Welcome to our first Storify post, where I’m going to curate all of the chatter and excitement about today’s PlayStation Vita launch. If you’re grabbing your console today then remember to share your first impressions, photos and unboxing videos via the Twitter hashtag #gotmyvita. This Storify will be updated throughout the day so refresh your browser to see the latest entries.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 8:26 am by andycass
Roll on a couple of months when people start coming on to this blog to complain about game store prices and lack of new games why do people fall for the Sony hype machine.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 8:27 am by almighty-slayer
Never heard of Shortify but this is pretty cool
Shall tweet when i’ve #gotmyvita – sat waiting for delivery man!
Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:28 am by James Gallagher
I only found Storify recently and it’s a nice tool – might use it for some other stuff in the future.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 8:42 am by KAP
I wont be getting one on launch today but I will eventually be getting it later in the year.
I just… I got burnt 6 years ago when I bought my PSP via import for £500 with a £100 1GB memory card… (YES. 100 POUNDS at the time)
Then I mostly used it for music and videos.. hardly ever games because I had a PS2.
Sony finally understands its the software that sells hardware but I need to see more games like Gravity Dazes to keep me keen to get one.
Great hardware though. The screen and UI is amazing.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 9:10 am by wardenxx
same here almighty-slayer, sat waiting for delivery of the vita, while 2 vita games are here already care of shopto.net…
if only delivery companies would give you an estimated delivery time!
Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 9:16 am by James Gallagher
That’s really harsh for both of you – hope it arrives soon.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 9:14 am by almighty-slayer
My Uncharted came yesterday too. Was torture sat staring at that thing all day with nothing to play it on!
I wish i had a tracking number. WHERE IS MY VITA?
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 9:17 am by DeathMagnetik-04
I dont get mine until 6pM tonight…I ;m home sick too,,,So I have to wait ALLLLL day
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 9:27 am by gypsiee
Will try to remember to post something when it arrives.
mine is out for delivery since 7am with city sprint!!! COMON GUYS!!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 9:30 am by ATIPdante
wish i could buy one today but alas i do not have the funds! :p but will be getting one sometime this year hopefully! love the fact all games can be downloded! roll on digital content!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 9:39 am by kivi95
Hey i’m having a little problem with the friendlsit on the psvita. It’s only showing about 1/3 of my actually friendlist!!!
Please fix this problem!!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:01 am by Gincairn
I’m off to go pick mine up from the store today
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:02 am by monoliet
tanks no mem card in store in mi town
so i can not play !!!!!! very good gob again to fail to deliver everiting on day 1 !!!!!!!!!
we got no 32 gb in europe
but no 16 – 8 = desaster 4gb i not buy !
distribution of c*h*i*t
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:02 am by StuDevo
Does anybody know when the 32GB memory card is released in europe? I want a vita but I know 16GB wont be enough space and I dont want to buy two memory cards.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:07 am by Vorlon
Already having problems: the voucher code I got for buying the pre-order box does not work (for Super Stardust Delta). I bought Tales from Space Mutant Blob Attack in the store and each time it wants to install there is an error code. 16 GB is way too small.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:18 am by DrSHREEVEERA
I live in India.
Received my Uncharted GA and Ultimate Mv/sC 3 Games but yet to receive the Vita.
Totally restless. Hope it arrives tomorrow at least.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:20 am by VictorAnalogy
I’m not able to download the firmware. Apparently the server is down for maintenance. Surely you have not planned maintenance for today of all days???
Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:27 am by James Gallagher
There are no issues that we are aware of – please keep trying, it could just be lots of people all updating their system software at once.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:22 am by guitardevil6
Called in sick to work, I think the boss bought it #selfemployed #gotmyvita
Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:27 am by James Gallagher
Let’s hope he’s not a PS.Blog reader! #Busted
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:23 am by hayzink
got mine now
are the discount codes fixed yet
Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:28 am by James Gallagher
We’re working on that as a priority this morning. I’ll let you know when it’s all fixed.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:26 am by VictorAnalogy
Never mind. It’s working now.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:30 am by hayzink
thanks james
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:31 am by guitain
I ordered mine online, so when I woke up a present was waiting in my mailbox. Stumbling out of bed I realised my parents had already taken it inside. No cold feet + PS Vita = Made my day.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:34 am by PixelBurst
@James is anything being done about Uncharted being sold for 79p yesterday?http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/uncharted-golden-abyss-for-v ita-for-79p-download-1149842?page=12 but these nearly 400 people got the game for 79p which is a huge loss to developers and completely unfair to anyone who has actually bought the game.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:37 am by hayzink
@ PixelBurst
did you call m&s to complain when they sold 3d sony bravia’s for £199, if there going to do something about it they will.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:44 am by PixelBurst
@ Hayzink can you not afford to buy it? Not already got a copy sitting next to you?
I’m going to make sure this is brough to their attention properly. Have a nice day
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:49 am by hayzink
i do have a physical copy for your info like i have posted before i got fifa and uncharted with mine.
i just dont see what your issue is, so what some people got it for 79p, sony sorted it within 30 mins of it happening so very few people will have it, as it stands i now have both a physical copy and a digital download and yes if we get to keep the digital download i will trade my boxed copy/.
considering i sunk £350 all in today on vita games and network vouchers i think i can afford it somehow.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:51 am by hayzink
also i dont think it needs brought to there attention as clearly they changed the uploaded file which would in turn mean they realised the wrong file was uploaded in the first instance
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:51 am by PixelBurst
Very few people? NEARLY 400 on HDUK and they are probably the only people who actually heard about it. So its fine, you and the rest of your friends on that website get it for 79p, we’ll all pay £40 for it. Thats fair right? You make me laugh. Go away, I’m going to post this on every single blog they put up and I’ve already reported it to Support as well. It is completely unfair and out of order.
You only care because you want to make sure you can keep it.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:52 am by PixelBurst
Then why bother trying to detur them from my posts?
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:55 am by Catkiller1
I was in Gamestation this morning trading Soul Calibur 5, in readiness for SSX. There was a guy infront of me suited & booted & purchased 12 Vitas with accessories & games. It totalled to over £4600!! HOLY &*^%!
Soul Calibur 5 Platinum Trophy was annoying to say the least! Distance Travelled & Level 99 was a chore!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:55 am by iStrikeRx
@PixelBurst, 400? No, just no. There was only 100 posts in the thread alone when the glitch was fixed.
Just shut up and go play your Vita. Sony already know about this. If they didnt, then they wouldnt have removed it from the Store. That much isn’t hard to figure out.
Spamming nonsense on here just shows your true colours to everyone. A whiny little kid who is upset because he missed out on a price glitch or his mum wouldnt let him use her credit card.
Grow up, move on, get a life.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 10:57 am by hayzink
im not even on hot deals uk you should really stop assuming things.
when the vita store went live yesterday i downloaded all the stuff i wanted for today so i could just install and go without having to wait for downloads and to my surprise this downloaded.
also get your facts straight before posting as this was posted in the comment’s on the vita update post on THIS website by users who had found the issue so to say hduk people were the only ones to know about it is rubbish.
of course i want to keep it, if i went to a shop and bought a £10 game and it had a £50 game in it by mistake i would be entitled to keep it so i dont see how this is any different.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:00 am by Catkiller1
@ Pixelburst
TBH SONY would have had this flagged up from the start & would you expect any less for SONY to ensure everything runs smoothly?
Something was going to go wrong eventually, but what a mistake eh?
I imagine the download won’t work at some point, as I can’t see SONY allowing their mistake to remain!
Have fun with your VITAs people & Take Care!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:00 am by guitardevil6
James, enjoying Motorstorm RC on Vita and now on Ps3. Is there an easy way to transfer your saves between the system without using back up?
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:01 am by ady1234uk
some people need to get a life why go on hotukdeal if you wanna pay full price
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:01 am by killa1b91
Omg! I got picked @iam_facel3ss. I was just throwing that out there I got First Edition Vita been anxiously waiting for Store update… I had just got off work. Twisted Metal creator Jaffe tweeted me as well with his Vita story. “@davidscottjaffe: .@Iam_FACEL3SS Love my Vita! Instead of reading2my kids2nite, I put them 2bed with 4-6 rooms of Escape Plan
.” I woke up to be told I was mentioned, this is awesome!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:02 am by PixelBurst
LOL you guys are pathetic. You are on HDUK @Hayzink as your post times in with the post alerting all of them that I had posted this there.
and not nearly 400 people? You think you have to post a comment on HDUK to mean you’ve bought the thing? It had 373° heat, now think about the sheer amount of people who don’t even bother leaving that.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:02 am by hayzink
@Catkiller1
poss someone buying them for some kind of sales incentive for a workplace, most call centers i have worked in have done comps for best sellers around the time a new console launches and they give away things like this as a prize
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:03 am by bigmoorer
@pixelburst
That 373 at the top of the HUKD page relates to how hot a deal is, not how many purchased it.
Also, was it far when i purchased a PS3 for £425 for Sony to drop it in price a couple months later? No, but that is life. Suck it up, Grow up and move on.
Had Sony intentionally given it away for 79p, then it would be Unfair. They didn’t, so you are just coming across as being bitter because you missed out.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:04 am by ady1234uk
i think hes moaning coz he got stuck doing the system update and didnt get it in time
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:04 am by hayzink
@pixelburst
are you sniffing glue??? i told you i dont use hduk and i never posted anything on that site ever so again stop assuming you know something and shut up and go away.
my vita has finished updating and installing games so im away to have some fun with my new purchase mabey you should try it!!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:04 am by Catkiller1
Also @ Pixelburst:
You should have downloaded it yourself & if SONY allowed for it to remain, then you could have made some money back from your physical copy!
Seems a bit strange that you’re complaing though. I would have been pleased
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:06 am by extermin8or_
Ahh shopto.net got me uncharted in the post just now
however hdnl have been out for delivery since 8am still no sign of them- comeon i want my amazon order vita, 8gb memory stick and rayman :/ no idea when they’ll arrive and from the horror stories you hear about HDNL part of me wonders If it will turn up :S hoping they prove me wring :/ and soon lol
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:07 am by PixelBurst
Thanks guys! This ensures that someone will see it!
take care!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:08 am by Catkiller1
CUCKOO…..springs to mind
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:09 am by ady1234uk
i think sony allready know thay fixed it within 30mins
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:10 am by dwhes2
I have downloaded a heap of my playstation mini titles from the psn but none of them will open. Keep getting error code c1-2858-3. I have over 40 ps mini titles from my playstation plus account and not a single one will load. I have looked this up online and it would seem a number of people are encountering this. Please let me know how to fix this?
Secondly. Where is gravity rush? It was promised to be a launch title for eu/aus. Digital only.
Finally. I am loving my vita. You guys have done an amazing job! Think you for bringing us the vita!
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:10 am by Catkiller1
@ Pixelburst
You say this ensures that someone will see it, yet Hayzink has already mentioned that it’s been rectified!
LOL
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:11 am by PixelBurst
@ ady1234uk they fixed it but the downloaded files still work.
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:12 am by Liamario
@pixelburst
You’re changing your story now. Yesterday it was because you wanted to make sure the developers got the money they deserved (which is lol worthy in itself) and today, your true colours have been shown.
Your just bitter and jealous that you didn’t get in on the action.
Your tears taste so sweet (which is odd, considering how bitter you are).
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:12 am by PixelBurst
@CatKiller1 you think you are clever? you came off HDUK to here, and you KNOW that the downloads still work – they may have stopped any more people being able to do it but all of the copies that people got while it worked still do.
#DERP
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Posted on 22 February, 2012 at 11:15 am by iStrikeRx
They should really restrict PSN accounts so that only those over 18 can post on Sony websites.
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