Vita: Sony won't repeat PSP mistakes

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Sony has pledged to right the wrongs of the PlayStation Portable with its successor, the PlayStation Vita.

One of the first questions Sony asked itself when creating Vita was how to improve on the PSP's controls.

"What we didn't do right with the PSP was where we started when we began the development of PlayStation Vita," president of Sony's Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida told Eurogamer sister site Gamesindustry.biz.

"We were very happy with having something very close to the PS2 experience in a portable format with the PSP, but we didn't do a good enough job creating the proper interface to really play games with graphics in 3D.

"The lack of a right analog stick, for example. That's something we wanted to attack with the PS Vita because we wanted to enhance the portable core gaming experience and we have to do it right."

Another problem faced by the PSP, Yoshida said, was that its visuals were rendered outdated by high-definition home consoles soon after release.

This is why Vita features touch-screen controls, a rear touch pad and motion sensors as well as enhanced graphics and dual analog nubs.

"The other thing was that after a couple of years with the PSP people get used to looking at pretty pictures and especially after the launch of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 the expectations for graphics moves on," Yoshida said.

"Just having great graphics on a pretty screen wouldn't have been enough. That's why we spent so much time innovating with user interface devices like the touch pad or camera and motion sensors."

Vita is without a release date or UK pricing. Announcements are expected at German show Gamescom next month.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...t-psp-mistakes

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Too bad they are already making the same mistakes as the PSP by leaving out the TV output on the vita,a mistake they made and rectified on the original PSP,and apparently are going to make again.Idiots.I would prefer an HDMI output over a camera,touchpad,and motion sensors.Well,at least they are going to rectify one of their PSP mistakes by including dual analog controls.Oh well.I guess I will have to wait another 10 years for another portable to see if they get the next one right.Or maybe they will eventually fix the no TV out problem like they did with the original.All questions will be answered in time.

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I'm betting Sony only left out the Tv out cos it'll take sales away from the Ps3, i mean if it did you just plug it into Tv, connect a wireless controller and you got yourself a pocketable console with slightly jaggedy Ps3 game ports.