I'm a huge fan of portable gaming, some of my fondest gaming memories are on Pokemon, and Super Mario Land 2 for the Game Boy. So, when I heard last year that Sony was coming out with a new portable, I knew I was going to buy it. I've had 5 PSP's, each one either stolen/taken/lost. One was very convincingly taken by a stripper in Charlotte, but that is a story for another time.
Being that I pre-ordered the system on Amazon in January, I've been keeping up to date on what's going on with the system itself. The system itself seems pretty solid, from the many comments and opinions I've read. But, there are a lot of things about the system I don't like.
The rumor about the content manager is true, your computer HAS to be connected to the internet for you to be able to transfer files from your PC/MAC to your Vita. There IS information sent back to Sony about what the file are that you send to your Vita. If they're is an update to your Vita, you HAVE to update it immediately, you will not be able to transfer files to your Vita unless you do.
This in itself pissed me off, if I want to put some music on my Vita, or swap games (you can back up games to your computer with the Vita) while I'm out here, I have to find an internet hotspot. That in itself is a major pain in the ass. Say I loose internet out here, like we have a black out, I'm fucked? My Vita has now become an expensive paperweight.
Since those two paragraphs are cons, I'll write something about the Vita I do like. I love the fact that I'm now able to swap games off of my Memory Card on my PSV to my Computer to save space, and just so I don't have to carry a bunch of cartridges around. I think this is a step forward on making portable gaming more portable.
I hate that Sony has once again released a GREAT system, but restricted so much. I wish I didn't have to hack my system to be able to use emulators, and play homebrews. Wagic is a great homebrew btw... I wish Sony would allow a system where they could review a game, or an app, and put on there network. Kind of the way Apple does with Apps. Sony has a very narrow vision when it comes to there systems, and it does not include the US in it at all. Were just dollar signs to them, and they ignore us.
The games are, for the most part, very well priced. I have purchased five launch games for the Vita, F1 (Probably a mistake), Dungeon Hunter Alliance (Definately a mistake, didn't know it was a 99 cent port off of the iphone with barely a new feature), BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND (I have high hopes for this), Army Corps of Hell (Looks very promising), and Little Deviants (which I read makes great use of the Vita features in a fun, but childish, way).
I hope to hear WG's opinion about this system, I will keep tabs on this article and post on it if anything interesting for the PSV comes up...
Btw, they already have HBL working for the PSV.. SCORE!!
Being that I pre-ordered the system on Amazon in January, I've been keeping up to date on what's going on with the system itself. The system itself seems pretty solid, from the many comments and opinions I've read. But, there are a lot of things about the system I don't like.
The rumor about the content manager is true, your computer HAS to be connected to the internet for you to be able to transfer files from your PC/MAC to your Vita. There IS information sent back to Sony about what the file are that you send to your Vita. If they're is an update to your Vita, you HAVE to update it immediately, you will not be able to transfer files to your Vita unless you do.
This in itself pissed me off, if I want to put some music on my Vita, or swap games (you can back up games to your computer with the Vita) while I'm out here, I have to find an internet hotspot. That in itself is a major pain in the ass. Say I loose internet out here, like we have a black out, I'm fucked? My Vita has now become an expensive paperweight.
Since those two paragraphs are cons, I'll write something about the Vita I do like. I love the fact that I'm now able to swap games off of my Memory Card on my PSV to my Computer to save space, and just so I don't have to carry a bunch of cartridges around. I think this is a step forward on making portable gaming more portable.
I hate that Sony has once again released a GREAT system, but restricted so much. I wish I didn't have to hack my system to be able to use emulators, and play homebrews. Wagic is a great homebrew btw... I wish Sony would allow a system where they could review a game, or an app, and put on there network. Kind of the way Apple does with Apps. Sony has a very narrow vision when it comes to there systems, and it does not include the US in it at all. Were just dollar signs to them, and they ignore us.
The games are, for the most part, very well priced. I have purchased five launch games for the Vita, F1 (Probably a mistake), Dungeon Hunter Alliance (Definately a mistake, didn't know it was a 99 cent port off of the iphone with barely a new feature), BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND (I have high hopes for this), Army Corps of Hell (Looks very promising), and Little Deviants (which I read makes great use of the Vita features in a fun, but childish, way).
I hope to hear WG's opinion about this system, I will keep tabs on this article and post on it if anything interesting for the PSV comes up...
Btw, they already have HBL working for the PSV.. SCORE!!
