Poor Wii U.

We learned back in June that the PS Vita could play nice with the PS3, but how much can the two systems do together? Apparently about as much as the Wii U.

Sony Europe R&D manager Phil Rogers said at the Develop Conference 2011 that the "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."

Vita will also be able to display encoded video from the PS3, acting as a second screen in case your TV is already in use, something emphasized by Nintendo when announcing the Wii U.

A second display with motion controls and touch screen sounds a lot like the Wii U, but Sony's latest addition to the handheld market is still emphasizing the mobile aspect of the Vita with "Title User Storage".

With "Title Use Storage" Vita owners start a game on their PS3, save it to cloud storage, then continue it on their PS Vita. This function will only be available in certain games such as upcoming action RPG Ruin.

Rogers said that Sony's third-party team is encouraging developers to take advantage of PS Vita's new features.

http://kotaku.com/5826898/sonys-vita-can...wii-u-does


That's gotta be a pretty tough pill for Nintendo to swallow, and is information that will definitely determine what I buy next. Would I rather buy a new system with mediocre features or a new handheld that's going to be CHEAP, will connect to the PS3 I already own and is guaranteed to have at least half a dozen games in the first year that will interest me.

Things aren't looking good for Nintendo at this rate. I actually believed the portability of the controller would be a big selling point but if you can get something that does all that and more and connects to a system most people already own, unlike the Wii U controller, well that's an issue.

Also: TROPHIES. The Wii U has no confirmed achievement support yet which is absolutely ludicrous at this point in gaming.