SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES “PLAYSTATION®VITA” AS THE OFFICIAL NAME FOR NEXT GENERATION PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
Wi-Fi Model: 24,980 Yen (including tax), $249 and €249
3G/Wi-Fi Model: 29,980 Yen (including tax), $299 and €299
Realizes Unparalleled Interactive Network Entertainment
Tokyo, June 7, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced
PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) (PCH-1000 series) as the official platform name for the next
generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP). Wi-Fi model will be available
for 24,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $249 in US and €249 in Europe, 3G/Wi-Fi model will
be available for 29,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $299 in US and €299 in Europe and
successively launch in global market starting the end of 2011.
“Vita”, which means “Life” in Latin, was chosen as the most appropriate name for the
next generation portable entertainment system as it enables a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context. SCE is aiming to transform every aspect of user’s daily life into an entertainment experience.
PS Vita incorporates a beautiful 5-inch multi-touch organic light emitting diode
(OLED) as the front display and a unique multi-touch pad on the rear. Together with the front
touch screen and the rear touch pad, PS Vita offers new game play experiences never before
seen on any device, allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like
motion, through “touch, grab, trace, push and pull” finger motions. Also PS Vita features two
analog sticks which enable a wider range of game genres to be brought into the portable
experience, such as shooters, action games, and fighting games. Exciting and attractive new
titles*1 are scheduled to be released from SCE Worldwide Studios, including “GRAVITY
DAZE”, "Uncharted Golden Abyss", "Little Deviants", "Hot Shots Golf", "Reality Fighter",
"Hustle Kings", "ModNation Racers", "Wipeout 2048" and "Super Stardust Delta," as well as
from a broad range of third party game developers and publishers, which will deliver value
only possible on PS Vita.
Also, by having both Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity, together with various
applications, PS Vita will enable infinite possibilities for users to “encounter,” “connect,”
“discover,” “share” and “play” with friends wherever they are.
On January 27, 2011, SCE announced the first PS Vita application, “near”, which will come pre-installed. It will let users discover what games PS Vita users in the vicinity are or were recently playing, as well as let users share their game information.
"near" also enables location-based gaming features such as "gifting," in which a user can access virtual game-related items that other users are sharing, through checking in at geographic locations that others have also visited. The virtual items can include content unlocked from games, such as character costumes, weapons, and treasures.
Sharing these items between users adds a unique dimension to the portable gaming experience on PS Vita while enhancing the social connectivity among the PS Vita community.
Additionally, PS Vita will come pre-installed with a newly developed application
called “Party.” “Party” is an innovative application for a portable entertainment system which
enables users to enjoy voice chat or text chat not only during online gaming, but also when
users are playing different games or using different applications such as internet browser.
Through “Party”, which offers a new form of social networking, and “near”, which enables
users to share their game information with other users anywhere, anytime, users can
dramatically expand the boundaries of interactive communication.
Also a tutorial application called “Welcome Park,” developed specifically to guide
every user about PS Vita’s brand new user interface such as the front touch display and the
multi-touch pad on the rear, will come pre-installed. By playing “Welcome Park”, users can
easily become accustomed to the three dimension-like finger motions used on PS Vita.
SCE will vigorously promote PS Vita towards the launch as the next generation portable
entertainment platform and work towards expanding the portable gaming market.*1 Some title names are tentative. Titles may differ by countries and regions.
Platform Name PlayStation®Vita
Model number PCH-1000 series
CPU ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
GPU SGX543MP4+
External Dimensions Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludeslargest projection)
Screen (Touch screen) 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED
Multi touch screen (capacitive type)
Rear touch pad Multi touch pad (capacitive type)
Cameras Front camera, Rear camera
Frame rate : 120fps@320x240(QVGA), 60fps@640x480(VGA)
Resolution : Up to 640x480(VGA)
Sound Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
Sensors Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis
accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
Location Built-in GPS (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
Wi-Fi location service support
Keys / Switches PS button
Power button
Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
Right stick, Left stick
START button, SELECT button
Volume buttons (+/-)
Wireless
communications
Mobile network connectivity (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR （A2DP/AVRCP/HSP）
Slots/Ports PlayStation®Vita card slot
Memory card slot
SIM card slot (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
Multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In], Serial data communication),
Headset jack (Stereo mini jack) (for Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In])
Accessory port
Power Built-In Lithium-ion Battery,
AC adaptor
Supported AV content format
Music
－MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3、MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC)、WAVE (Linear PCM)
Videos
－MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC)、H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Hi/Main/Baseline Profile
(AAC)
Photos
－JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG
List of Third Party Game Developers and Publishers
As of June 7th, 2011
(in alphabetical order of developer/publisher)
JAPAN
ACQUIRE Corp.
ALPHA･UNIT CO.,LTD
ALVION Inc.
AQ INTERACTIVE INC.
AQUAPLUS Co.,Ltd
ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co.,Ltd.
ARIKA CO.,LTD.
ARTDINK CORPORATION
ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc.
ASGARD Co.,Ltd.
Aspect Co.,Ltd.
BROCCOLI Co.,Ltd.
Capcom Co., Ltd．
CHUN SOFT CO., Ltd
Codemasters Software Company Limited
Crafts & Meister Co.,Ltd.
CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.
CYBERFRONT Corporation
D3 PUBLISHER Inc.
DIGITAL WORKS ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Dimps Corporation
dorasu corporation
Edia Co., Ltd.
ENTERBRAIN, INC.
FromSoftware, Inc.
Gameloft K.K.
GANBARION Co.,Ltd.
Genki Co.,Ltd.
Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
GungHo Online Entertainment,Inc.
GUST CO.,LTD.
HAMSTER Corporation
HUNEX CO., LTD.
IDEA FACTORY CO., LTD.
Ignition Entertainment Ltd.
IMAGICA DIGITALSCAPE Co.,Ltd.
Index Corporation （Atlus）
IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INC.
Jorudan Co.,Ltd.
KADOKAWA GAMES,LTD.
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.
KAGA CREATE CO., LTD
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
LEVEL-5 Inc.
MAGES．Inc．（5pb．）
Mainichi Communications Inc.
Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
media5 Corporation
NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Nihon Falcom Corporation
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
NOWPRODUCTION, CO.,LTD
OaKs co.,Lｔｄ.
PAON CORPORATION
POLYGON MAGIC, INC.
PROTOTYPE CO.,LTD.
Q Entertainment Inc.
SAFARI GAMES., Ltd
SEGA CORPORATION
SilverStarJapan Co., Ltd.
SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION
Sonic Powered co.,Ltd.
Spike Co.,Ltd
SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.
Starfish-SD Inc.
SUNCORPORATION
SystemPrisma Co.,Ltd.
SystemSoft Alpha Corp.
TECMO KOEI GAMES CO., LTD.
TGL
TOMY Company,Ltd.
TOSE CO., LTD.
tri-Ace Inc.
Ubisoft K.K.
Views Co.,Ltd.
YUKE'S Co., Ltd.
76 companies in total
NORTH AMERICA
Activision, Inc.
Capybara Games
“CCP”
Demiurge Studios
Electronic Arts
Epic Games Inc.
Far Sight Studios
Frima
High Voltage Software
Kung Fu Factory
Paramount Digital Entertainment
PopCap Games
Powerhead Games
Rockster Games
THQ
Trendy Entertainment
Ubisoft®
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2K Games
2K Sports
20 companies in total
EUROPE/PAL
Alawar
Allegorithmic, makers of Substance
Beatnik Games
Beatshpers
Blitz Games Studios
Broadsword Publishing Limited
Catalyst Outsourcing
“CCP”
Climax Studios Ltd
Codemasters®
Codeplay
Electronic Arts
Enigma Software Productions, SL
Eurocom Entertainment Software
Eutechnyx Ltd
Exient
Firelight Tech
Fresh3D
FUN labs
Gameloft SA
Gameshastra
Home Entertainment Suppliers PTY Ltd
Honeyslug
Icon Games
Impromptu Software Ltd
Just Add Water Ltd
Kuju Doublesix
Lexis Numérique
Mobile Interactive Group Ltd
Namco Bandai
NaturalMotion
Playerthree Ltd
Rebellion®
Rockstar Games
Rubicon Mobile
Sanuk Games
SEGA
Sidhe Interactive
Spinvector
Stainless Games Ltd
StormBASIC Games
Sumo Digital Ltd
Tag Games
Take2
The Game Atelier
THQ
Tonika Games
Trine Entertainment Ltd
Trinigy
Tru Blu Games
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Umbra
VeeMee
ZAPPAR
Zen Studios Ltd
2K
505 Games
