PlayStation's Newest Handheld
By: FenrirXIV
7/21/2011
Sony has brought us another handheld gaming system: the PlayStation Vita. The Vita includes two cameras, two multi-touch surfaces, two analog sticks, and a five inch (130mm) OLED screen. Internally, it comes with a 4 core ARM Cortex-A9 core processor and a 4 core SGX543MP4+ graphics processing unit, along with LiveArea as its main interface, which has succeeded XrossMediaBar. It will have IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 3g, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR connectivity. Sounds expensive, right? Wrong! The Vita comes in two versions: the WiFi version and the 3G/WiFi version. The WiFi Only version will cost $249.99, the same opening price as a Nintendo 3DS, while the 3G will start at a price of $299.99. Pretty impressive price for something this technologic, eh?
Now you must be wondering, "What games will there be for it?" For a start, the famous and ever-adorable sackboy from the LittleBigPlanet series will be making yet another appearance with the release of the PlayStation Vita. Unfortunately, this LBP won't have any cross-compatibility with any of the other games, but there are a few surprises still up its sleeve. The movement in the game is completely touch screen. Moving between the fore and background in the game requires you to touch the top or bottom of the screen, depending on which ground you want to go to. Also, moving across the screen is as simple as dragging a finger to draw a path. Other games that will be coming out are Dragon's Crown, Mortal Kombat, Rayman Origins, Street Fighter X Tekken, and much, much more!
With the PS Vita, you can say good-bye to all of your UMDs, as the Vita will only accept NVG Cards, new flash card formats that have somewhat the same look as the Nintendo 3DS Game Cards. Vita game cards will be offered in two sizes at first: 2 GB and 4 GB, with five to ten percent of the writeable space saved for specific objects like save data and patches. Game cards with more memory will be made available later in the future.
So, with all the awesome new stuff, there's got to be some sort of downside, right? Well, if you're with AT&T, then you shouldn't have any problems buying the $300 3G Vita. Sony has decided to partner up with AT&T for its 3G accessability, which means that if you want a 3G Vita, you'd might want to have AT&T as well. This is only a problem if you want to have 3G (I, myself, am completely fine with WiFi Only, considering it's free online gaming). On a personal note, I'm not sure if AT&T will even be charging for its 3G, so please don't ask me about it later...
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