Playstation Vita

[Ben]

I can't buy Rayman Origins, get a connection error after clicking buy and agreeing to pay. Anyone else had this? I've tried on my Vita (on hotel wifi) and also at work via the website.

[bradigor]

I get the feeling things are all over the shop at the moment as they try to test the web store.

[MotiVater]

FFS just seen the Amazon.it deal where you can get one of these for about £145 with LBP or Battle Royale... Must.. resist...

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Join usssss

To be fair, as things are looking now the Vita will probably be dead in the water by Easter, but it's still a lovely piece of kit.

[jonnyalpha]

The Vita will muddle through even if Sony have to start giving them away with new PS3s. It's a great machine and I really hope that in the end it's quality will shine through. Didn't the PSP have a pretty dodgy first few years as well? I seem to remember that there was a a lot of talk of it's early demise and in the end it had some great games.

[ryodi]

From what I understand the PSP was saved in Japan by Monster Hunter. Now that's on the 3DS and WiiU this time around I can't see any franchise on the horizon that will shift as many units as that did.

[pranny]

Are they still releasing phantasy star online 2 on vita next year some time? That's pretty popular right?

[Mitchell]

Q1 apparently. Also on Android and iOS too though, so can't see that having a big influence on sales.

[Mitchell]

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/12/04/phantasy-star-online-2-beta-registrations-open-for-playstation-vita/

It is looking good though... And the beta just kicked off on Japan. Not long now!

[Ferine]

Q1 apparently. Also on Android and iOS too though, so can't see that having a big influence on sales.

The mobile version is a separate thing, more of a companion app that contributes to your character. The game is the same on PC and Vita; you can swap between them and play with people on either.

[Nnooo]

Just a quick fyi our first PS Vita game escapeVektor is hitting EU in December (release date to be announced next week) and if you are a PS+ Subscriber you'll get a nice discount We are working with SCEA to try to get the US one released at the same time will update as it happens..

[Radish]

So I've just noticed that my Vita has the OLED mura-effect where when black the screen is blotchy in places. I've read that it's fairly common among OLED screens however so I'm wondering if its worth the hassle of getting a replacement Vita and whether the new one will just have it as well. Does anyone else have the same issue and if so, did you replace your vita and was it sorted?

An image of the problem I found via google:

[bradigor]

Mine has that, but only ever shows now and again during some loading screens.

I figured it will last me long enough until I can get a new one down the line.

[geldra]

I think every single Vita ever made has that blotchy thing.

[Qazimod]

Yes!

Okay, you can all carry on talking about the game now. I'd been kind of avoiding this thread because I didn't want to hear too much about it beforehand. Erm, even though I've played through the PS2 game several times...

[bradigor]

I hate you

After Christmas, it will be mine!

edit: If Qazimod get beaten, mugged and left in a ditch for dead. It wasn't me. It was just coincidence.

[MoFo2]

Nice Qazimod, did you order from Tronixweb or something?

[Qazimod]

For some reason I ignored the more reliable sellers and could have made things a lot worse for myself I compared various offers, shipping deals, and feedback with different retailers and ended up using CDUniverse - I think I had used them many years ago for music but not for import games. I ordered on November 19th under standard delivery (to keep the cost down) and it was about $39 and $7 shipping, which worked out at a little under £30 according to my Paypal details. I don't know why I opt for the most obscure retailers all of the time, but it worked out okay in the end

[shirubagan]

Anyone else's Vita been a bit crashy since the 2.01 update, especially with Jet Set Radio HD keeps having unexpected errors. Didn't before and wondering if it's just me.

[Garwoofoo]

I had to give up on Assassin's Creed III: Liberation because one particular part in sequence 5 kept crashing. I wasn't too sorry because I wasn't having much fun with the game anyway, but I don't know if it was the game or the Vita at fault.

[Janski]

Anyone tried Sonic All Star Racing? Tempted as a vita version would be a perfect fit for me.

Is it an horribly compromised version feature wise? Or a decent port a la NFS??

[cavalcade]

There's footage on Youtube. It appears to be fundamentally the same game, but with the graphics cut back and simplified. It's Sumo though, so you'd assume that it wasn't a shitty handheld port, they do know their biscuits.

[Radish]

Yeah I've been trying to find out a bit more about it and from what I can gather it's identical in terms of features except that it has 8 players in a race rather than 10, and graphically it's cut down a bit as petrichor said. I compared a ps3 and vita video of the same track and there were some scenery items cut out on the vita version, but not too much.

[shirubagan]

It looks pretty darn good from this shaky cam footage:

[utopastac]

I have it - I'm not as much of a fan of the game itself as lots of people, but it seems a fine conversion to me! I've not played the other versions so I suppose my opinion isn't really worth much, but it's fast and mostly silky smooth.

[MoFo2]

Hmm should I buy the white Vita and sell my black one? Or is this just capitalistic stupidity?

[LiMuBai]

Yes, it is. But do it anyway!

[Mitchell]

The mobile version is a separate thing, more of a companion app that contributes to your character. The game is the same on PC and Vita; you can swap between them and play with people on either.

Oh cool, I thought they were the same and people would just get in on their bloody phones. Maybe it will spike up Vita sales in Japan then (Feb 28th), I remember Phantasy Star Portable sales being very strong.

http://www.pso-world.com/news/0187-phantasy-star-portable-sweeps-over-japan-first-week

[ryodi]

Hmm should I buy the white Vita and sell my black one? Or is this just capitalistic stupidity?

As someone who's done just that (offloading my 3G Vita to Amazon for a hoped for £140 depending on if they accept my claim that it's in like new condition) I'd say yes. The White machine is gorgeous, doesn't show up fingerprints as much as the black model and it is also most definitely capitalist stupidity.

[MoFo2]