Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn PS Vita. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn PS Vita. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng

Chủ Nhật, 31 tháng 8, 2014

Sony PS Vita set to rip the core out of Apple`s casual App gaming revolution


I could write one of those terribly negative posts vs the PS Vita , you know the kind that ponders what place is there in a world of iOS and Android fart and watered down Unreal Engine quick time slide shows Apps .. for a dedicated gaming handheld with dual analogue sticks and games as close as to a full home console as possible. 


But fellow gamers the Sony PS Vita is set to be an astounding success . 


Really.. the key to the Sony PS Vita`s eventual success is in the staggered Sony launch schedule ......  


The Japanese launch hit the Nihon otaku last year , and left them bemused , as missing was the great Monster Hunter , Gundam iteration , JRPG and of course the teenage dating games most beloved by Salaryman trying to alleviate the stress of 0 holiday , 20 hour work days ,stopping off in a capsule hotel for some respite. 


This first wave was really just to seed the Japanese market ,  to remind Japanese gamers that there would eventually be more Monster Hunter , more Gundam , JRPGs and teenage dating games , but unlike the 3DS which got its Monster Hunter dose at that time this would come later. 


The launch of any hardware Japan side always lights up the radar of EU and USA Sony fans , but with the PS Vita fans have not resorted to importing in great numbers , and this is because they were waiting for the 2nd wave :


The launch of the PS Vita  from it`s inception has been weighted towards the  USA and EU markets , when this second wave hits next week with the UK launch of the PS Vita , this is when the core gamer , that Sony has targeted since the days of it's first grey fliptop , will go to work for Sony . 


Sony hardware is always introduced to and by core fans. In the UK core fans are people who can remember inputting Basic into their computers to play Pong on their black and white TV. These guys are the Sony footsoldier , next week there will be one in your class (your teacher) , on your bus , tube train , sitting across from you in some recently wified burger or coffee joint and they will be wowing a crowd with near console quality gaming , playing games on a portable with dual shock precision , and this will set in motion the third wave:


Any Sony hardware is always propagated by core fans all the way back to the Walkman , you were either the cool dude who first had it , or were influenced by that early adopter into getting it . So  we pay £550 for a launch PS3 , we pay £799 for a Sony HMZ T1 , and we will pay close to £400 for a PS Vita , with a a few games ,memory card , case , etc . But any Sony hardware becomes successful  when the core start to influence the casual gamers into buying the hardware , a cut down cheaper lighter version of which will probably be here in time for Christmas in Japan and next February every where else . 


This is the way of Sony , they give core gamers what they want , and the core then deliver in time through exposure the casual gamers . 


The beauty of this device is the control, the real console game experience , and the potential back catalogue of AAA Playstation , Playstation 2 and PS3 games and there PS Vita exclusive versions ( Disgaea 3 for instance)  that are going to have fans pick up a PS Vita somewhere down the line . We are almost 3 generations into iPad and 4 into Android OS tablets , and whatever their power , display size and multifunction uses you still cannot beat a real game developed by a real software house. And there definitely is a place for both in your life , especially if you can fork out £800 for an iPad 3 with accessories or 2k for your phone contract!


There are lows though , the browser needs improving , but this will come , the PS3s is a lot better than the Xbox 360s after all , and its improvements will eventually trickle down to the PS Vita . 


Get your UK PS Vita from Zavvi or Game now  , oh Game are being coy about shortages  , but there will be plenty to go round . 


Remember this launch is for the core , and like the Rohirrim there were never many , but they get the job done when taking on the Android orcs and the Dark Lord of iOS (R.I.P. dude) .























this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

Thứ Sáu, 29 tháng 8, 2014

PS Vita pre order decisions : Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention for £29.99







Got my Uncharted , Wipeout , and death metal fix ala Army Corps of Hell , now for the long haul , it is time to pre order Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention (PS Vita) for £29.99 , true it will not be out for a while , but this is the best pre order price going.... 

And speaking of getting things going , the PS Vita is going to thrive on releases like this exclusive version of Disgaea , Sony is going to steadily pick up core fans  with a treasure trove of core games that can now be done justice thanks to the inclusion of twin sticks , touch and hardware close enough to home consoles. 


There will be a point when your favourite PS3 classic gets an exclusive update or version  and  at that point you will get back on the Sony wagon , and leave your phone for ...you know like calling people perhaps about how you are just playing the most awesome hand held version of your favourite console game.... speaking of which on to my next PS Vita decision ....





this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

PS Vita preorder decisions : Army Corps Of Hell for £19.95 for the death metal!

fullq.jpg

Watching the videos of this game was not enough to get me to order it , Square Enix publishing it piqued my interest a little , but what made it a must have is when I read about and heard the sound track , that and it being £19.95 to pre order here






this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

PS Vita Pre order decisions: Ridge Racer for £14.95



Ridge Racer


A Sony console launch is always accompanied with a Ridge Racer and you can have this for £14.95 here



this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

PS Vita Pre order decisions : Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus for £24.99



Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2


It has to be done , just for the added challenge of completing the game and added trials whilst moving at the speed of a ninja turtle in a plane train and or automobile all within the time constraints of a 3 hour battery life ....


The best deal for Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus is £24.99 here , if you want to spend more there is always Zavvi and Game.....


Right got to practise my Ninpo moves by stroking the back of the cat's ears without waking it ... they don`t call me Grasshopper for nothing ... they don`t call me Grasshopper at all....



this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

PS Vita Pre order decisions : The best console bundle Uncharted 3+16gb card+3G PSVita

There are many bundles at Zavvi , Game and Amazon . But the finest and easiest bundle to go for thegameveda is the £319 Uncharted 3 + 16 gb Memory Card + 3G PS Vita console from Gamestop . and you can pay with Paypal so none of that nonsense where your bank cancels or holds up your purchase whilst you go through hours of phone calls restating that you made the purchase...


All the Gamestop bundles are just one click , and have been up since the beginning , so none of the shifting deals ala Game , Shopto and others I cannot be bothered to mention. 

You also get the pre order pack . 

OK got my console sorted now to chose more games.....



this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

Thứ Năm, 28 tháng 8, 2014

PS Vita Pre order decisions: BlazBlue: Continuum Shift 2 Extend for £19.95

You know all that hoohah about PS Vita games costing the same as PS3 games ? Well it is true as demonstrated by Blaz Blue Contiuum Shift Extend for £19.95 , which is also how much it cost on the PS3

Of course what the press forgot to realise is that the price of games fluctuates and generally goes down , and here we have an example of £20 off the RRP ! 

This logic does not seem to work on Nintendo releases though!



this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

Thứ Sáu, 22 tháng 8, 2014

Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention for £29.86 cementing PS Vita Core credentials





Another week another hand held game launches , unlike on iOS or Android ,  Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention   is not free , nor is it $0.99 or 69p ,  no in the UK it is a full price launch at £29.86 . This is a bold statement from Sony , the PS Vita is a core gaming device with premium prices for its software .  And I am more than happy to pay for class like this , and this is in a week where I picked up the likes of Infinity Blade II for $4.99 , GTA III for 2.99 , and Jobs (iWorship his Shadow)  knows how many free apps for the new iPad ..

With Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention all that PS3 Disgaea 3 loveliness with all the DLC included is yours to play in OLED lit glory right in the palm of your hands. The PSVita is the home of core hand held gaming , yes I have iOS apps for some distraction or to satisfy casual curiosity , but that 9.7 inch hot`n`heavy new iPad is no match for the quad core OLED and perfect for touch gaming sized screened PS Vita . The PS Vita manages to replicate console gaming in your hands better than any other device to date , as Uncharted , Wipeout , Ninja Gaiden  , Persona  , Unit 13 and now Disgaea 3 players can attest. I admire the graphics and speed of  the Modern Combat and Infinity Blade series on the iPad , but I PLAY Unit 13 on the Vita . The experience of playing these games is so different and frankly superior to iOS and Android fumbling that Sony with the PS Vita and Nintendo with their 3DS should stick to their guns , the 3DS and PS Vita are going to be fine and occupy a space that iOS and Android cannot reach until some one wakes up and includes a decent controlling device.

Does it hurt me to pay full price for a handheld game ? Hell no the fact that iOS games are cheap , does not alter my purchase decisions at all , after all if we are going down that route for choosing gaming devices , then your laptop or PC has several million free gaming options .

The real long term success marker for a gaming platform is quality not price.

So  who will win Sony ? Microsoft? Apple? Nintendo or Google?

In thegameveda's near 35 year experience in the battlefield of video gaming whomsoever controls the quality of their releases controls the universe  …

let there be gaming....




this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

Thứ Ba, 12 tháng 8, 2014

Persona 4 Golden intro putting the Vita back into the PS Vita

Persona 4 Golden is one of those AAA games that Sony correctly hopes will inject some much needed vitality into the PS Vita , of course there is nothing to stop Atlus releasing the series on iOS, Android or eventually even as a Windows 8 App , yes people there was a Persona game on PC. Of course none will look quite as cool as the beautifully portable OLED lit PS Vita version . Also at the measured rate Atlus move you could be waiting a few years before you see any other version.

Check out the new intro below:

Resistance Burning Skies : Nihilistic bring touch to A Game of Browns......and Yellows




One thing I have figured out about the invading alien species in the long running Insomniac originated Resistance series is that they are both Hot Chocolate and Coldplay fans , for the Earth that they keep invading is painted every shade of chocolate brown decollaged with every shade of yellow , when you spin up a Resistance game from those first days trashing Manchester's Cathedral through brown coloured cities in Resistance the second (in which developers chose to hide most of the gameplay in one of the finest online coop modes of any recent game release) and through to battling shooting from cover in 3D enabled golden yellow corn fields , ducking behind golden yellow hay bales of course all the time knee deep in brown fields of mud ,busting thrown brown Barns and town houses in Resistance 3 . 


With assorted brown stuff blowing up all around you. Resistance is meant to be brown and yellow .. and in that case Nihilistic manage to nail the continuity from console to portable console . Burning skies brings all your favourite yellows and browns , but also of course brings touch , and once again like in Unit 13 , the combination of the size of the screen , and I mean small size , with dual analogue control makes the PS Vita FPS gaming experience totally unique and stand out from all other tablets and hand helds...


There are better looking FPS games on the new iPad , but none controls with the core like grace that Resistance Burning Skies does , on the PS Vita.

The Vita screen is the perfect size to allow touch and analogue control , there is a different approach here to Unit 13 , but then Resistance is all about introducing a myriad of weapons with multifunctional upgrades , you can access all the game lore , options , and weapon mods using touch outside of the main game . And there are mods galore as you can see from the pic below:



And you can see me getting used to the control scheme in the videos below which show part of the first level .






It is great to see Nihilistic back , just wish they could be let back on the Lucasarts waggon and do a true sequel to one of the greatest FPS game worlds ever , that being Dark Forces 2 : Jedi Knight . With less brown of course . You have not lived until you have experienced the amazing level design of Nar Shadaa the vertical city in Nihilistic's classic .

For me this is another feather in the PS Vita's cap . More to follow when I have played through the multiplayer ( when people turn up to play it tomorrow )




















this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 



this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

Thứ Ba, 29 tháng 7, 2014

Preorder Assassin's Creed III PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Vita Gold Edition :ACIII+Liberation+Season Pass +DLC for £109.99





Assassin's Creed III PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Vita Gold Edition : pre order includes AC III , AC III Liberation AC Season Pass and single player mission a dangerous secret for PS3 all yours for £109.99 releasing on 31/10/2012 .. Is this too much for too much or manna for fans? Check the PlayStation Store for this offer now...

That's not a bad deal considering physical limited editions will cost almost as much for just AC III  on consoles, but this is going to be one hefty Hannah of a download. Plus PSN has a 5 time download limit if I remember so I may just go for the Steam version.

The patient amongst you may wait for Steam's sales and get the PC version cheap, darn it I am going to end up buying all the versions any way... 

Ubisoft and other developers would be wise to push PC releases to coincide with Windows 8 release , you see console fans are bored, they may not have PS4s or 720s to play with but they are going to have pretty fine gaming laptops and PCs all rocking Windows 8 this Autumn. Tablets and phones too...

We are in unique place in the evolution of gaming culture , Pc tech is several magnitudes ahead of console tech, even next years next gen consoles , Android and iOS devices are ahead of traditional hand helds . There is a great brave new gaming world out there and in these difficult times Ubisoft and other developers should ensure that PC fans get their games asap, relying just on PS3 and 360 , or Nintendwho? will not cut it any more. 

This Autumn I look forward to playing Assassins Creed in ghost free 3D using the ST1080 running connected to a Windows 8 rig or surface or two ...streaming it through Android on my Nexus 7 , or iPad and will tend to power on the old PS3 , 360 or Wii far less mostly because I don't cope well with console death... 

One major reason for lack of game sales profits for big developers is they focused solely on Xbox 360 , PS3 and Wii ... when the greatest growth of gaming has occurred in the PC , Android and iOS arena ..

The PS Vita companion version of ACIII: AC Liberation could be an excellent adjunct to the PS3 version. But there is nothing stopping Ubisoft a fiercely multi platform publisher from releasing this as DLC or standalone on PC or Xbox  through Uplay at a later date.... 

All in all £109.99 for this amount of content is not too bad .. just not the 75% off we get for PC versions on Steam come Christmas sales.... And the 5 download limit seriously worries me , especially as ageing consoles are prone to sudden console death syndrome .. 

hmmh ... £14.95 for the PC version in a Steam sale , and £20 for the PS Vita version in Christmas sales , £20 for a season pass ... now all I have to do is not give in to temptation... like watching the new trailer for instance .... 




this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

Thứ Tư, 9 tháng 7, 2014

Sony let's free games rain with Free PlayStation Mobile games,PlayStation Plus and Bioshock 2




From every mountain top ... let free games rain ! Right now Sony is throwing so many freebies at me I do not have time to keep up  ( come on Kaz unleash GAIKAI already) ... 

In the last year of PS3, Sony is really coming alive with the way it is hooking this gen of gamers.  

Over a period of 6 weeks there are free games on you PSVita or PSM running Android device and who do we thank for this ? Well thanks go to Steve Jobs of course who with his iOS and his iTunes managed to free us from exploitative retail music and game stores ... Wait..doh!! 

It wasn't so long ago that free games meant piracy ,something that was supposed to lead to end of the retail games industry. 

Well the games industry ,no longer shackled by bricks and mortar retail is now mature enough to offer free games and this is seen as a model for future growth and success, this hooking of gamers is going to be essential for Sony to transition current PS3 console fans to the PS4 , especially in this era where PC gaming (cloud/non cloud)  , Android and iOS are the real threats to the soon to be unveiled Sony console.

And thus we see free games from Sony on Android, PSM, PSN, PS Vita here  and a year's worth of PlayStation plus too with a pre order of a classic white model ...perhaps the last PS3 update before this years rumoured October PS4 launch.. 

This month PlayStation Plus subs get Bioshock 2, Mortal Kombat and Guardians of Middle Earth Free..

I haven't finished downloading last months stuff yet... 

So whilst Steve may have begun it all, Sony and others are picking up and taking free games , and the Free 2 Play model to new heights not with apps but real games . I cannot tell you how cool it is for an old time gamer to get Jet Set Radio free on PSN AND PSVita ....just magine access to ALL the Sony back catalogue , streamed through the now Sony owned  GAIKAI ..to your tablets , phones , PCs ,console and Apple Macs ... all for a yearly Play Station Plus subscription... Real games , might just turn a few iOS and Android gamers back towards Sony .. 

Now if I can play my instant game collection across Android , PC , iOS  and PlayStation 4 instantly with GAIKAI .. well I might even say that was $384 million well spent on Sony's part... and £39.99 on mine!




this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached 

Thứ Sáu, 4 tháng 7, 2014

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection , Mass Effect 3, Dead or Alive 5,Defiance Beta FREE for PlayStation Plus subscribers now!





Do I really need to type that headline again get over to PSN or PS Store on your PS3 and get some .. A year from now this will be instant on PS4 ! MGS HD is the PS Vita version ! 


Oh and I forgot the Defiance Beta is now live for PS Plus subs too!



this content is © and originated from thegameveda http://the-games-veda.blogspot.com/  if you are reading it from any other site that has not provided a link back it has been leached