Sony PS Vita Gets World Launch in Japan 17 December 2011, by Karyn Poupee
Sony PS Vita gets world launch in Japan 17 December 2011, by Karyn Poupee in February 2012. "It's actually quite fun. The waiting, the excitement. Lots of people are getting together and sharing this moment, it's a bit like a party," said Ken Iioka, who turned up at 5.30 am. Sony mounted a major promotional effort: stands displaying the device were set up in the streets, and shop interiors were decorated in the PS Vita's wide range of bright colours. "A number of the devices are already sold out, most customers had reserved them in advance," one salesman in Akihabara said. A couple show off their newly purchased PlayStation "The first customers are mostly men between 20 Vita portable game in Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo and 30 years of age," he said, adding that the 20 Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Sony's long-waited PS Vita hit games available to play on the PS Vita as of stores in Japan on Saturday, with the company Saturday were also geared towards the same predicting brisk sales even though the launch has demographic. missed much of the holiday shopping season. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY Nintendo's Game Boy, released in 1989, led the CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA handheld game market until the mid-2000s, when Sony's PSP cut into its share. Technology giant Sony on Saturday held the world launch of its next-generation PlayStation Vita But the emergence of iPhone and Android games is handheld console in Japan, as the company aims threatening the existence of game-specific to take a bite out of the growing smartphone handheld devices.
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