- Joined
- Jan 24, 2011
- Location
- Zebulon, North Carolina
First, let me start off by saying the screen on this thing is [Censored] amazing. It really is something you have to take home and actually sit down and watch Netflix or Hulu with to see just how clear it is, i'm so blown away by the amount of colors that screen can show and how vibrant and clear everything is, it can't be told, only experienced.
I purchased 2 PS Vita's yesterday, one for me and my wife and one game for her, there are no released games i want for the vita right now, i am looking forward to Gravity Rush, and *Drum Roll*
Phantasy Star Online 2: Yep, it's being made for the Vita, the graphics have been turned down slightly in comparison to the PC version but i believe this is more of a RAM limitation than the actual power of the GPU/CPU, that or they are still in a early testing phase, it is most likely due to the testing phase.
http://www.psxextreme.com/vita-news/129.html
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Next up, Final Fantasy XI Online, This one excites me, i don't and won't expect touch screen capability but my god would that make FFXI a whole new experience! Tap the screen and target the monster, double tap to target and engage, use your fingers to actually initiate your macro's.
ah well, it was designed for a PlayStation 2 in mind, and the PC port to the PC is a bit lacking without a Gamepad, but the Vita could bring new light to this game, let's forget graphics or how much easier it would be to use it on a hand held and instead think for a moment, you will be playing an MMO on a hand held with 3G/Wifi, anywhere you want too.
The typing communication can be easily fixed, tap your chat bar to open up the keyboard, while the physical buttons on the machine itself still controll battle you can type at the same time, essentially like a PC+Gamepad.
What about space?
It is true Final Fantasy XI with all of it's expansions and updates cuts it close to 30 GB's, but fear not, there are 5 classes of Vita Cards for developers, Class 1 is 1.8 GB's of space, Class 2 is 6GB (This is the most used at he moment), Class 3 is 18GBs, Class 4 is 32 GBs and lastly, class 5 is 50 GBs, just like a BluRay, there should be no need to install data to your memory chip except a 200 MB patch which exists on every machine as a standard executable for every machine it can currently be on, minus there actual install.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/07/1...n-vita-port-for-playstation-vita-but-not-ps3/
Final Fantasy XIV?
While rumors have spawned i will honestly put my doubts in that, the vita has the specs to run FFXIV no doubt about that, but the all fairness, it won't be anytime soon, or at all, FFXIV to SE is most like looking like an expensive project that needs to just work, 4 or 5 years it might make a Vita appearance but financially they can't and shouldn't make any more promises for system releases.
Though really, FFXIV was so centered around the ease of use with a gamepad, it makes it ideal.
I want to note, Battery life is a little lower than i would like, Netflix: ~2 hours, A Game: ~4 Hours. The wifi streaming a video is killer, and the battery is built-in, i sure hope it doesn't go bad...
Heat: Heat heat heat, with power you can assume their is some heat, even from a mobile unit, and it will get pretty warm, others i have spoken to say they don't really experience this, but play a game like uncharted for 3 or 4 hours and feel the middle of the back touch panel, it will be warm, setting it on my lap it seemed to have gotten hotter and hotter to the point that it was more like the side of a cup with coffee in it, not burning hot but you could tell it was dispensing some heat. This isn't a complaint, because to be honest, i like knowing i have this kind of mobile power in my hands.
In conclusion, i have had my Vita for all but 2 days and played some Demo's, did some hardware research and i expected a PSP II, instead i got a Ipad/PS3 on crack, this thing is making me go "wow" and that's coming from somebody who spent more money in just my GPU's than a lot of complete PC systems. This thing for $300 is pretty amazing, There are tech demo's showing it running the Unreal Engine 3 with 4x AA and somehow processing tessellation in real time, 3G, Wifi, and it will only get better from here, what an amazing launch.
My biggest complaint is no HTML5 or Flash support, though it appears sony and Adobe are working together on that, it might be a few months down the road, but once it's in there, imagine the possibilities, i can think of a lot of flash based browser games that i enjoy from time to time, having it in my pocket would be a dream.
I purchased 2 PS Vita's yesterday, one for me and my wife and one game for her, there are no released games i want for the vita right now, i am looking forward to Gravity Rush, and *Drum Roll*
Phantasy Star Online 2: Yep, it's being made for the Vita, the graphics have been turned down slightly in comparison to the PC version but i believe this is more of a RAM limitation than the actual power of the GPU/CPU, that or they are still in a early testing phase, it is most likely due to the testing phase.
http://www.psxextreme.com/vita-news/129.html
_______
Next up, Final Fantasy XI Online, This one excites me, i don't and won't expect touch screen capability but my god would that make FFXI a whole new experience! Tap the screen and target the monster, double tap to target and engage, use your fingers to actually initiate your macro's.
ah well, it was designed for a PlayStation 2 in mind, and the PC port to the PC is a bit lacking without a Gamepad, but the Vita could bring new light to this game, let's forget graphics or how much easier it would be to use it on a hand held and instead think for a moment, you will be playing an MMO on a hand held with 3G/Wifi, anywhere you want too.
The typing communication can be easily fixed, tap your chat bar to open up the keyboard, while the physical buttons on the machine itself still controll battle you can type at the same time, essentially like a PC+Gamepad.
What about space?
It is true Final Fantasy XI with all of it's expansions and updates cuts it close to 30 GB's, but fear not, there are 5 classes of Vita Cards for developers, Class 1 is 1.8 GB's of space, Class 2 is 6GB (This is the most used at he moment), Class 3 is 18GBs, Class 4 is 32 GBs and lastly, class 5 is 50 GBs, just like a BluRay, there should be no need to install data to your memory chip except a 200 MB patch which exists on every machine as a standard executable for every machine it can currently be on, minus there actual install.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/07/1...n-vita-port-for-playstation-vita-but-not-ps3/
Final Fantasy XIV?
While rumors have spawned i will honestly put my doubts in that, the vita has the specs to run FFXIV no doubt about that, but the all fairness, it won't be anytime soon, or at all, FFXIV to SE is most like looking like an expensive project that needs to just work, 4 or 5 years it might make a Vita appearance but financially they can't and shouldn't make any more promises for system releases.
Though really, FFXIV was so centered around the ease of use with a gamepad, it makes it ideal.
I want to note, Battery life is a little lower than i would like, Netflix: ~2 hours, A Game: ~4 Hours. The wifi streaming a video is killer, and the battery is built-in, i sure hope it doesn't go bad...
Heat: Heat heat heat, with power you can assume their is some heat, even from a mobile unit, and it will get pretty warm, others i have spoken to say they don't really experience this, but play a game like uncharted for 3 or 4 hours and feel the middle of the back touch panel, it will be warm, setting it on my lap it seemed to have gotten hotter and hotter to the point that it was more like the side of a cup with coffee in it, not burning hot but you could tell it was dispensing some heat. This isn't a complaint, because to be honest, i like knowing i have this kind of mobile power in my hands.
In conclusion, i have had my Vita for all but 2 days and played some Demo's, did some hardware research and i expected a PSP II, instead i got a Ipad/PS3 on crack, this thing is making me go "wow" and that's coming from somebody who spent more money in just my GPU's than a lot of complete PC systems. This thing for $300 is pretty amazing, There are tech demo's showing it running the Unreal Engine 3 with 4x AA and somehow processing tessellation in real time, 3G, Wifi, and it will only get better from here, what an amazing launch.
My biggest complaint is no HTML5 or Flash support, though it appears sony and Adobe are working together on that, it might be a few months down the road, but once it's in there, imagine the possibilities, i can think of a lot of flash based browser games that i enjoy from time to time, having it in my pocket would be a dream.
