The PlayStation Vita is a handheld game
console created and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the
successor to the PlayStation Portable as part of the PlayStation brand of
gaming devices. It was released in Japan and parts of Asia on December 17, 2011,
in Europe, North America, South America and Singapore on February 22, 2012, and
in Australia on February 23, 2012. It largely contends with the Nintendo 3DS,
as part of the eighth generation of gaming.
A limited edition was released in North America
on February 15, 2012, a week earlier than the official launch, which included
the 3G/WiFi model of the device (Wi-Fi model in Canada), the game Little
Deviants, a limited-edition carry case, and a 4 GB memory card. The handheld includes two analogue sticks,
a 5-inch (130 mm) OLED multi-touch capacitive touch screen, and supports Bluetooth,
Wi-Fi and optional 3G. Internally, the Vita features a four-core ARM Cortex-A9
MP Core processor and a four-core SGX543MP4+ graphics processing unit, as well
as Live Area software as its main user interface, which succeeds the Xross Media
Bar.
