We’ve heard of throwing someone under the bus, but Lyle Hall and Matthew Seymour of Heavy Iron Studios have run the PlayStation Vita over with an 18 wheeler. The two believe the PS Vita is over priced and that consumers are no longer willing to pay out for a single-function gaming device. “If people aren’t willing to pay $249 for the Nintendo 3DS why would they pay $299 for the Vita”.
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No, we’re not joking. The latest pre-order updates from Best Buy and Amazon suggest the Sony PlayStation Vita will not launch in the US and UK until the 30th of March 2012. That’s nearly three months after the December launch in Japan. Following the initial shock of the PS Vita delay, today’s update feels like Sony is rubbing salt in our wounds.
The cat is out of the bag. The successor to the PlayStation Portable, NGP, is officially known as PlayStation Vita (PS Vita). With dual touch pads, analog sticks, a multi-touch 5-inch OLED screen, and dual cameras for an augmented reality experience — this is the future of portable gaming. Sony promises new ways to interact with your world, friends and entertainment, all powered by PS Vita.
Been away this week? Not to worry – you can catch up on those big tech stories you missed right here, in our weekly tech roundup. Microsoft Windows 8 tablets, word on the new Call of Duty subscription service, Apple iCloud and more abound this way.
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One could argue that Samsung has already entered the portable gaming console arena based on the millions of Galaxy S smartphones currently in the hands of Android users around the globe. In this concept design, created by Joseph Dumary, we take a look at what the PSP would be if left in the hands of Korean manufacturer.
Sony PlayStation boss Jack Tretton came out swinging over the weekend in an interview with Fortune, taking aim at the Nintendo 3DS. As you might expect he bigged up Sony’s strengths and skimmed over its weaknesses. While we wait for the Sony NGP to arrive, Tretton took on the Nintendo 3DS…
Our insatiable demand for the fresh new Nintendo 3DS in the US and the UK pales in comparison to our friends from Japan. According to the latest Japanese sales data, the Sony PSP has managed to outsell Nintendo’s 3D creation for the second week in a row. Unlike last week’s figures which tallied all PSP sales, this week it only took sales of the PSP-3000 to eclipse the 3DS.
The Sony NGP could face a serious delay and fail to hit its global launch date later this year. That news comes not from some whispering busybody but Sony Computer Entertainment of America president Jack Tretton.
He told Bloomberg that the Sony NGP may arrive in just one region this year rather than Asia, Europe and the US simultaneously. The issue is the result of disruption following the March 11 Japanese earthquake.