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<br>Playstation vita, PS Vita ( プ レ イ ス テ ー シ ョ ン ・ ヴ ィ ー タ Pureisute: son-wee: ta) Is a handheld console from Sony Computer Entertainment, the successor to the PlayStation Portable. Released in Japan on December 17, 2011, and in North America and Europe on February 22, 2012.<br><br>Announced on January 27, 2011 along with PlayStation Suite at PlayStation Meeting 2011. Before the announcement was called PSP2, which (as well as the PlayStation Phone) was rumored from third-party developers. Prior to E3 2011, the system was known by the working title Next Generation Portable (NGP). In Russia, the console was presented at IgroMir-2011.<br>Specifications<br>Initial specifications were announced along with the console’s announcement. After E3 2011, the data was updated.<br>Central Processing Unit: 4-core ARM Cortex ™ -A9 processor (up to 2.0 GHz, can be lowered by Sony to save battery power).GPU: PowerVR SGX543MP4 + with OpenGL 2.0 support (200 MHz, 133 MPolygon / s, 4 GPixel / s) and 128 MB video memory.RAM: 512 megabytes.Display: 5-inch (127 mm) OLED, 960 × 544 (16: 9) 220 dpi, TrueColor.Dimensions (width x height x thickness): approx. 182 x 83.55 x 18.6 mm.Input Means: PS button, power button, D-pad (up / down / right / left), action buttons (,,,), side buttons (L, R), 2 analog sticks, Start and Select buttons, volume buttons (+ / -); also a capacitive touchscreen and a rear touch panel with multi-touch.Communications: adapters IEEE 802.11 b / g / n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 + EDR, as well as an optional 3G modem.Cameras: front and rear, recording at 120 fps at 320 × 240 and 60 fps at 640 × 480.Optional: stereo speakers, microphone, three-axis electronic compass, three-axis gyroscope and accelerometer (Sixaxis); also GPS in 3G model.Remote Play support (using the console as a controller for Playstation 3 over the network).PS button and sticksStick Guide<br>Console sticks have rules that must not be violated:<br>Do not disconnect the sticks: if you do this, the PlayStation vita will break completely.Do not push the sticks: if you do this, the PlayStation vita will break completely.PS button and why you need it<br>That’s why she’s here:<br>If you press it while the system is off, it will turn on.If you click it while the home screen is on, a list of Live Area screens will open.If you hold it down, the quick menu will open.<br>There are also PS button states:<br>Solid blue: System is on.Blinking blue: New notifications have been received.Blinking blue quickly: The system is entering standby mode.Lights up orange: The system is charging and is turned off.Flashing orange: The system is charging, but there is not enough charge.Carrier<br>PlayStation Vita games are distributed on flash cards of a new proprietary format PlayStation Vita cardwho replaced UMD. In addition, the console has a slot for new memory cards, which replaced the Memory Stick PRO DUO and are available with a capacity of up to 64 GB. At the start in Europe, cards from 4 to 16 GB were available. 5-10% of free space is reserved for saves and patches. Using a flash drive, Sony plans to introduce larger capacity cards. Also, the PSN user account is associated with the memory card, but not with the console.<br>SoftwareSystem software<br>PlayStation Vita has a new interface that replaces XMB, one of the features of which is the Live Area window, which every application has. It contains the latest information about the activity of your friends, an electronic instruction and an application launch button. In general, the interface is a central vertically scrolling menu with round icons for games and applications.<br><br>Applications will be preinstalled in the console near (Russian „Near„), Party („Party”) and Welcome park („Welcome Zone”) and mail client. near allows you to find other console owners nearby, see their games, and also makes it possible to exchange virtual gifts. Party is a and voice communication tool independent of the concurrent application, which is the most requested feature for previous PlayStation consoles according to PlayStation.Blog Share.<br><br>At the beginning of August 2011 the company Sony provided the dev kit to some independent developers for free, and in the middle of August of the same year, the official price was announced for dev kit for developing games for PS Vita – 1 900 euros, when such kits for Playstation 2 and Playstation 3 cost 20,000 euros, and for the PSP – 15,000 euros.<br><br>In November 2011, at GDC 2011, details were revealed about the PlayStation Suite, a development kit for creating apps and games for PS Vita, Xperia Play, Tablet, Tablet P and other upcoming devices for independent developers. The development of these applications is carried out in C #, which runs in a Sony customized virtual machine based on the Mono framework. The development environment is PssStudio, which in turn is also a customized version of the MonoDevelop IDE.<br>Games<br>When the console was announced, games from the series were announced: Call of duty, Dynasty warriors next, Everybody’s Golf, Killzone, Littlebigplanet, solid, Resistance, WipeOut, Uncharted, Yakuza… Individual games were shown: Broken, Dungeon defenders, Hustle kings, Gravity rush, Little deviants, Reality fighters, Smart As… To demonstrate the capabilities of the console, the work of the ported Unreal Engine and a scene from Lost Planet 2ported from the PlayStation 3. To demonstrate backward compatibility with the PlayStation Portable, a downloadable version of the game under development was shown Monster Hunter Portable 3rdsupporting both sticks.<br><br>Games from the first PlayStation were announced for the PlayStation Suite: 2, MediEvil, Rally cross, Siphon filter and Wild arms…<br><br>As of June 7, 2011, 76 developers and publishers from Japan, 20 from North America and 57 from Europe are working with Sony to release games for the PlayStation Vita.<br><br>Sony representatives said that on the day of the start of sales, 25 games will be available to customers, including FIFA 12, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, F1 2011 and big games. In total, Sony expects to release about a hundred games in the first time after the launch of the PlayStation Vita. PlayStation Vita games in Europe and America won’t cost more than $ 50.<br><br>The PlayStation Vita also has a Remote Play function: the gameplay from the PlayStation 4 and from the PlayStation 3 is broadcast on the screen of the handheld console, which can also be used as a controller. On PlayStation 4, all games support this feature, unlike PlayStation 3, which only supports a couple of games on it. Some games allow cross-platform play between PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 and also PlayStation 4 users.<br>Applications<br>At Gamescom 2011 Sony announced apps for Facebook, Skype, Netflix, Twitter, foursquare and will be available through the PlayStation Store. Additional applications such as Qriocity, Flickr, YouTube (announced in May 2012), Hulu and Crackle (the last two were announced at E3 2012) will also be available for download.<br>Console release<br>At the Sony conference at E3 2011, the cost of the console (RRP) was announced: in Europe – 249 euros without 3G, 299 euros with 3G, in the US – 249 dollars without 3G, 299 with 3G from AT&T. The official release of the console took place on December 17, 2011 in Japan, and on February 22, 2012, the console became available in North America and Europe.<br><br>In Russia, 1C distributors set a price of 11,999 rubles. for a model with Wi-Fi and 14,999 rubles. for the model with Wi-Fi + 3G. The console went on sale in the Russian Federation on February 22, 2012. The starting line of games in Russia consisted of 15 titles, namely Army corps of hell, Ridge Racer, Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen, Touch my katamari, FIFA 12, „LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7″, Everybody’s Golf, F1 2011, Little deviants, ModNation Racers: Road Trip, Reality fighters, Uncharted golden abyss, „Virtua Tennis 4 World Series”, WipeOut 2048, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3…<br>Sales<br>At CES 2012, Kazuo Hirai announced that it had sold half a million consoles. As of February 15, 2013, 4.1 million consoles were sold. Sony is not going to be satisfied with what has already been achieved and says that it plans to increase the number of consoles sold to 16 million by the end of the fiscal year.<br><br>On November 8, 2012 there was information about the reduction of the official prices for the game console. The recommended price for PS Vita with Wi-Fi and 3G will be 12,990 rubles, and for PS Vita with Wi-Fi, 9,990 rubles.<br><br>At GamesCom 2013, Sony announced a price cut for the console. The recommended price for PS Vita with Wi-Fi and 3G is 8,990 rubles.<br>Press reaction<br>In general, the gaming press greeted the PS Vita positively, although many industry figures paid attention to the small library of games at that time and a short battery life (in the game mode, the console „lives” for 3-6 hours).<br>PS Vita 2000<br>On October 10, 2013, a new model, the PCH-2000, went on sale in Japan. On March 21, 2014, the model went on sale in Europe. The slim version is 20% thinner and 15% lighter. The screen was replaced with a cheaper IPS LCD display, which slightly degraded the image quality. But the slim version added a couple of hours of battery life, and, according to Sony, the console can work up to 6 hours. The console also contains 1 GB of internal memory, but it can only be used when there is no memory card: it is impossible to use both functions at the same time. When inserting a memory card into the console, the system will prompt you to transfer data from the console to the memory card. A micro-USB port is installed, it allows you to charge the set-top box through the appropriate cable. Globally, it was released only in the standard color (black), while in Japan there are several variations: white, black, light blue, lime green, pink and khaki.<br>Playstation tv<br>Playstation tv (PS TV, also known as PlayStation Vita TV (PS Vita TV)) Is not a portable version of the PS Vita. Like Ouya and GameStick, it is a micro console. Controlled with a DualShock 3, DualShock 4 or PlayStation Vita using Remote Play. In Japan, the console was released in 2013, and in many other countries in 2014. Support ended in 2016.<br>Hacking the console<br>On July 28, 2016 it became known about the release of the utility HENkaku, which is an analogue of jailbreak for iOS or Root for Android, with which the owners of the console were able to launch jailbroken games and unofficial applications. To install this utility you need official firmware 3.60-3.68, internet connection and FTP client on your PC. To date, the library of hacked games for the console has more than 200 games, there are also emulators for PlayStation, Sega Mega Drive, Nintendo DS and other consoles.<br>