Sony announces PlayStation Vita, to come in 6 different colours

Sony has announced the new PlayStation Vita at an event in Tokyo, Japan. The new handheld gaming device is 15 percent lighter and 20 percent thinner than the original model and will come with an additional hour of battery life.

The new (WiFi-only) Vita will launch in Japan on 10 October at $190. The device comes in pink, black, blue, grey, lime green, and yellow colour options.

It has a micro-USB charger and 1GB of storage space and support for MicroSD upto 64 GB. According to Engadget , the screen is an LCD while the previous version had a an OLED screen. 

Sony also said that its next-generation video game machine PlayStation 4 won’t go on sale in Japan until next year, meaning that it won’t be on time for the key year-end holiday or New Year’s shopping season.

Hiroshi Kawano, Sony Corp’s chief of the game business in Japan and Asia, said at the Tokyo event that the PlayStation 4 will go on sale 22 February, 2014, in Japan.

The console is going on sale 15 November in the US and Canada, and 29 November in Europe.

Kawano said the late launch date was for the company to be fully prepared with game software for its launch, and orders will be taken starting next month.

“We plan to have powerful titles at the launch date,” he told a hall packed with guests and reporters.

“We are asking for some time before we can offer it but please look forward to it,” Kawano said.

Sony will instead sell in Japan, before other nations, the 9,480 yen ($90) PSVita TV, a small device that attaches to a TV set to enjoy music, TV shows, movies and karaoke. The PS 4 will cost 39,980 yen ($400) in Japan. It will cost $399 in the US.

With inputs from Associated Press