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One Year On And Still Don’t Want A PS Vita

Play Vault's Brian:

"As a huge fan of hardcore (for lack of a better term) mobile games I was incredibly excited about the PS Vita. Wi-fi, two thumbsticks, innovative PS3 connectivity and a touch screen? It seemed as though it had everything going for it. I figured I’d hold off on buying it right away though, adopt a wait and see style philosophy. Over the course of the next year I came to slowly realize that my seemingly perfect handheld system is actually a huge mistake"

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Stuart57564104d ago

Read the tile a few times, It's like a grumpy child has written it.

'Me not want Vita mummy, whaaaaa!'

Jonmau54104d ago

You keep reading that 'tile'. 'Tiles' can tell you a lot.

G20WLY4104d ago

Har harrr ha ha har...oh wait, that wasn't actually funny...

Stuart's comment was though ;)

WarThunder4104d ago (Edited 4104d ago )

@ The person who wrote this article, Nobody cares what you want.

raWfodog4104d ago

Fortunately, this article has been properly identified as 'opinion' so there is nothing to rant against because everyone is entitlted to their opinions. The author doesn't want a Vita so he shouldn't buy one. Maybe it's just me but there are many, many things that I don't want and will never buy but I never thought to write an article about them...oh well.

I WILL write about things that I like though. And I will take the time to list the games that I have enjoyed (am enjoying) on the Vita:

Persona 4 Golden
BlazBlue
Gravity Rush
Uncharted:GA
Sly Cooper: TiT
Zero Escape: VLR
Dokuro
LittleBigPlanet
Disgaea 3: AoD
Escape Plan
Rayman Origins
Lumines: ES

I am looking forward to:

Soul Sacrifice
Tearaway
Warriors Lair
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Valhalla Knights 3
Muramasa Rebirth

Bottom line, it all depends on what your personal preferences are. Do the research (there's plenty out there), shop around, and buy what you want.

Derekvinyard134103d ago

Jon are u crazy posting your opinion on this site? That's not allowed

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Silly gameAr4104d ago (Edited 4104d ago )

Thinking about getting one soon myself. Just thought I would make this comment and pretend that people cared. This blog post is pretty much just a recap/rant on things we've already heard a thousand times btw.

knifefight4104d ago

The user blogs are that way, Brian ------>

tigertron4104d ago

I just want them to cut the price of the 32GB memory card before I consider buying a Vita.

d0nT wOrrY4104d ago

And why should we care?! F%!K OFF with these useless articles. If you don't like it, don't buy it. No need to spread your opinion.

TongkatAli4104d ago

That is what they do. Nitpick, cry, nitpick, cry, rinse and repeat.

ElementX4104d ago

Aren't you spreading your opinion by commenting on it?

delboy4104d ago (Edited 4104d ago )

The Market has spoken, look at Vita sales, nobody wants it, and that's a fact.
People have smart phones and tablets, and if you want a real handheld for your kid, you buy a DS or 3DS.
Sony had enough time to try to change the Vita death course,with price cuts or at least remove drm from memory cards,or allow more then one user per memory card.
Sony got punished,for all the restrictions on Vita, and that's a good thing.
You must be a uber fanboy, blind, or stupid to buy a Vita, sorry for harsh words, but it's the truth.

raymond_zero_G4104d ago

delboy, where's the thing you want to talk smack about the PS Vita system, you have the right to express you're opinion, but when you insult people because of their preferences or choices, you're stepping out of line, so as a PS Vita owner I say keep this in mind, look at the early years of the PS3, and look at it now, so my suggestion to you is: when you feel the need to insult people because of their preferences or choices of handhelds or home consoles for that matter, put that keyboard so far up your ass that you'll start to think about things before you say them.

raWfodog4104d ago (Edited 4104d ago )

Delboy's comment says it all:

"and if you want a real handheld for your kid, you buy a DS or 3DS."

He's right, I would never buy a Vita for my kids because they don't take care of their stuff :) Vita is too damn sophisticated (and expensive) for that. It's the hand-held for the discerning mature gamer :)

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay17m ago(Edited 15m ago)

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai11h ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19722h ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

-Foxtrot1h ago

@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19722h ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

XiNatsuDragnel20h ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz1h ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay29m ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers29d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken28d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g29d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing28d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H929d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola28d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66928d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle28d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg29d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos29d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola29d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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