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Sony is locked in negotiations with Adobe to add Flash support to PS Vita, a new report suggests. PlayStation software development executive Muneki Shimada was paraphrased as saying he had not given up” on incorporating Flash within PlayStation Vita. The matters which need to be negotiated on are not public …
Read More »Konami announces experimental Vita game
With Sony preparing to try something a bit different with its pricing strategy for Vita software, Konami has revealed that it is looking to be equally as experimental. The publisher has readied new title AR Combat Digi Q for a digital release in Japan on the same day that Vita …
Read More »Could Vita games cost 40% more at retail?
We already know that games for the PlayStation Vita will cost less to download than they will at the shops. But US price aggregation site Thrifty Nerd claims to have word direct from a Sony representative that digital Vita games will cost a staggering 40 per cent less than their …
Read More »Vita support comes to Japanese Orochi engine
Middleware allows for multi-platform development between Sony's next-gen handheld and PS3
Read More »Sony prepared to be flexible with Vita software pricing
The concerns of MCV and others have seemingly been taken on board. Right at the beginning of 2011 MCV warned that Vita and the 3DS could both struggle in the market unless they adapted their software offer to account to the bite-sized low-cost gaming model pioneered by the likes of …
Read More »Sony readies PS3 for Vita launch
A new firmware update will add Vita functionality to PlayStation 3 this week. Sony has announced the imminent system software update, v4.00, will enable PS3 owners to use their console as a content hub for the upcoming handheld, according to the PlayStation Blog. They will be able to share games, …
Read More »Finalists named in Game Connection dev contest
Winner to receive PS3 and Vita dev kits and support from Sony
Read More »GameStop reveals Vita memory card pricing
We’re yet to hear what Sony’s official pricing strategy for its new PlayStation Vita memory cards will be in the UK, but if the US and Japanese pricing is anything to go by they’re not going to be cheap. US retailer GameStop (as reported by the similarly titles consumer games …
Read More »Hong Kong goes crazy for PlayStation Vita pre-orders
The eventual fate of both the PlayStation Vita and the handheld console sector remains to be seen, but if the consumer appetite in Hong Kong is anything to go by, Sony has nothing to worry about. A report on Engadget China, as translated by Joystiq, says that the opening of …
Read More »OPINION: Vita brings New Life in the New Year
This has been a tough year for traditional games handhelds. 3DS has taken its time to find its feet, with Super Mario 3D Land last week the first game to make it a must-have. Six months after release. The new kiddie-priced PSP effectively snuck out to market as that platform …
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