Author Topic: PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) - previously known as NGP (Read 266181 times)

KDR_11k · « **Reply #475 on:** January 30, 2011, 12:03:33 PM »

For me the two things the PSP2 has to prove itself on are price and game library. Well, especially the game library. The PSP had a weak one, that was its downfall. Sony has to prove that their system will deliver more games than the 3DS.

Quote from: NWR_Lindy on January 29, 2011, 12:07:35 AM

The "PS3 Games on the Go" stuff intrigues me. My thought is that there doesn't seem to be a whole lot stopping Activision from taking, say, Modern Warfare 3 and making a PS3 build of it, and then taking the same code and putting it on NGP.

Didn't they promise that for the PSP as well?

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #476 on:** January 30, 2011, 12:04:29 PM »

Quote from: EasyCure on January 30, 2011, 11:51:13 AM

These last few posts are pretty lol worthy and I feel a meme being born.

I'm not really interested in the NGP but I do have one question that I hope someone will kindly answer, saving me from backtracking through the thread;

Is the NGP the finalized name? Please tell me its not..

It is not the official name from what I understand, it is similar to names like "Project Dolphin" or "Project Natal".

EasyCure · « **Reply #477 on:** January 30, 2011, 12:35:52 PM »

Quote from: GoldenPhoenix on January 30, 2011, 12:04:29 PM

Quote from: EasyCure on January 30, 2011, 11:51:13 AM
These last few posts are pretty lol worthy and I feel a meme being born.

I'm not really interested in the NGP but I do have one question that I hope someone will kindly answer, saving me from backtracking through the thread;

Is the NGP the finalized name? Please tell me its not..

It is not the official name from what I understand, it is similar to names like "Project Dolphin" or "Project Natal".

oh thank god. I don't think I'd ever be interested in owning one but if they really called it the Next Generation Portable I'd absolutely refuse to ever own on principals alone.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #478 on:** January 30, 2011, 12:58:06 PM »

It's the code name.

I'm sure they will probably go with PSP2 or atleast something with PlayStation in the name.

EasyCure · « **Reply #479 on:** January 30, 2011, 01:41:13 PM »

Already clarified, but thanks for chiming in. As always, your dry rub tastes really good

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #480 on:** January 30, 2011, 02:16:25 PM »

lol. did even see the next page.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #481 on:** January 30, 2011, 02:59:15 PM »

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on January 30, 2011, 12:58:06 PM

It's the code name.

I'm sure they will probably go with PSP2 or atleast something with PlayStation in the name.

I wouldn't be sure of that. For one thing the PSP name is tainted because it didn't do that well. For another thing, Nintendo broke their tradition of naming their handhelds "Gameboys" and went with DS instead, and that proved successful. And of course since Sony ALWAYS likes to copy everything Nintendo does...

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #482 on:** January 30, 2011, 03:23:35 PM »

Are you saying that they are gonna call it the Sony DS? or maybe the the Sony PS?

but seriously, PSP di great hardware wise, and PSP is a known name regardless of it you were buying games for it or not.
And they could always call it the Portable PlayStation or PlayStation Pocket or many other names that still carry the PlayStaion brand.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #483 on:** January 30, 2011, 04:12:07 PM »

I'm just saying the Gameboy name was used a long time and widely recognized, but that wasn't enough to stop Nintendo from retiring the brand in favor of something completely new. So if that's the case then why couldn't something much newer and much less well known be retired just as easily?

Adrock · « **Reply #484 on:** January 30, 2011, 05:08:12 PM »

If you asked anyone in 2004 if there would ever be a bigger name in portable gaming than Gameboy, you'd hear "No" every time. Nintendo branded their so-called third pillar "DS" to preserve the Gameboy name had DS failed to catch on. I doubt Nintendo even knew what they had on their hands. DS ended up being the next Gameboy AND something completely its own.

Stogi · « **Reply #485 on:** January 30, 2011, 05:18:58 PM »

Yeah that was simply smart strategy by Nintendo. They couldn't lose with a rebranding.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #486 on:** January 30, 2011, 06:58:06 PM »

Sony says it's a codename, so it may change.

ThePerm · « **Reply #487 on:** January 30, 2011, 07:51:04 PM »

so they are adding the N so that people think its made by Nintendo?

"NGP, is that that new Nintendo Game Player? Its likea Game Boy or something?"

Shadowxaf · « **Reply #488 on:** January 30, 2011, 08:36:19 PM »

Quote from: EasyCure on January 30, 2011, 12:35:52 PM

oh thank god. I don't think I'd ever be interested in owning one but if they really called it the Next Generation Portable I'd absolutely refuse to ever own on principals alone.

That's not much worse than Nintendo Entertainment System.

nickmitch · « **Reply #489 on:** January 30, 2011, 10:00:45 PM »

NES was less generic and had branding, unlike NGP.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #490 on:** January 30, 2011, 10:31:36 PM »

I wish someone would make a Star Trek: The Next Generation Portable.

EasyCure · « **Reply #491 on:** January 30, 2011, 11:15:32 PM »

Quote from: Shadowxaf on January 30, 2011, 08:36:19 PM

Quote from: EasyCure on January 30, 2011, 12:35:52 PM
oh thank god. I don't think I'd ever be interested in owning one but if they really called it the Next Generation Portable I'd absolutely refuse to ever own on principals alone.

That's not much worse than Nintendo Entertainment System.

but it was an entertainment system, and almost 30 years later the name still holds true. If the psp successor sticks with "next generation portable" it won't have the same pleasure once the next successor comes out. Will they call that one the "new next generation portable" or the "next next generation portable. As a codename, it's fine, but as an official brand name it's stupid and pretentious.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #492 on:** January 31, 2011, 01:44:06 PM »

Is it any more "stupid and pretentious" than "Developer's System"?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #493 on:** January 31, 2011, 01:51:42 PM »

Well, it's not stationary so it should be the Playmobile

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #494 on:** January 31, 2011, 01:58:38 PM »

PlayMobileStation

Stogi · « **Reply #495 on:** January 31, 2011, 02:29:14 PM »

Playstation XS

Adrock · « **Reply #496 on:** January 31, 2011, 05:35:26 PM »

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on January 31, 2011, 01:58:38 PM

PlayMobileStation

PMS? S.E.X. Play and PMS. Nice!

PlayNextStation = PNS

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #497 on:** January 31, 2011, 05:39:40 PM »

Smite me 10 more times and you get a free drink!

EasyCure · « **Reply #498 on:** February 01, 2011, 09:38:05 PM »

Quote from: Chozo Ghost on January 31, 2011, 01:44:06 PM

Is it any more "stupid and pretentious" than "Developer's System"?

yes, much!

MaryJane · « **Reply #499 on:** February 02, 2011, 02:45:48 PM »

A lot of people said that 3D was a gimmick, the 3DS or 3rd DS should have focused more on graphics/development/innovation, and when Sony does just that what's the verdict? Quad core CPU and GPU, with Little Big Planet, and a rear touchpad. What do you think about those offerings? I know the code name is SO important, but Sony might have found a way to offer true competition to the 3DS.

Nintendo has not offered a new "innovation" for their portable. Without getting into what a gimmick is

3D is not a true innovation because while it adds to gameplay, the tech already existed, and the new aspect is portable without glasses, its a new way to view (which I look forward to) but I think the trackpad is more "game changing". It is Sony copying off Nintendo again, but this time, if the battery can some how hold out for 3 hours, they may have done something right.

Just like the original DS did, the PSP2 or NGP is offering a new control scheme. You can not select an icon, and drag something unrelated at the same time on the DS, yes it's touch controls which existed already, but now there's two input of touch that I imagine can work well together for gaming, and in that way the Sony mobile does innovate. I don't know what a developer can do with that but no one knew what people would do with the DS either, at this point in its life...

Yeah the battery life will probably be terrible though. I hope there's an automatic save feature for when the battery dies.

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Author Topic: PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) - previously known as NGP (Read 266181 times)