President of Sony Worldwide Studio has posted on Twitter that he doesn’t recommend to import PS Vita from Japan because of some “minor nuisances”.
Citing Yoshida’s tweet:
There are people who are interested in importing the Japanese version of PS Vita from outside Japan, but I personally do not recommend that.
Then he not-well explains why:
Sorry I’m not explaining well, but from my experience owning both US and J game consoles of everything, there tend to be minor nuisances.
One of those “minor nuisances” that Yoshida mentioned:
Like inconsistency between the use of x and o buttons between system software and games.
Also, if you ever wondered why X and 0 is swapped in Japan, here’s the answer from Yoshida:
It’s a legacy, but in Japan circle means “yes”, cross means “no”.
He also promised to inform about launch dated outside Japan “soon” (yeah!):
Sorry to make you wait a bit longer. We will update the launch dates outside Japan soon.
http://iamportable.com/shuhei-yoshida-doesnt-recommend-to-import-psv-from-japan/
