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Engadget: PlayStation Vita Review

Engadget: It's hard to believe that Sony's venerable first portable has just reached its seventh birthday. The PSP launched in 2004: a year when the Motorola RAZR V3 claimed top phone prizes and tablets were called tablet PCs. Since then, its closest rival has undergone several substantial transformations, but the PSP has remained largely untouched, aside from getting a little slimmer. Sony's hoping its new portable superstar is less evolutionary, more revolutionary. And it may have to be. Mobile gaming is snapping at its heels, with game developers continuing to boost the scale and polish on smartphone offerings. Even Sony has been attempting to get in on the mobile action, with underwhelming results so far.

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eferreira4905d ago

good review cant wait for my own :)

remanutd554905d ago

man , feb 15th cant come soon enough , i will be getting the bundle but i will buy a 32 memory card later on when i see a good deal , anyways Uncharted Golden Abyss , Motorstorm RC , Gravity Rush , ModNation Racers , Escape Plan are mine day 1 , i dont think LBP will be a launch title but hopefully im wrong

GribbleGrunger4905d ago

yep, it's LBP for me too. i really hope you can use it with the PS3 version.

VampiricDragon4905d ago (Edited 4905d ago )

terrible review.

1) Mobile doesnt effect anything.

Thats why its terrible.

Until they get someone who actually know what they are talkng about

@ below

It was a bad review because they brought up dumb things. There isnt a single mobile game that is more deep or better controlled than a gameboy game, an original one. Thats a fact.

Lets take infinite blade 2. They put alot of polygons on a screen with a bland art style, bad controls, week combat, short and thats the best game they have?

death2smoochie4905d ago (Edited 4905d ago )

Actually it was a good review. They highlighted many of the systems great points and pointed out some of the cons. No system is perfect...I know...I know...This is N4G.COM people....

StanSmith4905d ago (Edited 4905d ago )

Go play GTA III on an iOS or android device and tell me that it isn't deep & has bad controls.

You're so threatened by Mobile devices it's pathetic.

Let Sony care about the current market and reviews. They're selling it, not you.

Matrix2k4905d ago

GTA III on ios is the worst version of the game as confirmed by every review. Its broken controls, watered down gameplay, prove that even ports of decent games when brought to mobile which is only good for distractions, dont even compare for real games

StanSmith4905d ago

Well i'm playing it right now and everything you listed is wrong. It is far from broken and i can't see at all how it has been watered down. Had this been ported by the original developers themselves, then reviewers would be creaming over it.

I prefer the 3ds & vita to my ipad but the facts are there are great games available on all 3.

The amount of people here acting like Android and iOS are beneath them is laughable.

jspencep4905d ago

I have gta 3 for my iPad 2, and honestly the controls are pretty weak...
I'm impressed that the iPad has an open world game like it, but its broken controls make it only mildly amusing to actually play.

blusoops4905d ago

I kinda agree that it wasnt a great review in some areas. For example, Is it fair to post the 3G version of the vita's price in yen and then up convert to US dollars? And then compare it to the 3DS's us price of $169?

Why not compare the wifi only US vita price of $250 to the $169.

It's still more but not as bad as it reads in this review.

GanjaMan4905d ago

won't be buying one till they make the battery better, hopefully they sort it out or make the battery better in the ps vita slim!

blumatt4905d ago

How often are you going to be playing longer than 4 hours straight on a handheld without some source of power to plug it up?? Most of the time there's a place to plug up nearby. And most of the time you won't be playing for 4 hours straight anyway. I know I don't. I play for maybe an hour at a time and then plug it back up until I play again.

gigreen4905d ago

Kinda dissapointing that it doesn't have a video output, for no appearent reason. Other than Sony being scared that it might interfere with PS3 sales...

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When Inspiration Goes Too Far: 8 Major Game Studios That Faced Plagiarism Accusations

TNS: Even big-name game studios like Bungie and Konami have all tiptoed, or tripped, into art plagiarism territory. Let's take a look at 8 of them

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Square Enix Announces Even More Final Fantasy IX Merch

Check out the new additions of Final Fantasy IX merch launched for the 25th anniversary, featuring a charming Vivi mug and plush bag.

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jznrpg7d ago

Not on the US store right now which sucks

andy857d ago

Im definitely going to import it if possible. Hopefully PlayAsia will have it

jznrpg6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

@andy85 so you can get it from PlayAsia no Tarrifs but shipping is 23$ at least ,but it is an option. A little less than 50$ with shipping. I had to have it

andy856d ago

Coming out at £44 ($60) here. Jeez as much as I want it that's a little bit of a stupid price. Managed to find it for £35 elsewhere. Still crazy for a mug. Might wait and see if the square Enix store get it

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We Were Oh So Close to Getting Soul Sacrifice 2 from Sony

Freedom Wars 2 was also in the works

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Lexreborn28d ago

That’s so sad to hear because I would love both