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Vita TV interest stronger than expected in West, Sony admits

Western interest in Sony's upcoming PlayStation Vita TV has exceeded the company's initial expectations for the device, the company has said.

Speaking in a roundtable interview today with Eurogamer, Sony Japan exec Masayasu Ito said that the response had been "strong... more than we expected".

"Of course we are thinking of launching it in the US and Europe," he added. "But when it comes to the timing, we'll have to watch the environment and identify what other services are available in the US and Europe and whether we'll have to add other services."

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pwnsause_returns3871d ago

It's a 100$ product in japan...$100...that plays vita games.... Obviously it would generate interest....

Godmars2903871d ago

It plays Vita/PSP games - on your TV.

I've never been able to really get into handheld gaming, just a waste of money for me,so I've been hoping for something like this for some time.

darthv723871d ago

It plays Vita/PSP/Mini/PS1 games - on your TV.

And soon...PS3/PS4 streaming.

So if the interest in the West is stronger than expected, perhaps sony will reconsider and release it in the West at the same time?

come on sony....listen to your fans for this like you listen at other times.

Godmars2903871d ago

It can launch in the West when or after Japan gets the PS4, just so long its released or sees online support. Is an overall region free system which will play downloads from any PSN server.

And really if you think about it, if it does deliver on everything promised, it could very well undermine the PS4 while also promoting the always online community MS was trying to force on people the original XB1 plans.

abzdine3871d ago

sony please shut up and take my money

nix3871d ago

i skipped the PSP but PSVita was something i picked up because i wanted to see what this handheld gaming is all about.

Having a PSVita is like having a small PS3 with you to walk around with. i've played so many Vita games that it's really surprising. plus the graphics are amazing!

plus i subscribed for PS+ five months back and the free games just keep rolling. lol.

i don't regret the Vita. you'll love the Vita games. some of them are amazing.

Muerte24943871d ago

this could be something to have in living room while your ps4 is in a more secured area. Potential for this is absolutely astounding. Don't have to worry about my kids wanting to play PS4 anymore.

Luke_fon_Fabre3871d ago

The amount of PSP games downloadable from the PSN store on Vita is really limited. Even with the ability to transfer some games not available on Vita's PSN store from PS3, the selection of compatible games is still really limited. Don't get me wrong, Vita has some great PSP games on it, but it doesn't feel like a main feature because Sony seems to refuse to support PSP games on Vita all that much.

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parentoftheyear3871d ago

Of course. And from what Sony said will play ps3 games via streaming. A ps3 for $200 yes please.

THamm3871d ago

PS3? Where did it say that? I thought PS4 remote play

iceman063871d ago

When Gaikai is up and running, it can stream PS3 games. Gaikai was used to do the remote play of Assassin's Creed at Gamescon and will probably be the default for those that want to remote play across the internet (as opposed to their network at home).

adventureghost1243871d ago

PS4 which will be able to stream ps3 games with gaikai in a year or so

HakatoX3871d ago

it was said at E3 "PS3 streaming library for PS3, PS4 and later in 2014. To the PS Vita".

parentoftheyear3871d ago (Edited 3871d ago )

Like they said Gaikai will stream ps3 games. And correct my $200 typo, im guessing it will be less than a bill in the Us. Havingg mini low power consuming ps3 streamer that I can fit into my front pocket and take to friends. Its awesome!!! I was an early Onlivr adopter because I think the tech is very cool. Had a lot of fun with on live just started playing d3 and kinda forgot about it. But if Sony would add this little gem to their brAsvio lineup WOW!!! Sorry if my typing is bad this site doesn't switch to mobile automatically.

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PoSTedUP3871d ago

seems like sony has to deal with admitting they are more amazing than they thought
and ms has to dodge admitting that they are messing everything up

Iltapalanyymi3871d ago

I am interested in it too. Gonna get it when it is available.

KwietStorm_BLM3871d ago

I know I want one. It's a very smart device that just makes sense in today's market, and the price is just ridiculous.

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TopSpin 2K25 Review - Serving Up a Nice Reboot | MP1st

TopSpin 2K25 Review - After a very long hiatus, TopSpin is back! Can Hangar 13 bring the venerable tennis series back to relevance?

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Days Gone, 5 Years Later

Almost unbelievably, Days Gone has just turned 5 years old after launching on April 26th, 2019. What's changed in that time?

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mkis0071h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows901h ago(Edited 1h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

-Foxtrot4m ago(Edited 2m ago)

Yeah I thought it was pretty decent, it had its flaws but for their first big console single player open world game it's a solid 8/10.

I have never seen an AAA "zombie" game feature as many enemies as the horde sections did, you really had to think about your surroundings and plan carefully.

I feel journalists had an issue with this game from the moment it was announced, they really didn't like the Biker characters and the overall Biker gang theme. If they were anything else I feel it would have had a better chance or at least they'd overlook some of the flaws like they do for certain other open world games. They don't mind waiting weeks or months for a patch knowing its coming but a game that has it Day 1 it's suddenly a big no no? Yeah this was one of those moments that showed you how they cherry pick who to suddenly decide to go harsh on when they want to.

Leeroyw1h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno1h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

phatak56m ago(Edited 48m ago)

I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

andy8518m ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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Destiny 2's Raids Are The Pinnacle Of Teamwork In Video Games

Whether it's entering a zen state during DPS or the rush of dopamine on its completion, Destiny 2's Raids excels in multiplayer teamwork.