Post 201 | Playstation Vita

So I have had this new piece of technology called the Playstation Vita (PSVita) for about a week now, almost exactly a week actually I got it last Saturday, anyways... I have been playing with it and toying with it and trying to get it to work with the Wi-Fi here at school. Playing demos, surfing the web, tweeting, Facebook-ing, ya know the things you can do with an internet device these days. I have come one conclusion: it's awesome.

I do not have a lot of money right now so with the money I did have I bought a 16 GB memory card and I got a gift card so I was able to buy one game: Rayman Origins. I had yet to play it and Giant Bomb and other sites were giving it great reviews so I decided to pick it up. The game is great, but I am more here to focus on the hardware/software that is the PSVita.

So after a week I can really say it is quite an awesome piece of machinery. It really is. The dual analog sticks are a portable-gamer's dream, and the screen is amazing. Rayman looks great and so does Motorstorm RC for that matter. People have complained about holding it weirdly because of the rear touch panel, but I can grip it comfortably without touching at all. Not that it matters for the games I am playing at all.

It's shiny, and it stays relatively shiny. Even after playing it for a day it still looks relatively clean. I have a microfiber cloth nearby so it isn't that much of a hassel to wipe off the screen quickly. I have had no issues with battery life simply because I always have a cord nearby. The fact that it is USB and I can plug it into my computer or whatever makes it really easy.

The software is, well, mediocre. The menus are alright and the bubbles look decent but there is some clunkiness to it that I just do not like. Take, for instance, having to go into the settings menu. You have to launch the settings app and then press start and then you have the settings. They aren't quickly at your fingertips like a PS3. The same goes for the trophies list, or the friends list and what have you. It just feels like there are few to many screen taps to get to some of the relatively simple menu items.

But like I said, I am having a great time with it. I am still working through Rayman and the Motorstorm RC races are a lot of fun. Quick load times for both games I have to say. I feel like switching from even to event in Motorstorm RC is really quick and snappy. Rayman is a lot of fun and I am glad I picked it up to play with. I'm enjoying it even if I am not really clear on the storyline.

So yeah, there's my PSVita run-down. It's pretty awesome. When I was at home the internet capabilities on it were great, the problem being here at school is that there are issues with the location-based things so Near and Maps don't always work right. But I can still get to the PS Store and access leaderboards and surf the web and such.

If you like gaming on the go, and want to invest in one of these, go for it. It's a really excellent piece of hardware. It has a decent line up of games as well and there are a bunch of games coming out this summer (I think LittleBigPlanet and Resistance are in May) it looks like this system is going to get the game support it needs to keep it strong.

Thanks as aways for reading, tell your homies to come here to!