Nintendo DSi Software Classic arrive sur Playdate Handheld

The PlayStation Vita (プレイステーション · ヴィータ, Pureisutēshon Vīta), or PS Vita (sometimes spelled PSVITA), is an eighth generation portable video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Its code name was NEXT Generation Portable (NGP). The console came out on December 17, 2011 in Japan, on December 23, 2011 in Hong Kong, then February 22, 2012 in the rest of the world. It succeeds the portable PLAYSTATION and the different declensions that result from it. His main competitor is Nintendo Nintendo. The console includes two analog sticks, a 5-inch (130 mm) multi-touch capacitive OLED touch screen, it is Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 3G compatible. The VITA has a Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore microprocessor and a SGX543MP graphics processing unit. The LiveAea GUI replaces the XrossMediaBar present in the Portable PlayStation. A redesigned model of the console, designated PCH-2000 , came out in Japan on October 10, 2013. It came out on February 7, 2014 in the United Kingdom, May 6, 2014 in North America, and June 13, 2014. France. This new model, devoid of the previous 3G function present in the first models, is 20% thinner, 15% lighter, has a battery offering an extra time of autonomy, replaces the OLED screen of the first versions with an LCD screen. Includes a non-owner micro USB port, and 1 GB of internal storage memory. The PlayStation TV, which allows players to play PS Vita games on a TV, came out in Japan on November 14, 2013 and in France a year later. It is necessary to own a Playstation 3 or 4 controller to access the PlayStation TV. During its design, the Vita has been designed to associate the Big Budget Videos Experience, as we can find on the salon consoles, and that of the mobile games, similar to those then in full development on Smartphones and tablets. However, from the year following the successful launch of the VITA, sales of the console stagnate, then decrease, which causes the postponement or cancellation of several large budget games, which directly threatens the very survival of the Vita. Sony then changes strategy and makes efforts to attract small Western independent developers, which, combined with a strong support for medium level Japanese companies, keeps the platform afloat. In the end, the console is found with a Ludothèque rich in JRPG, Novel Visuals and Independent Games developed in the West. In the end, sales in Japan are relatively low and in the West VITA benefits from a smaller but passionate user base. Although Sony has not published accurate sales figures, end-of-life sales estimates are around 15 to 16 million units. During the last years of life of the platform, Sony promotes the capacity of the PlayStation VITA to operate in conjunction with its other gaming products; As the ability to play remotely at the Playstation 4 games, like the Off-TV Play function of the Wii U. The production of PlayStation Vita and game cartridges ends in March 2019.

If you are looking for a new handheld, your only option is the different Nintendo Switch consoles. The 3DS died with regard to the new versions, and Sony s PS Vita was abandoned almost as fast as it was published. Due to the low support of large companies, we start to see small startups tackling pocket computers.

Panic Inc., in collaboration with Teenage Engineering (people behind popular music devices such as the Pocket Operator series and the OP series), launches Playdate. The first handheld of the company includes a 1 bit 400 by 240 pixels, a CoreTex M7 180 MHz processor, Game Boy-esque commands and, farther again, a crank on which we will come back in a second. These specifications may not seem very impressive, but it can be done much given the 1 bit screen. The advantage is also an autonomy of 8 hours and 14 days in standby. The display is not particularly impressive because the pixels can only be lit or off without intermediary, but it will certainly work. The most important thing, however, is the software.

Promising 2 new games every week for 12 weeks as well as a development studio for community builds, Playdate has a longer tour in its bag. By using the Playdate Development Studio, James Daniel recreated the FLIPNOTE DSI studio on the new handheld. Using this magic crank, you can browse each image at a speed defined by your crank! Unfortunately, you have to recover the files from a DSI because the playDate does not have a touch screen but it is possible that Daniel frees a kind of compromise, whether it s a desktop studio like the one he has already created, Or some kind of d-pad and crank-a-sketch style drawing studio on the Playdate itself.

Expected to be launched later this year, PlayDate can be purchased for $ 179. Are you interested in this device? Does one of the games look interesting? Let us know in the comments!

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