Product-Reviews writes: We don’t want to sound too harsh since we love our Vita, but there comes a time when Sony needs to provide a little more clarity on these frequent security and stability software updates that they keep bringing out on PS3 and Vita, at the expense of new functionality, simple functionality improvements that owners are begging Sony to implement.
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and a bit ignorant.
Sony announces a minor OPTIONAL update improving software stability. Not Mandatory. And these people expected more than that? It makes no sense.
And Adobe stopped supporting Flash for mobile devices last year.
They are under the assumption that all of their concerns and every feature should be addressed and implemented with every security patch not meant to do so. They used a minor software update as an excuse to write another generic article complaining.
YouTube App, PS1 classics, Remote play, better HTML5 support, etc are all in coming this summer.
But to add to the topic I need to mention that if you do software, and you want it to be quality stuff for product that will generate ongoing revenue, you're gonna update it like hell. Polish and iron out every minor issue and instability to PREVENT or FIX any problems customers might have.
And Sony is doing that just fine. They offer nice balance between defensive updates and new features.
Please note also that this update is, quote: "optional" and "minor".
http://gamerxchange.net/201...
The one thing I would love an update for is the UI though. I ran out of space and these icons/pages are a little annoying. I would prefer folders or some other form of organization.
I agree with what FragGen is saying. Firmware updates have definitely been unimpressive.. you are all kidding yourselves by defending Sony on this aspect. I've had the 3G Vita since December.. how hard would it have been to put YouTube at launch? It's great that it's coming just now, but come on..these are really simple apps.
Spotify, email, HTML5, remote play, PS1 classics, flash support, bluetooth that actually works. Do you want me to go on?
NO ONE wants to click the link to your article. When Sony decides to release features customer wants you will get it. When its ready. NO NEED to write an article everytime you dont get what you want. SMH!
EDIT: @ Danswayuk...What YOU need to do is buy some games for your Vita and STOP worry about firmware updates. Sony SAID we will get youtube at the end of month. AT THE END OF MONTH, NOT June 11th.
Do you need a hug?
Plus, we haven't had a solid firmware update on the PS3 for awhile too.
I try not to look forward to firmware updates anymore, it helps me be satisfied with the little somethings we do get, than the things we don't.
"Heeey, it's a stability update. Now Uncharted 2 won't freeze on me! (I hope). YAY."
http://gamerxchange.net/201...
It will likely be in conjunction with this summer's big PS Vita update.
I'm I wrong about this? Also since we are talking about firmware updates, when was the last time that Nintendo released a major firmware update for the 3DS and how often do they update it with extra features? Does the 3DS even have a HD YouTube app? I'm curious because I can't find the information anywhere.
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Also, "stability" is just a fancy word for bug-fixes without the negative connotation. Sony releasing bug-fixes is a good thing though!
@MasterCornholio:
Did Nintendo advertise YouTube app for the 3DS? If not, why would you expect it?
I think this is more a case of Sony setting up expectations, that Sony fail to meet. I personally think level of complaint might be a little pre-mature as the system has only been out 6-months or so.
Maybe Sony should have delayed some of the announcements so not to upset gamers waiting.
smh
here from the complaints
"PS Vita firmware update 1.69 is coming very soon Sony has just said, but the bad news is that it won’t add any new features to the Vita, other than improve software stability – a favorite terminology that Sony has enjoyed using numerous times. It would be better if they at least referenced which software they are improving to add to these stability fixes, but staying silent and dishing out these one sentence patch updates is surely a recipe for disaster if they keep going this way."
why yes it would be so good:
"It would be better if they at least referenced which software they are improving to add to these stability fixes, but staying silent and dishing out these one sentence patch updates is surely a recipe for disaster if they keep going this way."
to tell the hacker's where and what part's they are fixing on the PSVita's firmware! because no one at this moment is trying to hack and exploit the firmware of the PSVita.
just like no one was doing that very same thing to the PSP and made it so the PSP UMD dump's were so easy to get that pretty much every person with a PSP just grabbed those ISO's off of peer2peer or data share sites.
yes these updates serve no real purpose.
LMAO
Did you get update 1.69 twice or something lol
God, I don't know what people expect.. no Sony don't bother with stability so the games we want to play play better or implement background groundwork for future games, instead give us a Youtube app that so we can spend our time on our gaming device watching videos we could quite easily watch on our phones or TVs or Tablets or computers!!!!
Seriously? Windows has minimal updates. As does OSX, iOS, Android, 3DS, DSI, 360, Wii... Stop crying about a minimal, security, and above all, OPTIONAL update which we were told about ahead of time.
Damn crybabies. Go play ya PS3/360/Wii n b patient.
Game on!
They said it was minor... what do you want from them.. god
The Vita is the best handheld in the history of gaming, period. If you don't want to buy one, that's fine of course, but to say that it's doomed is crazy. The Vita is so far ahead of any other handheld it's silly. It's a true marvel at what it does.
Please people take your head out of your ass. Sony announced playstation 1 support and youtube. What is the next point you whine about>?
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- Make messaging instantaneous instead of having the dumb 15min interval refresh rate.
- Make Vita Trophies viewable by ps3 users
- Allow Vita Users to actually be "seen" by ps3 users (currently vita users appear offline and their avatar wont load)
- Give us a better Vita store (vita doesnt get all of the game videos,avatars ... etc that ps3 has)
- Wheres some vita themes, avatars, custom panels?
All simple fixes that continue to be overlooked.
I dont have a Vita but that sounds odd.
People keep on saying that the vita is not a smartphone but yet it tries to do the very same things as a smart phone and does it very poorly at that. The vita has four cores but yet the os is slow, the Internet is terrible and it has no flash! Really? Come on sony step it up! Wether people Sony or the fans want to admit it or not, the vita is in competition with smart phones. They both exist in the same realm and because the vita is not doing what it's suppose to do people are buying smart phones and 3ds instead. Men lie women lie numbers don't. The vita only sold 2 million for a reason. Also no matter what game Sony comes out with, wether it's cod, kilzone or whatever, it won't help the system sell. It's nintendo ds all over again lol. I'm so disappointed with the vita and this is coming from a person that owns both the 3ds and vita.
Happiness and longevitiy is not a right either and if anyone tells you they are, they are lieing to you. They would be the first person to chose their loved ones over you and let you starve.
Making cutsey laws is nice but people act very different in time of need. Dont be fooled.
The Vita has the potential to have a good 3-5 years ahead.