PlayStation Vita Box Designs and Launch Apps

[AaronSOLDIER]

I am the European Hardware Product Manager for PS Vita (http://eu.playstation.com/psvita/) and I am excited to share with you the final box design for both PS Vita Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi and 3G models which were first unveiled at Tokyo Game Show (http://blog.eu.playstation.com/tag/tokyo-game-show/).
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On the screen you can see the app icons for some of apps, features and services that will come pre-installed on PS Vita at launch. Here is a quick description for each of the icons represented:


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Welcome Park – We invite you to the Welcome Park to explore and discover all of the brilliant features packed into PS Vita through a series of mini-games.


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Party – Fancy a chat while you’re gaming? Speak with your friends anytime you like with Party. The voice and text chat application allows you to talk to up to eight party members, no matter what you’re doing. Party also allows you to set up and jump in multiplayer games and chat with Friends while you play different games, bringing cross-game chat to PS Vita.


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PlayStation Store – A direct link to PlayStation Store where you will be able to download all PS Vita games, trailers, DLC and apps.


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Group Messaging – Another great way to contact your PlayStation Network friends is with a PSN Message. Send them an update or even a picture you’ve taken with your PS Vita to let them know what’s going on. You can message your friends on PSP and PS3, and you can have conversations with multiple people at once.


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Photos – PS Vita allows you to capture photos and this is the direct link to the camera and also the photo viewer application.


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Near – An exclusive location based gaming network for PS Vita. With near you can stay connected to all of your PlayStation Network friends and make new ones by sharing information about yourself, based on your location. Press the Update button and find new people based on where you are, challenge them to games or play cooperatively and enjoy a completely unique gaming experience on PS Vita. You can even send and receive new levels, unlocks and in-game items to enhance the way you play – everywhere you go will hold new surprises. You can view your friends’ game preferences, see how many trophies they’ve earned and compare your stats to see who the better player is.


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Trophies – PS Vita games will support Trophies and this app will store and track your Trophies earned on both PS Vita and PS3. It also allows you to compare your Trophies with your friends.


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Music – A music player that will allow you to play your own tunes transferred to PS Vita via a computer or PS3.


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Friends – Your Friends List will allow you to search and keep in touch with your PSN Friends. Click on a friend’s profile to see what game they are playing on either PS Vita or PlayStation 3. You can join their game, take a look at what you’ve played together recently or compare your trophy collections. You can also see your friend’s recent gaming activity and what they are doing now. In your profile you can share information about yourself. Choose an avatar that represents you best, add your friends and let the world know what you are playing.


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Internet Browser – With the 5″ OLED Touchscreen, PS Vita will offer a great web browsing experience over Wi-Fi and 3G.



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We will be sharing much more detail on all of these features and apps, plus many more, in the coming weeks. If you want to be the first to get the latest game news, exclusive information and a behind the scenes look at PS Vita then make sure you sign up to Inside PS Vita. As a member of Inside PS Vita you will also get:
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Source (http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/10/03/playstation-vita-box-designs-and-launch-apps/)

[The Black Wolf]

Rep for posting this!

Wow, even the box looks good!

[DarkVincent07]

It is beautiful :')

[F34R]

Can't effin wait!

[Rapture]

I can't wait for this baby. Is there any information on how well the web-browser performs or what it can do?

[mickice]

I can't wait for this baby. Is there any information on how well the web-browser performs or what it can do?

I hear it's nothing like the PSP/PS3 one and can have 8 pages open at once while playing a game!

http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vgTMW.png

[Bhindi_Bhajji]

I soooo want it!

[Rapture]

I hear it's nothing like the PSP/PS3 one and can have 8 pages open at once while playing a game!

http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vgTMW.png

Mother of god, this is exactly what I was hoping to hear!

[DarkVincent07]

8 tabs?!.. EIGHT. While in-game 0_0

If true, that is awesome... its exactly what I wanted to have on the PSP and PS3 <3

[Wasib]

The PSVita will have multi-tasking at its core. You can open up applications and games together (i.e. have applications running in the background such as Twitter) and also have the web-browser open whilst in-game. You can also have the music player, photo viewer and video viewer open at one time. The latter has been confirmed in the Tokyo Game Show 2011 conference and the former in an interview with the head of SCEJ.

The box/packaging does indeed look good (excellent use of colour and font design as well as a great shot of the Vita). Sony have also made a nice bunch of accessories for the Vita which you can see in this thread;

http://www.psu.com/forums/threads/282299-13-must-have-acessories-for-VITA

[mickice]

Mother of god, this is exactly what I was hoping to hear!

With every new bit of info I read about the Vita I get the feeling it's just showing off now xD

[AaronSOLDIER]

lol, I'd be happy with a flashless ingame 1 tab internet browser, but that's impressive.

[Ariakace]

id rather have a release date than a picture of a box im going to use as tinder.

[tbx59]

I hear it's nothing like the PSP/PS3 one and can have 8 pages open at once while playing a game!

http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vgTMW.png

Great news, absolutely essential.

Everything has been so far, so good with this bad boy, can't think of one red flag. Can't wait.

[BoyBettaKnow]

Looking good. I'm not sure how much use my vita will actually get - depends how many of my friends pick one up but i'm sticking to my pre-order,

[SomaXD]

those bubble icons are fucking ugly.. please please please tell me that they will be customizable... those icons just make a beautiful device look shit.

[AaronSOLDIER]

those bubble icons are fucking ugly.. please please please tell me that they will be customizable... those icons just make a beautiful device look shit.

I totally agree.I hope theres custom themes and someone makes an XMB.

[Rtc]

those bubble icons are fucking ugly.. please please please tell me that they will be customizable... those icons just make a beautiful device look shit.

I saw a video showing different styles if I find it I'll tell you where

Also are box arts for system normally the same in some countries

[Por2geezGuy]

Just read the article and its making me even more pumped for this system! Finally, I can chat with my friends while playing a game. Can't believe the PS3 doesn't have this feature but thank god for the Vita's ram! I've had this thing pre-ordered for over a month now and its a definite day 1 buy for me!

[MxB-One]

I totally agree.I hope theres custom themes and someone makes an XMB.

I agree also. Those icons look like someone had just learn the basics of Photoshop and played around with some layer fx. Someone call the guys making icons for Apple. The device reeks of class but no icons to reflect that.

[DreDayDetox]

I love that NEAR app. That's gonna be really awesome when a lot more people have a Vita. The built-in camera is also another loved feature that I wish the PSP could have came with. The GPS feature is also a reason for me to buy it. It'll probably work better than my TOMTOM.

[Ragnorok64]

Are they going to be releasing Party on PS3 as well?

[Nitey]

Are they going to be releasing Party on PS3 as well?

No

[Wasib]

I found a picture of the Japanese box/packaging for Vita:

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Very similar.