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Sony releases PS Vita specs for you and me
Ricardo Trejo
Sony has officially released the PS Vita’s specs, the power of its guts, and boy does it pack a punch. It truly does stand out as a mini, portable PS3. But how will it fare against a drastically price reduced 3DS? That remains to be seen. But for now we’ll just have to be okay with checking out what will make the Vita’s games so pretty.
Without further ado, here’s what was once known as the PSP2:
- Platform Name: PlayStation Vita
- Model number: PCH-1000 series
- CPU: ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A9 core (4 core)
- GPU: SGX543MP4+
- External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
- Screen: 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED (Touch screen) Multi touch screen (capacitive type)
- Main memory: 512MB
- VRAM: 128MB
- Rear touch pad: Multi touch pad (capacitive type)
- Cameras:
– Front camera, Rear camera
– Frame rate: 120fps@320×240(QVGA), 60fps@640×480(VGA)
– Resolution: Up to 640×480(VGA) - Sound: Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in microphone
- Sensors: Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic, compass
- Location: Built-in GPS (3G/Wi-Fi model only), Wi-Fi location service support
- Keys / Switches:
– PS button
– Power button
– Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
– Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
– Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
– Right stick, Left stick
– START button, SELECT button
– Volume buttons (+/-) - Wireless communications:
– Mobile network connectivity (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
– IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
– Bluetooth(R) 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP) - Slots/Ports:
– PlayStation Vita card slot
– Memory card slot
– SIM card slot (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
– Multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio (Stereo Out /Mono In), Serial data communication), Headset jack (Stereo mini jack) (for Audio (Stereo Out/Mono In))
– Accessory port - Power: Built-In Lithium-ion Battery,AC adaptor
- Supported Music: MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC)
- AV content: WAVE (Linear PCM)
- Videos: MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, High/Main/Baseline Profile (AAC)
- Photos: JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG
It definitely isn’t your Dad’s Gameboy brick, that’s for sure. It pretty much does everything you can think of except wash your dishes, but I’m sure that’ll be included in a later firmware update.
We still haven’t gotten a firm release date, so for those with a handheld gaming itch that needs to be scratched you don’t have to choose between Nintendo and Sony anymore — cause didn’t you hear? The 3DS is only $170 now. Not to mention it has Star Fox, Super Mario Land, and Mario Kart 7 just right around the corner to keep you busy until Sony gets in gear.
