E3 2011: The PS Vita is looking really good [prices and video line-up included]

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Sony's successor the PSP is the next big thing in portable gaming. Sony could nto stop talking about this little piece of delicious hardware that will be living in your pocket.

With more than 80 games in development for the PS Vita and with publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, THQ and Activision working on them, how can you not be excited for it? Titles such as Uncharted, Wipeout, Little Big Planet, Modnation Racers, Super Stardust, Ruin and even Street Fighter x Tekken being announced and show during the Sony Press Conference. The starting line up of the PS Vita looks to be vast and varied and I like it.

There will be two models available on release. A WiFi only model and a 3G+WiFi model. Now here's the news that you've been waiting for, the prices.

Prices:

WiFi only model: $249.99 €259 ¥24,980

3G + WiFi model: $299.99 €299 ¥29,980

Pretty good deal if you ask me. I was scared it would exceed $300 so I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Oh and did I mention that it's coming out this holiday season 2011?

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIaJHh60hQY&w=560&h=349]

E3 2011: Little Big Planet for the PS Vita [Update: with video]

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Little Big Planet looks delicious for the Vita. This is how you do touch and title controls right. Being able to use the touch panels for the mini games / game creations, the back touch panel for the rear areas, tilt controls for to manipulate the environment, even the cameras to take pictures and use them to customize your sackboy.

The PSP Little Big Planet was a good game but felt nowhere near as fun as the PS3 version and did not do nearly as well either. This looks to be a solid portable Little Big Planet and one to say I am very excited about.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTPX24uf68&w=560&h=349]

The NGP gets a name

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Sony's NGP (Next Generation Portable)Apparently people have found the name in the HTML source code of Sony's official E3 website. The successor to the PSP will be named "PS Vita". Vita is an Italian word meaning 'life' or something like that. To me it sounds like an expensive cracker or like a terrace or whatever.

These are still just rumors but if it's real, I'm gonna call it PSV, not PS Vita. Why not just call it PS Life or something? I guess Sony wants it to sound classier while still being completely gay inspired.

Even though it has a stupid name... I still want it.

I love this WLAN switch!

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Though I love ol' Phats, many of my PSP-1000 frustrations comes from the design flaw that is the WLAN switch on the side. I'd often just graze it and suddenly get disconnected from a multiplayer game session and in most cases, even with the switch on, the system keeps telling me the switch is off.

With WoL being a PSP-3000 and having almost exactly the same design as the PSP-2000 with it's WLAN switch on top, replacing the old IR spot (which was a stupid idea in the first place) fixes all my gripes with PSP multiplayer.

Finally I can wail away at the buttons without fear of getting disconnected in a game.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uVlhyYBEGo&w=560&h=349]

Note that my Barts was 10+ levels weaker than the Cloud I was facing. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPF98rmtz8g&w=560&h=349]

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojhTEAmFeA&w=560&h=349]