Comments on: PlayStation Vita hands-on: Glasgow 28 January 2012 https://criticalgamer.co.uk/2012/02/22/playstation-vita-hands-on-glasgow-28-january-2012/ Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:09:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: KrazyFace https://criticalgamer.co.uk/2012/02/22/playstation-vita-hands-on-glasgow-28-january-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-343883 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:58:21 +0000 https://criticalgamer.co.uk/?p=14029#comment-343883 I had my first hold of a Vita in my (not so local) Game about two weeks ago and I have to say I came away feeling rather depressed. Not entirely because they insisted on keeping the plastic film on the screen so “people wouldn’t get the managers screen grubby”, but more because I ended up suffering a bit of cramp after playing Uncharted for 10mins. I sort of have this problem with the PSP (but less so) yet with the Vita it was almost instant, and I think I know why.

The D-pad and buttons are located rather close to the edge of the machine, and force you to hold it (in my opinion) in a rather awkward and clumsey way. Unlike an actual pad that fits into your palm, the Vita seemed to balance upon my fingertips. The twin sticks also seem to be a lot smaller from the Vitas I’ve seen in adverts. The ones advertised look flat and comfy, the ones I encounterd were thin, pointy and felt more akin to twiddling nipple-covers on a stripper than sticks on a console. Sorry, but it had to be said.

As for the quality of the OLED, all I saw was a bubbly and fuzzy mess really. Shame, because I was all geared up for getting one soon after launch, but I’m going to have to politely decline Sonys offer of this new machine until there’s either a re-design or I can get my hands on one of the “original” Vitas I’ve been seeing in those adverts.

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