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GribbleGrunger on 22 September 2014

It's a cheap alternative for poorer markets and the lowest possible price for entry level PSNow. For $99, it turns your TV into a PS3/PS2/PS1/Vita/PSP. Pretty smart if you ask me. China will lap it up.



 

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Scisca on 22 September 2014

It's a Vita without a screen and buttons for $99.


You get to play the PSX/PSVita/PSP games you own, can stream PS4 games from your PS4, it will be PSNow compatible thus giving you PS2 and PS3 games. All in a tiny box for a tiny price. The cons - you need a Vita memory card, a DualShock and a TV

I will be getting one for sure



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

BeElite on 22 September 2014
Soundwave said:
It's a Vita chipset thrown into a box for $100 or so. It plays Vita games + streamed PSNow stuff + PSOne/PSP classics.

To be honest if Nintendo had something similar I think it would perform a lot better (3DS/DS/GBA/SNES/NES games + streamed Wii U titles for a $100 box?). Sony just doesn't have the "horses" to push this concept as their handheld division is much weaker.


They do have the PS Psp PS2 and PS3 game sto push this concept, its clear its a cheepo anwser to PS gaming from them.  Could be a sub PS5 like product in the future.  The hardcore actually buy a console hdd disk drive what not while a much cheaper digital only PS tv box for the masses that will play/stream PS5 games.  



oldschoolfool on 22 September 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
oldschoolfool said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Its a console that u plug into ur TV and it lets you play most of the games that are available on the Vita including the psp/ps1 games

Its basically the samething as the Vita TV, just renamed to Playstation TV for whatever reason. Most likely in order to stay away from the vita brand lolll


So,the games are already pre-loaded are do you have to get the games seperate? If it plugs into your T.V,I assume you need a router are it just plugs into the hdmi thing. I'm not really that tech savy. 

You have to buy the games from psn. Just think of it as a vita that plugs into ur TV and comes with a controller

And you do need a HDMI cable which I believe it comes with

so it's kind of like a plug in psp go in a way. Thanks for your help. I'm not sure yet,but I'm real tempted to get one. 



deskpro2k3 on 22 September 2014

Other have said it. If you have a PS4 it can also remote play your PS4 games on a second TV.



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vkaraujo on 22 September 2014
DaltonAbbey said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Doesn't the Vita TV do that too? Or is that exclusive to Playstation TV?


Vita does remote play..but not on TVs. And doesn't do PS Now yet, though it should at some point.

In fact he is right PS TV = Vita TV. They just renamed for the west.

The Vita TV (from japan) does all that.



DaltonAbbey on 22 September 2014
Vena said:
Do you still have to buy proprietary memory cards? Those will cost more than the console in short order.


Not if you're not an hoarder. I've used a 8GB card since launch and will probably never get another one.

edit: I know the PS TV is a Vita TV. But PS Now didn't exist when it was launched in Japan and remote play for ps4 was also secondary. They are marketing differently in the west, with all 3 functions equally important. Makes sense cause right now PS Now will likely give them better profits than Vita software



oldschoolfool on 22 September 2014
Scisca said:
It's a Vita without a screen and buttons for $99.


You get to play the PSX/PSVita/PSP games you own, can stream PS4 games from your PS4, it will be PSNow compatible thus giving you PS2 and PS3 games. All in a tiny box for a tiny price. The cons - you need a Vita memory card, a DualShock and a TV

I will be getting one for sure


So,the console will have it's own menu screen,seperate from the ps4. 



Vena on 22 September 2014
DaltonAbbey said:

Not if you're not an hoarder. I've used a 8GB card since launch and will probably never get another one.

Those things, no matter how you look at them in terms of efficiency from the user, were a deal breaker for a lot of people.



the_dengle on 22 September 2014
Soundwave said:
It's a Vita chipset thrown into a box for $100 or so. It plays Vita games + streamed PSNow stuff + PSOne/PSP classics.

To be honest if Nintendo had something similar I think it would perform a lot better (3DS/DS/GBA/SNES/NES games + streamed Wii U titles for a $100 box?). Sony just doesn't have the "horses" to push this concept as their handheld division is much weaker.

The idea of playing Xenoblade 3D in 2D and blown up on a big screen while my Wii copy cries in the corner makes me feel a lot giddier than it has any right to.