A comedian takes a serious look at the PlayStation Vita

by Jasmine Maleficent Rea, BITMOB STAFF

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Internet comedian Stuart Ashen doesn't review new and meaningful tech very often. His business is sampling hideous and outdated crap, and I appreciate that. But, on the rare occasions when he looks at a cutting-edge device, I listen because we tend to agree.

Here, Ashen succinctly captures my varied opinions about the PlayStation Vita. I'm not against owning one, as I nearly impulse-bought the wifi model earlier this week, but I do doubt its continued viability. I was an early PlayStation Portable adopter and now own a staggeringly few amount of games for it compared to the 78 Nintendo DS carts littering my apartment.

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Ed Grabowski

February 26, 2012

I would get a Vita. I wouldn't worry about wether it will have any games or not. The darn thing hasn't even been out officially for a full week yet, and it already has more must play games then the 3DS. I've played many of them and I've been having a blast. Uncharted was 8 or so hours of awesomeness. WipeOUT 2048, Escape Plan, Touch my Katamari, Super Stardust Delta, Rayman Origins, Lumines, Dynasty Warriors Next (I know, I know, but I actually enjoyed this one), ModNation Racers: Road Trip (even without multiplayer, it is still a blast), Hot Shots Golf, etc.

The 3DS has Mario, Resident Evil, and a 14 year old Zelda game. I was on the fence as well, and I even let Sony have it a few times while swearing to not buy the thing, but I made the right choice in taking the plunge. Plus the upcoming line-up of titles are just as awesome. Like Unit 13 (played the demo, and its great), Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Little Big Planet, Resistance: Burning Skies, Killzone, Bioshock, Call of Duty, etc.

And according to Sony, they have 3 years worth of steady releases planned at least. Granted this is all banking on the fact that the Vita sells well enough, but I don't think that will be a problem. I don't think it will sell as many units as the original PSP did, but I think it will do well enough.

The dual sticks feel great, just like a console controller. The touch screen is super responsive. The OS feels fast and fluid, and makes multi-tasking simple. Everything just feels right.