Sony plans to release PlayStation Vita, a portable video game player, on February 22 next year in the United States, Canada, and Europe, the company announced at a technology conference on Tuesday. Vita is a next-generation PlayStation Portable or PSP, and PlayStation Go, a smaller version of the handheld device.
Vita, a touch screen device and has a touch-sensitive pad on the back.
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Jack Tretton and spokesperson for Sony's PlayStation 3 showing popular game so-called "Uncharted: Golden Abyss" is played on the PlayStation Vita.
Player can use a standard controller or manipulate the character by using touch controls, as shown by Sony spokesman in the stage of Web 2.0 Summit.
The game looks very attractive - but when shown on the big screen, the resulting picture is not as sharp as a gaming console.
Sony had earlier announced Vita price. Version that can be connected to the Web via Wi-Fi is priced $250 and 3G version priced at $300. Their rival, Nintendo, cut prices deep enough to Nintendo 3DS portable system in just five months after launch when sales began to slow. Analysts estimate that Sony had to fight hard to sell handheld game machine now because smartphones and tablets are reliable enough to run similar games.
One might glance at Vita when they want to level more than simple games that have been sold in the phone, said Tretton. Vita will first present in stores on December 17 in Japan, where Sony's portable system has fared better.
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