PlayStation Vita - a portable console of a new generation will go on sale in February 2012

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) announced that the PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) system will go on sale in Russia on February 22, 2012.



“PlayStation Vita is a unique device, the best portable gaming system in the world, its network functions make the gameplay exciting and truly unique. There has never been such a portable gaming market yet, ”said Jim Ryan, president and CEO of SCEE. - We are proud to release a portable gaming system that is better than other devices on sale. We are glad that we can make the gameplay the way consumers want it to be. ”





PS Vita is equipped with unique elements, including the touch screen on organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), the back touch panel, two joysticks, motion sensors and two cameras. More than 80 games are being developed for the PS Vita system, including LittleBigPlanet, WipEout 2048, Resistance: Burning Skies ™, Uncharted Golden Abyss ™, as well as Assassin's Creed from Ubisoft, FIFA from EA Sports and Call of Duty from Activision.



In addition, support for 3G and Wi-Fi in the PS Vita system allows you to connect to the network and play with users from different countries, including friends and other owners of PS Vita systems, using the “Near” and “Tusovka” applications. PS Vita also supports a number of social networks and services, including Facebook, Foursquare, Skype ™ and Twitter.

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Specifications of PlayStation Vita



Name - PlayStation®Vita

Model Number - PCH-1000 Series

Processor - ARM® Cortex ™ - A9 core (4 core)

Graphics processor - SGX543MP4 +

Main memory - 512 MB

Video Memory - 128 MB

Dimensions - 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5 mm (width x thickness x height) (without protruding elements)

Weight - ~ 279 g (3G / Wi-Fi model); ~ 260 g (Wi-Fi model)



Screen

5 inches (16: 9), 960 x 544, approx. 16 million colors, OLED, multi-touch touchscreen, capacitive



Rear touch pad

Touchpad with support for multiple simultaneous touches, capacitive



Cameras

Front camera, rear camera

Frame rate: 120 frames per second 320x240 (QVGA), 60 frames per second 640x480 (VGA)

Resolution: up to 640x480 (VGA)



Sound

Built-in stereo speakers

Built-in microphone



Sensors Six-axis motion sensor system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer)



Built-in GPS navigation system (3G / Wi-Fi model only)

Wi-Fi positioning is supported.



Buttons / Switches

PS button

Power button

Directional buttons (up / down / right / left)

Action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, square)

Side buttons (right / left)

Right joystick, left joystick

START button, SELECT button

Volume buttons (±)



Wireless connection

Connecting to a mobile network (3G / Wi-Fi model only)

3G modem (data transmission): HSDPA / HSUPA, GSM / GPRS / EDGE



IEEE 802.11b / g / n (n = 1x1) (Wi-Fi) (access point mode / direct connection mode)

Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR （A2DP / AVRCP / HSP）



Jacks / Connectors

PlayStation®Vita card slot

Memory card slot

SIM card slot (3G / Wi-Fi model only)

Multifunctional connector (for USB data exchange, DC IN, sound [output - stereo / input - mono])



Nutrition

Built-in lithium-ion battery: 3.7 V, DC, 2210 mA / h

AC adapter: 5 V DC



Working temperature

5 - 35



Supported Formats

Music

- MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC), WAVE (Linear PCM)

Video

- MPEG-4 normal profile (AAC), H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC High / Main / Baseline profiles

(AAC)

A photo

- JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG