wraggster
December 21st, 2011, 23:07
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/12/vitashotsfrontvitamat600.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/21/playstation-vita-review-japanese-edition/)It's hard to believe that Sony's venerable first portable has just reached its seventh birthday. The PSP (http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/20/sony-playstation-portable-psp-hands-on-review/)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 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/ds/) has undergone several substantial transformations, but the PSP has remained largely untouched, aside from getting a little slimmer (http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/psp-3000-unboxing-and-hands-on/). 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 (http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/10/app-review-infinity-blade-2-ios/) the scale and polish on smartphone offerings. Even Sony has been attempting to get in on the mobile action, with underwhelming (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/28/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-review/) results so far.
So here's the PlayStation Vita (http://www.engadget.com/tag/PlaystationVita/), attempting to breath new life into the portable gaming market. There's no 3D screen, it doesn't do phone calls (although our test model is the 3G-connected variant) but there is, however, a load of power underneath that 5-inch OLED hood. It looks to be the answer to more "traditional" gamers' prayers, but there are plenty of questions we've been itching to answer. Is a portable gaming console still a valid gaming option (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/15/console-vs-pc-redux-how-mobile-gaming-will-reshape-the-industr/)? How long will the battery last? What's that rear touchscreen all about? Read on and see how Sony's next-generation portable (http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/the-sony-psp2/) stacks up.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/21/playstation-vita-review-japanese-edition/
So here's the PlayStation Vita (http://www.engadget.com/tag/PlaystationVita/), attempting to breath new life into the portable gaming market. There's no 3D screen, it doesn't do phone calls (although our test model is the 3G-connected variant) but there is, however, a load of power underneath that 5-inch OLED hood. It looks to be the answer to more "traditional" gamers' prayers, but there are plenty of questions we've been itching to answer. Is a portable gaming console still a valid gaming option (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/15/console-vs-pc-redux-how-mobile-gaming-will-reshape-the-industr/)? How long will the battery last? What's that rear touchscreen all about? Read on and see how Sony's next-generation portable (http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/the-sony-psp2/) stacks up.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/21/playstation-vita-review-japanese-edition/