I wouldn't convert the $250 price tag directly. I guess we ought to wait and see about that. It'll be released at the end of 2011. But that's in the US.

That I do not know. But I believe there are game 'cards'.

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Added on June 8, 2011, 11:58 amOh, and those wanting the ability to make calls, why not opt for the Xperia Play instead? It's supposedly a PS Phone

This post has been edited by Playboy21: Jun 8 2011, 11:59 AM

Awww! I bet the shops in Malaysia are going to make a lot of profit out of this....They might be selling at RM1000++ on launch in Malaysia...

if rm1000, i better go buy ps3, cause i dont have a ps3 yet

Yeah, I'm sure that'd be the case. But maybe around RM900. I don't have a PS3 either. Just a PS2 console, 2 phat PSPs and 1 PSP slim. All with custom firmware installed

This machine is simply too tempting. Ahh.. imagine homebrew on this thing

Glad to see an interesting use of rear touchpad already

This post has been edited by sjneow: Jun 8 2011, 12:07 PM

Yeah, but I'm not REALLY impressed with the touchpad. No doubt that touch screens are a major selling point, but I'm not exactly sure how this whole thing works. But if they were to allow users to choose whether they wish to activate, or disable the touch pad in game, then it'll be perfect,

3g? hmmm if got phone in out calls also would be better

is the psv much more powderful than ps3? or on par?

Btw, whats the meaning of homebrew though?

I also have a phat PSP. Quite lag when play Ghost of Sparta. LOL.

homebrew=pirate games.

yeah, can anyone answer this? omg, im so interested with this PS Vita.....hahaha

oh okay thanks. I don't know anything about PlayStation Consoles LOL. Its my first time here in consoles couch...just because of this PSV

Nobody mentioned about it being able to make calls, and I doubt they would have integrated the phone functionality into the PS Vita, as the sales for the Xperia Play would definitely drop then.

Hell no. That's wayyyyyy tooo much man It's on par with the PSP system definitely. But nowhere near the PS2/PS3 consoles.

Homebrew is used to describe self-made, non-commercial games by programmers and developers who're part of the PSP community. For instance, if you're good at programming in the C language, and you're wanting to develop a game. So you download the SDK, whip up a game, and you share it with a forum or website that you regularly visit. The news will then spread, and within two days, you'd see your program all over the net (provided that the site you initially uploaded it to is a popular one, that is)

Here are the homebrew games/apps and plugins that I've made for the PSP console : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/910635

Yeah, the Phat PSP is a great console. Well, it has 32MB worth of RAM, so blehh

I just dig the touchpad more than touchscreen. I never able to get into DS as I'm not comfortable moving my hand away from the buttons to touch the screen. It just feel weird.
But with rear touchpad I don't need to move my thumb away from the buttons to do so.

That is not true at all. Nope.

I could see it to be above PS2 and still not surpass PS3. it can play PS3 quality games as it need lesser graphic power to play the game on smaller screen.

Yeappp, it does.

Nope. The PS2 system is way to powerful for the PSP. And it's going to be the same for the PSV as well. It was tough work to even get N64 games to run at fullspeed on the PSP system with an emulator.

I agree that PS2> PSP and PS3>PSV in the sense of hardware.

but less power is required to run the game on the small screen as opposed to big TV. Thus PS3 games can still be ported to PSV.

When you run games on emulator, it is not optimised for the hardware and it will still run the game on full detail as if it needed for TV.

This post has been edited by sjneow: Jun 8 2011, 12:43 PM

Ahhhh.. you mean ports? Then of course, yeahh. I thought you were talking about emulators. Sorry, my bad

lol for sure can't par with ps3

ah yes. sony already unveiled the 3 tabs earlier. the chances are slim perhaps but if it does have that function, i'll be pleased.

IMHO, PS Vita is almost on par with the PS3 system, based on its size. Ofcourse, PS3 is more powderful because it can support up to 1080p Full HD games. On the other hand, PS Vita can probably support up to 360p. So, maybe the processing power is the same towards its size. If you get what I mean. Since PS Vita is using a quad core processor to run.

Here is a comparison between Uncharted Golden Abyss (PSV) and Uncharted Drake's Fortune (PS3).



2nd generation or 3rd generation PSV should have graphics like Among Thieves...haha