Let it go to sleep itself and it'll keep going.
Wednesday 7th of March
***** PlayStation Vita Official Thread *****
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Let it go to sleep itself and it'll keep going.
Wednesday 7th of March
From the PS Blog...
From the PS Blog again
From Eurogamer...
There have been no official announcements about that date changing so regardless of what you've seen on amazon I think I'll stick with Wednesday the 7th. Wednesday is also the date the PSN store updates and it's out on Tuesday 6th in the US which is also the date their store updates.
I take apologies in the form of cookies and Haribo.
All shop websites say the 9th though...
Any it may well be that, but they've been well wrong before now and often use placeholders until they are given a specific date.
The release date for Gravity Rush in the EU is also on a Wednesday for reference, the 13th June.
Of course, the blogs and PR know less than the retailers... It may well turn out to be the 9th. But EVERYTHING OFFICIAL has said 6th for the US and 7th for the EU.
Chill out.
EDIT: My replacement Vita is in the post for delivery tomorrow hurrah! I've also ordered a couple of USB adapters to try and get around the VITA not charging from portable chargers like me New Trent IMP1000 (11A battery, enough to charge the Vita 4+ times). Seems that shorting the data pins in the USB connector allows it to charge properly and is a common issue with other devices. will report back on the morrow.
Has anyone tried the AR stuff yet? I tried the Football one but couldn't get the ball to lob over one player to the other in the tutorial. Looked very cool though. Had the pitch laid out on the Macbook Air keyboard
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Some screens of the Diving and the Fireworks. I imagine kids will love both.
Also for anyone scouring the boards, there was a tweet that went up about MGS HD and ZOE HD not being released because of poor Vita sales. It's a dumy account and has already been debunked. Just in case anyone got a panic on!
Also for anyone scouring the boards, there was a tweet that went up about MGS HD and ZOE HD not being released because of poor Vita sales. It's a dumy account and has already been debunked. Just in case anyone got a panic on!
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Only if you want to use a different account I think. I think every game that saves the game data to the card is the same. Fifa is just one of those titles.
Technically there is no reason why not. If we are getting Assassins Creed, COD and Bioshock there is little that suggest we couldn't get every other multiplatform release. The only question is will they be direct ports of the PS360 versions released at the same time, or different games entirely.
The problem is I'd actually like to see both.
Uncharted: GA is a great example of an existing franchise tailored for a portable experience. It's in short chunks and is less about massive set pieces than the console version.
On the flip side, Motorstorm RC is just one game that is identical to the PS3 version apart from a few extra effects on the PS3 and quad screen multiplayer.
MLB 12 is also the same game on PS3 and the Vita, the only difference being that the Vita version has all the long winded stuff taken out to make it faster to play. You'll be able to swap your saves over to play that at home and on the train.
Similarly, if Fifa 13 comes out and as they hope, it has cross platform multiplayer/saves, it would probably be very popular. Being able to take the same game on the road is a great idea.
I can see why people would want similar from things like GTA or Batman or AssCreed for example. Don't stop playing the game just because you're going to your in-laws, just upload the save and carry right on. It's not even just about going out with it. When my wife comes home she wants to watch some crappy TV but I don't want to go into a different room to play a game. Being able to pick right up while she watches god knows what will be fantastic.
As I said, I can see both sides of the coin. In the past portable versions have always had to be different because of the gimped controls.
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Those game are indeed large on the PS3 and 360, but a chunk of that is FMV that could be rendered in engine like all the cutscenes in Uncharted: GA, plus, with a smaller screen and lower resolution they can cheap out of the textures somewhat and save space that way also.
Also don't forget that you don't have to keep every game you buy on your Vita at the same time. Who really needs, for example, Batman, AssCreed, Final Fantasy, COD, Bioshock on the machine at the same time?
I'd also fully expect to see 128GB cards as a minimum before the generation is over.
It would be pretty unfair on the non-ps3 owners though
Would still like to see the tech go ahead mind, purely from being a gadget whore.
From their point of view, it incentivises you to own a PS3 AND a Vita so that you can play these games on both. You can still play on one platform if you only own one, and you may only play on one even if you own both. But the option is key.
If you own a PS3, a 360 and a Vita and a game like GTA5/AC3/Batman3 came out on all three, exactly the same, but the version with both the PS3 & Vita copies in costs you say £15 extra, which one are you more likely to choose? Even if the answer is still just 360, or PS3, or Vita, it gave you the choice.
Honestly I think they would have liked more. The PSP did 185,000 in its first 3 days in th e UK and the Vita only did maybe 50% more across the whole of the EU. Now admittedly there was massive hype for the PSP and everyone knew about it. The amount of people that DO know about the Vita you can probably count on the hairs on your head.
The blame for that lies solely at Sony's door though, they went with a blitz marketing campaign the week before launch and it wasn't enough. The hope is that, as many of us have found, people show the device to friends and family and that puts the word about. Actually using it is probably the best advert there is.
If a price cut happens then yes. But Sony are historically pretty damned stubborn when it comes to price. I'm still not expecting anything before December personally.
The screen plastic is quite tough. One video on youtube sees a guy smashing a Vita with a sledge hammer and even then he has to pick the screen off and apply considerable pressure to get it to snap.
I'm not particularly concerned about the back as I don't look at that, but the screen I do have protectors for, I just never applied it as I forgot to take them to work where the alcohol was to clean it. Since I''m getting a replacement that was a good idea!
I've completed the Unit 13 demo 3 or so times so I think I should get the game
Have you got/played Uncharted: GA? How do the shooting controls compare? I suck major scrotum when it comes to shooters on consoles but Unit 13 does look fun from the videos.
Not sure, I've only got Motorstorm and I've not played it on the PS3 yet!
With games like MLB12 I know that you pick a "save to the cloud" option rather than just the normal save. Then when you load the game on the other console you select "load from cloud". Also it was confirmed that for MLB12 at least you do not need to be a PS+ member to make use of the cloud storage for that feature.
The biggest cards in a bundle are 8GB I think, Amazon are still doing the WiFi + 8GB + one of Fifa/Rayman/Lumines/Virtua Tennis 4/Michael Jackson/Dungeon Hunter/Asphalt Injection for £232. RRP for that lot is a max of £305.
On my 8GB card I had, Wipeout 2048, Escape Plan, Super Stardust, Motorstorm RC, Fifa Demo (1.5GB!) 1GB of videos, about 30 screenshots, with a little room to spare. I bit the bullet and paid £65 for a 32GB card though so now I'm carefree, windswept and interesting.
PSN name - Forum Name
SirTodge - DBT85
Kinger_8938 - Kinger_8938
Ferrari_F1_27 - Mr Men
Purdy8TV - Purdy
iamfungus2 - funguST
FlukeRogi - FlukeRog
ryryryan - ryryryan
H3RBSKI_ - H3RBSKI
Aspergian - WatchTower
Mcmanicman - Mcmanicman
andyunderpants - Andypants
shamefull32 - White
pinchez - puma
wedgie20 - wedgie
Niivo - Nyvo
cHk4 - cHk4
PlanetOfTheApes - Wakinglimb
Jumblejug - Jumblejug
Muracle - Murray
Torment86 - Sharpz
nogimmix2007 - nogimmix
NeoReloaded - NeoReloaded
Sunny0007 - sunny007
MrMikeh - Quick Mustard
JonnyCasino82 - JonnyCasino
SAFCDan - Dan7
Senture - Senture
DaBozMan - Vandal - Wipeout 2048 Motorstorm RC
PLEYOR - JoeBoi
shifty100 - Jburton
jonneymendoza - jonneymendoza
Cactus8818 - Adsta
Edz72 - Edz
TH3_WiLL - --ki--
Blueshrew - Chickenhawk
MaZZaB - Mark1989 - Wipeout 2048/Motor Storm RC/Virtua Tennis 4
marksmagicmmc - roman59
RegretfulPath - will13
poortomsacold - tjjpowles
uroboros - Jimbonobo
dailygeek - DailyGeek
yok0ross - Yoko
ig82 - IanAG
BloomerzUK - Bloomz-UK
ANN1H1LAT0RUK - ANN1H1LAT0R
Cheerycube - Pij
nlr- NRicciardi
mark35 - activeuk
Mull1t - Mull3t (FIFA, motorstorm)
Syronin - Syronin
Davin_nicus - Davinnicus
Tune - Tunee--
LGC6A - Anewbe4u!
PS-Elf - Elfmeister.
Sean00G - Seanoog
oneshot_13 - ONESHOTKILL
I'll probably go through this list tomorrow and add all the names to Kreee's google document that are not yet there. It'll be easier to keep track of and we can also easily see what games people have and add those with similar tastes.
If any of you would like to add your own names and games you own that'd be handy
SirTodge - DBT85
Kinger_8938 - Kinger_8938
Ferrari_F1_27 - Mr Men
Purdy8TV - Purdy
iamfungus2 - funguST
FlukeRogi - FlukeRog
ryryryan - ryryryan
H3RBSKI_ - H3RBSKI
Aspergian - WatchTower
Mcmanicman - Mcmanicman
andyunderpants - Andypants
shamefull32 - White
pinchez - puma
wedgie20 - wedgie
Niivo - Nyvo
cHk4 - cHk4
PlanetOfTheApes - Wakinglimb
Jumblejug - Jumblejug
Muracle - Murray
Torment86 - Sharpz
nogimmix2007 - nogimmix
NeoReloaded - NeoReloaded
Sunny0007 - sunny007
MrMikeh - Quick Mustard
JonnyCasino82 - JonnyCasino
SAFCDan - Dan7
Senture - Senture
DaBozMan - Vandal - Wipeout 2048 Motorstorm RC
PLEYOR - JoeBoi
shifty100 - Jburton
jonneymendoza - jonneymendoza
Cactus8818 - Adsta
Edz72 - Edz
TH3_WiLL - --ki--
Blueshrew - Chickenhawk
MaZZaB - Mark1989 - Wipeout 2048/Motor Storm RC/Virtua Tennis 4
marksmagicmmc - roman59
RegretfulPath - will13
poortomsacold - tjjpowles
uroboros - Jimbonobo
dailygeek - DailyGeek
yok0ross - Yoko
ig82 - IanAG
BloomerzUK - Bloomz-UK
ANN1H1LAT0RUK - ANN1H1LAT0R
Cheerycube - Pij
nlr- NRicciardi
mark35 - activeuk
Mull1t - Mull3t (FIFA, motorstorm)
Syronin - Syronin
Davin_nicus - Davinnicus
Tune - Tunee--
LGC6A - Anewbe4u!
PS-Elf - Elfmeister.
Sean00G - Seanoog
oneshot_13 - ONESHOTKILL
I'll probably go through this list tomorrow and add all the names to Kreee's google document that are not yet there. It'll be easier to keep track of and we can also easily see what games people have and add those with similar tastes.
If any of you would like to add your own names and games you own that'd be handy
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature....d_t=301&pf_rd_p=283995547&pf_rd_i=vita bundle
Once you get to the final checkout stage (before payment is taken) you see the final £232.
For anyone looking for some cool backgrounds, magicaltrevor on NeoGAF has produced some nice ones and also released the template for others to create their own using his side bar.
All the images in this post are taken form My vita using the following artwork. Each one has 6+ images with different backgrounds.
Lnk to post
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35553163&postcount=785
Download Links
kitchenmotor's PlayStation Vita Flow Theme (based on magicaltravor's Sidebar Theme)
Link to post
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35593418&postcount=867
Download link
http://www.mediafire.com/?30k3bcx1lafe8ly
Slaylock's space theme
Link to post
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35592032&postcount=865
All the images in this post are taken form My vita using the following artwork. Each one has 6+ images with different backgrounds.
Lnk to post
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35553163&postcount=785
Download Links
magicaltrevor said:
kitchenmotor's PlayStation Vita Flow Theme (based on magicaltravor's Sidebar Theme)
Link to post
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35593418&postcount=867
Download link
http://www.mediafire.com/?30k3bcx1lafe8ly
Slaylock's space theme
Link to post
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35592032&postcount=865
1) You only have to keep topping it up if you want to use their 3G service. You can have no service or go with a different supplier entirely if you want. Topping up once gets you Wipeout for free and that's it. No contracts.
2) Yes, once your 30 days are up the credit expires with Vodafone, I'm fairly sure its the same with everyone else though.
3) No, you cannot tether TO your Vita. You can however tether your Vita to something like a smartphone to use it's data connection.
Hope that's useful
The only way at present to get PS games onto the Vita that do not appear in it's PSN store is to download them onto the PS3 and transfer them over.
Bware however, some are not visible on the Vita because they are not yet compatible with it's emulator, many more are just not yet added to the Vita Stores DB but work perfectly fine once transferred over.
More PSP games should be getting added as we go along.
YES! And they matches Zavvis price too which makes it even better!
Themes!
OK, this is a better post for those themes I posted yesterday, I took the time to just grab screens of what they posted so you can see what they all look like rather than just a couple.
All use the basic template by magicaltrevor, some are modified more than others. Download links or just the images themselves are in the posts for each image. There are loads more in that thread too, Amazing Spiderman being one.
Original artwork by magicaltrevor, found in this post
By Slaylock, found in this post
By kitchenmotors, found in this post
By JLateralus, found in this post
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My replacement 3G has arrived. Just backing up the memory card before I swap it over.
Set a few times and got a few trophies on Motorstorm so far this morning. Still a couple to go but I'm enjoying taking it bit by bit.
Also unlocked 4 secret cars this morning for scoring the goals/baskets.
Set a few times and got a few trophies on Motorstorm so far this morning. Still a couple to go but I'm enjoying taking it bit by bit.
Also unlocked 4 secret cars this morning for scoring the goals/baskets.
While playing Uncharted the other day the left most column of pixels on the screen went bright white and have been like it since. Nothing will budge them and they don't appear in screenshots. Amazon were great and just sent me a new one with a label to stick on the other one for Yodel to pick up.
And in the playground in Motorstorm there are two football goals and two basketball hoops. Put 10 balls through the net on football and get a car, and get another for 10 more, and put a car through a hoop 10 times to get a car and another 10 for another car.
In total, put 20 balls in the back of the goals and put your car through 20 hoops.
For the basketball one the quarter pipe is the easiest, just drive up the ramp slowly to line up, roll backwards and drive back up again.
Aww dude now anyone can get that code lol
Well my new Vita arrived this morning from Amazon...It wasnt that well packaged this time corner of box was crushed! However the screen is perfect this time no dead/stuck pixels!
So will sort swapping everything over tonight. Winning!
Don't forget to deauthorise your old one!
I've just found that you can just transfer the memory card over to the new one without having to copy everything over which is cool.
You can deactivate your old one with no card or sim in it, thats what I did. I only did it once I had the new one up and running properly though. Once deactivated just do a factory reset and it'll wipe everything form it.
Use this site https://account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/pc/login.action to see what devices you have activated. I named the first one "1st" before I authorised the second. Once the second was activated I had to log out and back in again on that site for it to update properly, and then again when I;d deactivated the old Vita.
Now mine is showing up as just having the one Vita assigned
The very left most column of pixels on the screen went white and would never change. Had they just switched off I probably would never have noticed but being bright white it kind of stood out!
If anyone here wishes to charge their Vita via USB ports and batteries there is a solution. I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOUR HEAD FALLS OFF OR YOUR VITA EXPLODES.
USB CHARGING SUCCESS
For all those wanting to charge via USB while the system is on, I can confirm that this item from amazon.co.uk with the data pin modification as shown in the first quote will enable you to charge via USB.
The second option of this small adapter I cannot yet test as it has not arrived.
I have not yet soldered the two data pins together, I'll get one of the engineers at work to do that tomorrow. However for now I cut the Green and White wires (two central pins) and just tied them together to see if it works. Sure enough, in both standby and WHILE ON, the Vita is charging from my New Trent IMP 1000 11.1Ah battery.
Click this image to enlarge.
Needless to say I am very happy with this solution as it means whenever I am out I'll ALWAYS have enough battery on me for 20+ hours without going near a mains socket. Plus that battery charges my phone and other devices.
I'll report back on the other adapter when it arrives, not expecting it before Monday though.
USB CHARGING SUCCESS
For all those wanting to charge via USB while the system is on, I can confirm that this item from amazon.co.uk with the data pin modification as shown in the first quote will enable you to charge via USB.
The second option of this small adapter I cannot yet test as it has not arrived.
I have not yet soldered the two data pins together, I'll get one of the engineers at work to do that tomorrow. However for now I cut the Green and White wires (two central pins) and just tied them together to see if it works. Sure enough, in both standby and WHILE ON, the Vita is charging from my New Trent IMP 1000 11.1Ah battery.
Click this image to enlarge.
Needless to say I am very happy with this solution as it means whenever I am out I'll ALWAYS have enough battery on me for 20+ hours without going near a mains socket. Plus that battery charges my phone and other devices.
I'll report back on the other adapter when it arrives, not expecting it before Monday though.
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If you plug the Vita in to a PC while it is on it goes into data transfer mode and will not charge via USB. Once turned off it will.
The modification to the data pins on that USB adapter tells the Vita that it is connected to a power source and not a data source. As a result it will charge when on or off or in standby. With this mod, all I need with me is my USB cable and that adapter and I can get power anywhere with a USB port even while the Vita is on. As it is I carry my battery with me anyway.
On Monday/Tuesday a different adapter should arrive and I BELIEVE it might do what we need without any modification. Won't know until it turns up though so hold off on ordering anything.
Still need to get the other secret car for doing the Pitwall trophy then DBT?
Yep
only had 4 times come up on the Pitwall that were faster than mine so far and one of them I can't beat yet! That's why I didn't set any glittering times on the latter events.I imagine if you were to load the game up and set the best time possible on every track you'd never be able to get the pitwall trophy since nobody would be able to beat you in order for you to then beat them.