Playstation Vita

[The 1 2 P]

You should make that your new avatar. It would suit you well.

[Sothy]

Is anyone else hoping it looks like the vita chamber from Bioshock?

[Leo_A]

i wonder if the dlc and movies and such will have a problem when you use a japan vita in america next year?

I'm sure any movies would be region locked.

And I imagine downloadable content for PS3 software will have some region limitations just like it does on the PS3. Download an expansion pack from the North American PSN for a specific game while owning the region free European release of the game won't work, for instance. The expansion will install to a folder like "Game X (North America)", but the European disc copy will be looking for a folder called "Game X (Europe)" and won't see it. You have to match your patches and expansions with the region your retail game or download came from, even though they're the same game and the same download.

And I imagine you'll continue to not be able to use a credit card with an account from a different region just like PSN does today (Although you can just import a points card to work around that).

I bet it will be pretty similar to how the Playstation 3 and PSN on the system operates. You're pretty free to do what you want and play what you want, especially now that PSN points card have become available that you can import to easily make purchases from other regions. That was the biggest roadblock early on to fully enjoying the region free nature of the PS3.

This was Sony's way of punking Nintendo for abandoning region free games on the 3DS. And it gives them one more bullet point to put on the back of the box although I doubt they will use it.

Considering that the Playstation 3 is region free for games and that handhelds (including the PSP) have traditionally been region free, I really doubt it has anything to do with the 3DS.

[DeputyMoniker]

You should make that your new avatar. It would suit you well.

Revisit this thread when you're in a better mood and see if you don't think you're just trolling in that post. Seriously...wtf.

[LiquidPolicenaut]

Officially announced the US release date as Feb. 22 2012....

[DeputyMoniker]

Officially announced the US release date as Feb. 22 2012....

That actually doesn't bother me. I kind-of miss that waiting period. I loved reading magazines about games in the localization process. Man, I'll never forget the months of drooling I did over a single article about the Sega CD.

[Ryudo]

I will get it when Ys IV gets localized by Xseed.

[dairugger]

That actually doesn't bother me. I kind-of miss that waiting period. I loved reading magazines about games in the localization process. Man, I'll never forget the months of drooling I did over a single article about the Sega CD.

You know when i heard the release date i wanted it NOW, still do, but you have a point. the anticipation will be sweet!

[G-Boobie]

I'm going to pick one up, but I'm going to wait a few months to make sure there aren't some kind of serious hardware issues. The 360 and PS3 have taught me to be wary of launch hardware.

[kupomogli]

I'm going to pick one up, but I'm going to wait a few months to make sure there aren't some kind of serious hardware issues. The 360 and PS3 have taught me to be wary of launch hardware.

The 360 and PS3? While the Wii might have less consoles that have died than the PS3, the PS3 is one of the better built console systems.

Besides. They might remove backwards compatibility to PSP games when they release a second model.

[Bojay1997]

The 360 and PS3? While the Wii might have less consoles that have died than the PS3, the PS3 is one of the better built console systems.

Besides. They might remove backwards compatibility to PSP games when they release a second model.

Actually, the PS3 had a pretty significant failure rate early on. Not anywhere near the 360 numbers, but significant enough that retailers complained to Sony. The PSP was pretty reliable though, so I don't think I would be deterred from getting the Vita at launch because of the slight possibility of a hardware issue.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Actually, the PS3 had a pretty significant failure rate early on. Not anywhere near the 360 numbers, but significant enough that retailers complained to Sony. The PSP was pretty reliable though, so I don't think I would be deterred from getting the Vita at launch because of the slight possibility of a hardware issue.

Significant?

Sony officially reported hardware failure rates of less than one percent pre-2007.

[Bojay1997]

Significant?

Sony officially reported hardware failure rates of less than one percent pre-2007.

What a company reports and what the reality actually is are two very different things. I used to handle consumer warranty/lemon law litigation on behalf of several car manufacturers earlier in my legal career and most reported less than 1% lemon rates on new cars, but the actual numbers were much higher because they didn't count voluntary buybacks, exchanges, customer goodwill payments on known defective vehicles, etc...While not perfect, I think this Squaretrade warranty study is probably a lot more accurate:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6216691...0-wii-27-study

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

What a company reports and what the reality actually is are two very different things. I used to handle consumer warranty/lemon law litigation on behalf of several car manufacturers earlier in my legal career and most reported less than 1% lemon rates on new cars, but the actual numbers were much higher because they didn't count voluntary buybacks, exchanges, customer goodwill payments on known defective vehicles, etc...While not perfect, I think this Squaretrade warranty study is probably a lot more accurate:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6216691...0-wii-27-study

But that's still a "random"/subjective sample survey/study.

Furthermore, that sample study (unlike the reported results for 360) doesn't even specify what type of hardware failure was reported, for all we know a significant portion of the 10% reporting problems could have had broken hardware due to user error/damage.

While I don't deny that there were and will continue to be specific instances of hardware failure of PS3s (and all game systems for that matter), I don't believe that with PS3 it ever approached a level beyond what is considered acceptable/industry standard or that should be qualified as "significant".

[portnoyd]

Subjective Study > Opinion

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Subjective Study > Opinion

subjective = opinion

[portnoyd]

subjective = opinion

Just quoting what you said there, cheech.

How about this: I'd rather trust the opinion of a lawyer who has worked in that area than someone's random opinion.

[Ryudo]

The 360 and PS3? While the Wii might have less consoles that have died than the PS3, the PS3 is one of the better built console systems.

Besides. They might remove backwards compatibility to PSP games when they release a second model.

Vita doesn't have a UMD drive. A flash card drive like 3DS. So already has no BC. They will do downloads at a discount price for select PSP games.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Just quoting what you said there, cheech.

How about this: I'd rather trust the opinion of a lawyer who has worked in that area than someone's random opinion.

Whatever you say son.

The crux of my issue is the use of term "significant".

If we're discounting a company's official statement and going by a 3rd party sample study, I'm not really interested in debating whether or not 10 percent of anything should be considered "significant".

If you think it is, well, more power to you and good luck with that.

[portnoyd]

If we're discounting a company's official statement and going by a 3rd party sample study, I'm not really interested in debating whether or not 10 percent of anything should be considered "significant".

If you think it is, well, more power to you and good luck with that.

You seriously believe anything out of a company's mouth, especially 'Oops, my foot's stuck in there' Sony?

That makes me sad. ™