Apparently we're on twitter tooThe Playstation Meeting 2013 has just ended and although I am really amazed with what the PS4 has to offer, I am seriously disapointed as well. It seems that Sony just concentrated on the PS4, and totally ignored the PSVita. The only PS Vita demonstration was its remote play with the PS4.
This has been quite disapointing because most of us had expected the PS Vita to get some love as well, we also heard from Sony about a new firmware update which would add a lot of new features but nothing about this was mentioned in the Meeting. No new titles for the PS Vita have been announced. It seems that Sony doesn’t care too much about the Vita and that the announcement a few days ago was the only thing special they planned for the Vita.
The Playstation Meeting has ended with announcements of AAA titles for the PS4, these titles beat even the PS Vita’s launch line up. Some games from major franchises, like Killzone Shadow Fall and InFAMOUS: Second Son have also been announced. The PS4 shows off impressive graphics which surpass modern computer graphics:
On the third-party front, Ubisoft demoed live its upcoming Watch Dogs game made by its Ubisoft Montreal studio. Capcom and Square Enix also demoed early PS4 graphics engines called Panta Rhei, and Luminous Engine. Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto promised an upcoming Final Fantasy title for the platform, which it plans to unveil at this year’s E3.
Stay tuned! 
If you missed the event, you can watch it at
https://us.playstation.com/meeting2013/
-
Maybe Sony is realizing that dedicated handheld gaming has lost the battle to generic mobile phones and tablets. It is also very likely that lots of Vita owners are people who also own a PS3, and to me this is why they are refocusing with the Vita being “only” an additional screen for the home console.
Streaming also adds to my suspicions, that the Vita will become only one portable device in a sea of (non Sony) devices that can play (stream) Playstation content.
Of course, that’s assuming that the network will be good enough (bandwidth and ping) to support their streaming system, which many people doubt.
-
yea guess sony went back to gaming consoles wish microsoft even tryed portable gaming handhelds but they got windows phones .. yea wish the vita streaming gets more attention nice to play playstaion concles games on the go… but i guess sony would have needed to upgrade the playstaion network why they ended up scrapping the ps3 psn to cover network load… microsoft can probly spare the shit load on there network so they dont have to worry much but sony would do good if they had there own 3g 4g sattilite network on the streaming…
-
k so i wish list dis year is a ps4 xbox 720 a vita 4g nividia game pad n ouya n a new computer system wish me luck….
-
I think the +20 Million 3DS sales begs to differ. Sure, more people have smartphones and tablets, but the 3DS proves that the dedicated handheld gaming market isn’t a lost cause and has a lot of money to be made in. When Pokemon X/Y comes out, those 3DS sales are going to absolutely explode, especially in Japan.
My point is, if Sony would correct the Vita like Nintendo has corrected the 3DS ship since its “failed” launch, the Vita could actually be very successful. It really is a shame about Sony’s incompetence.
-
-
actually it was not forgotten it said that ps vita would be integrated with gaikai/playstation cloud and thats probably the update with all the features all game will be remote play and all ps3 games will hopefully be remote play they said.
-
PC>PS4
-
Is it? How many modern computers have 8GB RAM? and how many have a custom modified PC GPU? and how many have an Octa-core processor?
You will be surprised to see that most computers are quad-cores with 4GB RAM and common graphics cards.
-
The amount of cores the cpu has doenst say anything about its power.. and 8gb ram? 30 dollars. Dont talk about things you dont know about
-
well the ps4 has 8gb of gddr5 ram. computers are modern with gddr3, right?
-
Gpu’s have been using GDDR5 ram since 2002.
-
-
Isn’t it that the more cores you have, the more processes you can run simultaneously? which would in a way, if properly utilized make for better performance?
-
-
Octo-core doesn’t mean much if all the cores are weak, as someone else pointed out on this site AMD’s octo cores are likely more powerful than Sony’s offering and still tend to get blown out of the water by Intel’s quad-cores.
Now all of this sounds very… efficient, but not necessarily powerful. That combined gpu/cpu? PC already has access to that and is primarily used for laptops/super budget builds, not gaming rigs. That ram is likely fast enough to dance around DDR3 IF it wasn’t also pulling the gpu’s weight (dedicated cards have DDR5 memory on the chips), and once again it doesn’t sound like all 8 cores of the cpu will be dedicated towards gaming, leaving a few for backup, media, etc.
For the record, if it comes priced between $400-500, it’ll likely be a better buy than a rig built for around the same amount and should get more mileage assuming we can avoid more technicolor follies this console generation.
-
I have a feeling that you are thinking of the architecture in terms of Intel HD Graphics.
The HD Graphics shared memory technique is actually quite smart, the RAM would still be as fast as a normal DDR5 because the PS4 is likely optimized to use the integrated GPU style design, the Intel HD Graphics is a seriously underused chip, it actually has quite potential because it isn’t limited to it’s own RAM, by borrowing from System RAM, it can use more RAM than any other GPU, it is a little known fact that AAA games like GTA 4 on the PC were designed to ignore the HD Graphics’ power (it preferred NVIDIA and I think that it was sponsered by them as well) but compare it to Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and you can see that even with those beautiful graphics, it runs very well because it is able to use the card effectively.
I believe that the PS4 devkits are probably designed to use the enhanced ability of an integrated GPU (it gives the game up to 8 GB GPU RAM) plus, because there aren’t options here, so it is very likely that the PS4 is optimized for its graphics card and RAM speed.
-
-
And of course don’t forget, that’s an old x86 architecture, which means it is by far weaker as any x64. And that x86 combined with 8GB ram, something does not fit, cause it could natively address only 4GB. So by pc standards it is already a 3 – 4 year old device.
Btw my current pc got 4 cores (8 threads) of course x64, with 16GB ddr3 and the graphic card has alone 2,5GB dedicated gddr5 on it.
If you get yourself a new rig than those values are pretty common.
So those technical values of the new ps4 aren’t that astonishing. The question is, how well are dev’s going to optimize their software for the ps4.-
It is x86-x64 so 64-bit.
-
Yeah I saw that, but why mention x86 when it is actually a 64bit architecture?
That would be like advertising your car could drive 100mph but of course it could drive 20mph too.
That is misleading, or not all of those cores are x64.
-
-
Consoles are seriously optimized
Could you imagine playing games with graphics like the PS3s on a PC with the same specs?
Same goes for the Vita, I don’t believe that you could play games like NFS on a similar PC.
The same will probably go for the PS4, remember that the main advantage of consoles is that they are optimized for gaming. So, a PS4 is probably almost the same as the PC you have mentioned in terms of gaming performance
-
Yeah consoles themselves are optimized (current gen) but this one is going to be more and more standard pc like means that devs are thinking they have a powerful new tool now and they won’t need to optimize their products. Which leads to lower development cost for a certain amount of time, till they reach it’s max capabilities. Then they would swap to streaming
Now you can’t compare a ps3 to a standard pc that won’t work as the ps3 has a complete different kind of technology embedded. You would be able to compare a xbox or a x360 to a pc as the gaps in between are very small or not there at all.
So what I fear now is, that the consoles becoming more and more like standard pc’s loose their optimization bonus, this means then there would be no difference anymore.
-
Consoles are not seriously optimized. -____- What the hell are you even saying?
Even if PS4 would be the most powerful thing in 2013 or 2014, the computer generation of gaming would quickly overtake that. That’s how fast systems evolve these days.
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Just because you’re sitting on a Windows 95 machine that uses floppy disks doesn’t mean everyone else has a super-old and outdated computer. -___-
-
@pirate city, Again, I can’t reply to you directly so:
Consoles are VERY optimized, you couldn’t run GTA 4, for example on a Pc with just 256 MB RAM and 256 MB VRAM even if you had a 3.4 GHz processor, but you CAN play it on a PS3.
Also, I didn’t mention anything at all about it being future proof
It seems you don’t have too much of an idea of what you’re talking about, I did my research before saying this. and well you did guess right, I do have an old PC that DOES have a floppy drive but who cares, it is very common for people to have more than one computer these days
-
hgoel0974 is a moron.
Who has a computer with 256 RAM these days?
Sorry, but PC outdoes consoles in every way possible. There’s no argument there.
Cry all you like. The more tears you shed, the more I feed off of it. Then again, it’s probably the same ‘hopefuls’ that will cry if the PS4 isn’t hacked within a year. lmao.
-
OMG! LOL!
hgoel0974 ADMITTED HE HAS A SH*T COMPUTER TOO. WHAT A F*CKING MORON! OMG!
THERE GOES ANY FURTHER ARGUMENT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
GTA4 ISN’T A HARD GAME TO RUN ON TODAY’S STANDARD PCS.
MY FRIEND OWNS A GARBAGE PC, BUT HE CAN RUN A MAJORITY OF GAMES ON LOW SETTINGS. YOU CAN’T RUN GTA4 ON A 256 RAM COMPUTER. NO SH*T. LOL WHAT ARE YOU THINKING.
LOLOLOLOLOL I’M SERIOUSLY SPILT MY DRINK BECAUSE I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD AT YOUR COMMENT. LOL
-
-
-
Kid(I say kid cause you have the ignorance of one) your stupid a PC is fully customizable so what you just said is literally retarded and many computers come with octa cores but there useless cause no software utilizes every core, but a dipshit like you doesn’t know that you see big numbers that in reality aren’t that big and you hop on it like your mom hops on dicks.
-
What the hell? My laptop has 16gb RAM and it’s a Quad-core. It’s considered to be ‘old’ now by computer standards. They evolve so fast. =/
No, you’ll be surprised that a lot of people nowadays have 8GB RAM as standard. Anything more than 8GB is considered to be used for ‘gaming purposes’.
-
Do people even realize that more ram for gaming is kind of pointless because it just increases loading time by a milisecond that you wouldn’t notice anyways.
Specs:
Amd Phenom II x4 965 3.4ghz
Nvidia GTX 570
4 gigs ddr3 ramI max out almost every single game I’ve played at 1920×1200 resolution. I have not played that stupid new game Crysis 3 because I do not have intentions on playing a benchmarking tool.
-
More ram gives you better possibility of caching data, this means faster loading times in general, and less lag in critical parts of the games. Like any other performance component of a computer, it is relevant, and usually the more you have the better. It doesn’t mean 8GB will always make a difference, but dependently of the situation, it can.
-
The only people who know what their talking about here in the comment ssection is wololo and acid_snake.
Thank you, wololo for pointing this out.
And to add to this, more RAM in games like Skyrim CAN make a difference. You WILL notice a significant difference, especially since a lack of RAM on all max settings in Skyrim = Frozen game.
I bought my gaming computer specifically for that one game – Skyrim.
-
-
-
My PC has 8gb of ram and a six core cpu which ill be upgrading to the 8 core soon. They dont mention the speed at which the PS4 will be running those cores at either. Undoubtably PC technology is superior and always will be since its always being enhanced especially with graphics cards being improved on a near montbly basis. I will get the ps4 but i still think PC gaming is the ultimate.
-
-
-
Me likey
-
Vita is dead if they bring any playstation game to any device like ouya. Shield. Any apple or android device also pc or netbooks.
-
well sony will make up for the psp since it was more of there portable gaming its in the name … with the mobile gaming sale there probly jus have ps one n/or psp gaming for sale to play on outher mobile device that app thing will probly let u connect to the sony cloud to play streamed games n the vita is more the next gen portable but since android market they useing it more for remote play for the ps4 but more vita games would be cool hope can still go into gamin stop to buy game cartrige still n they end up atleast making game cartrige with like 5 psx game or 3 ps2 games n ps2 come to the vita.. playing a vita game will streaming to the ps4 nice hoping cuz it be like having a huge azz tv
-
Touch Screen Only + PlayStation != fun
Physical Controls + designed by Sony + PlayStation = fun
Ouya,tablets,Shield + PS Game = Not possible, Gaikai cloud tech is only on the Vita and PS4 and I doubt that Sony will ever let it out on any other device/third party device
-
-
No like shawn said, it wasn’t forgotten, however this conference was all about the ps4, with the ps4 you’ll be able to play all it’s games on the vita, unlike the ps3, since this will be default, unlike an added feature like the ps3.
-
RIP Vita
2011-2011
DEAD BEFORE BORN-
The only thing thats keeping it afloat are the hacks that get released. But as soon as a hack is released Sony kill it so they are the ones thats holding it back. They arn’t doing anything with it so its all up to the hackers.
Lets hope they release a Vita exploit soon so we can have some more life out of this expensive handheld console.
If Sony didn’t block the hacks they would sell a lot more Vitas.
-
Yeah… no, hacks aren’t selling Vitas. No one in their right mind would look at someone running an emulator on a Vita and immediately whip out their Android/iPhone and order a Vita. It was cool on the PSP but on the Vita it’s almost expected.
What is DEFINITELY expected is far greater functionality from the damned thing. If Sony would get their act together on a handheld device for ONCE, then we could see a more properly functioning device rather than one that’s still trying to keep pace with it’s predecessor.
-
I prefer solid controls over touch.
-
True, they really need to get their act together, just look at the Vita’s specs and compare it to a PS2 or even a PS3, the PSV by far beats the PS2 (Why u no announce PS2 emulator!) and rivals the PS3 (Except maybe in processing unless EACH core is 1 GHz-2GHz at which point I would go crazy (1 GHZ * 4 cores or 2 GHz * 4 cores :shocked:)
-
It’s not just about the specs. I guess the people that view this website and beg for exploits only look at how ‘amazing the specs are’. omfg! The Vita has better specs than the PS2, and it’s a handheld! INSTA-SELL. No.
It doesn’t work that way. It’s all about marketing. Which is why the 3DS is flourishing compared to the Vita. And there are is currently no emulation for 3DS games on the flashcards. It’s only DS, GBA, GBC, etc. So don’t use that hacking cr*p as an excuse.
Nintendo could sell canned soup and still outsell the Vita. Sony needs to focus on letting people know what the Vita is and how good it is. Instead they ignore it and hope people will shell out $200+ for a system with a proprietary memory card.
-
@pirate city , I can’t reply to you directly so,
I didn’t say that its specs make it an INSTA-SELL, I just said that if sony were to make good use of the specs, they would probably sell more Vita’s (ie. if they were to fully utilize the hardware)
Also, I don’t think that the Vita can be compared to the 3DS, because it seems to me that they are both targeted at completely different audiences, I believe that the 3DS was targeted at kids and I KNOW that the PSV is targeted at adults (I read it somewhere on Sony’s site)
Although marketing does play a role in selling stuff but I am pretty sure that if the Vita was better utilized, more people who had looked at its abilities would be compelled to buy it.
-
I was not replying to you directly, hgoel0974.
It’s just that a majority of people believe that hardware is what makes the difference in terms of sales for handheld consoles.
This is not always the case. 3DS and Vita can be compared, because they are both handheld consoles.
The 3DS is not targeted to ‘just’ kids. You are wrong. They target casual gamers, younger audience, family and can even appeal to hardcore gamers with niche titles. They have a VERY wide audience, that’s why they are so marketable.
The Vita on the other hand, only appeals to a handful of gamers. I love the Vita, but Sony needs to step it’s game up and realize what Nintendo is doing better than them.
-
-
-
-
hahah aaaah guessing the 4g model is to cover the remote streaming guess i getting anader vita … can i hope for unlimited data plans please…
-
-
No this event are only happen when a console announced the psmeeting 2011 was only announced to show psvita.
-
I expected this disappointment already. Good luck to you sony
-
Sony doesn’t deserve the vita, third party developers will continue to shy away from developing games on the system .. I thought they had plan to reverse the misfortune of this handheld POOR SONY!
-
yea but they had hard time dealing with android n ios so cant blame them they n nintendo barly get by on the portable gaming with things like ipad iphone n samsung note giving a larger choice base on system with a resinable price plus most is phones so most people would be getthing a phone to call n txt n play games on as to a system only for gaming… n android n iphone games r pretty goood full hd games realy n sony best match with that was a psp but the vita did them sum justice to compet with todays iphone even thought herd the ipad mini screen was nice though apple made upgrades to the retina display..
-
The 3DS is doing pretty damn fine actually, their exclusives still carry plenty of weight there.
It’s just once you compare them to the gigantic smartphone market do they look small, but if you were to compare all PC users to consoles users the numbers would look similar.
What if flash games were originally introduced as purchasable apps priced around $1 on average?
-
3DS only needs to release more confirmed-because-Ninty games (More TLoZ,SSB,Mario Party,Starfox etc etc),removal of region lock (which due to stubborness will remain -.-) and of course to make a better e-shop (wtf,everything is far overpriced than if I ordered directly from Amazon and there aren’t any decent offers,if any)
-
-
-
-
ps4 gpraphics look nice what game is that looks like a light bridge like from wipeout but it had a military chopper on the landing pad so guessing a shooting game..
-
not sure, but I think that was KILLZONE
-
-
will sony have those iluminating projecter like on the kinect for the xbox 360 n 720 pn the ps4 say the wonz they made for like the xbox 360 or sumthning was prety mean i guess to be playing a games n the room lights up the the game ur playing or how that even work for the xbox kenect think i jus made the room look like it was snowing while it was snowing in the game or sumthing…
-
so ? is i guess is if the graphics is real 4k like rumers said or upgrade of 1080dpi(?)
-
Your spelling just killed most of my brain cells.
-
LIKE
-
-
-
Wow 2 hours to present a console, that they didn’t have, No specs, beside the 8 gigas of RAM. NO release date…no nothing. 2 gameplay movies…and lots of engine demos wich, i bet, were running on a high-end PC.
-
No on a standard pc or a mac, like back then with the announcement of the first xbox and halo XD
-
-
PS Vita will have a really hardtime now. Only the HOPE of getting it hacked, still maintains it floating a bit.
We really need a Custom Firmware for PS Vita. And if people are having a hard time hacking PS Vita, i cant even imagine how PS4 is going to be.
Hackable in 10years maybe.
-
psp vita –> high quality remote for ps4… =)
-
lol
-
-
I don’t quite agree with this post. Not to say that I am not disappointed with close to no information regarding the future of the PS Vita but it was said that the Vita will be integrated into the PS4′s core architecture. What was his name Andrew or something?
And I think it’ll be pretty cool to be able to play PS3 and PS4 games on the go provided you have the necessary bandwith to deal with the data transfer. This is nothing new and actually the same promise they had with the PS3′s Remote Play function which did and still does not quite work as promised.
But this time they have the Gaikai network which might bring the long promised feature of having remote play and additionally backward compatibility in ways of streaming the games to your devices.
And it was also said that there’ll be more information coming later this year (probably E3) regarding the Vita. -
To think I was almost giddy at the idea of having folders for my media on the Vita, and now even that has been denied to me.
How far have I fallen.
-
They will show new psvita game in Destination PlayStation 2013
-
Jump Ship now is all I can say. Sold my Vita bought a 3001 hacked it for all the psp games and emuluators and used the remaining money to buy a 3ds XL and saddly still have remaining money. Vita+16gb memory card is so over priced its stupid
-
Anyone else notice when they were showing the different devices that the new PlayStation social network could be used with, they showed a few Sony tablets, a Sony phone or two and then they guy said, “…and um, also the uh.. Vita” there wasn’t even a picture of it up. -.- also they guy struggled to recall the name for a second. The collective effect of Sony doing this kind of shit (sloppily handling the Vita’s exposure to the public) is one of the problems that Vita has face since it’s release. When the 3DS hardware debuted Nintendo made a commercial explicitly detailing the every one of the key differences and upgrades on their new hardware. Sony’s introduction commercial for Vita had some guy giving this speech about “play” and in my opinion it was an overstated use of needless special effects (all of the stuff in the background that has nothing to do with anything) only to show a glimpse of the Vita at the end of the commercial. For like two seconds. Now to the untrained eye people just think it’s a PSP. Seriously in my experience people either say “What is that?” or “Oh you’re playing PSP.” Sony has failed to differentiate their hardware in the eyes of the consumer. In Sony’s recent youtube PlayStation Evolution video series the PlayStation Vita and PSP were given one single video! It talked about the Vita more to be honest, but still they need to do better in letting the consumers know that it is a new device not a freaking PSP. None of this stuff is a big deal it just goes to show the kind of sloppy marketing plays sony can make. Remember those weird PS3 commercials everyone hated?
-
Sony said they will do there best to make sure the vita is compatible with most ps4 games they stated that the vita will be the ps4 greatest companion
-
Sony said more details about upcoming vita news would be given later this year right at the beginning of the meeting.
-
when the vita was announced and shown, did they even mention the PS3? this event was all about the PS4, but, id dose’nt mean they forgot the vita. the article is nonsense. its understandable that the spotlight is for the new platform. vita had its spotlight too and don’t forget that.
-
“PS4 shows off impressive graphics which surpass modern computer graphics”
wtf?
-
Sony should just give up on the vita and encourage hacking it. In fact it would be lovely if they would just do all the work for us.
-
Sony would never do that, but I do agree that it would bring new life to my Vita so I can finally see if this piece of hardware is capable of emulating N64 and Dreamcast properly. More so it should be able to emulate N64 but not sure about Dreamcast.
-
-
All this bull crap are part of Sony’s strategy.
They are waiting for the crowd’s reaction then re-design their ps4 prototype.Also, Sony already knew what you f*ckrs thought of. 1 major AAA game alone will boost the vita. The initial “Overpriced” price of vita is part of the strategy to have enough bread create this AAA game.
and guest what? 3 major AAA game is already in development.
Just give time for sony to do this. fcing id*ots.Like Jack Chan said: No Asian Love huh? Wololo?
-
That is actually not true. Literally one of the FIRST things House said in the beginning of the event was that they had a lot of great things planned for the Vita. Including: “We’ll continue to unlock PS Vita’s potential”. He said that there would be more on the Vita in the coming months but that this event was for the PS4. So all of you who are discounting the Vita and saying they do not care about it, are wrong. Rumors are why we all thought there would be MORE Vita info but I do not recall Sony ever saying that. If I recall they said next to nothing about it. Ppl assumed the event was for the Vita as well. Do not count the Vita out just yet. I will stick by this device. I did not spend $300 for it to just die off for “lack of games and apps.” Forget that. I will fly to Sony Headquarters and have a John Q situation if I have to but instead of having a son, I will have my Vita lol.
-
Thumbs up to anybody who got that reference. =)
-
-
Game developers can see the problem with the vita and as the sales are soo low, there not going to develop games that wont get a large amount of sales.
-
You just named part of the vicious cycle.
-
-
For a handheld that hasn’t been hacked to play pirated ps vita isos. Sony sure seems to not care what so ever about the vita. I regret buying this turd, I can’t even sell it on Craigslist or trade it for other items because no one wants it.
-
You just want to play .isos? …
pirate city, b*tch, pirate pirate city, b*tch
10, 10, 10, 20 dollars? that’s silly b*tch
100 dollars in my hand? yea fu*k this.
i’m so cheap, Sony don’t know who they f*cking with.got this other sh*t, torrenting this other sh*t
piratin’ all night, ni*ga we don’t give a sh*t
piratebay so dope, I ain’t quittin’ it
can’t stop me Sony, maybe take a hint?no bullshit, Sonys gettin’ pissed
no money, no money, Sonys chicken sh*t
Sony got the short end of the stick
Nintendo you know what it ispirate city b*tch, pirate pirate city b*tch
10, 10, 10, 20 dollars? that’s silly b*tchni*ga, i’m a jew by far
look at the torrents on the bar
too bad Sony, PSN sucks hard
get the f*ck out, no debit cardI need my isos pronto
get it in the morning like Alonzo
i’m a pirate, i’m a fu*king desperado
gonna torrent this b*tch like no tomorrowi’m at 100, 100
torrents at 100, 100
pirate pirate city b*tch
i’m at 100, 100
progress at 100, 100
pirate pirate city b*tch
-
-
F8ck you f8king fat porch monkey!
Reply
Latest entries on our Smart TV dedicated sister site
- Tronsmart MK908: Quad Core Android HDMI sticks are here!
- Streaming Netflix on your Kindle Fire HD: watch Netflix on your Kindle from outside the US
- The mk802 IV: Rikomagic announces the 4th Generation of the mk802 series
- Netflix on PS3: Watch Netflix with your PS3 from outside the US
- Watch Netflix outside of the US: how to setup Unblock-US on your Android Smart TV
78 comments
Comments feed for this article
Trackback link: http://wololo.net/2013/02/21/playstation-meeting-2013-ps-vita-forgotten/trackback/