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Out Now: PlayStation Vita

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One of the year’s biggest video game launches is upon us. The PlayStation Vita is coming out swinging by providing the most powerful handheld gaming experiences to date. It also doesn’t hurt that the launch lineup is fairly solid as well.  Though the Vita has been struggling to sell in Japan, maybe North American audiences will be more willing to pony up $250-300 for  one. I’m very curious to see how the system is received on this side of the world. Are you picking one up today? Or do you already have one in your hands and want to tell the world about it? Let’s talk in the comments!

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Thinking Out Loud About the PlayStation Phone

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A few days ago, images of an early PlayStation Phone prototype hit the Internet. Sony hasn’t necessarily denied its existence either, with some thinly-veiled remarks in regards to the matter. While it shouldn’t be a surprise that this thing exists at all, it does come as a surprise that it’s taken this long for Sony to create a PlayStation Phone in the first place.

Based on the information out there, it looks like the phone is built off of the PSP Go body. It adds a cell phone to the body and removes the analog nub. The articles I linked to above also mention that the phone is built off of PSP 1 tech and that Sony wants to offer mobile gamers a deeper gameplay experience. Also mentioned on the Weekend Confirmed podcast was that this phone supposedly runs on Android 3.0.

While I think Sony has no choice but to at least give the cellphone gaming thing a shot, my gut says they might already be too late.

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