Sony Unveils the PS Vita TV and Slimmer Vita Handheld

Dave Knott writes "Sony today announced the PS Vita TV box. Measuring 6.5cm by 10.5cm, it can play Vita games on your television, stream content via HDMI or wirelessly, and play all the existing PlayStation Network content available on the standard Vita platform. This is seen by some analysts as an attempt by Sony to compete with such devices as the Ouya and Apple TV. The PS Vita TV is so far announced for a Japan-only release in early 2014 at a price of approximately $100 US. In related news, Sony also announced a lighter, slimmer, more colorful iteration of the standard Vita handheld console." The $100 model does not come with a controller; a $150 model was also announced that will include a Dualshock 3 and an 8G memory card.

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awesome!

[Gravis Zero]

it's like buying a half-assed PS3 with equally half-assed games! games designed for a small screen are not going to translate well to a large screen. i'll stick to my PS3 and (soon) PS4.

Re:What about the third dimension?

[glavenoid]

Yeah, you know the old system I'm talking about. It's been so long since they changed it I wonder if many of the remaining members here remember it, or were even around at the time. I don't know if I'm crazy or what, but IMO the moderation system in general really started skewing towards more punitive moderations once the metamod system changed, since many people just gave up trying to figure it out and couldn't negate the unfair moderations on well-reasoned though unpopular opinions.

Since I'm complaining, I'm unreasonably annoyed there's no way to undo a normal moderation anymore without leaving a comment, thus removing all mods in that thread. What idiot decided this was a good implementation?