PlayStation
Vita games are already on store shelves, the PlayStation Network already has
Vita games on it, and the First Edition PlayStation Vita bundle hits the street
this week, and IGN has been reviewing games all week. Sony did a good job at giving you a lot of
useful items in the 1st edition bundle. You get of course the Vita itself, a
very nice carrying case, power adapter, memory card and a pack in game. I was
slightly disappointed in the fact that Sony didn't include something a little
more beefy game wise like Wipeout or even swung for the fences with Uncharted
as the pack in. The PS Vita at first glance looks just like its predecessor and
it took me awhile to figure out that all of the buttons and switches have been
moved. The menu interface has been noticeably Apple'd and Wii'd, binning the
Sony PS3/PSP austere XMB chic for a far more approachable cutesie bubble world
of app icon, swipe-able windows and one-home-button-press-from-anywhere
familiarity. The classic Sixasis gyroscope/accelerometer double header of the
PS3's Dualshock controller is present for motion-sensing malarkey, as is a very
good attempt to recreate its dual analogue sticks, which though necessarily on
the small side reduce the PSP's thumb-hating waffled tormentor to a
misdemeanour.
The
action buttons are micro-switched rather than analogue, so control is not quite
as complete as its big brother, but we rarely had complaint (we reserve the
right to redress this once FIFA arrives).
Despite some negative reviews that claims that it took forever to get
setup, I only took 15 minutes to get up and running and although I got caught
in a snag trying to log in to my PSN account, I found that if you go thru the
trial period, the Vita will allow you to finish the set up and then you can go
back into the settings and put your PSN info in. I had no problems connecting
the Vita with my home network and since I have no plans on using AT&T, I
had no problems hooking the Vita up to my mifi device. The touchscreen is very
responsive and the screen itself is bright, thus far, I have had no problems at
all jumping right in. Near is setup and could prove useful as well as Google
maps although it won't replace your GPS. Netflix isn't available yet but from
what I hear, it will be out next week at launch. However Sony's video rental
service is already up and running should you want to get some movies on the go.
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