by Lori Cunningham
There’s a new handheld gaming system in town called the PS Vita. The PS stands for PlayStation and the PS Vita upholds the HD like graphics quality and immerse gameplay of its bigger counterpart, the PlayStation 3. I first held a PS Vita in my hands when I visited the PlayStation headquarters back in November. As PlayStation Ambassadors, several bloggers were invited up to learn more about what PlayStation has in store for its fans.
Yesterday, MomsLA, a popular bloggers group in Los Angeles (and the three co-founders are all partners in crime with me as PlayStation Ambassadors), hosted a PS Vita party at the hip…and temporary…Vita Hill Social Club in Santa Monica. The Vita Social Club opened just in December and will stay open for just a little longer during the national launch of the PS Vita on Weds., February 22nd. The Vita Social Club is free to the public and houses scores of PS Vita’s to play with and try different games. The Club offers comfy leather seating, a cool vibe, and free snacks!
Here are some pictures of the scene from our MomsLA closed party event:
This is what the Vita Social Vita Hill Club looks like from the street. I would guess that most people walking by don’t even know that it’s open to the public.
Fellow PlayStation Ambassadors and the three founders of MomsLA – Sarah Auerswald, Elise Crane Derby, and Yvonne Condes and me.
I loved all the comfortable seating and accents. Each sofa and coffee table throughout the club has about 4 PS Vitas to try different games. The kids had a great time.
Boxes of Pizza were piled up compliments of Fresh Brothers Pizza to nourish us while we focused on our game. The bundt cake bites from Nothing Bundt Cakes were superb — so moist!
Every couch was filled with bloggers and bloggers-to-be’s. Love this green leather couch!
These kids are enthralled with the new Ben 10 Galactic Racing game, based on the Ben 10 TV series on Cartoon Nation. You can actually use the PS Vita as a steering wheel to steer your car.
Ahh, there’s nothing like kicking back in a nice leather chair with a leopard “skin” rug and playing your PS Vita during your time off.
The Sony PS Vita
The PS Vita includes a 5 inch OLED screen which makes it light in weight and provides stunning graphics. Other features include:
- 4 core processor
- built-in speakers and microphone
- 2 cameras – one in front, one in back
- 6 motion sensors (three-axis gyroscopes,three-axis accelerometers)
- Wi-Fi ready
- built-in GPS
- touchscreen screen
- rear touchpad
- display holds 16 million colors
- 3G version available (through AT&T)
- crossplay – play one game on your Vita, finish it on your PS3
- compatible with 250 PSP games
- apps available for download such as FourSquare, Chat, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Flickr, Netflix, and more
New game titles debuting for sale along with the PS3 include:
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
The Sony PS Vita will retail for $249 for the WiFi version and $299 for the 3G version with service through AT&T. Games for the PS Vita run from $29.99 and up through Amazon.com.
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Fabulous recap! So exciting that we got a sneak peek/first look!
I want one!
Oh I am sure my kids would love this. Cool party!
wow this looks amazing. thanks so much for sharing. geeky families like mine will love this.
Clearly you are way better at writing a review of this than I was……I'd love to steal it since my post mostly focused on the dramatics of my day while making our way to the event. 😉