Apple iPhone 5 and Sony Playstation Vita comparison

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superchunk on 12 September 2012

oni-link said:
Hey Chunk, why not add the 3DS specs in there as well? I know that the 3DS may not have the latest and greatest CPUs and GPUs but looking at the games currently available out on all 3 platforms the 3DS is still competitive. Just look at RE:R, DOA:D, and KI:U, which shows that the system can visually (so far) compete with what's out there in the portable arena. If you don't have the info on it hope this helps :
http://3dbrew.org/wiki/Hardware

I touched on that on my original thread about Vita being a phone.... it has to do with 3DS's primary market and 1st party games.

Nintendo can and will be able to coextist with smartphones, Sony cannot.

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BasilZero said:

Dont they already have something like that? http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-p/

That was not a Vita.

That was a low-end phone at launch at best. It was craptastic as a phone and never really supported as a gaming console.

I said a Vita as a smartphone.. i.e. high-end smartphone with dedicated controls and real game support.

EDIT: should have cliked link.. I thought you linked to the Xperia Play. However, that device has no dedicated controls, its just a phone.

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Scoobes on 12 September 2012

superchunk said:

Scoobes said:
Thanks for the info SuperChunk. Very interesting that it uses a Cortex-A15. Off the top of my head I think it's the first consumer product that uses the A15 core. Wonder how long before we see next gen Tegra and Exynos based products coming out using the A15.

Is it just me or does Tegra3 already outshine Vita? I know it currently uses A9 but it's quad core, clocked at 1.2-1.6GHz, the GPU seems to be well supported by developers and has some incredible looking games. I was very impressed with some of the games on my Nexus 7 yet that's the weaker of the chips and with a higher res screen than Vita to boot.

It is and we'll see more before this year is out, probably from all Android OEMs.

That is actually why I stated Vita will be surpassed before year is out originally as I knew the A15s were to launch by then. :)

Tegra3 CPU is likely better than Vita's but the GPU is definitely not in most tests... or all tests I think. But it does get a decent game selection so far.

That's what benchmarks have shown, but in real-world/game performance I don't think there's much in it. If anything Nvidia's push for dev support has given them a decent selection of games to showcase a wide array of the GPUs features.

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BenVTrigger on 12 September 2012

Next Xbox has 8 cores

You are far underestimating how giant the leap to next gen is going to be

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oni-link on 12 September 2012

superchunk said:

oni-link said:
Hey Chunk, why not add the 3DS specs in there as well? I know that the 3DS may not have the latest and greatest CPUs and GPUs but looking at the games currently available out on all 3 platforms the 3DS is still competitive. Just look at RE:R, DOA:D, and KI:U, which shows that the system can visually (so far) compete with what's out there in the portable arena. If you don't have the info on it hope this helps :
http://3dbrew.org/wiki/Hardware

I touched on that on my original thread about Vita being a phone.... it has to do with 3DS's primary market and 1st party games.

Nintendo can and will be able to coextist with smartphones, Sony cannot.

(in Gru's voice and accent)...it would still be nice to include the 3DS there somewhere just as the comparison; seeing it dominates the dedicated handheld arena by more than 90%!!!

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Branko2166 on 12 September 2012

superchunk said:

Branko2166 said:
I really don't see the point of this thread other than you gloating about you being right about something which was going to be a given in that a future portable device would one day have superior hardware specs compared to the Vita.

As to your other point you are comparing apples and oranges. Dedicated gaming handhelds cater to a different market although I would agree that smartphones are taking a large chunk of casual gamers away.

The comments from Kowenicki and disolitude are hilarious as well. I wonder if you guys would be making such comments if this was an identical thread about a Microsoft device.

My point in these comparisons has always been the same, to support my idea that Vita should have been a gaming centric smartphone. I think it would have fared far better, been more profitable (not stuck to a lower price, contracts FTW!), and could be replaced/upgraded every couple years to maximise savings and broaden Playstation's mobile brand. The fact that it took less than a year for phone to surpass it in raw power (and only opening day to surpass it in sales) shows that a dedicated handheld focused on the core gamer/high end tech is just a bad business decision. They need a more flexible design that can move with technology while providing superior gaming experience as well as the features a core-gamer aged 18+ is likely going to demand... i.e. a smartphone.

I get what you are trying to say but the fact is that Sony already has smartphones they release regularly.

Furthermore how would you address the limitations of touch only controls. Certain gaming experiences are simply out of reach with a touch only interface.

edit- Thanks for the link BasilZero

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superchunk on 12 September 2012

BenVTrigger said:
Next Xbox has 8 cores

You are far underestimating how giant the leap to next gen is going to be

Source... maybe toss that in my comparison thread (see sig). I've never seen that and no one has stated it either.

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oni-link on 12 September 2012

BenVTrigger said:
Next Xbox has 8 cores

You are far underestimating how giant the leap to next gen is going to be

I love my x360(as I always debate that it's more capable than the PS3) as much as the next guy, but we have no idea how powerful or what specs the X360 has at the moment!!! Jeeez 8 cores...sounds a little TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!!