Sony Poll Fans for PlayStation Vita Peripherals

Sony polls their fans on what PlayStation Vita peripherals would they like to see at its Japanese community site. It is obvious that the firm is using their time well, now that the PS Vita will be rolling out in Japan this year, followed by US and Europe early next year. And though the community site is written in Japanese characters, browsing through the pages will tell you that a UMD converter is on top of the wish list. Other peripherals mentioned were cradle with HDMI out, full keyboard attachment, and secondary battery.

It is not surprising that a UMD converter becomes a top request, since there are still UMD-only PSP titles like Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Hopefully, this move from Sony could be an indication that a peripheral as such would be considered.

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Sony’s PlayStation Vita’s Memory Card at E3

At the presentation of Sony’s PlayStation Vita E3 2011, Sony also showed the new removable internal memory card for the said console. It will be available in 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB as it was said in E3.

Unlike the memory stick, the said memory card appearance is very close to a variety of SD(Secure Digital) cards that has an ultra small flash memory card designed, it just have a little notch in its side confirming they hew to Sony’s unfortunate habit of using proprietary storage formats. But the cost of Vita’s memory card is still shrouded with mysteries.

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Sony NGP: Sony’s Great Ambition Came to Life

While Sony’s Xperia Play soars high, NGP lie low. But we cannot say no to some hot details about the device.

SCEA Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida revealed a few interesting details about the device. He said that the PSP will stick around even after the launch of NGP.

“The NGP features everything Sony can and wants to do today,” he said. “It’s a platform looking forward with great ambition.

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