Sony teases 'Slim' announcement, Vita likely
Sony has teased a PlayStation announcement that will be the "slimmest," which likely means that the redesigned Vita announced in Japan last year is coming westward.
The recently redesigned Vita would appear to be coming westward. An invitation from Sony teases some kind of slim-related announcement, and the Vita-2000 is the only one that has hit Japan but not the west.
A briefing meeting invite sent to IGN reads: "Following the biggest launch in PlayStation history, join us for an introduction to the slimmest." It's too early for a PlayStation 4 revision, and PlayStation 3 has been lost some weight twice already, so Vita seems like the prime candidate. The briefing is set to take place next Thursday, January 30.
The new model was announced for Japan in September and launched in October. It's 20% thinner and 15% lighter, boasted an extra hour of battery life, and included 1GB of built-in memory. It dropped the proprietary cable for Micro USB, and did away with the 3G option completely in favor of wi-fi only. The biggest change came to the screen, though, which swapped out the original OLED for an LCD screen. It was available in six colors in Japan.
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Sony has teased a PlayStation announcement that will be the "slimmest," which likely means that the redesigned Vita announced in Japan last year is coming westward.-
probably referring to their 2014 Vita game lineup LMFAO!
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Hopefully we'll also get some information about when PS Vita TV will be coming to the West as well. I really like Remote Play, but I'd rather just stream PS4 to the bedroom TV and use a DualShock3 or DualShock 4 controller when playing at home than mess with the Vita's awkward touch controls. I love my Vita, but when playing complex games that require precision like Battlefield 4, there's no substitute for a controller.
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No OLED, no deal.
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OLED has burn in?? I haven't noticed anything on my launch vita
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I noticed most of the people who did used the internet browser a lot. The scroll bar on the right side definitely got burnt in. I think if people avoid using any single app too often they'll pretty much be in the clear.
So I'm definitely thinking about grabbing an OLED model before they're phased out.
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No. And I don't think so, but admittedly haven't gone looking.
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Not that I'm aware of. Basically have to do PC - PS3 media server - Vita - remote PS3 connection.
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Yes, music can be streamed over wifi if on the same network (or vpn I suppose), but only while the music app is open and only as long as the music is inside of the content manager music folder.
Not sure about video, it might work the same as music, but I'm going to default to assuming no.
And not that I know of, though I believe there were proof-of-concept psp-side homebrew loading.
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