Pending the PS4, Sony unveiled its new PS Vita on TV screen

A few days before the Tokyo Game Show, Sony unveiled its new PS Vita on TV screen, its range of handhelds. Main innovation: the PS Vita TV, which looks like a mini console low-cost living. The manufacturer has also apologized for the delay expected for the Japanese release of its home console, the PS4.

PS Vita

Sony delayed two months the release of its PS4 in Japan scheduled for the end of the year in the outside world, the new Sony console will be released in February 2014 in Japan. The reason given by the manufacturer is the content: the line-up for the Sony PS4 is not yet fleshed out enough to the Japanese public said Hiroshi Kawano, head of Sony Japan.

PS Vita TV

As a consolation, the Japanese players can fall back on a new version of the PS Vita, the portable console from Sony. Like the 2DS, this new version of the PS Vita will be thinner and lighter than the original version, shipping 1GB of internal memory and swapping its OLED display for an LCD. It should also benefit from greater autonomy. It will be available in Japan from October 10, priced at 19,929 yen, or about 198 dollars.

 
But the real surprise of Sony, is the announcement of the PS Vita TV: a tiny box to be plugged into a television that looks like a home console coupled with a multimedia platform: Console offer especially in Japan VOD services such as Hulu, as well as web access and the ability to read his mail. It will also serve as a relay for the PS4, allowing you to easily transfer the game display to another screen without having to disconnect the PS4. In terms of catalog, this console will play songs from the PS Vita, but also to those out on PSP and the Playstation first name launched by Sony in 1994. This console will be available in Japan for 9954 yen (about 99 dollars) from 14 November. For now, Sony has not provided a possible release outside of Japan.