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PlayStation TV
The PlayStation TV (abbreviated to PS TV), known in Japan and other parts of Asia as the PlayStation Vita TV or PS Vita TV, is a microconsole by Sony in the PlayStation hardware family, which includes a home console variant of the PlayStation Vita, a handheld game console. It was released in Japan on November 14, 2013, and Europe and Australia on November 14, 2014.
- First released
- 2013
- Made by
- Sony
- Generation
- 8
- Type
- Microconsole
Overview
The PlayStation TV (abbreviated to PS TV), known in Japan and other parts of Asia as the PlayStation Vita TV or PS Vita TV, is a microconsole by Sony in the PlayStation hardware family, which includes a home console variant of the PlayStation Vita, a handheld game console. It was released in Japan on November 14, 2013, and Europe and Australia on November 14, 2014.
Controlled with either the Sixaxis, DualShock 3, or DualShock 4 controllers, the PS TV is capable of playing many PlayStation Vita games and applications, either through physical cartridges or downloaded through the PlayStation Store. However, not all content is compatible with the device, since certain features in the PS Vita such as the gyroscope and microphone are not available on the PS TV. Nevertheless, the PS TV is able to emulate touch input for both the Vita's front and rear touchpads using the PS3 and PS4 controller.
In Japan, "PlayStation TV" was the name given to PlayStation 3 retail kiosks from 2006 to 2014, which consisted of a PS3 unit, an LCD monitor and a number of controllers.
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Sony
- Developer
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Type
- Microconsole
- Generation
- Eighth
- Released
- JP November 14, 2013; Singapore SG/Malaysia; MY/Thailand TH/Indonesia; ID/Philippines PH/Hong Kong; HK/South Korea KR; January 16, 2014 NA; October 15, 2014 EU/Australia; AU November 14, 2014
- Discontinued
- US/EU 2015; JP February 29, 2016
- Launch price
- ¥9,480 (Japan); $99 (North America); €99 (Europe)
- Media
- PS Vita Card, digital distribution
- Processor
- Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore
- Graphics
- Quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4+
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM, 128 MB VRAM
- Storage
- 1GB internal, expandable via PS Vita memory card (4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 GB)
- Video output
- HDMI out (720p, 1080i, 480p)
- Sound
- 2 channel LPCM
- Connectivity
- IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, HID), Ethernet LAN (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX)
- Online service
- PlayStation Network
- Controllers
- Sixaxis, DualShock 3, DualShock 4, PlayStation Vita
More from PlayStation
- PlayStation 1994
- PlayStation 2 2000
- PS one 2000
- PSX (DESR) 2003
- PlayStation 2 Slim 2004
- PlayStation Portable 2004
- PlayStation 3 2006
- PSP-2000 (Slim and Lite) 2007
- PSP-3000 2008
- PlayStation 3 Slim 2009
- PSP Go 2009
- PlayStation Vita 2011
- PlayStation 3 Super Slim 2012
- PlayStation 4 2013
- PlayStation Vita Slim (PCH-2000) 2013
- PlayStation 4 Pro 2016
- PlayStation 4 Slim 2016
- PlayStation VR 2016
- PlayStation Classic 2018
- PlayStation 5 2019
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition 2020
- PlayStation Portal 2023
- PlayStation VR2 2023
- PlayStation 5 Pro 2024
Sources
- Wikipedia overview and specifications
- PlayStation-TV-FL.jpg
- PlayStation-TV-BL.jpg Evan-Amos Public domain
- PSV TV and DS4 white.jpg 之乎 CC BY-SA 4.0
The overview is adapted from Wikipedia and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
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