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PlayStation Vita Slim Launching in UK on February 7th

Ravi Sinha — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:46:18 +0000

Sony has announced that its first refresh of the PlayStation Vita handheld, known as the Vita 2000 or Slim, will be launching in the UK on February 7th for £180 according to UK product manager Ben Law. You can preorder it from your local retailer starting today.

Releasing late last year in Japan, the PS Vita 2000 is a minor refresh of the original. It’s 20 percent thinner and 15 percent lighter and delivers stronger battery life thanks to the OLED display being replaced with an LCD display. You’ll also get 1 GB of built in memory for storage.

Sales of the Vita have been less than stellar since its launch in 2012, and it’s still constantly trumped by the 3DS and DS in hardware and software sales. Nonetheless, the platform has some great titles with Soul Sacrifice, Killzone Mercenary and Tearaway. Will you be picking up a PS Vita 2000? Let us know your thoughts about it in the comments.

PlayStation Vita 2000 Currently Only for Japan

Ravi Sinha — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:19:48 +0000

Sony recently confirmed the upcoming release of a new model for the Vita, the PlayStation Vita 2000, which is 20 percent thinner and 15 percent lighter and will be releasing it on October 10th. The new model will come with an LCD display rather than OLED in order to increase battery life. However, this new model is currently only slated to release in Japan.

A Sony spokesperson recently told IGN that while it is “considering every opportunity” for releasing the Vita 2000 in the West, it currently has “nothing to announce for the [Sony Computer Entertainment America] territory.”

So if you’ve been wondering just when the West will be able to benefit from the new and spiffy model, you can continue waiting. Hopefully Sony will release it relatively quick given how the current model is still being sold in North America and Europe. Will it lead to an increase in Vita sales for the foreseeable future? Stay tuned for more.

PlayStation Vita 2000 Announced: 20 Percent Thinner, 15 Percent Lighter

Ravi Sinha — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 07:06:49 +0000

Sony teased the announcement that we were all waiting for, and while some of us (okay, all of us) assumed it was The Last Guardian finally making an appearance, it was actually the stage for a new PS Vita announcement. That’s right: Sony has announced the PlayStation Vita 2000, which is 20 percent thinner and 15 percent lighter than the original and features an LCD screen to save on battery life.

Of course, that actually means one more hour over the original’s battery life but we’re not complaining. There will also be an in-built 1 GB memory card and a micro USB port for charging (a 3G model is also conspicuously absent). Sony also announced a price drop in Vita memory cards from September 10th onwards in Japan, with the cards now retailing at 40 percent less. A new 64 GB memory card will be released on the same day.

Meanwhile, the PlayStation Vita will released on October 10th in Japan for 18980 yen ($190) and will come bundled with a 90 day subscription to PlayStation Plus. Stay tuned for more details on a Western release.