Playstation Vita

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.destructoid.com/ooooh-pla...n-207857.phtml


Ooooh! PlayStation Vita gets FCC clearing, coming soon

Ooooh! I actually said that out loud when I heard that the PS Vita had cleared the FCC. The FCC clearing is typically the final step before a consumer electronics product gets shipped to retailers. This means that the Vita, Sony model PCH-1101 P, is on its way soon. Here's hoping those fall release rumors hold up!

You don't have to be excited. I'll be excited for you.

Take my money, Sony. Have it. Have all of my blogger money.

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.destructoid.com/ooooh-pla...n-207857.phtml


Ooooh! PlayStation Vita gets FCC clearing, coming soon

Ooooh! I actually said that out loud when I heard that the PS Vita had cleared the FCC. The FCC clearing is typically the final step before a consumer electronics product gets shipped to retailers. This means that the Vita, Sony model PCH-1101 P, is on its way soon. Here's hoping those fall release rumors hold up!

You don't have to be excited. I'll be excited for you.

Take my money, Sony. Have it. Have all of my blogger money.

[Cantih]

The news so nice it posted twice! :D

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/04/re...in-early-2012/

PlayStation Vita coming to US, Europe in early 2012

Sony is adjusting its PlayStation Vita launch plans and rolling back to an earlier claim: that the new portable system would be out in "at least one territory" by the end of 2011. According to an AP report, Japan has been selected as 2011's sole recipient of the Vita.

Speaking to the press in Tokyo, SCEI Chairman Kaz Hirai clarified that the PlayStation Vita would miss the holidays in America and Europe, instead rolling out in those regions during early 2012. [Update: Previously, Sony said it would be available in the global market "starting" at the end of 2011.]

Hirai insisted that the launch would not be accompanied by a lowered price, despite Nintendo's hasty and reactionary price drop on the Nintendo 3DS.

"We packed so much into the device and made it very affordable," Hirai said. "There is no need to lower the price just because somebody else that happens to be in the video game business decided that they were going to lower their price."

The PlayStation Vita will start at $249, alongside a 3G-enabled version for $299.

[ArchDizzle]

Fuckity Fuck Fuck!

[hey]

Meh, shipping from japan is not that expensive, as long as it indeed will not region lock games, might just have to import it

Would be really damn stupid of Sony to not get it out before Christmas though.

[Uzor]

problem with importing from JP is that my knowledge of JP is 0. So unless they allow English as a language on it (and assuming it's not region locked) I'll wait.

[Souj]

The psp can be changed to full JP and NA and back, so I would assume the vita would have the same.
The problem would come from not being able to read/listen to the games.

[Azull]

Delay sounds like good news to me....i had no clue how i was gonna make it to 2012 without selling a kidney with the lineup that is coming out soon.

[Dryr]

I'm still probably gonna get it, but preorder will be cancelled in hopes of finding a bundle or waiting for the first gen bugs to be fixed.

[Uzor]

The psp can be changed to full JP and NA and back, so I would assume the vita would have the same.
The problem would come from not being able to read/listen to the games.

I don't see that being a problem if you can change to English setting and play English games though?

[Charismatic]

I don't see that being a problem if you can change to English setting and play English games though?

Don't worry, he's obviously not following the conversation... that's already been covered. This was supposed to be under the assumption that the Vita would be region free like the PSP making what he mentioned null. Just ignore that.

[hey]

Don't worry, he's obviously not following the conversation... that's already been covered. This was supposed to be under the assumption that the Vita would be region free like the PSP making what he mentioned null. Just ignore that.

It does still defeat the purpose of importing it though, for those that do not know any japanese. There will not be any english games available until after it is released in the us, at which point you can just buy one from walmart, and save $90~110 or so on price difference+shipping (￥25k for the wifi only model is $320 usd atm, and ￥30k is about $380).

Fuck japanese prices, but still could be worth it to get it in time for Christmas, depending on what games are available at launch.

[Charismatic]

I guess that depends on the launch titles. Action, platformer, etc etc? No problem.

[Insanecyclone]

I guess that depends on the launch titles. Action, platformer, etc etc? No problem.

1k fat psp still running great, on Pro-B8. Only thing broken is the Wlan switch so no online for me anymore

[Insanecyclone]

hrm

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=439770
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-nintendo.html

Sony Pressured to Cut PlayStation Vita Price

Sony Corp. (6758 ),
the world’s second- largest maker of video-game machines, shouldn’t count on Yukinobu Takeda to stand in line for the $380 PlayStation Vita when the portable player begins selling this year.

“PS Vita’s quite expensive,” said Takeda, 36, an event planner in Tokyo, who owns both a PlayStation Portable and Nintendo Co. DS handheld machine. “I don’t think I’ll be one of those people rushing to buy it on the release date.”

Takeda helps illustrate why pressure is building on Sony to cut prices of its newest game machine after Nintendo slashed the cost of its new 3-D portable player to as low as $169 and as more gamers flock to Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone and iPad to play titles such as Rovio Mobile Oy’s “Angry Birds.” Kazuo Hirai, Sony Chairman Howard Stringer’s top lieutenant, signaled yesterday the company won’t engage in a price war with Nintendo.

“Gamers are increasingly anticipating Sony to lower prices, especially after the 3DS cut,” said Hideki Yasuda, a Tokyo-based analyst at Ace Securities Co. “Sony is under major pressure to cut the price of the Vita or risk a major failure.”

U.S. consumers will be able to lay their hands on PlayStation Vita, the successor for the model that went on sale in 2004, after Christmas, starting at $249 to $299 for a 3G version. Japanese consumers will be able to buy the Vita, which feature an organic light-emitting diode display and touchpads at the back, by the end of this year from 24,980 yen ($313) to 29,980 yen.

‘Drastic Measures’

That’s pricier than Nintendo’s competing 3DS after the world’s biggest maker of video-game machines slashed the price of its new 3-D handheld player to as low as $169.

“We have a very good product at a very affordable price,” Hirai, president of Sony’s Consumer & Products Services group, said. “There’s no need to lower the price just because somebody else that happens to be in the video game industry decided they were going to.”
Sony, which lost 34 percent of its market value this year, rose 0.1 percent to close at 1,925 yen in Tokyo yesterday. Nintendo climbed 1.1 percent to 11,950 yen in Osaka, narrowing its loss this year to 50 percent.

Reviving demand at the games division is key for Hirai, the frontrunner to succeed Stringer as the head of Sony, as the company faces an eighth consecutive year of losses at the main television business and the online service recovers from its worst hacker attack ever.
Cutting Forecasts

Last week, the maker of Bravia televisions and Walkman music players cut its full-year profit forecast 25 percent, citing sluggish demand for TVs. Nintendo lowered its annual profit forecast 82 percent.
Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), maker of the Xbox 360 and Kinect gaming devices, are confronting new competitors in the gaming industry who are beginning to reshape the field.

Among them is Cupertino, California-based Apple, which estimates it’s sold more than 200 million mobile devices capable of downloading and playing games. Apple’s App Store offers a choice of more than 100,000 game and entertainment applications to users of the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

“The market opportunity for specialist devices is shrinking rather than growing” because of the convergence of activities into a single device, said Piers Harding-Rolls, a senior analyst at a research firm IHS.
“Angry Birds,” a popular mobile-phone game where players slingshot birds at pigs hiding behind barricaded wood and stone shelters, is aiming for 100 million downloads in China alone. Customers are also flocking to online games such as ‘Farmville’ and ‘Cityville’ on Facebook Inc.’s social-networking site.

Resisting Price Cuts

“The environment for portable game players has become more difficult because of smartphones,” said Koki Shiraishi, an analyst at Daiwa Securities Group Inc., who estimates shipments of the PS Vita will be about half of the PlayStation Portable sold during the product’s first two years.

Hirai isn’t alone in expecting Sony to resist price cuts.

“The customers Sony is targeting with its Vita are those willing to spend a lot of money,” said Shiro Mikoshiba, an analyst at Nomura Holdings Inc. in Tokyo. “That’s a valid strategy even if the volume’s low as long as it can sustain the higher price.”
Sony is unlikely to cut prices until next year, said Harding-Rolls, a London-based analyst at IHS. The company may sell 36 million PlayStation Vitas by 2015, short of the 46 million PSPs sold at the same stage of its lifecycle, he wrote in an e-mail.

Trailing Nintendo

“If strong titles aren’t there for Vita, there is a risk I might have to cut my targets,” said Kazuharu Miura, an analyst at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. in Tokyo, who expects Vita sales will reach 2.5 million units by March.

Introduced in late 2004, Sony’s PlayStation Portable has failed to catch up with the popularity of Nintendo’s DS. Sony has sold 71.4 million PSPs worldwide as of June 30, while Nintendo has sold 152.2 million DS players, according to the two companies.
The U.S. video-game market, the world’s biggest, is shrinking. Sales dropped 10 percent to $1.03 billion in June, a second consecutive drop, Port Washington, New York-based NPD said last month. In Japan, revenue fell 16 percent in the first half of 2011 amid a lack of hit titles,
Tokyo-based researcher Enterbrain Inc. said in June.

That may put pressure on Sony to win customers like Tokyo event planner Takeda, who plans to sit out.
“I don’t really see a reason to pay that much for another game player,” he said. “I’m satisfied with my devices.”
To contact the reporters on this story: Mariko Yasu in Tokyo at [email protected]; Maki Shiraki in Tokyo at [email protected]; Kazuyo Sawa in Tokyo at [email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Young-Sam Cho at [email protected].

[hey]

I guess that depends on the launch titles. Action, platformer, etc etc? No problem.

Pretty much.

[Souj]

Why are people expecting/pressuring Sony to drop price? People were incredibly amazed/happy when they announced their price, but now just because 3DS price was cut (most likely due to it knowing it would fail going against another portable system at the same price), people are demanding another price cut? Or is this just the opinion of a single journalist?
Not that I wouldnt love another price cut, I know me and friends were sold on the system once the price was announced. Also thanks to the announced games.

[hey]

Why are people expecting/pressuring Sony to drop price?

I doubt they are. $250 is an excellent price for it, and as i mentioned above, i may even pay ~$340 to import it from japan if it's not out by the end of the year (prob ~$400 with one game). The specs are incredible for a portable, especially at only $250.

[Shenrien]

AT&T for their 3G supporter kills it for me, fuck that company I'm tormented to use them as an ISP at my house cause its either Timer Warner or Comcast, and AT&T is slightly less fail then either of those two from my past experiences.