After Sony launched an E3 2011 teaser page, nosy NeoGAF user gofreak dug through the source code of that page, seeing PS Vita listed alongside the company’s other platforms, PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Network. None of those links are active, but the source of that page is still stuffed with HTML that points to a PS Vita.
A quick Google Search also shows PS Vita as a registered trademark of Sony’s. It could still be a codename for the next PlayStation Portable—which already has a codename in NGP—but don’t be surprised if Sony mentions those words at E3 next week (or sooner).
So. Vita? What do you think? I’m not attached to the existing three letter acronym, but I do love a good, contentious name for video game hardware.
E3 Teaser [PlayStation.com]
DansDans
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 8:41 AMIt’s just a name. Why are people so precious over something so trivial? We all ridiculed the Wii and look how that turned out? Although technically we can still say we were right
Dissection
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 9:03 AMSounds like an expensive bottle of water.
Daniel
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 9:41 AMit sounds more like a service name to me, rather than a hardware platform. cant wait for next week.
SuperFred
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 10:15 AMSounds like…I DONT CARE.
If it has the games I want, I’ll buy it. I’m not some sort of Apple-esque hipster who gets hung up on a name.
Mic
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 12:05 PMReminds me of Vita-Brits or Windows Vista, neither of which are attractive associations.
Qoutheraven
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 2:22 PMVeni Vidi Vita – I came, I saw, I PSP’d
Apris
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 5:23 PMi hate the name PS Vita and i am hoping it is fake. Currently my hope rests on SONY doing the same thing they did with move where everything was “PlayStation Arc” and then announced it as Move at the last minute.
Shinkada
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 7:16 PMVeni Vidi Vita?… New gameplay element: Try to use the touch sensors on the back of the console before they BITE YOU.
den
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 10:28 PMNot fond of the name but it’ll probably be shortened to PSV anyway so it’s all good.