If you’re watching eagerly Sony’s circus for the NGP now official as PlayStation Vita, you’ll see how the Japanese company have been luring attentions for their next generation fully-integrated handheld gaming console. Now the thing is there’s come the classic rivalry with Nintendo obviously. Putting the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita on a hype of which handheld gaming console you should buy now? Both priced at $250, now it boils down to feature-wise stats and of course on your personal preference. We didn’t answer the question which one you should buy right, first hit on after the break for full specs comparison of Vita and 3DS.
PlayStation Vita vs. Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo 3DS | PlayStation Vita | ||
. | OS | Nintendo proprietary | LiveArea, Sony proprietary |
. | Processor | Nintendo ARM | 4-core ARM Cortex-A9 |
. | GPU | PICA 200 | 200 MHz SGX543MP4+ |
. | Screen size/touch | 3.53 inch top screen, 3.02 inch bottom resistive touch screen | 5 inch OLED capacative touch screen, rear touch panel |
. | Resolution | Top screen: 400 × 240 for each eye; bottom screen: 320 x 240 | 960 x 544 |
. | Game buttons | A,B,X,Y, L & R shoulder, d-pad, select, start, home | Triangle, circle, square, X, L & R shoulder, d-pad, select, start, home |
. | Joysticks | One thumb pad | Dual analog thumb sticks |
. | Motion sensing | Accelerometer, gryoscope | Accelerometer, gyroscope |
. | Connectivity | Wi-Fi, local connectivity | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, GPS (3G/Wi-Fi model only) |
. | Online network | StreetPass for local play, SpotPass for over-the-internet | Near for local play, PlayStation Network for over-the-internet |
. | Camera | front and rear-facing cameras, 0.3 megapixels | front and rear-facing cameras, 640×480 |
. | Internal memory | 2GB | unknown |
. | File compatibility | n/a | Photo: JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG; Audio: MP3, AAC, WAV; Video: MP4, H.264 |
. | Backwards compatibilty | Nintendo DS, DSi | Certain PSP titles (unconfirmed) |
. | Battery life (in game time) | 3 – 4 hours | 4 – 5 hours (unconfirmed) |
. | Carrier | n/a | AT&T |
. | Price | $250 | $250 Wi-Fi only, $300 Wi-Fi + 3G |
. | Release | April 2011 | Holiday 2011 |
On our take, we’ll be opting for the much latest PSVita since it’s much faster, larger screen with higher resolutions, classic controls with now dual analog joystick, integration and compatibility-wise Vita got our hands down. Besides, we just thought that 3Ds throw a gimmick for that ‘3D’ thing, and we’re not just the only one saw that.
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