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Japanese newspaper rumor: redesigned Vita unveiling just before TGS
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Khalifa Jayy
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Has anyone called it the Vita Tab yet? I'll throw that in as my name prediction.
ViTab o the Playstation Portablet.
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Deleted member 80556
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I was waiting for this. But if the screen is not OLED, I'm gonna buy the first edition.
Waldo Lydecker
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Isn't making a cheaper Vita a better idea though?
- smaller screen
- maybe LCD
- cheaper materials
- SD cards
they could do a soft relaunch (but yeah, without new games it wouldn't do shit...)
- smaller screen
- maybe LCD
- cheaper materials
- SD cards
they could do a soft relaunch (but yeah, without new games it wouldn't do shit...)
a bit OT..is it as easy to run emulators on the Vita as on the PSP?
Cause if they fix that shitty analog stick I might get one. I think I finished more SNES games on the PSP than PSP games.
Why not? It's not like you can carry of those system in your pocket anyway. And as the Micro has shown nothing is more shitty than a handheld with a tiny screen.
Cause if they fix that shitty analog stick I might get one. I think I finished more SNES games on the PSP than PSP games.
Why not? It's not like you can carry of those system in your pocket anyway. And as the Micro has shown nothing is more shitty than a handheld with a tiny screen.
Waldo Lydecker
Member
If this is true and they will go with Android dualboot, there isn't any need anymore of hacking the Vita because you can get the emulators on the Android part of the device.
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
My thoughts on Sony's plan if the rumor is true...
- The current Vita would remain available for awhile as the true portable option as long as it is profitable and people are buying it, even in niche numbers.
- The new model would be heavily marketed as the PS4's little brother.
- I can see the new model being sold for $230, and the OG model being sold for $200.
- The increase in screen size is a great excuse to space out the d-pad and face buttons from the analog sticks (too close currently), as well as increase the size of the tiny buttons
- I think that the reason for the RAM increase is not obvious yet with current apps. I think that future apps dictate this improvement, mainly the Vita's ability to remote play a PS4 game can stay in memory at the same time you are playing a native Vita game. That way, you can easily switch back and forth between them even while your music app or Skype, etc. are still up and running,
- The current Vita would remain available for awhile as the true portable option as long as it is profitable and people are buying it, even in niche numbers.
- The new model would be heavily marketed as the PS4's little brother.
- I can see the new model being sold for $230, and the OG model being sold for $200.
- The increase in screen size is a great excuse to space out the d-pad and face buttons from the analog sticks (too close currently), as well as increase the size of the tiny buttons
- I think that the reason for the RAM increase is not obvious yet with current apps. I think that future apps dictate this improvement, mainly the Vita's ability to remote play a PS4 game can stay in memory at the same time you are playing a native Vita game. That way, you can easily switch back and forth between them even while your music app or Skype, etc. are still up and running,
Checking Japanese news blogs and this is incredibly fishy. Tokyo Keizai Newspaper doesn't exist, and if it's assumed the source is supposed to be the Keizai (business) section of Tokyo Newspaper, there's nothing about this at all. Literally all the sources on Japanese sites are pointing back to this NeoGAF thread as the source. Completely false rumor IMO.
metalslimer
Member
Welp that's that
I still think there will be a revision though as its the only way to meet that shipment projection
Except the Monster Hunter part.It's happening...
scakko84
Member
It's a problem many people experienced on vita, when the screen is pitch black or very dark you may notice those inky black stains, iirc it's called mura effect and has to do with the manufacturing of the oled screen.
Pretty disturbing imho for a device that costs that much.
baxter2231
Member
I hope this isnt true.
It's happening...
If they're going to go that far, they might as well take another crack at a gaming phone.
Honestly I wish they would, Xperia Play wasn't a bad idea, it just didn't stick the landing.
Except the Monster Hunter part.
Hope the 4chan rumor is true.
Not happening. It will never happen.
The whole point of the current memory card situation is not exactly Sony's fault in it's entirety from what I have read. Developers and publishers are worried about piracy.
Vita only needs a video output.
Ingueferroque
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I'm excited.
legacyzero
Banned
It's happening...
Sure, it looks cool. But sorry. That looks uncomfortable as FUCK.
Father_Brain
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And I think that the 3-3.5M shipment forecast, while still optimistic, suggests that they aren't planning anything significantly more drastic than a Western price cut and a few more bundles, if that. But we'll see soon enough.
Metallix87
Member
The Vitablet is an interesting move. I'll be very interested to see how the market reacts. I imagine the West will like it more than Japan, though.
madmaxx350
Member
what 4chan rumor? People still think MH is coming to vita?
Ingueferroque
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Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞
, a leading economic newspaper.Barack Lesnar
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Just from reading about rumors for years here I've noticed that the ones that are credited to a Japanese newspaper more often than not end up being true.
MaxwellParrish
Member
The device obviosly is going to have a very different layout from the WiiU gamepad and I don't see why it should be " a gigantic brick". Actually, if they are able to get rid of the actual bezel around the screen, I believe the increase of external dimension respect the current model could be absolutly minimal
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Hey Sony, money doesn't grow on trees.
It's happening...
My Hands Am Cry
Samurai_Heart
Member
=(, doubt it...sigh should have waited, knew there be an inevitable PSVita redesign...getting to play P4 Golden eases the blow...I guess...
That's the Nikkei newspaper, which isn't the same as Tokyo Keizai Shinbun (which doesn't exist). There's nothing in the Nikkei about this and every Japanese site I've seen this news on cites back to this thread as the source.Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞
Haeralis The BRave
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I'll believe it when I see it.
I don't understand why they would do this, the only thing that makes sense is releasing it as a gamepad accessory for the ps4. Because all sense of portability is pretty much thrown out the window.
With that said do most gamers who are getting a PS4 even want a gamepad for their console? I thought the majority of gamers seen it as a gimmick?
This is assuming this is true
With that said do most gamers who are getting a PS4 even want a gamepad for their console? I thought the majority of gamers seen it as a gimmick?
This is assuming this is true
A Google shows that there's a University under that name, and they likely have their own newspaper. But no way they'd have info like that there so it's definitely fake.
gigantor21
Member
It'd be an attractive feature for the few of us who have Vitas already. Beyond that, though, I doubt most people are going to care. The whole remote play push, coupled with their piss poor sales projections, tell me that they've pretty much given up on the Vita being any more than a niche device.
That's the main reason I don't buy into this rumor. Apart from it being fucking stupid, a new, MORE expensive redesign would suggest a level of commitment Sony doesn't have for the device.
Graphics Horse
Member
What's this weekly business magazine?
http://www.toyokeizai.net/corp/info_e.php
Maybe Tokyo Keizai was a typo and it was Weekly Toyo Keizai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyo_Keizai
Graphics Horse
Member
Now that phones are getting bigger screens than the Vita it wouldn't be surprising. A sliding form wouldn't have to be any longer or wider than the latest Xperia.
BruiserBear
Banned
This sounds like a huge waste of money.
Templar_Dante
Banned
I just read an article saying the source of this info isnt reliable...
www.dualshockers.com/2013/08/18/new...tands-on-weak-legs-cited-source-doesnt-exist/
From link:
"The biggest strike in disfavor of the credibility of
the rumor, though, is simply the fact that a
newspaper named “Tokyo Keizai ” does not exist.
That’s the name of a private university in Tokyo.
There’s a website with that name (Shortened
“ToKei” but it shows no trace of the rumor, and
a newspaper named Nihon Keizai Shimbun , but
it’s definitely not the same thing . There’s also a
S hukan Toyo Keizai (“Toyo”, not “Tokyo”, but
that’s not a newspaper. It’s a weekly magazine."
www.dualshockers.com/2013/08/18/new...tands-on-weak-legs-cited-source-doesnt-exist/
From link:
"The biggest strike in disfavor of the credibility of
the rumor, though, is simply the fact that a
newspaper named “Tokyo Keizai ” does not exist.
That’s the name of a private university in Tokyo.
There’s a website with that name (Shortened
“ToKei”
but it shows no trace of the rumor, anda newspaper named Nihon Keizai Shimbun , but
it’s definitely not the same thing . There’s also a
S hukan Toyo Keizai (“Toyo”, not “Tokyo”
, butthat’s not a newspaper. It’s a weekly magazine."
Hi i'm Caleb
Member
come on sony gimmie dat hdmi out
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