An e-mail has just gone out to PlayStation MVPs with an invitation to a private event in New York City on Friday February 13 where a “new PlayStation initiative” will be announced.
The event will take place on Friday, February 13 from 3-6 PM local time at Gotham Hall in New York. Attendees must be over 18 to attend, with an open bar for those 21 and older. With an open bar, playable unreleased games and celebrities in attendance, the event in itself is reason enough to get excited for those lucky few invited, but the real interest here is the new PlayStation initiative.
What this initiative could be is unclear, but with rumors swirling about a PS4 slim and a PS Vita successor, this could be a big deal indeed.
[UPDATE 2/13] The event has today taken place and while a new initiative was announced, it wasn’t exactly exciting so much as it was admirable.
Rumors about a PS Vita successor? Link?
i agree. LINK!??!? :p
I think they source is neogaf forum and people was joking in the thread by saying Sony will announce a new Vita so they think it was serious
Might as well, PlayStation tablet anyone?
There’s no way, that would be the final nail in the Vita’s coffin. It might just be another redesign of the Vita.
Can’t imagine anything substantial is going to be announced here.
Yay finally a event nearby that I can attend but unfortunately probably won’t due to money but it’s the thought that counts~
This event seems cool, but how do you get an invitation?
PlayStation barcades, opening nationwide
Ideally they rebrand the PS Vita or release a smaller, more cost effective model. $129 or bust to save a nearly dead platform.
I agree with rebranding. While I understood the meaning behind “vita”, the name was too archaic to be marketable. PSP2 would have been just fine.
You mean nearly dead in the U.S.? Cause vita is huge in Japan.
my body is ready!
“new PlayStation initiative” o_0 whaaaaaaa?
This better not be social media related or something dumb.
Can we get a Morpheus announcement maybe?
Gotham Hall is a sweet venue so my expectations are high for a sweet announcement.
Hmm lemmie guess, yet another subscription/fee based application (PS Now, Plex, Spotify) instead of just giving us what worked so well for free on PS3 (USB audio/video/picture support) with our newly “upgraded & improved” PS4 iteration…
They already added the USB-Music Player
USB audio support added in 2.0 update?
-Yes.
USB video & picture/image file support? DLNA support? Ability to copy media to the hard drive and organize in custom created folders? Basic CD playback? PS1 classics digital cross-buy/ cross-play support?
-No.
Spotify support more than makes up for it for me.
Calling bullshit on this.
Last Guardian Release Date Confirmed!! 😛 j/k That is about a plausible as them announcing a Vita “2”. x3
if there is a Vita replacement already…Im done. Sony will lose me as a fan
If anything it will be a vita slim.. PlayStation way of condensing their machines for a re release… nothing no big deal lol
there’s already a Vita slim 😛
I agree but I have never seen it.. plus who knows maybe it’s slimmer..lol.
The Vita slim isn’t that good, the only thing it has on the original is better battery. Most people are just saying its a price cut, I doubt they’ill announce a new system or even a redesign.
What if it incorporate a picop (laser pico projector) they devellopped with Microvision?
I’ll be going!!!