Sony have confirmed what we suspected all along, that you can use the PS Vita as a PlayStation 3 controller, effectively offering up similar gameplay possibilities as Nintendo’s Wii U is touting.
“What could you do with all of this?” asked SCEE’s Phil Rogers at the Develop Conference. “Here’s a few boring technical ideas: you could drive a display from a PS3 game, for example. PS3 can send data down to Vita and Vita can display it. You could use the unique features [of Vita] – gyroscope, touch front and back – as a control device for a PS3 game.”
“You can run software on both devices and use the network to sync the game states. And that’s pretty good, because you then have the processing power of PS3 doing that work, Vita [doing] fancy graphics – however you want to do it. You’re not sacrificing the PS3’s CPU to be able to have a rich experience on Vita.”
It seems that Sony will be happy enough for developers to do this, too, which could bring about some interesting ideas. Touch screen control for PS3 games, for example.
You can read our hands on impressions of PS Vita here.
Mutt
Yeah it’s a cool idea, but only if you own both. Which a lot of people will, but will it be enough for dev’s to justify putting it into a game or even having it as a key feature. The WiiU is built to do that and every console will have the functionality. Big difference.
embryo69
Sorry. I just copied your point below. Only just read your post.
Kennykazey
It CAN, doesn’t mean it WILL.
Still, this makes me want one even more!
Crocadillian
As if I wasn’t sold on the console enough. Sony really are trying to get this console right, and it’s great to see. If I don’t have enough by the time it comes out, my 3DS is being sold…
Foxhound_Solid
Sounds awesome….
leon
I want one so bad
TheJaguar
Question is what about L2 And R2 Buttons?
enroene
Thats what I was asking myself to.
embryo69
No one will develop for this feature. Sony 1st party developers may do so but with a splinter Market it will never catch on. The difference with the WiiU is that every user has the controller dewberry.
iBirch
Another +1 to Vita.
Rad4Life
I have said it before on these threads, the Vita has piqued my interest more than I ever imagined. Don’t really care about using it for a controller, but it is another nice addition.
enroene
This was expected since the PSP had this kind of stuff suggested so another reason to be happy for the Vita owners.This will only depend on how Devs implement it.