PS VITA

The PlayStation Vita is an upcoming handheld game console under development by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the successor to the PlayStation Portable as part of the PlayStation family of gaming devices. Visit the PS VITA Facebook Page for more information, PS VITA videos and PS VITA screen shots.

The handheld includes two analog sticks, a 5-inch OLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, and supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G (the latter is included only in the 3G version of the console). Internally, the Vita features a 4 core ARM Cortex-A9 core processor and a 4 core SGX543MP4+ graphics processing unit, as well as LiveArea as its main user interface, which succeeds the XrossMediaBar.

A main feature is full backwards-compatibility with all PlayStation Portable games that are digitally released on the PlayStation Network, via the PlayStation Store. The device’s dual analog sticks will be supported in only select games. The system will also upscale and smooth the graphics via a software emulator.