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.
CarBoyCam
I would love to buy a PS Vita when it comes out, but unfortunately, being a Uni Student and owning a car means I won’t be financially able to get one. :P
D-Nichol
The second tbe WiiU was announced Me and mates said sony would compete with the PSV. i cant wait to get it now
XisTG
haven’t bought a portable since the original Game Boy… this might be the one :)
TheChaosGamer
I love everything sony, but there’s no chance of me being able to afford this.