***** PlayStation Vita Official Thread *****

So let me get this straight I cant be sarcastic without being accused of not intergrating with a community and yet you can be sarcastic :D

Where have I been sarcastic? Plenty of people don't know you can mute it that quickly. Most probably think the only way of shutting that music up is to hold the - down until it goes to silence. This way you just tap one of the volume buttons again and it's back to whatever volume you had it at before.

All he said was that he knew he could turn it down. That is a pain in the ass, muting it is far less so.


Oh, and the Motorstorm DLC is out tomorrow.
 
Write speed on Vita memory cards is stupid, took all of 5 mins to backup my 8GB card, looks like it's going to take at least 30-40 to restore it to my 32GB.

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Took no where near that amount of time, it lies! :p

Yeah, still some speculation as to what is slow, the memory itself or the encoding and decoding process that Sony might have used to encrypt everything to fox the pirates.

Hopefully that latter as they could potentially speed that up.
 
Is it easy to swap between different playstation network accounts on the Vita ??

Takes about 2 minutes and you have to enter your network details every time since you are actually doing a factory reset

Can the PS vita play PS1 games yet?

No.

This is totally crazy....It bad enough locking games to a single person,
But also locking the hardware to a single person :eek::eek::eek:


There most be 1000's of people like myself were we have other members of family in the house that will or play it

I'm not seeing the problem personally. A phone or a tablet also don't allow separate user accounts but that doesn't stop anyone playing them.
 
Searched for it on the Vita store and found it. Couldn't find it in the Add-ons section until after I'd searched and found it. Odd.

Also got the free duckie.
 
Im not being silly it wasnt under the add ons section on the Vita store when I checked at 3pm today. And I found it much easier than the core game by far but thats because of the practice from the core game I gained. I took about 40 minutes to get all 4 trophys. Itll take longer for the next DLC piece. Anyone know when that ones out.....Thats a question for you DBT :) You know most answer to my questions haha

Now does anyone know of any help for my Unit 13 query above

No word on the next DLC yet. I imagine it'll be a couple of weeks.

I only bought ridge racer because it was so cheap and i used to love playing the very first ridge racer on the playstation..

I haven't had time to try Ridge racer on my vita yet,But i let you guys know if i hate it when i do ;)

A lot of people who have it say its got a great UI and the game itself is fine. It's just that it's a pint sized game compared to previous iterations of the series which has annoyed many.
 
Is the Vita PSN store being updated? It seems theyve had the same demos on since release.

I know that Everybodys golf has a Demo now as well as something else I think.

DBT85

how's the usb charger ?

I've only used it a couple of times but it's not an official one. The charger is a New Trent IMP 1000 with a modified USB adapter to allow the Vita to take a charge.

The official Sony one should be out soon which will work without any mods :)
 
[ZiiP]carrot;21477160 said:
I can't see it on the store :(

Do a search for it mate, it's there.

More annoying is that it appears that it's just an unlock and that the content was there from the start.

Still, given the stupidly low price vs the amount of hours entertainment I've had out of it, I guess it's petty to complain. One of those things that really does annoy me though.

I don't have an issue with unlock codes. I know what I'm paying for when I buy the full game, they then give me more when I pay for more. If you wanted it when you bought the game in the first place they could have just jacked the price up.

The game at £10 with 6 festivals probably wouldnt have sold nearly as well as a game with 4 festivals for £4.80 and then two optional DLC packs for an extra £2.40 each.

If I buy a car the ECU is programmed to give me a set economy and MPG, I can go to a man in a shed and pay extra to "unlock" the full potential.

Not ones that are easily available here :(

So your options are over priced Sony version or hack n slash bodge it up version like me. So long as the Sony one also charges other stuff like phones then it's not so bad. All depends on the final retail price though.
 
Can someone explain the benefits of Playstation Plus to me. Im not really sure its worth it. I looked on the PS3 Store and it seemed a bit of a con for £40 for a year for what there was as "exclusives" and discounts etc. I thought there were loads of free full games and stuff but didnt see any of that? Also Will there be any offers and freebies for the Vita in the future for Playstation Plus members?

Also Modnation or Wipeout for Vita? Played both demos and loved them both the same but can't decide at all lol

Modnation is a cripple of what it should have been. Go for Wipeout.

And PS+ has already had one small bonus for Vita owners. The Motorstorm DLC was 50% off.

Over the year they give out some free bits and some discounted bits. It all depends really how much you are interetsed in those games. In the first year I got Burnout Paradise for example free. It's mine all the time I have a PS+ account.

The nice this is that you don't NEED a PS+ account to get everything out of your PS3. That's where it and XBL differ most.
 
It wasn't an announcement per se, the developer of the Pixeljunk Games was asked about Pixeljunk Monsters PSP not being Vita compatible and he came back with

They are ‘enabling’ it with a firmware update in April

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/03/15/new-ps-vita-firmware-in-april/

People in those kind of positions tend not to say things like that on twitter unless it's happening because every news outlet will pick up on it.

Hopefully enabling some PSP games won't be the only content of the firmware. They need to keep adding new bits here and there, streamlining the interface more.

EG. When I boot up Motorstorm, don't tell me to wait three times while you sign in and stuff, let me get on with the game and sign in in the background.

I have to say though, the general OS is better than the PS3s already so with a few tweaks here and there it's going to be superb.
 
Tried the Motorstorm Demo. Just found the controls really awkward and instantly deleted it. But gonna try that again then :p

Lumines demo was cool but also way short. I guess it's better trying out Motorstorm than Lumines because of the price difference :)

You can change all the controls in Motorstorm. I have throttle on the right trigger, brake on the left and then steering on the left analogue.

Still not completed the DLC yet, been too busy looking at cars :(

Does anyone's "near" work?

Mines been fine. Is it just unable to find your location all the time?
 
Glad I stuck with Amazon for my VIP case now. I orignally ordered both as they had different delivery dates and prices but as soon as Amazon matched Zavvi's price I cancelled the Zavvi one.

Really nice case.
 
For anyone who has the 3G Vita, I put my DidaMobile sim card in yesterday (£29 for 6 months at 3gb a month) and all is working fine. Just plug and play.
 
New firmware should be live now v1.65

US Blog said:
The next PS Vita System Software Update (v1.65) will be released soon and will include the following minor enhancements:
A “Notification Alert” option will be added to Settings, so you can toggle alerts on or off
“After 10 minutes” will be added to the time options under Power Save Settings
An Arrow icon will now appear when PS Vita finds new activities in the LiveArea
Caps Lock will be supported in the On Screen Keyboard

Also the second Motorstorm RC festival is out this week priced the same as the last one, no word yet on PS+ discount.


Also Escape plan will be getting a patch and free DLC on April 10th adding 19 new rooms.
 
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