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Sony's NGP has a name.

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai took the stage at Sony's E3 2011 press conference today to announce PlayStation Vita, the official name of the handheld.

Vita means "Life" in Latin.

There will be two models of Vita:

Wi-Fi Model: 24,980 Yen (including tax), $249 and euro 249

3G/Wi-Fi Model: 29,980 Yen (including tax), $299 and euro 299

Sony said the Vita will launch "in global market starting the end of 2011."

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Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. (SCEA) today announced at its annual press conference at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles, Calif., a stunning line-up of PlayStation products, services and exclusive content that will change the way consumers experience their favorite games and entertainment at home and on-the-go.

"We are dedicated to providing our consumers with the types of entertainment offerings that have made PlayStation a definitive leader in the gaming and portable entertainment industries for more than 15 years," said Jack Tretton, CEO and President of SCEA. "With the official North American unveiling of PlayStation Vita as well as the introduction of an extensive line-up of software, hardware and services, the PlayStation platform has never been stronger or more exciting for our customers. We believe that 2011 will be a defining year as we usher in a new era of portable gaming and drive widespread adoption of 3D through our content and hardware offerings."

Introducing PlayStation Vita
In March 2005, the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system defined new standards in portable entertainment and provided game enthusiasts worldwide with a new way to experience games outside of their living room. The PSP system broke through traditional boundaries then and has gone on to sell more than 70 million units since its launch. In January, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) announced a new portable device for a new generation of gamers --- the next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP).

Today, SCE announced PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) as the official platform name for NGP. A Wi-Fi model will be available for 24,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $249 MSRP in US and euro 249 in Europe, while a 3G/Wi-Fi model will be available for 29,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $299 MSRP in US and euro 299 in Europe. PS Vita will launch in the global market starting at the end of 2011.

Derived from the Latin word "Vita," which means "Life," this next generation portable entertainment system enables a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context.

The PS Vita system incorporates a beautiful 5-inch multi-touch organic light emitting diode (OLED) as the front display and a unique multi-touch pad on the rear. Together with the front touch screen and the rear touch pad, the PS Vita system offers new game play allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like motion, through "touch, grab, trace, push and pull" finger motions. Also the PS Vita system features two analog sticks which enable a wider range of game genres to be brought into the portable experience.

In addition to the PS Vita system pricing, SCEA also revealed today that AT&T, which powers the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, will be the exclusive service provider in the United States for the PS Vita system. The speed and coverage of AT&T's mobile broadband network will ensure that PS Vita system users will remain connected to content and each other on the go.

On the content front, SCEA showcased a robust collection of software titles developed exclusively for the PS Vita system. Featured titles including UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss, LittleBigPlanet and Ruin (working title) utilize the platform's groundbreaking technology to make unprecedented immersive, interactive and social game play available on-the-go. UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss takes full advantage of PS Vita's stunning OLED screen to deliver vibrant cinematic visuals and combines input from the front-touch screen and dual-analog sticks to create the most intuitive 3rd person shooter experience available on a portable system. Also making use of PS Vita's unique feature set, LittleBigPlanet allows users to Play, Create and Share like never before with the system's front touch screen and rear touch pad as well as its front and rear cameras. Finally, Ruin brings the ultimate social action RPG experience and also delivers interoperable compatibility for players to save their game on the PS Vita system and continue on at home using the PlayStation 3 (PS3) system. Adding to this selection of innovative games, SCEA unveiled a collection of PS Vita titles that will be available including wipEout, ModNation Racers, Reality Fighter (working title), Super Stardust Delta, Sound Shapes, Hot Shots Golf, Hustle Kings and more.

Additionally, conference attendees received a look at Capcom's STREET FIGHTER x TEKKEN for the PS Vita system which will feature Cole MacGrath as a playable character from the popular PS3 franchise, inFAMOUS.

PlayStation 3 system
Currently in its fifth year, the PlayStation 3 (PS3) system continues to experience tremendous momentum, recently surpassing 50 million units sold worldwide. To-date, more than 2,300 games have been made available for PS3 including 108 stereoscopic 3D titles and 184 PlayStation Move titles, and that momentum continues into 2012. Expanding PS3 system's industry-leading catalog of stereoscopic 3D games, SCEA presented a selection of new entries from fan-favorite series featuring full stereoscopic 3D support including UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception, Resistance 3 and God of War: Origins Collection. SCEA also announced the return of one of PlayStation's most beloved franchises, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, which will treat players to an all-new adventure in stereoscopic 3D featuring classic characters, Sly, Murray and Bentley. In addition, SCEA introduced new titles utilizing the innovative PlayStation Move controller to deliver unique motion gaming experiences such as Everybody Dance, Carnival Island (working title), and Medievil Moves: Deadmund's Quest.

In addition to an unprecedented line-up of first-party titles, third-party support for the PS3 system has never been stronger. Content shown at the conference includes the highly-anticipated first-person shooter BioShock Infinite from 2K and Irrational Games which will support the PlayStation Move motion controller, and will also include the original BioShock on the PS3 Blu-ray disc.

Additional exclusive content that will only be found on the PS3 system was announced for titles including Saint's Row: The Third from THQ, Electronic Arts' SSX, Need for Speed The Run, and Battlefield 3. For Battlefield 3, the PS3 version promises to be bigger than any other as Electronic Arts will be using the extra storage capacity of the Blu-ray to add a second game to the disc, Battlefield 1943, one of the most popular games available on PlayStation Network.

Innovations in stereoscopic 3D
As a leader in 3D entertainment and gaming, SCEA kicked off the 2011 press conference at E3 on the world's largest 3D screen – showcasing a breadth of first- and third-party titles coming this year in 3D that is unmatched.

SCE today also announced the upcoming availability of the new PlayStation branded 3D Display. The 24-inch full HD LCD display will give PS3 users easy, affordable access to stereoscopic 3D entertainment. Available this fall, the 3D Display comes bundled with 3D Glasses, an HDMI cable and the highly anticipated Resistance 3 title from Insomniac Games for PlayStation 3 (PS3) at an attractive recommended retail price (MSRP) of US$499.99. The 3D Glasses will also be sold separately, concurrently with the 3D Display launch for MSRP of US$69.99.

Designed to deliver the ultimate gaming experience, the 3D Display comes equipped with a special two-player feature, which allows two players playing a multi-player game to see individual, unique, full-screen images of gameplay using the bundled 3D Glasses and supported software title.

PlayStation Network
With more than 77 million accounts worldwide, PlayStation Network continues to be one of the largest networked entertainment platforms in the world and is the premier destination for games, TV and movies, sports and music entertainment. Today, SCEA announced that coming this fall , BestBuy's CinemaNow video service will be accessible to PS3 owners, providing consumers with access to more than 12,000 of their favorite TV episodes and movies for rental or purchase.

Publisher support for PlayStation Network continues to remain strong as CCP introduced a new PlayStation Network exclusive title, Dust 514, which will feature PlayStation Move support and also be made available for the PS Vita system. Another exciting game coming exclusively to the PS3 system and PlayStation Network in 2012 is Star Trek from Paramount Digital Entertainment. The game, which continues the adventure that director and producer J.J. Abrams envisioned with Star Trek (2009), boasts a story filled with action- packed combat and will be fully PlayStation Move enabled. Paramount Digital Entertainment will also offer an exclusive prequel to the game only on PlayStation Network.

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Down from early price range but at what price. With the talk at the start of it being almost able to play PS3 games looks like it got cut back some in the hardware department, not that I really care unless they pull off slamming in some classic SRPGs(Give me Tear Ring Saga!).
 
I lol'd I wonder how much the term "Get a Life" will be applied here. :lol:

Oh dang it! I want a Life so bad! :lol:
 
I hope it'll be affordable where I live since it's not listed on the article. When PSP came out it was close to $500 where I lived and that was extremely expensive for me back then.
If it were to be released for about $350 or so, I may have a chance at buying it. I'm not optimistic however. I'm probably going to get one like 6 - 9 months after its initial release when the prices drop drastically after the hype is over.
 
The price tag doesn't surprise as much as the name, "Vita"
I didn't expect that from Sony, honestly. It doesn't sound like them but nonetheless it's cool.
I'm sure it will grow on me.
 
I must admit it looks pretty good and encompasses some pretty impressive tech for such a small device. The Uncharted and Modnation demos were very interesting and the announcement of a Bioshock game on Vita only adds to the excitement. Couple this with an acceptable price tag and we are in business.
 
One thing is for certain about this new portable. Sony learned their lesson about pricing themselves higher than their competitor when you come out a year later. That's part of the reason among others that the PSP never outsold the DS.

True, it's coming out a year later once again. But now the price is competitive. That combined with the great tech it has, Nintendo isn't going to run away with it this time like they did with the DS. It's going to be quite a battle.
 
I'm not a big fan of portable gaming, but I do think I'd like to have one of these. Whether or not I'll be able to afford it though will be an issue :emo-wallbash:
 
I think this will be able to beat out the 3DS. 3DS hasn't been doing good, and all it has is the eShop and the 3D effects (I'm not counting games because they would basically cancel each other out). NGP (I will continue to call it this because I think it sounds better) has a multitude of extras, and two touch screens, better graphics, better interface, etc. Nintendo hasn't been doing good recently... Sony is catching up. O_o
 
Savvy said:
The price tag doesn't surprise as much as the name, "Vita"
I didn't expect that from Sony, honestly. It doesn't sound like them but nonetheless it's cool.
I'm sure it will grow on me.
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I agree, it doesn't sound much like a name from Sony. I think that it will grow on me too, I just have to get used to it.

The console looks pretty cool. $250 is about the same price that I got my old PSP Phat for a few years back. I think it was closer to $200 though. The PSP has always owned other handheld gaming consoles in my opinion and I hope this one does the same.
 
psych0s0c1al said:
Yeah, that's my problem with Nintendo gaming. No good games. That's why I hated the Wii. It would have been so much better if there were better games for it.
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Well that goes for any system. No matter how powerful or underpowered the hardware is. The software is what really matters. Your system can have all the power in the world. But if you don't have the software to back it up, it's just an expensive waste.
 
I wanna get a Life now, after people telling me to all those years I think it's about time for me to take their recommendations to heart.

Seriously, this thing looks AMAZING.
 
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