Update: According to a statement released by PlayStation Japan, the firmware evidently fixes a game-related issue with Dynasty Warriors Next, which prevented players from progressing further. There may be other behind the scenes changes as well, but that’s the official word.

Sony has released a system software update for the PS Vita — firmware 1.51. It’s not clear what changes have been introduced, but we’ll let you know if we find anything.

Given the minor version bump, this update likely addresses some bugs that were found in the previous firmware. There have been reports of intermittent freezing and touch screen response issues, so it could be stability related. We have not experienced such issues on our import unit, however.

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