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/

Guess what? In the western world, circle means yes and X means no as well!

What was Sony smoking when they made that controller layout?

/ rant

My PSP is a Japanese one that I bought when I was over there. Nothing too major except the x and circle button switch.

He just wants enough for the Japanese launch.

The real question is, what about the 3G?

In Japan, press O to win :)

interesting. so we should all import our girl friend's one so they can say yes more often lol.