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okr on 09 September 2013
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JoeTheBro said:
okr said:
JoeTheBro said:
okr said:
It's not a handheld, it's a streaming device (if I understood the concept correctly).

No. Take a vita. Now remove the buttons, battery, and the screen. Add HDMI out. Tada, you just built your own PSVITA.TV.

i.e. it's not a handheld but a streaming device which can also play a pretty huge library of handheld and older console games (biggest flaw as an Apple TV competitor imo is the missing 1080P output for movies, but anyway).

In the same way that the PS4 is a streaming device, then sure.

...and the PS3, X360, X1, Wii U (and Wii in certain countries), yes. PSVita.TV can stream movies and has access to the same good movie/TV show library as PS3 and PS4 which imo is the biggest selling point to people without (primary interest in) a gaming console. It's not only a handheld turned into a handheld/console hybrid (which is interesting enough for people who want this feature) but - more importantly imo - a competitor to Apple TV, and in that regard I'm surprised that they didn't include 1080P output for movies which I see as the device's only design flaw at the moment (one could argue that a missing simple remote for non-gamers is a flaw as well, but this "issue" can easily be solved with a remote app for Android and iOS devices).