Sony announces PlayStation Vita TV

It will be a limited experience since it will lack the touch controls of the portable device

@Redblaze27

A simple video out port on the vita would save you a lot of money.

@bunchanumbers considering it's sony's console, i think it will be most likely region free. unless it's the other certain japanese console maker that never sell their consoles regionfree

@bunchanumbers why shouldn't it be? it basically a vita and everything else is region free..

@KuchikiSentou but...in the end, it plays netflix and hulu and other bunch of stuff, so it really happens to be very much like an Apple TV, which is pretty darn good for Sony.

@blackace Most likely you'll have to download your (digital) PSP and PS1 games to the Vita Memory Card to play on this new thing.

@blackace Doubt you can run UMDs on this device. Likely only digital PSP games from the memory stick.

@grbolivar I believe the touch screen of the Dual Shock 4 is compatible.

@xaveri All good points. I was wondering about the Vita single account thing, too. Sony's doing a good job of winning me over for next gen but would really like to see them address that.

Right now I can buy a Battlefield or CoD game for iPod / iPhone and share it with about 6 different devices in our household. Can even play multiplayer vs. family members with the single copy.

But no in-family multiplayer with one copy of $50 Vita COD since all Vita systems are currently locked to a single PSN account.

@blackace how/why is this a "gimmick"?

There are quite a few Vita games that I'd prefer to play on a TV. Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Gravity Rush are examples.

These are console-quality, graphically impressive games that shouldn't be confined to the Vita's small screen.

@blackace Maybe you're at home and you want to play a Vita only game on a bigger screen?

@blackace Agree for the most part. But the "killer app" is being able to Remote Play PS4 on a second TV.

Sony kinda "buried the lead" on this one.

@SOLDIER-No2 Everything is better then Ouya. lol!!

@mtait01 Welcome to the world of technology. No need for the resentment against Sony. All hardware follows the same trends and you as a consumer should be smarter than to think the hardware would remain unchanged for a long period of time (especially since Sony needs to improve sales). The original PSP had the same fate and lets not even get started with the DS/3DS hardware changes over the years.

@mtait01 Sell your Vita now before prices drop because of the new model.

Although the new model will include a LCD display which is inferior to the OLED (maybe to reduce price), just to let you know...

@mtait01 That's the price we early adopters pay. ;)

As for the cheaper Vita, bear in mind it has a poorer quality screen so you're probably better off sticking with what you have now. If portable gaming isn't your thing, by all means sell the Vita for a Vita TV when available.

@blackzio I suspect the entire device will only support one controller.

@blackzio I think the hardware will be prety much the same, so it's not that unlikely.