Sony has managed to sell a total of 321,407 PlayStation Vitas on December 17 (the day it was launched in Japan) and 18, according to Japanese video game magazine Famitsu [JP]. This pretty solid number means that big S has sold about 46% of its initial shipment of Vitas (which is rumored to be around 700,000 units) in 48 hours.
If you are one of the select PSN gamers invited to take part in the Starhawk Private Beta, you better make the most of it over the holiday break. As of Tuesday, January 3rd 2012, the lights will go down on the Starhawk Private Beta until the Public Beta is announced.
On Saturday PlayStation Vita launched in Japan. While it’s customary for shops to open at midnight here in Europe and Australasia, in Japan the stores open just an hour or so early and shoppers queue through the early hours of the morning. Check out some of the photo taken through the launch below.
Now that the PlayStation Vita’s manual is accessible online, we’ve learnt a great deal of new information about the upcoming portable console. For example, did you know that the PlayStation Vita’s little PS button glows blue when you have new notifications on the console?
Some new content is coming to Gran Turismo 5 next week, including the second round of DLC. Next week you’ll be able to download Car Pack 2 for $3.99 and add some fantastic new rides to your garage. Car Pack 2 includes the 2011 Mini Cooper S, 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI R, 2010 Volkswagen Scirocco R, and the new and improved 2012 Nissan GT-R Black edition R35.
Some more PlayStation Network downtime has been scheduled to take place tomorrow, Thursday 15th December. The PlayStation Network will be offline between 16.00PM until 02.00AM GMT on Friday 16th December. As usual, you wont be able to sign into any PlayStation Network services, including the PlayStation Store and Account Management sections.
Sony has released over 10 new gameplay trailers showcasing the best of what the PlayStation Vita has to offer. The YouTube playlist features new trailers from Escape Plan, LittleBigPlanet, Super Stardust Delta, and UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss. We’ve included a few select trailers for you to watch below too.
Earlier today, Sony released the latest update to the PlayStation Home client. PlayStation Home version v1.60 delivers a wealth of improvements and updates to the core client, not the least of which is a doubling of the item placement limit in personal spaces. Here’s a look at what’s new and improved in PlayStation Home v1.60…
Last week Sony mentioned that the PlayStation Vita only allow only one PSN account to be linked to the portable console, and that changing this account would require a factory reset. It seems that Sony has taken a u-turn on their initial statement and has provided new information on multi-accounts.
The top 20 PSN and PS3 sales for November 2011 are now in. inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood is at the top of the PS3 list, but you may be interested to learn that it’s also now officially the fastest-selling PS3 digital game ever launched on PSN. On the PS one Classics front, newly released RPG classic Chrono Cross lead the pack, while Corpse Party is top in the PSP download chart.
