The PS Vita From A Variety Of Angles

12 responses to “The PS Vita From A Variety Of Angles”

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   boomtish

   June 7, 2011 at 2:22 pm

   Here are some names off the top of my head at random that are better (or maybe just as bad) than “PSP Vita”…
   1. PSP Evo
   2. PSP Next
   3. PSP Aurora
   4. PSP NGP (even the code name is better)

   I hate to think how much money was spent coming up with “Vita”.

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   1. 

      weresmurf

      June 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm

      NGP was the best one 🙁

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      jim_gun

      June 7, 2011 at 2:59 pm

      PS Aurora?

      Lol, that rolls right of the tongue

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   3. 

      Pakka

      June 7, 2011 at 3:10 pm

      How bout PSP2 – ya know, how like the PS2 and PS3 are named?
      End of the day its only a name and most likely gonna be called PSP still. Companies don’t really NEED to come up with a new name all the time, its the brand of Playstation or Xbox that stands out. True, the Wii is an exception just like more people would say 360 than its full name – but it still comes back to BEING a Xbox or BEING the new Nintendo console.

      As long as its worth the money with great games, I dont give a crap what its called.

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         oggob

         June 7, 2011 at 3:44 pm

         but it then looks inferior… PSP2, why bother as there is a PS3 available. sure they are two different products, but there are some people out there that think like that.

         Ultimately, people are going to start calling it a PSV, like den mentions below.

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2. 

   fatninja

   June 7, 2011 at 2:51 pm

   “Vita” = “Life” in Italian
   It was named that because it enables a combination of augmented reality gaming and social connectivity, not just because someone thought it sounded cool.

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      WTHIWWJP

      June 7, 2011 at 4:58 pm

      Nobody’s accusing it of sounding cool. It’s only out-gayed by “Wii” IMO. At least PSV sounds okay.

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3. 

   Gladice

   June 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm

   Nice looking device, pity it’s aesthetically ruined by the interface.

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4. 

   Jordaan

   June 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm

   Custom memory cards? Again, Sony?

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5. 

   den

   June 7, 2011 at 3:20 pm

   I’m just going to call it PSV.
   Any who, I’m still a bit iffy about the OS and the bubble icons.

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   1. 

      bazuden

      June 7, 2011 at 4:21 pm

      Good call on PSV.

      I think that bubble OS is counter-intuitive (don’t know if that’s the right word, but it sounds flash). Would make more sense to have a layout where buttons, menus, etc on the touch screen are in range for your thumbs to press, when you’re holding it with 2 hands.

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   SunSkorpion

   June 7, 2011 at 4:02 pm

   Me thinks those speakers will be covered by the hands.

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