Okay, so Sony’s news about the Playstation Vita’s delay (it won’t be available for the holidays) has you down, but Sony still has something to keep your gaming-starved thumbs busy. They’ve announced that they’ll be releasing a new PSP bundle that includes a copy of EA’s Madden NFL 12 and Need for Speed: Shift and a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo along with the handheld. The bundle will be out on August 30 for $160, giving you a good deal in case you really can’t wait to get your hands on a mobile console until the PS Vita arrives early next year. Unless you already own a PSP.
By the time Sony officially announced the next-gen PlayStation Vita handheld, everyone expected them to release it in time for the holidays. If you’re part of the gaming population who expected to own a PS Vita by year’s end, we’ve got some bad news for you. According to Sony deputy Kaz Hirai, the PlayStation Vita won’t be out in the US and European markets until early 2012.
Microsoft just put up the console’s Gears of War 3 edition up for pre-order on Amazon. You know, just in case you were getting tired of your plain Xbox 360’s old look. Or in case you’re in the market for a new console and you like pretty things. Because the GOW3 edition is definitely pretty, as long as your idea of “pretty” includes a bloody red-and-black graphic highlighted by a splotchy black skull.
What’s this? Word that the all-new, radically improved next-gen Wii is going to cost more than the original? Well, of course. It’s not like you seriously considered an HD upgrade and the addition of a tablet-like controller to come cheap, right? According to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, the Wii U will cost more to build, which means that it’ll likely translate to a price that’s higher than the original Wii that launched in Japan for a little over $300.
Sony has officially introduced the PSP’s heir at E3, the device formally known as the Next-Gen Portable or “NGP.” While it generally kept all the previously known features, it didn’t keep the NGP name, and they unveiled it as the PlayStation Vita – or PS Vita if you want to keep it short (for the record, we kind of liked “NGP” better).
