Amazing screen and great controls, but what is the PSP2 price?
When Sony announced its new gaming handheld back in spring, it was throwing down a gauntlet for the next 12 months. The release of Nintendo's 3DS was imminent, smartphone and tablet gaming was on the rise, and the dark spectre of the as-yet-unannounced iPhone 5 even then hung menacingly over the next year, threatening to take it even further. Sony's move was very calmly saying one thing: wait.
So when we sat down with the PlayStation Vita (then known as the 'NGP'), knowing the public would not be able to play it properly till the end of the year, we were intrigued to see whether this confidence was justified. Arguably, we came out with more questions than answers.
by Matt Hill at T3.com
Dr. Serkan Toto says: While things do not look great for many studios in the West, things are very different in Japan – and I was shocked how little people in the industry still know and understand about the third biggest gaming market in the world (which is a probably a positive for a Japan game industry consultant like myself).
Honestly, it looks about the same if we are measuring a company's success on their all time high stock price. It has nothing to do with the sentiments some in the industry have.
Objectively the two biggest problems are cost cutting and consolidation.
Sony has published a new patent pertaining to unique lip-sync evaluation and fixing system to automatically fix NPC mouth movements to align them with the original dialogue’s timing, resolving sync issues.
This lip sync thing sounds pretty awesome. But one cannot shake the feeling, this is going to be combined with AI, and….. sigh
AI in this use is no big deal imo and result in better animation for character models.
If implemented correctly, AI is a great addition. For me, the problem with AI starts when companies like Activision use it to pump out art work, cosmetics etc to cut corners when they make so much money already.
A new patent published by Sony discusses PlayStation controllers that are solar-powered, with the ability to charge the battery under light.
There are these new inventions called windows, I just used mine for the first time today
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Mine would never run out of juice thanks to my glowing personality......
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My Samsung TV remote charges on solar-power or artificial lights. Or a USB if needed. The tech is hopefully getting better so it can charge a gaming controller.
Yep Sony has the controls nailed down for the Vita. Having 2 analog sticks instead of a nub (or circle pad) makes the games a lot more playable.
Not trying to troll here but looking at the 3DS they could have added another circle pad they had enough space for it. Does anyone know why Nintendo did not do this? Because after the criticism that the PSP received for only having one nub i thought the 3DS would have 2.
I think the rear touchpad is where we'll have the hardest to get trophies/unlockables.