PSVita 3-5 hour battery life, memory card info, games list

[Feels Good Man]

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ), a division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. responsible for business operation in Japan, today announced at their press conference for Tokyo Game Show 2011, that PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita), will become available in Japan on December 17, 2011, with pre-orders starting on October 15, 2011.

Available at 24,980 yen (including tax) for Wi-Fi model and 29,980 yen (including tax) for 3G/Wi-Fi model, PS Vita at launch will be accompanied with 26 exciting software titles along with a broad selection of peripherals and accessories

< Reference: About Duration of the Battery>
Game: Approx. 3~5 hours
Video: Approx. 5 hours
Music (in stand-by mode): Approx. 9 hours
* Screen brightness default setting, Bluetooth feature off, headphones used
* Game, when not using the network
* The duration may change depending on the brightness of the screen, what content being played and if
the network (3G/Wi-Fi) feature is being used or no

For the 3G network connectivity, PS Vita 3G/Wi-Fi model in Japan will support data
communication prepaid plans provided by NTT DOCOMO, INC., one of Japan's premier
mobile communications companies well known for its network quality and coverage.

Two plans announced today for PS Vita are “Prepaid data plan 20h” at 980 yen (including
tax) and “Prepaid data plan 100h” at 4,980 yen (including tax). The 3G network connectivity provided by NTT DOCOMO, INC. will allow users to communicate and
share their entertainment experience with their friends where ever they are. Taking
advantage of the network connectivity, applications pre-installed in PS Vita like “near”
which enables users to share their game information with other users anywhere, anytime,
as well as the upcoming software titles will deliver unmatched next generation portable
entertainment to PS Vita users.

At launch, SCEJ will run a promotional campaign for a limited offer and will bundle
with PS Vita 3G/Wi-Fi model a DOCOMO UIM card that will include the initial contract
handling fee 2,100 yen (including tax) along with “Prepaid data plan 100h” or “Prepaid
data plan 20h”, enabling users to enjoy 3G connectivity out of the box.

QUOTEMemory card 4GB December 17, 2011 ¥2,200
Memory card 8GB December 17, 2011 ¥3,200
Memory card 16GB December 17, 2011 ¥5,500
Memory card 32GB December 17, 2011 ¥9,500
AC adaptor December 17, 2011 ¥1,800
USB cable December 17, 2011 ¥1,300
Cradle December 17, 2011 ¥2,800
In-ear headset December 17, 2011 ¥2,800
Protective film December 17, 2011 ¥800
Card case December 17, 2011 ¥600
Case December 17, 2011 ¥1,800
Pouch December 17, 2011 ¥1,500
Travel pouch with cleaning cloth and wrist strap December 17, 2011 ¥2,300
Carrying pouch (black) December 17, 2011 ¥1,800
Car adaptor Spring 2012 TBD
Portable charger Spring 2012 TBD 3-3-3-3 PlayStation®Vita Available in Japan on December 17,2011

No memory card bundled with Japanese units
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Some PS Vita software titles may require the use of separately sold memory card for saving game’s saved data while some software titles are capable of saving it on to the PS Vita card itself. Please refer to the PS Vita game packages or game manuals for further details.

Games list:

Spoiler

Square-Enix
Final Fantasy X
Army Corps of Hell
Lord of Apocalypse

Capcom
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Arc System Works
Project N.O.E.L.S.

AQ Interactive
3gokushi touchbattle

Sony
Minnato Issho
Monster Radar

Cave
Shirotsuku
New original Shooting game

Digital Works
Jurassic Hunter

Idea Factory
Monsters Rising

Atlus
Shin Megami Tensei game

Konami
"Oh to Maoh to Nananin no himegimi tachi
- shin ohsama monogatari-" RPG
Pro Evolution Soccer
Zone of Enders HD Collection
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Baseball

Level-5
Level 5 New RPG

Namco Bandai
Katamari Damacy
Gundam game
Super Robot Taisen
Tales of Innocence R

Falcom
Ys Celceta Sea of Trees

SystemSoft Alpha
Sangokuhime
Battlefield of Maidens 2nd
Sengokuhime 3rd

Tecmo Koei
Ninja Gaiden Sigma

http://scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/110914a_e.pdf
http://kotaku.com/5840053/the-ps-vitas-3g-...ebrows-in-japan

 

[zanfire]

im actually BAFFLED that there was not a single Monster hunter announcement. Its the one game in japan that pretty much sells the PSP. If they cant get MH4 then i have some doubts (though il be getting it anyways) but its just hard to see the system without MH.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Sounds alright

Japanese prices are usually higher, so lets wait and see.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma and FFX

!!!!!!
A new RPG by Level-5 WOHOOOOO! lol

 

[FireGrey]

The launch titles are looking terrible..

 

[Guild McCommunist]

>Reads list
>Skips around it.
>Sees FFX.

...Why?

Everything else looks amazing though. Ultimate MvC3 (I know I criticize fighters on handhelds but I have an enormous boner for MvC3), ZoE and MGS HD Collections, plus the other titles, I'm completely sold.

The launch titles are looking terrible..

Yeah, those unannounced launch titles look terrible.

Also, hey 3DS.

 

[omatic]

Final Fantasy X!? It is on.

Make that a launch day game for North America, and it's a day-one purchase. Hour one purchase.

 

[Weaselpipe]

What's that? "The 3DS has terrible battery life and a crap launch lineup, Vita will be better"?
Sony, proving what Nintendo fans said all along "It takes time to get the best games out".

In all seriousness, I like the look of this- when the A games start rolling in I will definitely get one. Where did this 'We must have all the best games at launch' mentality come from anyway?

 

[chris888222]

Tbh I'm half impressed and half not. I'm impressed with the wide range of accessories available at launch, together with the immense launch games (MGS...)

What I'm not impressed is the battery life. I expected it to be 5 - 8 hours as it uses a OLED screen and doesn't produce stereoscopic 3D which is said to be very battery hungry. If only it were replaceable...

 

[clonesniper666]

I still have not seen anything that makes the vita worth buying yet. Hopefully the US launch titles will change my mind, but the ones on that list that interest me are all coming to ps3/360.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

immense launch games (MGS...)

Not a launch title (coming 2012).

That list on here is NOT a launch list. And if it was and you're not satisfied, then you're just plain old retarded.

 

[SpaceJump]

More ports and collections. This is a strange trend. Besides these there's really nothing interesting for the Vita to appeal for me because I have a PS3 and those games also will be released on PS3.

 

[chris888222]

immense launch games (MGS...)

Not a launch title (coming 2012).

That list on here is NOT a launch list. And if it was and you're not satisfied, then you're just plain old retarded.

MGS is my favorite out of them, of course I wrote that.

Other launch titles are great okay, if you find that I think otherwise (which I don't, as I already stated on my post) then you're retarded.

*glares at 3DS launchlist*

 

[Shabutie78]

The launch titles are looking terrible..

i know. if only the vita's list of launch titles consisted of about 5 shitty games like the 3DS's.
then i'd be sold.

however, with launch titles like uncharted, littlebigplanet, and killzone, i might have to wait until there are shittier games to come out on the vita.
like street fighter 4 or dynasty warriors 21.

 

[shadowmanwkp]

Let's hope that the battery is replaceable with a better one, because 4 hours of battery life approx. is crap. Will not be likely though given the pandora battery thing... Games sound awesome though and I hope a lot will make it near the launch date quickly. If they can fix the battery issue and put out the games quickly, you can consider me sold.

 

[zanfire]

i think the only big issue for me is all the remakes...holy crap its like 80% of the line up. Ive played most of them....multiple times, so plenty of those launch games arent worth getting it over.

 

[mad_gamer_jad]

To be honest the only thing that makes me want to get a vita is Gravity Rush,it seems like a fun original idea,plus I liked the first shinobido so I guess there's shinobido 2 too,but I prefer playing most of those games on my PS3
Still getting it though,idort master race,etc...
And I hope SE decide to change their mind and make that army corps of hell game more pikmin like and less Monster Hunter like

 

[Valwin]

im actually BAFFLED that there was not a single Monster hunter announcement. Its the one game in japan that pretty much sells the PSP. If they cant get MH4 then i have some doubts (though il be getting it anyways) but its just hard to see the system without MH.

as i say nintendo 1up them the pretty much lost japan with this

 

[BlueStar]

Hmm, only really interested in Katamari out of that list. To be fair, I don't know much about some of those titles and "new shooting game" etc could be interesting. Certainly moreso than playing MGS again, or FFX again, or MvC3 again in tiny vision.

What's that game they announced where you use the rear touchpad to change the landscape and move balls or whatever about? I'm more interested in stuff like that, where someone's sat down and gone "Hmm, handheld with these features, how can we make a game for this system" rather than just "Yeah, another format, put shit like Final Fantasy on it."

 

[Shabutie78]

i think the only big issue for me is all the remakes...holy crap its like 80% of the line up. Ive played most of them....multiple times, so plenty of those launch games arent worth getting it over.

this is definitely a trend among game developers this year.
i suppose it makes sense, we've come from an era of amazing games (ps2 has amazing gaemz).
so the remake/port plague is affecting the vita as much as you should expect it to. if you don't want them, don't buy them.
at least remakes and ports aren't all the vita has to offer, unlike the 3DS during the months following its launch.

 

[SamAsh07]

Lol this thing has a battery life worse than the 3DS itself!! I'll still get it though. Ugh there's nothing that interests me in launch titles....FFX? Might get that as first purchase.

No uncharted is sad.