Thursday, February 23, 2012

     So having had some time in now with my vita I figured I'd give my pro's and cons of Sony's new handheld. I'd like to state in opening here that I'm in love with my vita it's a rather beautiful device and have only a few quips with the system that are somewhat explainable so I'll start with the system faults first.

Vita Faults -
  • Not full PSN access - This isn't as bad as it sounds, but I was looking to do a little personalization to my vita and found that you can't really get much beyond the vita programs and currently accepted psp games from the store. This will most likely change with time. As well on the PS3 you can download avatars and such for the vita, but you can't download them to the vita from what I've found so far, if anyone has a fix for this or if I'm missing something please let me know.
  • The multiple apps that the playstation 3 has simplified and much easier access.- You have a freinds ap, a trophy ap and such that could all be tied together instead of opening another window to do something as simply message a freind on your friends list. Again this may change in time.
  • No UMD Support - not a major flaw, but I was smart and traded all my psp stuff in to get my vita, but for those of you whom wish to play certain games on psp on your vita until they're supported by the psn you may just want to hold on to your psp.
  • Bluetooth connection to PS3 - This works great for remote play, but honestly the biggest question most of my household wanted to know is if you could almost do a reverse version. Meaning player is on vita images are displayed on PS3 I don't know if Sony will put this in the works, but since I'm the central gamer in the house and we only have 1 vita it would be a nice option.
  • Certain games don't respond well to the touch. - Mod Nation Racers Road Trip is where I've had a few issues. It could be the size of my fingers, but there are some lag/no response moments on the main menu, again this could be me, but I've had a few other people try and they get a similar result.
Vita's Pro's -
  • downloading and network set up a cinch - Granted I have a technical background, but my grandmother could figure this out it's really easy set up.
  • Customization and app organization is easy - if you have a tablet or ipad or iphone it works basically the same way.
  • Just about anything you've heard good - I'm trying to build this list on what I've experienced and to be honest Sony bragged alot and from just about everything I've tried it hold really true. This system runs like a dream and plays just as easy. I would complain about battery life, but nowadays everyone has a ps3 or a computer and as long as you have your power cord it can charge from any usb port.
     Now the only other complaint I may have Sony is the vendor preparations, most gamestops yesterday advised that they ran short on Vita games meaning they sold out faster than anything. I was advised from gamestop that they had an abundace of memory sticks and systems, but they got very short shipments in of the games themselves. Now I'm aware that just about any of the games are available on the Playstation Network. I'm cool with that, but some people like to use their memory space for the game files and personal data, not to store a game that they want to play. Granted I personally downloaded a game just because all stores were out of stock, but I would almost rather have the gamecard for some of the prices I'm paying on the network.

     Overall this is a major upgrade from my experience with the psp. I would love to have some of the support that the psp had like comic books and themes, but I rather enjoy the ap set up and the really nice layout and workings of this handheld. Sony Great Job on a product I will have to fight with my time over as I don't have many of the cross platform games yet. So between my vita and Twisted Metal you've occupied a great majority of my time. Thank you
- Jebus

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