Although the PlayStation Vita was pitched at a ‘Holiday Season’ launch during the Sony press conference yesterday, it looks like that might not apply for Europe.
Jack Tretton’s on GameTrailers TV just now, and he said that the new portable will launch by the end of this fiscal year across all three territories – it’s fairly safe to assume Europe will be last.
Only Japan is confirmed for a release this calendar year.
Interestingly, Tretton also wanted to move quickly on when presenter Geoff Keighley mentioned Agent. It’s still in development, and they’re still working with Rockstar, but couldn’t confirm it’s PS3 exclusive.
TSBonyman
I thought they might just be keeping Agent for a TGS reveal but without knowing anything about the game it’s difficult to get excited about it anyway.
Smallville2106
It will be a lot better for my wallet if it does release in very early 2012. The latter part of this year is going to be so expensive already.
Awayze
I can see PSP Vita on eBay for £400+ if Europe doesn’t get it in 2011.
I wonder if Agent will be on 3 discs for 360 and be inferior to the PS3 version like L.A Noire was.
Ouninpohja
I doubt Sony will allow that to happen Awayze.
If I remember correctly,the sellers who were listing PS3 consoles on release were forced to put a Buy it now price of the current RRP from that country of sale.
I should imagine Sony will enforce the same rules for this one too?
Foxhound_Solid
If its not exclusive it must be a Noire.
metamorph
You forgot to mention the fact that Tretton stated in the same interview that Rockstar/T2 would be the ones to ask regarding the ongoing development of Agent (as everyone knows Tretton isn’t the person directly responsible for overlooking development; it’s Shuhei Yoshida who handles that), not Tretton himself. And as it turns out… Rockstar/Take2 confirmed only days ago that Agent is still a PS3 exclusive, and it’s therefore safe to assume it will remain as such – so no need for the attention-seeking headline. Really, it’s not that hard to do a little bit of research on these things…
skibadee
I heard that Rockstar confirmed it was still a exclusive.