Japanese sales tracker, Media Create has revealed that Sony sold 325,000 PlayStation Vita units, slightly under the Nintendo 3DS launch day sales of 371,000.
While the sales are lower than 3DS opening sales, I still feel like it’s a great performance.
[Source: CVG]
Sega has announced the development of Samurai and Dragons, a dungeon crawler which combines action and strategy. The action segment will allow up to four players to fight their way through a dungeon, defeating dragons, mummies, and ogres, as well as getting loot. The strategy part of the game will involve players taking their spoils of war to build up a customizable city and train a monster army. During this part, gamers will also need to form alliances with other players or proceed to conquer their cities with their own army. Hit the break to watch the trailer! Continue reading
Capcom have revealed a new trailer of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The trailer is pretty awesome, you can check it out after the break! Continue reading
Lucky Japanese gamers getting their hands on a PlayStation Vita
Sony has released the PlayStation Vita in Japan today! After the break you can find photographs of the Vita. Continue reading
BBC Wordwide has announced that Doctor Who The Eternity Clock is being developed for the PlayStation Vita by Super Massive Games. The Eternity Clock will also be released on the PlayStation 3 and a version is also in the works for PC. Continue reading
Deadmau5, one of the best-selling electronic producers has revealed that he has lost a pre-release SKU of the PlayStation Vita, which was entrusted to him by Sony.
Deadmau5 stated that he was in a taxi and his Vita was right next to him, but he merely forgot to pick it up. Hopefully someone finds it and returns to Sony, or even better, records some footage of it.
[Source: Flesh Eating Zipper]
The pricing structure of the PlayStation Vita memory cards has caused an uproar among fans. Fans argue that the PlayStation Vita memory cards are far too expensive, rumoured to cost $30 for 4GB, $45 for 8GB, $70 for 16GB and $120 for 32GB.
Sony’s Sony Division Two Software Development’s Head, Muneki Shima has replied to the uproar, defending the prices. He states that Sony can ensure that all gamers are guaranteed the same performance since they can set the read/write speeds of the cards as opposed to letting users get their own microSD cards and ruining their gaming experience when they unknowingly pick up a lower speed card just because it was cheaper. Continue reading
Sony’s Division two software development head, Muneki Shimad told Japanese publication Impress Watch that negotiations are taking place with Adobe on whether the PlayStation Vita will utilise the now, slowly dying web-standard.
No concrete decision has been made, in fact, I feel that if negotiations are still taking place, then it’s highly unlikely that Flash support will make it in time for the PlayStation Vita’s February 22nd launch. In the same interview, Muneki Shimad told the publication that 1080p playback will not be a feature of the Vita at launch, however, he doesn’t rule out a possible update to allow 1080p playback.
[Source: Digital Spy]
Konami has announced that a sequel to cult hit, Little King’s Story will be released sometime in 2012 for the PlayStation Vita.
“New Little King’s Story takes the form of a roaming role-playing title, with the player recruiting the isolated pockets of subjects into a unified army. The game allows the user to move freely around the scrolling player in the search for recruits and for items that will aid the quest.
The touch-screen of the PlayStationVita handheld entertainment system allows the player to control and arrange recruits and send them into battle or to search areas with simple finger movements, with groups of subjects easily marshaled and moved.”
[Source: CVG]
The PlayStation Vita (3G) will be coming to Vodafone UK, once the Vita is released next year on February 22nd. Apart from that, Vita users of Vodafone will also receive Wipeout 2048 for free via the PlayStation Store.
No pricing details have been announced, but seeing as the 3G PlayStation Vita SKU is going for £279.99, I expect a similar price for the Vodafone version.
[Source: CNET]