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This Guy Unboxes his PS Vita, Plays It, Seems Happy

Kotaku - The PlayStation Vita is on the verge of release in Japan, and this guy has one. What's it like to get your own Vita and start playing games on it? Watch this video, and pretend you're this guy. He spends 9 cheerful minutes with the machine.

Shok4533d ago

I'm glad Sony ditched the XMB setup, but this new menu seems a little dull to me =/. Other than that, everything else is lookin good.

xX-StolenSoul-Xx4533d ago

I think the Menu seems pretty cool and modern.

fluffydelusions4533d ago (Edited 4533d ago )

Modern? No. Functional? yes. That said. I wish Feb 22nd would come sooner!

gamingdroid4533d ago (Edited 4533d ago )

The menu system is kind of ugly. I like the look of the XMB better.

Graphics in Dynasty Warrior looks good though.

BattleAxe4533d ago (Edited 4533d ago )

The one thing that I had seen in the video that I didn't like was the fact that Sony decided to go with a proprietary USB cable. They should have stayed with the USB/miniUSB cable that the PSP had. I usually don't buy electronics that pull this kind of crap.

Iroquois_Pliskin4533d ago (Edited 4533d ago )

Why do we- western weaklings have to wait?!?!

badz1494533d ago

is the Vita released not just in Japan for now? or he's a Chinese living in Japan?

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MagicAccent4533d ago (Edited 4533d ago )

I thought the XMB was great, very stylish. If only they had optimized it better..

This menu looks like something from a PoPstation :P

christoph2034533d ago

the menu looks looks incredible.. far better and easier too use than the boring XMB..

christoph2034533d ago

I'm sick of dumb gamers who dont want change, the XMB is shit.. people just dont realise how dull it is.. The VITA's UI is really good, sony were smart with the vita.. this ui appeals too all ages equally..

pain777pas4533d ago

We have such a long wait. Sigh.... wish i was rich.

MagicAccent4533d ago (Edited 4533d ago )

You are rich my friend.
You can have as much air as you want, and as much water as your stomach can hold, you have all the warmth you need to sleep, not a drop of rain will hit your head when you're safe under your roof.
And you have all the knowledge of the world at your fingertips...

The only difference between you and someone with lots of money is, they can buy 3 Vitas, and you won't ever be able to afford one.

Also, they have have cake.

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Laika4533d ago (Edited 4533d ago )

Allow me to translate..

Basically all he says is that he has been anticipating this moment his entire life and that he sold his car so that he could buy the 32 gigabyte memory card. Also anime.

MASTER_RAIDEN4533d ago

LMAO!! comment of the century. ^
tell us more oh wise translator.

Laika4533d ago

haha at least someone didnt take me seriously.

clrlite4533d ago

Very nice! Cant wait to unbox mine when it releases here in the US. Hopefully we will see a game selection that rivals the PS2 at some point. Don't forget to market this thing though Sony, because people will need to know about it and how awesome it is if you expect big sales.

Janitor4533d ago

How big is that compared to psp? Looks humongous in the vid.

Janitor4533d ago

Ok thats not too bad, must be the tiny asian hands holding it.

kreate4533d ago

tiny asian hands :)

guessing u have a nice big american hand?

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night DLC Adds Free Gameplay Modes

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has received a bunch of new DLC, including two new gameplay modes, for free.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader823d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie4d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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