Manufacturer | Sony Computer Entertainment |
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Product family | PlayStation |
Type | Handheld game console |
Generation | Eighth generation |
Release date | |
Discontinued | October 12, 2017 (Amazon)
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Units sold | 10.27 million (as of April 24, 2015)[7] |
Media | PS Vita Card[8] |
CPU | up to 2 GHz[9][10][11][note 1] Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore[12] |
Memory | 512 MB RAM, 128 MB VRAM[13][14] |
Storage | PS Vita memory card (4, 8, 16 or 32 GB) |
Display | 5-inch (16:9) OLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, approximately 17 million colors, 960 × 544 qHD @ 220 ppi[12] |
Graphics | Quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4+[12] |
Sound | Stereo speakers, microphone |
Input | |
Camera | Front and back 0.3MP cameras[15] |
Connectivity | IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR[16] |
Online services | PlayStation Network |
Dimensions | 83.55 mm (3.289 in) (h) 182 mm (7.2 in) (w) 18.6 mm (0.73 in) (d)[12] |
Mass | Wi-Fi: 260 grams (9.2 oz) 3G: 279 grams (9.8 oz) |
Backward compatibility | PlayStation Portable (download only)[17] |
Predecessor | PlayStation Portable |
The PlayStation Vita (Japanese: プレイステーション・ヴィータ, Hepburn: Pureisutēshon Vīta, PS Vita) is a handheld game console made by Sony Computer Entertainment.[18] It is the replacement model to the PlayStation Portable. It was released in Japan on December 17, 2011.[3] It was released in Europe, North America, South America and Singapore[19] on February 22, 2012.[2][4] It was released in Australia on February 23, 2012.[5]
It competed with the Nintendo 3DS. It is part of the eighth generation of gaming.
It was discontinued on Amazon on October 12, 2017 and worldwide on March 1, 2019.