If you happen to live in or know a friend who lives in Japan, best grab that piggy bank you’ve been saving your nickels and dimes in. Sony is releasing a new all-white PSVita — for Japan only. Said Vita will come in WiFi (¥24,980 — ~$313) and 3G (¥29,980 — ~$375) configuration. If a white PS Vita isn’t enough and you’d like to throw a few more dollars Sony’s way, the company is also introducing their new “inner ear...
Sony isn’t exactly one of our favorite companies for a number of reasons spanning multiple decades. But every time we try to give Sony the benefit of the doubt they go and do something like this — Sony has announced that PS Vita owners looking to make the move from the PSP/UMD environment to the Vita’s all-digital one can download already purchased UMD games and media at a discounted rate by way of the “UMD Passport” app. The app will scan all...
The PSP Vita is official! Coming in both WiFi-only and WiFi/3G models ($249 and $299 respectively), the new PlayStation Vita will “blur the lines” of modern gaming and social interaction thanks to a more life like OLED display and a new socially aware “app” called “Near”. Near will alert users to nearby PS Vita users, what games said users are playing, and what games are most popular in any given area. For U.S.-based 3G-toting Vita...
Previous reports that Sony was killing the PSP branding with the upcoming NGP –> “PS Vita” got another shot of credibility tonight. Besides the fact that Sony owns the trademark for “Vita”, we have the discovery of one determined NeoGAF user by the name of “gofreak”. Gofreak found some rather interesting code stuffed inside Sony’s E3 teaser page specifically mentioning the PS Vita. Of course, NGP could just be another...
Angry Birds continues its onslaught on the minds of the world with a new platform launch this week. What’s surprising however, is that it isn’t any of the platforms we originally believed would come first — Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or Wii. Instead, the Sony Playstation Portable will be the first “mainstream” device to get Rovio Mobile’s now iconic game. Confirmed on Sony’s blog, Angry Birds for PSP will be a “mini”...
