Unlike Nintendo’s pre-Tokyo Game Show event last night, Sony’s ran in excess of an hour and very, very little in the way of gameplay footage from any games was shown. Despite being heavily focused on Vita, with a number of new titles being announced and previously-known ones being discussed, it was largely logos and box art that were displayed on-screen. The big news was that Vita will be out on December 17 in Japan. In terms of software, we now know Vita is getting Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 at launch and HD remakes of Final Fantasy X (also coming to PS3), Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, and Zone of the Enders 1 and 2.
Beyond what we’ve already covered, there wasn’t a whole lot of newsworthy information shared. Sony employees talked up Vita and a number of noteworthy Japanese developers (like Hideo Kojima and Yoshinori Ono) came to the stage to talk about various projects, mainly those tackled in the stories linked to above. We did get a demonstration of some Vita features, including a far-too-long look at how the initial system setup works. (Scrolling through a list of years with the touchscreen, whee!) New red and blue colors for the PlayStation 3 were announced, along with a new PSP that’s colored both red and black. This was a Japanese-focused event, so don’t consider on any of that as being guaranteed for release abroad.
