PlayStation Vita[UPDATE 6/11/2011]

here's your update:
Sony announced the PlayStation Vita will launch in North America and Europe on Feb 22, 2012, the price of the 3G+WiFi version will be $299 (€299) and the Wi-Fi version will be $249 (€249). The machine features a 5" OLED display, Quad-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU, 512MB RAM, Dual Analog Sticks, Dual Cameras, front and rear touch panels, and built-in social media connection to Facebook, Foursquare, Skype and Twitter
http://the-magicbox.com/1110/game111018e.shtml

i am so preordering the 3G + Vita this friday.

I'll wait for the price to drop and some decent games. But all of those gimmicks just weigh down the system. I don't need cameras or a touch pad that completely took the place where UMDs could have gone for BWC.

- UMD slot
- Dual analog sticks

^That's all I need

I really do want this! The first game i want is Uncharted.

Port over the umd data. fixed.

man i already got my preorder in but its $50 minimum....thats alot oh well.

ima kop this shit for sure. i like how they switched to gamecards. although ima just get the wifi version cuz i don't need an additional monthly bill from att. also i been meaning to get the sony ericsson xperia play cuz att has a 4g version. sony always gets my wallet thinner =\

I'm still pretty stoked about the Vita, especially since BBCS Extend will be on it. Cant wait to get my hands on that game.

I have to buy it. In my current situation buying it would be better then getting a new Xbox or PS3. have they announced a price for it?
never mind.

Try to get a PS3 too. I'm sure Sony will add some remote play feature for the vita as they did with the PSP.

I had a ps3. unfortunately it is back in my home town. now I am in another country and I wont bee back till half a year or maybe a whole year. I want something portable only for the meantime.

omg LOL check this shit out. talk about epic fail =P

http://the-magicbox.com/1110/game111029b.shtml

from dash hacks:
UMDs on Vita

You are a PSP owner, right? And like every good PSP owner, you ought to have loads and loads of UMDs (except if you have a Go) And now you want the Vita, like every other person who knows his way around gadgets.

But we all know that Sony did not install a UMD reader in the Vita and you want to play your UMDs on the Vita.

Well, here comes the good news, well, for the Japanese only or until Sony clears up the foggy details but you have to buy them again.

Allow me to enlighten you about UMD Passport, a PSN app for PSP which allows you to buy your UMDs from PSN...

It's a rather complicated procedure; apparently you first have to download the UMD Passport application from the PSN for the PSP. Then you register the UMD in the UMD drive to your PSN account, after which you log in to your PSN account from a Vita and from whence you buy the game from PSN for your Vita for a lower price...

Is it just me or do I hear grumblings about buying your already bought games again? And catch this, not all the games are on PSN, so there will only be some games available from your large collection...

Still, at least Sony is making an effort to please you.

If you look at the screen the text and icons are upside-down, so it's not that surprising that she didn't realize she was holding the console upside-down. However, that is interesting that the screen rotates for however you're holding the console, at least with right-side-up and upside-down situations.

I own the vita, and I have to say it's not as good as it seems. First off, it supports only 200 odd games in the whole of the PSP library, I couldn't buy all 3 miku games onto my vita cause the damn games weren't supported. And it can cost you up to 2400 yen. How is that good?

I'm gunna try and win one for 2000Â¥. They have these UFO catcher's in Japan where you can win big prizes.

Still can't shake the memory of me being able to hold one and mess around with it.

Didn't write it.. copy pasta from site. My vita works fine. Specially because i has psn copies of my games since they didn't dl lock them.

Cannot wait for this, worst case scenario with the battery life I might just get something to charge it on the go like I do for my phones, all in all love the console!