While the PS Vita launched to a great start in Japan, shifting around 325,000 units in its debut week, post-launch sales haven’t kept up the momentum. In fact, during the past week in Japan, the Vita fell below 3DS and even PSP numbers by a significant margin. However, Sony Computer Entertainment America marketing guru John Koller says the sales are […]

Plan on springing for a 3G PS Vita? With just over a month to go until launch, Sony has revealed data plan pricing in collaboration with roaming partner AT&T. Here’s the deets: two monthly plans will be on offer, a 250MB data package at $14.99/month and $25 for 2GB. No contract. The data limits are hardly surprising, considering the 20MB […]

It’s about time. Nikkei is reporting that Kaz Hirai of ‘Riiiiidge Raaaacer’ fame will soon be named President of Sony. Last year, a management shakeup was announced that saw Hirai move from his 4 year tenure as the boss of PlayStation to overseeing the company’s entire consumer electronics division. Howard Stringer remains the CEO of Sony, though it is expected that […]

While Nintendo is expected to finalize its next-generation plans with a ‘re-unveil’ of Wii U at E3 2012, industry site MCV reports that Microsoft and Sony will counter with significant announcements of their own on the hardware front. Reportedly, details on the next PlayStation and Xbox are on tap. Earlier reports have pegged Microsoft’s next in line for an E3 […]

Update: It turns out this menu is also present on PSP and PS3. GregoryRasputin shares a video of it in action. Adding to the list of PS Vita firmware ‘easter eggs’ is a hidden system menu uncovered by the folks over at Japanese site Emu on PSP. Information exposed includes the product code, release build, and other internal version strings. […]

Those eager to give the Vita iteration of Sony’s flagship futuristic racing series a spin will be able to do so a few days before it hits shelves. Sony announced today that a demo will be released on the PlayStation Store come January 17, two days ahead of the Japanese release date. Early demos are always a nice treat. For […]

Even though the PlayStation Vita just hit Japanese shelves last week, its lineup is quite remarkable for launch hardware, with no shortage of genre diversification. Enter Gravity Rush (otherwise known as Gravity Daze in Japan), a platformer with RPG elements due out later this February. Thanks to a demo that was released on the Japanese PlayStation Store today, we had […]

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 […]

There’s been a bit of an uproar over the prices for PS Vita Memory Cards that GameStop outed last month. Thankfully, SCEA has finally stepped in to calm the storm. Word from hardware marketing director John Koller indicates that the prices are much more reasonable than we were originally led to believe. As with the Japanese launch, these cards will come […]

Although the limelight has been set on the PS Vita as of late, Sony hasn’t forgotten about the PSP. The company today announced three new PSP dual pack bundles. Carrying a bargain-bin price of $14.99 each, the dual packs feature two UMD games a piece. The packs are as follows: * MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and Twisted Metal: Head-on * Patapon and LocoRoco […]

The PS Vita is off to a strong start in Japan. Famitsu reports that around 321,000 units were sold in the first two days following the Japanese launch on December 17. The numbers are nothing to scoff at, considering the original PSP shifted 166K in its first two days. Both were released during the holidays as well. While this represents […]

Sony has taken a forward-thinking stance with the PS Vita in many ways, but as with the PS3, the web browser still seems to be antiquated. We’ve received word from a user testing the PS Vita that YouTube is broken on the device. Despite HTML5 support being promised, the YouTube site denotes that the PS Vita browser is not capable […]

Sony has uploaded the full PS Vita manual online – giving users an overview of system features and functions. There’s quite a few interesting tidbits in the manual – a notable one is the ability to take screenshots. Users can capture scenes during gameplay, saved as an image to their Memory Stick. This was an oft-requested feature on PS3 and […]

Sony has released a PS Vita firmware update to coincide with the launch in Japan. The update – version 1.50 – is required to take advantage of PSN features, such as PlayStation Store access. Besides that, nothing else appears to be added. There have been earlier reports of launch PS Vita game software shipping with a firmware update, so this […]

Sony has retracted an earlier statement in which associate brand marketing manager Crystal MacKenzie claimed PSN accounts on PS Vita were bound only to the Memory Card. In a follow-up email to Wired, Sony noted that in order to switch PSN accounts on Vita, it requires a full system restore — not a mere swapping of Memory Cards. Sound familiar? That’s what […]

Long-winded litigation surrounding the sudden removal of the PS3’s ability to install third-party operating systems — collectively known as OtherOS — has come to a halt. A federal judge has dismissed the class action lawsuit made against Sony in April of last year. Sony removed the feature via a firmware update last March, amid security concerns. The preemptive response didn’t […]

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has put out word of another bout of PlayStation Network maintenance, scheduled to take place this Thursday, from 4pm GMT (11am EST) to 2am GMT (9pm EST). During that timeframe, services such as the PS Store, as well as Account Management and Registration will be inaccessible. It’s unclear if all regional divisions will be affected, but […]

Sony Online Entertainment’s latest release of Payday: The Heist will be attempting to steal Christmas. A new update will be coming to the game to give players more to enjoy and spread some Holiday cheer. SOE has planted a wrapped present for players to find and unlock the latest achievement. If you manage to discover the achievement you will be […]

Update: Sony has issued a response to this report, stating that it’s not possible to interface with more than one PSN account on PS Vita, even with multiple Memory Cards. Sony’s clarified its one PSN account per Vita policy — according to Sony associate brand marketing manager Crystal MacKenzie, users can create more than one PSN account on a PS […]

Epic Games inked an agreement with Sony to deploy Unreal Engine 3 on PS Vita, way back when it was previously known as NGP. Despite this, the house of Gears of War is shunning the handheld as far as in-house development goes. Company president Mike Capps told GI.biz  in a recent interview that the reluctance towards investing in a Vita […]