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Why The Vita’s Time Is Now

Grainger Games takes a look at the PS Vita and how the console's fortunes are set to pick up with the release of the PlayStation 4 and PS Link app.

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SuperBlur3832d ago

I will get one eventually , currently giving my wallet a break . can't wait to try the tv add-on and the couch co-op thingy haha

hellzsupernova3831d ago

Great piece of hardware, I bought one cause I was travelling allot for work now haven't played it in a while, did get hotline Miami the other day for it though.

mikeslemonade3831d ago

It's such a pretty piece of hardware. I must say the Vita and PSP phat are the slickest looking devices at its respective times.

Even though I don't play it, it's worth the purchase just to own one. It's a slick collectible that looks good in your "man cave".

insomnium23831d ago (Edited 3831d ago )

Atm I play Dragon's crown on my way to work. I get an hour and a half of gaming almost every day. Great game! Best handheld ever. Just battling to get my anime converted with subs on it. Pain in my butt for real. Any help?

bulbulito3831d ago

@insomnium2

try using handbrake. i convert MKVs to MP4s with burned (hardcoded) subtitles

SuperBlur3831d ago

I'm really enjoying Hotline Miami on PS3. I had originally bought it on pc and i thought the controls would suck so damn much on console but i was wrong , they made it really enjoyable . How does it compare on Vita?

0ut1awed3831d ago (Edited 3831d ago )

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I don't currently own a PS3 nor have I tried the PC version (even though PC is my main platform for gaming these days).

That said Hotline Miami seems like an amazing fit for the Vita. The controls also seem fine. You just "pull" the touch screen around to see farther. You can also use the touch screen to target people although of course you can use the right analog stick to control targeting as well.

The combination makes for some pretty useful situations, such as going ahead and hard targeting the first guy in the start of a combo.

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itBourne3831d ago

I want one, I do, I just cant see paying that much for another handheld device, my phone is enough, because if I go somewhere typically I am driving. If I am there and do not have a ps3 or my desktop I use my laptop, so it is hard to justify. I liked my psp, and I do use my ds, but maybe once every other month at most.

At the same point a new Patapon (non main hero/mp focused) and I would totally be suckered in lol. Nintendo almost did the same with the 3ds and Pokemon, then I played Ni No Kuni, and said fuck you Pokemon, u shld of done this 5 years ago, I do no need you no more.

Thehyph3831d ago

I can see what you mean. My vita always accompanies either mine or the girlfriend's work day, but that's only because we both have jobs where there's time and the ability to play it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bought it.

As an aside, Vitas are one of the most rugged pieces of mobile tech out there. I would bet on it over any smart phone, tablet or the 3DS any day. Thing's like a brick.

SuperBlur3831d ago

You should look into getting a VITA TV , it's a stripped down VITA to plug on your tv and play vita games that do not make use of the touchpad and you can also stream your ps4 games to it. I will have much fun with that thing , i have moved my ps3 around so much .

Knushwood Butt3831d ago

@ steve

Yeah, mine got accidentally soaked once. I dried it up, opened all openings, and left it to dry out for 24 hours. To my surprise, it worked fine! Only noticeable change was that the blue LED under the PS/Home button was much weaker for months after, but now it is back to normal.

I was sure it was never going to come back from that soaking, but it did!

PS

I don't recommend anyone trying to re-enact this incident.

0ut1awed3831d ago

@itbourne

Look at my comment below. It might help you out.

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0ut1awed3831d ago (Edited 3831d ago )

When you do, go to ebay/craigslist.

I've gotten both myself and my roommate pretty much brand new Vitas for around $120 with a bit of searching. You can also get bundles of whatever people are selling for pretty good deals too. For example I saw the Assassins Creed White edition Vita bundle with the game and the 4gb card about a week ago on ebay. It had been used once and it had a buy it now price of $140 shipped.

Like I said, it just takes a little bit of searching but it will defiantly pay off.

FamilyGuy3832d ago

*Impatiently waiting on the PS Vita Tv*

GdaTyler3831d ago (Edited 3831d ago )

Just import it when it releases on the 14th so no need to wait so much.

0ut1awed3831d ago (Edited 3831d ago )

Outside of PS4 remote play I'm not really sure why someone would want the Vita Tv over a regular Vita.

Games like Killzone look damn good for a portable but they are also running on a 5 inch screen at a resolution lower than 720p. Even then I can look closely and nitpick a lot of things when compared to PS3 graphics. Simply put, these games are going to look very rough on big screen tvs. It will probably be pretty comprable to a good looking PS2 game.

Not to mention Vita games are designed with a front and rear touch panel in mind. When the games are atually compatible with a ds3/4 it will still more than likely be a lackluster experience in comparison.

IMO if you're getting a Vita Tv mainly to play Vita games, you're doing it wrong. If you look at my post above you can see that you canget a Vita for around the same price the Vita Tv will cost too.

FamilyGuy3831d ago (Edited 3831d ago )

No interest or use in portable gaming. I don't take public transportation or have any place outside of my home where I'd play video games. The Vita itself has exclusives that I'm interested and would prefer to play them on a tv. The Vita Tv allows this, it's only $100 and with the PS4 remote play an second screen co-op ability it's a really worthwhile purchase for me. Playing a split screen co-op game on two separate tvs rather than splitting the screen alone is worth the $100. Remote play just adds to that when you go on trips or to a friends house.

PS Vita Tv output in 720 and the games look better than PS2 games already. Anyone that was content with the original Wii would have no issues with the PS Vita Tv graphics.

GdaTyler3831d ago

Finally I get the feature I have been longing for even since the days of the PSP. I've always even wanted to play PS3 games on Vita, but one day it will happen!!!!

Evil_Abed3831d ago

Remote play is a gimmick that will lose its novelty fast as far as Vita interest is concerned. Soon enough it will go back to collecting dust unless and until Sony stop marketing it as a companion device.

colonel1793831d ago (Edited 3831d ago )

What? For you might be, which will never own a PS Vita in the first place. I have my PS3 connected, but can barely play on the TV. Remote play is going to be ideal for me. And definitely a lot of people.

GutZ313831d ago

I will be using it to play PS4 games on the toilet.

GuruMeditation3831d ago

@GutZ31 agreed, it was either this or a commode. Greatness, and a huge circular ass-crease, await.

Thehyph3831d ago

Ahahaha +funny bub Guru

hulk_bash19873831d ago

My Vita has never collected dust since I got one on launch day. And with remote play and gaikai implementation next year I'll have less reason to put it down.

paul-p19883831d ago

PS1/PSP/PSVita/PS4 games on the go... yeah, gimmick that will collect dust...

I play mine everyday, probably more than i play my PS3 now. Normally i play my handheld as a secondary device, just for quick bursts of gameplay, but the vita is that good that it's almost completely stopped me playing my PS3

MatrixxGT3831d ago

Sorry, remote play (if it works like sony has shown) will be vitas killer app. It will be the reason people with ps4's will want to own a vita.
Not to mention its also a very powerful stand alone handheld is awesome.

People that talk down vita either just dont have any interest in it anyway or trying to jump on the doom gloom bandwagon. Most potential buyers are waiting until next generation is here or more games come. But vita itself is the best gaming hardware or any electronic I have ever held to date.

Evil_Abed3831d ago

Bookmark this conversation. Time will prove me right.

Hicken3831d ago

Don't you guys get tired of trolling?

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CocoWolfie3831d ago

a lot of people are actually fond of portable gaming, with the ps4 being its buddy, with more games on the way (hopefully god eater 2 >_<) i think its true! :)

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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

-Foxtrot10m ago(Edited 9m 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.

mkis0073m ago

Ill never forget the reviewer who tried to claim the "ride me like you ride your bike" line was anything but a joke...they (sarah and deacon) explicitly call it a joke and the reviewer still misinformed the reader about it as if it was a literal thing.

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.

phatak1h ago(Edited 54m 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.

andy8524m ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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