wraggster
December 7th, 2011, 02:21
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Have a tendency to get stuck in games? Keep your laptop handy, the PlayStation Vita (http://www.engadget.com/tag/PlayStationVita/) isn't going to make getting tips any easier -- an interview from AV Watch has revealed that Sony's next generation handheld is a little stingy when multitasking. The console's friends list, music and Twitter (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/playstation-vita-getting-social-networking-apps-winning-hasht/) clients are in, but web browsing is out, blocked to ensure the Vita has more resources available for running games. This limitation could be off-putting to gamers who are used to mid-game internet FAQ checks to guide them through difficult bits of gameplay, a trick Nintendo's 3DS (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Nintendo3ds/) handles smoothly. Family members hoping to share a console might run into a roadblock as well, as the Vita appears to be fairly conservative about its relationships -- allowing only one PSN account per console. Sony's Brad Douglas recently mentioned on Twitter that swapping accounts was possible, but that switching required a factory reset. Potential deal breaker? For some, maybe. For others? Just another item to the growing (http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/29/playstation-vita-wont-play-grandpas-games-for-now/) list of things we hope to see in a future update.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/06/ps-vita-shuns-multiple-accounts-and-in-game-web-browsing-disapp/
Have a tendency to get stuck in games? Keep your laptop handy, the PlayStation Vita (http://www.engadget.com/tag/PlayStationVita/) isn't going to make getting tips any easier -- an interview from AV Watch has revealed that Sony's next generation handheld is a little stingy when multitasking. The console's friends list, music and Twitter (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/playstation-vita-getting-social-networking-apps-winning-hasht/) clients are in, but web browsing is out, blocked to ensure the Vita has more resources available for running games. This limitation could be off-putting to gamers who are used to mid-game internet FAQ checks to guide them through difficult bits of gameplay, a trick Nintendo's 3DS (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Nintendo3ds/) handles smoothly. Family members hoping to share a console might run into a roadblock as well, as the Vita appears to be fairly conservative about its relationships -- allowing only one PSN account per console. Sony's Brad Douglas recently mentioned on Twitter that swapping accounts was possible, but that switching required a factory reset. Potential deal breaker? For some, maybe. For others? Just another item to the growing (http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/29/playstation-vita-wont-play-grandpas-games-for-now/) list of things we hope to see in a future update.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/06/ps-vita-shuns-multiple-accounts-and-in-game-web-browsing-disapp/