PlayStation Vita EU launch line up revealed

I seriously have never seen a console with a launch line up anywhere near as good as this, i always wondered what would happen if a console got decent software support at launch, i guess now we will find out.

Posted:A year ago

The games might be good, but the Vita could still be the wrong type of device at the wrong time. As much as i liked playing Wipeout on the Vita, I just can't imagine playing it anywhere but home. Once I am home to play games...

Posted:A year ago

It really is an excellent launch line-up, with a mixture of genres, sequels in established franchises and crucially some new IPs. Everything seems to be going so right for the Vita so far it makes me wonder if/where it will slip up. All that remains to be seen is how well Sony and third-party publishers will support it post-launch. If there was one key area where the PSP fell down, I think it was that it tried too hard to emulate its home console brethren.

I suspect it will have the same level of disappointing initial sales that the 3DS had, but in terms of software support it really does look like one of the best console launches ever.

Posted:A year ago

it's not a Playstation launch without the obligatory Wipeout. Shame there is no Lumines. Best PSP game of first 12 months IMO.

Posted:A year ago

@Terence
" Everything seems to be going so right for the Vita so far it makes me wonder if/where it will slip up."

Although for what the hardware is I think it represents good value, certainly alongside the 3DS at it's original price, the Vita looks to be the better deal, I still worry that a lot of potential users won't be able to justify spending that price on a handheld, that they might lust after one but still be priced out of the market.
This need not be an issue if it follows the price cut pattern of a home console, but I think one of the PSP's problems is it did not reduce in price fast enough.
This is just an opinion, and partly based on the fact I'd love a Vita but haven't got the spare cash to buy one, but this could be the "where it messes up factor".

Posted:A year ago

Very excited about this line-up, particularly Uncharted.

Posted:A year ago

I'm really looking forward to this. A little dissapointed they didn't make 2011 release. I see a slight comparison with the PSP launch (Wipeout & Eveybody's Golf). I remember buying Everybody's Golf on PSP launch day way back in 2005. Don't know that much about Unit 13 by Zipper, but I love MAG and have spent loads of time playing that. That'll be something that I look at. Bring on the next gen handheld. Also, I hope the Streetpass functionality is more use than Nintendo 3DS's. I recently travelled from Toronto, Canada to Manchester, UK via Heathrow Airport & did not come across a single hit on Streetpass going through 3 major international airports!

Posted:A year ago