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.
Top comments
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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eloo
26 May 16#50
Id say the Slim is better than the original
Better battery life, lighter, slimmer, 1gb internal memory space incase you don't have mem card on you, more ergonomically comfortable in the hand, improved the back non-touch pads, slightly brighter screen, don't know if this one's true but read improved wifi aswell don't know but yeah i would definetly choose the Slim over the original.
super_leeds_86
26 May 16#49
At the time of launch it had great hardware hamstrung by memory cards. Then they revised it and removed OLED, memory cards remain over priced and now first party support is dead.
Spasho
23 May 16#48
Lovely handheld but Sony ruined it.
morocco1
23 May 16#47
Quality console ruined by non-existent first-party support. Plenty of excellent games out there but the release schedule looks quite slim - unless you really like JRPGs.
monkey1999
23 May 16#46
Why would u want it for more than £50 ? Sony have abandoned vita ? Should be lot cheaper by now
MrFlux001
23 May 162#45
They still dragging this corpse?
absulute2012
23 May 16#44
Certainly is if you like weird Japanese RPGs or visual novels.
It's good for Indie games too.
lordi
23 May 161#43
Expensive Memory cards destroyed the vita, Sony in all there wisdom want you to use there own memory cards which is expensive just wish they would bring out a new model out which supports micro sd
seanmorris100
23 May 16#42
Play asia... you made me feel sick
chrisredmayne
23 May 16#41
great console
eloo
23 May 161#40
A tip after you do the button assignments and whenever you wanna switch to default and back again hold PS button and goto the bottom there'll be a checkbox option to enable or disable custom button assignment you have set, much quicker than always going to settings etc
Spark
23 May 161#39
:laughing:
My own fault for not checking. Thanks, I can just switch my console over to the Japanese X/Circle configuration now.
If that's true then that's super useful. It would be nice if the PS4 had that feature as well.
Spark
23 May 16#36
IMHO that's worse though. I would prefer it if the games used the default setting for the system as at least then it would be consistent.
Spark
23 May 161#35
This is exactly right. The universal Japanese symbol for proceed/OK (AKA maru) is a circle. Since PlayStation is a Japanese product, it is technically the western configuration that is the backwards one and not the other way around.
Keep in mind though that, like Uridium said, booting western games on this thing will still use the normal X/Circle configuration within those games and it can occasionally be confusing. I play a lot of Japanese and Asian games on a UK PS4 and often make the mistake of pressing circle instead of X and vice-versa.
eloo
23 May 16#34
Videogamesplus.ca don't do import fees if you ordered Vita or anything from there
I'm sure Play Asia would do import fees right?
Franzkill
23 May 161#33
Yeah its always been like that since the PSOne days. Always thought it was just a preference thing with the Japanese prefering confirmation to be 0 and cancel to be X instead of the other way round.
kissmyfurrybutt
23 May 16#32
Love my vita. Had it a few years now. A must for any gamer.
SteveDave4
23 May 162#31
'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'
Can't wait!
Kanedaaaaaa
23 May 16#30
Great system, it's still getting games, just a certain type of game though, like Zero Time Dilemma in June. For niche JRPGS and visual novels it's fantastic. I still need to pick up the Danganronpa sequels before they shoot up in price even further.
JamesClark1991
22 May 164#29
The lcd screen is fine, the system however is DEAD. These should be around £70 by now.
ocelot20
22 May 163#28
The swapped buttons are only for the manu. If you play PAL games the buttons will be normal. X = enter/select O = Back/Cancel.
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:
JoeBloggs112
22 May 16#26
What's the difference between the pch-2000 & pch-2006 models?
johnchapman_
22 May 16#25
Yeah that's what I was wondering too although I read that if you use the cheapest shipping method there's less chance of customs checking it.
JoeBloggs112
22 May 16#24
i was considering getting the neon orange model last week, if it was at this price I'd probably bite
malachi
22 May 161#23
Im sure import tax would be on this aswell.
meduk
22 May 16#22
Do people still play that?? haha
vig1lante
22 May 163#21
Even if you buy one now, you're not allowed on Vita island :wink:
Stefarno88
22 May 16#20
I don't think the buttons would be swapped for games - Japanese import games use O for confirm and X for cancel on my UK Vita. Imagine it would just be menus.
UltimatePhoenix
22 May 16#19
makes sense. i remember ffvii been reversed for select and back!! be awkward for games like cod for crouching but wouldnt play cod on vita, worse game ever!!
crackdealer635
22 May 16#17
I'm pretty sure you can change the confirmation button from O to X in the settings menu.
Otherwise, get used to pressing O.
You got used to pressing X, now get used to pressing O.
6ixFoot1 to crackdealer635
22 May 16#18
You can't change it. There'd be no complaints if you were able to
Josh Rogan
22 May 164#16
Everything about this is wrong, everything.
mixmixi
22 May 16#15
Any idea if there's any delivery charge on this? I saw this on eBay for £139 delivered the other day?
johnchapman_
22 May 16#14
I know very little about these things but would there be a lot of import tax you have to pay on this?
slannmage
22 May 16#13
Ever since they ditched PSM the Vita has sucked.
Dyceeey
22 May 16#12
playstation was once Nintendo and they have their accept button as A and back as B and B is where x is and A is where O is
crazyhorse
22 May 162#11
Looks horrible with the black frame around the screen.
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....
stupot76
22 May 164#9
That LCD screen sucked I got my OLED back
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.
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
awiew
22 May 162#6
Region free :smiley:
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.
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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:
Latest comments (50)
Better battery life, lighter, slimmer, 1gb internal memory space incase you don't have mem card on you, more ergonomically comfortable in the hand, improved the back non-touch pads, slightly brighter screen, don't know if this one's true but read improved wifi aswell don't know but yeah i would definetly choose the Slim over the original.
It's good for Indie games too.
My own fault for not checking. Thanks, I can just switch my console over to the Japanese X/Circle configuration now.
https://youtu.be/otJ13JX-1HM
Keep in mind though that, like Uridium said, booting western games on this thing will still use the normal X/Circle configuration within those games and it can occasionally be confusing. I play a lot of Japanese and Asian games on a UK PS4 and often make the mistake of pressing circle instead of X and vice-versa.
I'm sure Play Asia would do import fees right?
Can't wait!
- 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:
Otherwise, get used to pressing O.
You got used to pressing X, now get used to pressing O.
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....
might be a major annoyance to some...certainly was for me on an Asian PSP i Owned