also have a Galaxy S2 and it's a very sexy machine, but I'm sure that between its 2 RAM pools Vita will have at least 3 times higher memory bandwidth. And that's really important to keep those 4 cores and the high-end GPU working.

 

[Confiture]

So, Vita has dedicated VRAM, and the 360 doesn't?

Ram is unified on the 360, devs can use it however they want
PS3 is 256 main + 256 vram

 

[acm2000]

how do we know these are update specs, and not just the original spec sheet?

 

[Rollo Lawson]

did they mention if the fb and skype services could run in the background?

 

[ViolentP]

Why show it if it was old footage? That said, why show it at all?

WiiU

 

[FoxSpirit]

Yep, that will do it, that extra 512mb of ram will cost you another $350! I see the light now, we are having a huge savings with only going with 512mb.

512MB SMD RAM ain't cheap, bub. And the Phone OSes are bloated. Like I said, Android on my SGS-II takes over 250 MB, and I have a regular "empty" Ram use of 340 megs with a single active widget, which takes about 2MB.

512 will be plenty for a mobile dedicated gaming device, even going forwards into the future.

how do we know these are update specs, and not just the original spec sheet?

Because they were confirmed and just sent out? Plus Yoshida reconfirmed on twitter?

 

[Lord Error]

Really just 512? Dont cell phones already have that much. 1gb is in the bionic coming in sept.

Just in case nobody replied with this, keep in mind that due to multitasking, there isn't a game on IPhone that is allowed to use more than 128MB of RAM, regardless of how much the device has. It could be even less than that, I'm not 100% sure, maybe even just 96MB. A device like this that is optimized around running one game at a time, won't have such limitation.

Also, cellphones typically have slower memory than this will have.

 

[Bad_Boy]

im so ready for a vita its not even funny.

 

[iceatcs]

    Keys / Switches   PS button
    ---------------   Power button
                      Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
                      Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
                      Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
                      [B]Right stick, Left stick[/B]
                      START button, SELECT button
                      Volume buttons (+/-)

Is it mean you can click on both sticks?

 

[thuway]

As long as Sony can put in some sort of Skype / Facebook chat / unified text messaging app - I'll be so in :-O.

 

[Mr_Brit]

    Keys / Switches   PS button
    ---------------   Power button
                      Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
                      Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
                      Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
                      [B]Right stick, Left stick[/B]
                      START button, SELECT button
                      Volume buttons (+/-)

Is it mean you can click on both sticks?

It's confirmed both sticks are non clickable.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

how do we know these are update specs, and not just the original spec sheet?

It was mentioned in a press release issued today...and Yoshida has confirmed 512 mb main RAM/128 mb VRAM on Twitter.

Shuhei Yoshida just reconfirmed on twitter:

yosp Shuhei Yoshida
そう、メインメモリが512MBで、VRAMが128MBです

 

[Zoramon089]

    Keys / Switches   PS button
    ---------------   Power button
                      Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
                      Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
                      Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
                      [B]Right stick, Left stick[/B]
                      START button, SELECT button
                      Volume buttons (+/-)

Is it mean you can click on both sticks?

It means there's 2 sticks...

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

As long as Sony can put in some sort of Skype / Facebook chat / unified text messaging app - I'll be so in :-O.

You must have missed:

"PS Vita Gets Free Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare Apps"

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/36621/PS_Vita_Gets_Free_Skype_Twitter_Facebook_Foursquare_Apps.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29

 

[Smirk]

Now all we need is a little energon and a lot of TV Output.

 

[iceatcs]

It's confirmed both sticks are non clickable.

One reason I like this idea because if it has been used too much became very easy to click. DS3 can be easy replacement by just buy another. With Vita, hardly to replace.

At least there can be done with L3 & R3 by use on the touchscreen .

 

[neptunes]

All it needs is youtube flv/flash video capability and we're set

 

[Mr_Brit]

All it needs is youtube flv/flash video capability and we're set

It will have a webkit browser with Cairo compatibility using SVG graphics which will let it hook into Youtube HTML5 so it can use CSS to play those vids. Thanks Jeff .

 

[Zen]

It's confirmed both sticks are non clickable.

Darn it Sony, you trolls! At least it has both sticks, we'll have to wait for PSAqua for clickable sticks.

 

[gogogow]

GS2? You mean the Samsung Galaxy II?
You mean the 499€ mobile phone?

Samsung actually makes money on every (Samsung GSII) phone they sell you know....

Anyway, great news. Though I still wished Sony would go all out and had R2 and L2 triggers. Touching the screen for secondary fire is imo awkward/stupid in Resistance and very impratical. Depending on which arm you use, you can't strafe or walk and throw a grenade or use secondary fire at the same time. Maybe they should have used the rear touch panel.

Though I have zero interest in Resistance BS. I hope the controls are customizable for similar games.

 

[staticneuron]

All it needs is youtube flv/flash video capability and we're set

That certainly wouldn't be a question about power. Probably more about royalties and licensing.

 

[oldschoolpinball]

Sim card slot?

 

[R_thanatos]

No FLAC.

Fail.

how this is fail again ? MP3 is enough for head sets ... you need VERY GOOD headsets or a 5.1 system to enjoy FLACs to their rightfull glory anyway ...

Darn it Sony, you trolls! At least it has both sticks, we'll have to wait for PSAqua for clickable sticks.

Why do you want clickable sticks when you have a touch screen ??

 

[ampere]

Cool stuff, I welcome a good platformer on this powerful console.

 

[Dunan]

Can't wait!

 

[Hyuga]

Samsung actually makes money on every (Samsung GSII) phone they sell you know....

And Sony breaks even with the 250€/$ price....