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turtuls on 09 September 2013

Who is this for? The Sony fan that cant afford a PS4 (or PS3 for that matter?) The non-gamer that doesn't already have a netflix device? Sony fans that don't leave the house so they wouldn't need a portable device? Who?



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ishiki on 09 September 2013

This is sort of cool. But, sort of weird.

But couldn't this cannabalize PS3 or PS4 sales, or divide the userbase a bit.? They're now going to have essentially 3 home consoles, the vita, PS3 and PS4.

It's a cheap device that lets you use streaming services. I wonder if remote play will let you do 1080p through the PS4 to a tv screen. At 100 bucks its useful for that feature alone. The vita isn't a 1080p screen.



JoeTheBro on 09 September 2013
ishiki said:
This is sort of cool.

But couldn't this cannabalize PS3 or PS4 sales... (Wii-U or Xbox360/one for that matter)? They're now going to have essentially 3 home consoles, the vita, PS3 and PS4.

It's a cheap device that lets you use streaming services. It sounds pretty cool. I wonder if remote play will let you do 1080p through the PS4 to a tv screen. The vita isn't a 1080p screen.

Press release says 1080i...



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theshonen8899 on 09 September 2013

There is a market of people who play games casually and don't want to spend $300+ on a new console. These are the people who buy PS2 slims, Wii's, or 4gb Xbox 360's. By introducing a console at $100 to go along with the $250 PS3 and $400 PS4, Sony is covering all their bases.



ishiki on 09 September 2013
JoeTheBro said:
ishiki said:
This is sort of cool.

But couldn't this cannabalize PS3 or PS4 sales... (Wii-U or Xbox360/one for that matter)? They're now going to have essentially 3 home consoles, the vita, PS3 and PS4.

It's a cheap device that lets you use streaming services. It sounds pretty cool. I wonder if remote play will let you do 1080p through the PS4 to a tv screen. The vita isn't a 1080p screen.

Press release says 1080i...

which is comparable than 720p, so it doesn't provide full HD.



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daredevil.shark on 09 September 2013
riderz13371 said:

Won't this hurt the Vita? If I can buy it for 100$ and it can play Vita games, why would I buy a 200$ Vita? I mean I know Vita is a portable handheld and with this TV thing you can't leave your house with it...but stil, I feel like it will somewhat hurt the hardware but it will help the software sales.


Most of the console hardwares are sold at a loss. They make money from softwares and subscriptions. If people gets ps vita.tv then it will increase vita software sale and people might get ps+ (if it works in ps vita.tv) and gaikai. Its a smart decision.



The Fury on 09 September 2013

Hold on, this is PS Vita for your TV? How would games that require touch screen functions work?

Oh an that dad and daughter pair playing Devil Dice, you only need the D-pad for that game, what are they doing?



Hmm, pie.

the_dengle on 09 September 2013

......Vita killer?



TheKoreanGuy on 09 September 2013
The Fury said:
Hold on, this is PS Vita for your TV? How would games that require touch screen functions work?

Oh an that dad and daughter pair playing Devil Dice, you only need the D-pad for that game, what are they doing?

Not all Vita games will be supported because of that.



Subie_Greg on 09 September 2013
TheKoreanGuy said:
The Fury said:
Hold on, this is PS Vita for your TV? How would games that require touch screen functions work?

Oh an that dad and daughter pair playing Devil Dice, you only need the D-pad for that game, what are they doing?

Not all Vita games will be supported because of that.


With the PS4 and DS4 my guess is it will