Playstation Vita

PlayStation Vita
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PlayStation Vita

Manufacturer Sony Computer Entertainment
Product family PlayStation
Type Handheld game console
Release date JP December 17, 2011[1]
EU TBA 2012[2]
NA TBA 2012[2]
Media NVG Card[3]
CPU 4 core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore[4]
Memory 512 MB RAM, 128 MB VRAM[5][6]
Display 5-inch OLED multi-touchcapacitive touchscreen, 24-bit color, 960 × 544 pixels @ 220 ppi[4]
Graphics 4 core SGX543MP4+[4]
Input Touchscreen[4]
Rear touchpad[4]
Sixaxis motion sensing[4]
Three-axis electronic compass[4]
D-pad[4]
12 × Buttons
(, , , , L, R, Start, Select, Home, Volume ±, Power)[4]
2 × Analog sticks[4]
Camera
Front and back VGA cameras
640×480 @ 60 fps/320×240 @ 120 fps[7]
Connectivity IEEE802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR[8]
Online services PlayStation Network
Dimensions 83.55 mm (3.289 in) (h)
182 mm (7.2 in) (w)
18.6 mm (0.73 in) (d)[4]
Predecessor PlayStation Portable

The PlayStation Vita (プレイステーション・ヴィータ Pureisutēshon Bīta, also known as "PSVita" or "PSV") is an upcoming handheld game console under development by Sony Computer Entertainment.[9] It is thesuccessor to the PlayStation Portable as part of the PlayStation family of gaming devices. It is set to release in Japan and parts of Asia in late 2011, and in Europe and North America in early 2012.[10]

The handheld includes two analog sticks, a 5-inch (130 mm) OLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, and supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and optionally 3G. Internally, the Vita features a 4 core ARMCortex-A9 MPCore processor and a 4 core SGX543MP4 + graphics processing unit, as well as LiveArea as its main user interface, which succeeds the XrossMediaBar.[4][11]

The device is fully backwards-compatible with all PlayStation Portable games digitally released on the PlayStation Network via the PlayStation Store, with the Vita's dual analog sticks supported in select PSP games; graphics will beup-scaled, with smoothing to reduce pixelation.[12]Contents [hide]
1 Hardware
2 NVG Card
3 Software
4 History
4.1 Before announcement
4.2 Post-announcement
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

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Hardware

The device features a "super oval"-shape similar to the design of the original PlayStation Portable, with a 5-inch (130 mm) OLED capacitive touchscreen in the center of thedevice.[13] The device features two analog sticks (unlike the PSP which features only a single analog "nub"), a D-pad, a set of standard PlayStation face buttons (, , and ), two shoulder buttons (L and R), a PlayStation button and Start and Select buttons. Internally, the device features a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor (3 of the 4 cores will be usable for applications)[14] and aquad-core SGX543MP4 + GPU clocked at 266 MHz. The device also features a rear touch pad, a front camera, a rear camera, stereo speakers, microphone, Sixaxis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), three-axis electronic compass, built-in GPS (only for the 3G version) as well as Wi-Fi, 3G, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR connectivity.[4][11][8][13][15] The two cameras feature theabilities of face detection, head detection, and head tracking. It also allows for customization and personalization.[16][17] The PlayStation Vita will have 512 MB of RAM and 128 MB of VRAM.[5][6] The amount of RAM allows cross-game chat to be used on the system (in contrast to the PlayStation 3, which only has 256 MB of RAM).[6]

The PlayStation Vita will be released as two different versions: onewith 3G support, and a cheaper version without 3G support.[18] The more expensive 3G-version will also come pre-loaded with some special applications that take advantage of 3G's "always-on" capabilities, such as augmented reality software.[19] The 3G service will be partnered with AT&T in the US.

Unlike the PSP, the PlayStation Vita will not support video output or contain a removable...