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My PS Vita Haul

Posted on Thursday, February 16 @ 12:24:26 Eastern by Nicholas Tan

I purchased the First Edition PS Vita Bundle yesterday, right before heading off to a press event for Sleeping Dogs, which you may remember as True Crime: Hong Kong before it was dropped by Activision. (Blake Peterson will be serving a hot preview soon.) Of course, this is about the PS Vita and how shiny new gadgets look. The carry case and the power cable aren't shown above, though I will say that the carry case has plenty of room for both the PS Vita and the cable.

The eight Vita games in the picture were not all purchased on my own dime. Ubisoft was kind enough to send over their Vita titles and we've purchased some for review purchases. I would have put down cash for Lumines Electronic Symphony myself (expect a review from me later on Lumines), but I did lay down some money for Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational as well as Touch My Katamari, after playing both titles before at press events earlier this year. Without remorse, I've been playing these three games the most within the last 24 hours.

So far, the PS Vita has held up in nearly every regard. The screen is crystal clear, and it's still surprisingly light, though I've held it so many times before. Signing in with my PSN profile and connecting to my Wi-Fi was easy. It took a while to figure out where to put the extremely tiny memory card until I realized I needed to flip it upside-down to fit correctly. Other than that, though, everything was fairly self-explanatory.

If you've got any questions for me about the PS Vita, leave it in comments below.

Tags: PS Vita, Sony

Comments

warmaster670
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Feb 16th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
What are the thumbsticks like? It took me a while to get used to the pad on the psp, sliding it forward instead of pushing it forward took some adjusting

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Feb 16th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
The thumbsticks are about the same shape as the analog nubs on the standard PlayStation controller, only they're smaller in size. The tops of the analogs are bumpy so you can find a grip on them. The degree of rotation is tight because they're small. There aren't any first-person shooters yet on the Vita, so I'm not sure what they will feel like on them, but for Touch My Katamari, I had no problems with them whatsoever.

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xDUMPWEEDx
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Feb 16th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Hopefully for Sony the thumbsticks work well with FPS games. CoD will definitely come out for the Vita, and as long as the controls are as good as on the PS3 then CoD will singlehandedly sell millions of vitas.

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nine_ball
Joined: Nov 2011

Posted: Feb 16th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
How are the cameras and Augmented Reality things?

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Imnickson
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Feb 16th, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Is there really a problem with the charging cable? According to the interwebs it woll go in backward but doesn't charge.

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Feb 16th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Yeah, I was confused as well at first. I plugged it in and nothing happened. Then I flipped it around so that the PlayStation logo pointed upward and it worked. But really, it shouldn't have fit into the slot upside-down in the first place.

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OniAkuma2126
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Feb 16th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Did you have any issues with signing up for the AT&T 3G? The interface allowed me to input normal information but once i got the the boxes for a phone number or even the box for the credit card exp date it would not register any of my inputs. Was going to set myself up with a single month but this issue has stopped me from being able to proceed any further.

System itself is amazing. I have BlazBlue, UMvC3, Rayman, Uncharted, WIpeout and the included Little Deviants. Downloaded Final Fantasy IV complete as well. Im very happy with the money spent on this system.

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Heath_Hindman
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Feb 17th, 2012 at 3:45 am
The middle of that game lineup is made of up 2 ingredients: 1) Lumines, and 2) Mediocrity.

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Heath_Hindman
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Feb 17th, 2012 at 3:45 am
Your corners are solid though! Enjoy!

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