Author Topic: Vita Thread (Read 628736 times)

demi · « **Reply #240 on:** December 16, 2011, 10:22:54 AM »

Quote from: Borys on December 16, 2011, 09:19:08 AM

http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LW4UW86JTSE801-7912FEJUK0JPAU5PL1NO3FKMLP

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“I like to play simple games with my smartphone because they are all free,” the Tokyo restaurant worker said.

He's absolutely right, too.

cool breeze · « **Reply #241 on:** December 16, 2011, 01:20:57 PM »

Turns out you can replace the battery. Not on the fly, but if the battery ever dies or gets old you can open it up and replace it.

game cart size:

case size:

Bebpo · « **Reply #242 on:** December 16, 2011, 01:24:50 PM »

Yeah, I think we're going to find out that a lot of the stuff we think we can/can't do is incorrect as people actually get the systems and tinker with them.

There is no company in the world that has less of an idea of what their tech department is doing than Sony.

bork · « **Reply #243 on:** December 16, 2011, 04:16:37 PM »

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Update on the semi-region-locking situation, FWIW:

I asked Mr. Yoshida about the one-account thing and then clarified that I do indeed have multiple accounts. Sequence of tweets after the initial ones:

@yosp あ、忘れた。日本のストアのアカウントも持っています。PS3で両方を使っていますから世界中のコンテンツを楽しめますが、ヴィータでは…？ ("Oh, I forgot to mention: I do have an account on the Japanese store. I use both [it and my US account] on the PS3 and get to enjoy content from all over the world. How about on the Vita?")

yosp Shuhei Yoshida
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@****** 日本のアカウントをPS Vitaに登録すると当然日本のストアからコンテンツをダウンロードできます。　でもアメリカのアカウントでは使えませんのでご注意。("If you register your Japanese account on the Vita, you can of course download content from the Japanese store. But note that you won't be able to use your American account.")

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@yosp 片方を選ぶかヴィータを二つ買うか、ということですね。メモリカード2つあれば両方管理できるかと思っていましたので実に残念。でも御返事ありがとうございました。("So I have to choose one store, or buy a second Vita? I had been thinking that I'd be able to manage both accounts if I had two memory cards. This is really disappointing. I appreciate your answer, though.")

yosp Shuhei Yoshida
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@******* はい、よろしくお願いします。("Hai, yoroshiku onegai shimasu.")

bork · « **Reply #244 on:** December 16, 2011, 11:00:13 PM »

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #245 on:** December 16, 2011, 11:37:07 PM »

the famed restraint in full effect!

Bebpo · « **Reply #246 on:** December 16, 2011, 11:50:41 PM »

I like how he's struggling to hold all the games in one hand because TOO MANY GOOD GAMES AT LAUNCH

Trent Dole · « **Reply #247 on:** December 17, 2011, 12:28:21 AM »

...did you buy half the launch lineup?

The console being locked to one region for downloading is balls.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #248 on:** December 17, 2011, 01:23:29 AM »

post some impressions, what I'm reading on twitter is too short

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #249 on:** December 17, 2011, 05:00:15 AM »

Enjoy the graphics while you can, no high-level developer is going to spare the effort and budget for handheld games unless the Vita takes off in a major way or it's being funded directly by Sony. Possibly you might get a few pretty-but-basic Infinity Blade-style games, idk.

cool breeze · « **Reply #250 on:** December 17, 2011, 05:01:24 AM »

borys was sarcastic I think. uncharted vita has atrocious image quality in those pictures.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #251 on:** December 17, 2011, 05:49:32 AM »

jesus, J Bore, who a bitch gotta suck off to get some impressions, fuck sake

Should I cancel this pre-order or not? The little I can gather is pretty negative.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #252 on:** December 17, 2011, 06:42:28 AM »

The aliasing is shocking.

magus · « **Reply #253 on:** December 17, 2011, 08:22:26 AM »

did that rumor of games being super cheap when bought digitaly turned out to be true?

maxy · « **Reply #254 on:** December 17, 2011, 09:28:30 AM »

Mr pixel counter has spoken

Uncharted Vita runs at 408p

Portable HD my ass

3DS

maxy · « **Reply #255 on:** December 17, 2011, 10:35:18 AM »

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256 MB of ram is reserved for the OS and multitasking.

If this is true

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #256 on:** December 17, 2011, 11:52:12 AM »

WTF at the upsampling on Uncharted, they seriously can't draw a full fucking frame buffer?

I wonder if this is going to be like the iPhone 4 with the retina / iPad 1, where fillrate was a killer.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #257 on:** December 17, 2011, 12:49:44 PM »

Duh, if you hold it at arm's length as the DEVELOPERS INTENDED, it will look EXACTLY like the PS3 Uncharted

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #258 on:** December 17, 2011, 12:52:14 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 17, 2011, 05:49:32 AM

jesus, J Bore, who a bitch gotta suck off to get some impressions, fuck sake

Should I cancel this pre-order or not? The little I can gather is pretty negative.

This! This!

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #259 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:12:48 PM »

256mb ram for the os would be a new level of sony developer incompetence

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #260 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:26:44 PM »

408plicious

cool breeze · « **Reply #261 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:29:52 PM »

looks bad enough to be the best looking 3DS game

Tasty · « **Reply #262 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:55:35 PM »

My ninthing heart can't take all this bad Sony news. :'( So much troll potential.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #263 on:** December 17, 2011, 04:18:35 PM »

Yeah I'm not sold on this yet. Maybe once I start commuting and shit. But I love my iPad :/ But it doesn't have buttons :/ But some of the games are still reeeeally gooooood :/

Himu · « **Reply #264 on:** December 17, 2011, 07:00:30 PM »

Everybody's Golf and Smash Court for me.

Though I probably won't be getting a Vita for a while

Himu · « **Reply #265 on:** December 17, 2011, 07:05:16 PM »

Can you take bc pics so we can compare to og psp?

Himu · « **Reply #266 on:** December 17, 2011, 07:15:34 PM »

do psp games experience faster load times or anything?

Himu · « **Reply #267 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:23:39 AM »

http://andriasang.com/comzel/psp_vita_comparison/
http://andriasang.com/comzem/ps_vita_vs_gamegear/

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #268 on:** December 18, 2011, 07:43:55 AM »

How in the hell is a fucking Mingol game not running at native res

maxy · « **Reply #269 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:22:46 AM »

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #270 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:42:11 AM »

Now I'm glad it's only in 480p.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #271 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:43:22 AM »

back touch

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #272 on:** December 18, 2011, 11:39:41 AM »

Wtf how does holding down the power button NOT override a crash?

Once again Japan serves as the beta testers for the rest of the world

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #273 on:** December 18, 2011, 11:58:20 AM »

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-18-at-vitas-launch-a-special-report-from-tokyo-article

Apparently Japan refuses to send Vitas by airmail due to the type of battery (end of the article)? Is this likely bullshit or what? Does this mean you can't take it on planes?

magus · « **Reply #274 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:06:58 PM »

i found a youtube channel which has more or less 3 hours of streaming vita stuff,most of the launch games are there and it includes some menu tours

apparently the japanese version of uncharted can be played in english

Owl-faced Wizard · « **Reply #275 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:52:50 PM »

Bah, launch hysteria is annoying. Lot of misinformation and jumping to conclusions, bothers me that I'm contributing.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #276 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:01:57 PM »

Quote from: Borys on December 17, 2011, 04:05:02 AM

Dat graphics.

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Looks like portable PS3 graphics alright.

hyp · « **Reply #277 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:15:26 PM »

so is Sony targeting the "hardcore" traditional base of gamers or are they trying to reel in the grandma crowd as well?

i want one, but I can just see this system being a clustfuck if they've got their crosshairs at anything that walks.

from watching the red sun stream and following some impressions, the interface alone seems like a barrier to entry for the masses. which is a good sign to me, since it may imply that they're moving toward a gamer-centric crowd for their target audience.

Bebpo · « **Reply #278 on:** December 18, 2011, 02:03:41 PM »

This system seems so sexy. Makes the wait for the US release hard!

Where are my SHINOBIDO 2 impressions? The first one was tenchu on speed.

The only negative thing I've heard so far from the launch is the sub-HD games which is always fucking scary because it sets a precedent. Can't wait until PS4/X720 1080p systems where we still get 540p games because they figure the public won't notice.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #279 on:** December 18, 2011, 02:15:33 PM »

So does Uncharted actually have awesome looking cutscenes and Nolan Northiness worthy of a console release

bork · « **Reply #280 on:** December 18, 2011, 02:16:56 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 18, 2011, 02:03:41 PM

Where are my SHINOBIDO 2 impressions? The first one was tenchu on speed.

The lack of impressions for the launch library really sucks. People talk about Minna No Golf, Uncharted, and even Ridge Racer (AKA WHY DID YOU BUY THAT) and nothing else. Guess we're gonna have to wait for importers to start getting systems this week.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #281 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:06:04 PM »

yeah, who the fuck cares about ridge racer? fucking nostalgiatards. "ubububububu it's not a console launch without a ridge racer herf derf"

Himu · « **Reply #282 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:10:20 PM »

ridge racer has really fell off. it used to be top tier back in the day.

hyp · « **Reply #283 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:14:37 PM »

ridge racer: recycled

Himu · « **Reply #284 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:15:11 PM »

hyp

you're back

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #285 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:21:00 PM »

If you buy Ridge Racer you're part of the problem

cool breeze · « **Reply #286 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:30:12 PM »

ridge racer was awesome on the PS1 and then fell off and then picked up again with the PSP and then fell off again. People (or at least just me) were hoping the Vita version would be the 'pick up' phase. consensus is that it's worse than the 3DS version (?)

hyp · « **Reply #287 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:30:38 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 18, 2011, 04:15:11 PM

hyp you're back

sup bro

yea from the dead. almost cried when the old URL didn't work. then google saved me.

hyp · « **Reply #288 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:13:43 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on December 18, 2011, 04:30:12 PM

ridge racer was awesome on the PS1 and then fell off and then picked up again with the PSP and then fell off again. People (or at least just me) were hoping the Vita version would be the 'pick up' phase. consensus is that it's worse than the 3DS version (?)

i played the shit outta RR6 on 360. it wasn't a bad game just a hell of a grind of you were into achievements. the online play was awesome for its time. fuck the DLC though, gave birth to the "scamco" we all know and hate today.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #289 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:14:47 PM »

hyp

hyp · « **Reply #290 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:28:05 PM »

bork · « **Reply #291 on:** December 18, 2011, 06:20:06 PM »

The problem with Ridge Racer is that it has essentially been the same game since Ridge Racer 6 in 2005. Ridge Racers on PSP introduced the nitrous system and RR6 added to it. RR7 was the same fucking game as RR6 with a few more tracks and no voice chat during online (wtf). RR2 on PSP was also an expansion pack. The iPhone RR was a shittier RR PSP with the same dumb BUY ALL THE TRACKS AND CARS Scamco DLC system.

RR 3D at least added to the game play with different types of nitrous systems added, plus muscle cars (although it's just a visual thing)...I see nothing new with RR Vita and the fact that it has framerate problems everywhere is just pathetic. Namco released an unfinished game and then expects consumers to buy the rest of it as they finish it and put it on PSN.

If they're smart, Namco will use the extra two months they have until the U.S./Euro launch to FINISH THE GAME. Nobody here is gonna shell out of for that shit if it releases as-is.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #292 on:** December 18, 2011, 06:54:03 PM »

I bet that Ridge Racer UNBOUNDED is going to be fantastic. All the I HATE YOU NAMCO YOU ARENT MY FATHER crybabies are going to hate it.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #293 on:** December 18, 2011, 07:06:10 PM »

If Vita Ridge doesn't run at 60, someone at namco is going to be committing seppuku

MCD · « **Reply #294 on:** December 19, 2011, 12:47:58 AM »

hyp, you sexy casual gamer.

Welcome back.

hyp · « **Reply #295 on:** December 19, 2011, 01:03:49 AM »

thanks McD!

bork · « **Reply #296 on:** December 19, 2011, 09:47:14 AM »

Quote from: Stringfellow Hawke on December 19, 2011, 03:29:24 AM

Quote from: lyte edge on December 18, 2011, 06:20:06 PM
RR 3D at least added to the game play with different types of nitrous systems added

They actually were in 7, but good job on defending Nintendo ;P

(j/k about the Nintendo part).

My bad. It's been too long since I played RR7.

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I'm not defending the Vita version, because for now, the framerate is appalling, and it's still the same fucking gameplay, basically.

BUT, I do have to say, I'm glad they ditched the ridiculous GP setup they've had for the last FIVE games, where essentially you cruise through 10-15 hours of the game without any skills and then hit a wall where you have to start learning the tracks just to place in the top 3, THEN you get the cheap shitty bastards that are nigh on impossible to beat. At least the main core of this game is you versus other human ghosts. I just think the pricing is a little off

Also, they should have actually started with new tracks to show they had the right intentions. Three recycled tracks is a fucking stupid way to launch a game, regardless of their intentions with the gameplay.

New tracks wouldn't make a difference when there's three of them.

I love me some Ridge Racer but there's no excuse for this shit.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #297 on:** December 20, 2011, 02:23:56 AM »

So that's basically all we collectively have to say about the Vita then. Pretty much DOA, according to the ever-reliable EB Heat Index.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #298 on:** December 20, 2011, 02:43:51 AM »

The stuff I've been reading on twitter has been mainly negative, but I think a lot of that is just frustrations being expressed. There's probably some good in there not being mentioned.

hyp · « **Reply #299 on:** December 20, 2011, 04:55:54 AM »

nice impressions.

i kinda want one after a bit of launch research. i'm just a cheap bastard these days thanks to DD. not sure if it would get much use really. $40 goes a long way on steam, XBLA/PSN and iOS. it'd probably end up a portable JRPG player if anything.

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