New PS Vita slim in the beautiful white version, not available in Europe, best looking Vita imo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ceIionjG8U
Recently announced at Sony Japan's Pre TGS conference, the PlayStation Vita PCH-2000 is the newest iteration of Sony's flagship handheld. When compared with the original PS Vita, the physical differences are immediately obvious, as the PCH-2000 model is 20 percent thinner, 15 percent lighter and comes in multiple colours. The OLED screen has now been replaced with a 5 inch LCD display - Sony confidently stated that this new screen will still deliver the beautiful graphics found native to the system.The original dedicated power/transfer cable has now been replaced with a micro USB, allowing convienience of use as well as portability; the original power adapter stays with the original PS Vita. With regards to actual battery life, the PS Vita PCH-2000 boast an extra hour for 4-6 hours of active use. More importantly, and perhaps the biggest difference of all is the initial price; the new PS Vita is actually cheaper than the original model even after the price drop of the latter - hopefully fans of portable gaming who have not purchased a Vita can finally take advantage of the proposed 100 Vita titles by the end of 2013.Though admittedly a slow start, Sony hopes to revitalize the Vita brand, especially at a crucial moment just before the launch of the PlayStation 4. For gamers, this attractively priced console is the perfect way to take advantage of all the future cross play Vita/PS4 possibilites if not to just to own one of the most powerful handhelds ever created.
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IAmZingy
22 May 168#27
I have a Vita that is a Japanese Import (Lime Green). So thought this could help some people :smiley::
- X and O buttons are swapped. O is action whereas X is cancel.
- The PS Vita is region free
- You can customise 'Button Assignments' on the latest firmware, therefore, you can swap the X and O if needs be.
- Certain games have the controls hard coded into the game itself. As an example, I swapped the buttons and games such as Persona 4: Dancing All Night you press X on the Vita itself, O registers in the game, which is incredibly annoying in rhythm games. Conversely, you could load up a game (without swapping button assignments) and the controls would be perfectly normal as you would play them on a UK Vita and game. Again, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, the controls are normal, as if you were playing on a UK Vita. Therefore, the X and O is only swapped on the main Vita menus.
I hope this helps, any confusion I'd be happy to clear up! :smiley:
stupot76
22 May 164#9
That LCD screen sucked I got my OLED back
Josh Rogan
22 May 164#16
Everything about this is wrong, everything.
JamesClark1991
22 May 164#29
The lcd screen is fine, the system however is DEAD. These should be around £70 by now.
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uog
22 May 161#1
Didn't know it came in white.nice find
Uridium
22 May 162#2
Think Asian Vita's still come with swapped X & O buttons don't they...
might be a major annoyance to some...certainly was for me on an Asian PSP i Owned
UltimatePhoenix to Uridium
22 May 16#7
Any idea why they would reverse them? would be awkward for me to but see no point in it
superfreddy
22 May 16#3
Yeah buttons are reversed.
kay1992 to superfreddy
22 May 16#5
If you watch the video, buttons are clearly NOT reversed.
gaelforce
22 May 16#4
Region lock?
awiew
22 May 162#6
Region free :smiley:
superfreddy
22 May 16#8
Yeah they are... The O is the action button and vice version. They are located on the console the same but X does what O does and O does what X does on the EU model.
stupot76
22 May 164#9
That LCD screen sucked I got my OLED back
ST3123
22 May 162#10
I believe it is because the standard in Japan IS to have the confirmation button as O and the cancel/back button as X so perfectly normal for them and ours would seem reversed to them. Imagine it's been like that since the days of the PS1 so they have gotten used to it just as we got used to our system.
Not really much of an issue as once you enter a game it makes no difference, it's only in the system menus, which, on a games console you wouldn't spend that long in anyway....
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Opening post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ceIionjG8U
Recently announced at Sony Japan's Pre TGS conference, the PlayStation Vita PCH-2000 is the newest iteration of Sony's flagship handheld. When compared with the original PS Vita, the physical differences are immediately obvious, as the PCH-2000 model is 20 percent thinner, 15 percent lighter and comes in multiple colours. The OLED screen has now been replaced with a 5 inch LCD display - Sony confidently stated that this new screen will still deliver the beautiful graphics found native to the system.The original dedicated power/transfer cable has now been replaced with a micro USB, allowing convienience of use as well as portability; the original power adapter stays with the original PS Vita. With regards to actual battery life, the PS Vita PCH-2000 boast an extra hour for 4-6 hours of active use. More importantly, and perhaps the biggest difference of all is the initial price; the new PS Vita is actually cheaper than the original model even after the price drop of the latter - hopefully fans of portable gaming who have not purchased a Vita can finally take advantage of the proposed 100 Vita titles by the end of 2013.Though admittedly a slow start, Sony hopes to revitalize the Vita brand, especially at a crucial moment just before the launch of the PlayStation 4. For gamers, this attractively priced console is the perfect way to take advantage of all the future cross play Vita/PS4 possibilites if not to just to own one of the most powerful handhelds ever created.
Top comments
- X and O buttons are swapped. O is action whereas X is cancel.
- The PS Vita is region free
- You can customise 'Button Assignments' on the latest firmware, therefore, you can swap the X and O if needs be.
- Certain games have the controls hard coded into the game itself. As an example, I swapped the buttons and games such as Persona 4: Dancing All Night you press X on the Vita itself, O registers in the game, which is incredibly annoying in rhythm games. Conversely, you could load up a game (without swapping button assignments) and the controls would be perfectly normal as you would play them on a UK Vita and game. Again, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, the controls are normal, as if you were playing on a UK Vita. Therefore, the X and O is only swapped on the main Vita menus.
I hope this helps, any confusion I'd be happy to clear up! :smiley:
All comments (50)
might be a major annoyance to some...certainly was for me on an Asian PSP i Owned
Not really much of an issue as once you enter a game it makes no difference, it's only in the system menus, which, on a games console you wouldn't spend that long in anyway....