First PS Vita bugs and hardware issues exposed

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
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Another PS Vita freezes up on its user. Time for another firmware update Sony...

The PS Vita is Sony’s newest piece of hardware, its release was faster than many expected. Maybe too quick as some Japanese users have discovered. Many users are reporting, software issues. The unit freezing up on them, unable to turn off the Vita and unresponsive touch screens. Some even have hardware OLED screen issues. (I’ve only seen one case so far) Its seems normal this age for new hardware and software to have minor teething issues. Its odd that Sony’s beta testers never struck these software issues and that they would have been patched before its release. But I guess they didn’t have 350,000+ beta testers units running like now.

PS Vita with a bad OLED screen. Quality control failed. But 1 in 360,000 isn't too bad!

It seems to be a small number of users that are having many issues reading various Japanese online news source. However it all too common it seems that the PS Vita can lock up and freeze on people. So we can expect to see a firmware update in the next couple of days. PS Vita Firmware 1.51 anyone?

When the machine is in its regular operational state, if you press the power button, the Vita should shutdown. If it does not shutdown then, Sony’s PS Vita help page said to try the following: keep holding the power button for 20 seconds until the front screen goes dark. Then, press the power button for five seconds to turn it back on. That apparently should work, and according to the Rocket News writer, it powered down his Vita. However, he repeatedly experienced the bug while playing Shin Sangoku Musou Next online.

These aren’t the only issues, though. Online, some PS Vita owners are also reporting that they cannot boot up their PS Vitas, even though the handhelds have a full charge. There could be an explanation for this, and Rocket News has a walkthrough, that consists of questions to determine if the PS Vita owner held down the power button long enough or if the handheld is simply in standby mode.

The good news from all this? By the time the PS Vita is released outside of Japan to the rest of the world it should be bug free. Sony have two months to get the firmware and software bug free.

And here is a few user video examples of issues. Just search on Youtube there are many more!

 

Source: RocketNews, YouTube and Jin115

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  • Falcor88

    First

  • TheBrownMamba

    I’m looking forward to Sony’s actions to resolve these issues. I’m not paying $250 on something that’s full of bugs…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CDOOA3FHMCP2LTYBBFBIAXBOKI Marvin

    actully…it a good idea not to buy something new until one year later or at least 6 month. this goes the same with almost anything like games, hardware or any thing.

    Sony may have beta testers but it the Community that matter most.
    so I rather not waste my money that makes me like a Beta. if you know what I mean then you are a smart person.
    and hey if you got money like that then spend your life away…it all cool by me :) …

    • Acid_Snake

      Europeans and Americans will have it better since the system has more time to mature before its release on those regions, btw Im European and I plan to buy it soon after the release here

  • RedRibbon

    Now I know the following is about systems of long ago but just bare with me long enough to get the general outlook. 10,12, maybe 15 years ago or more you buy a Nintendo, an Atari, or like me christmas morning got a Sega Genesis and sonic the hedgehog! Point is, you could plug them in, insert the game hit the power button on whatever unit it was you were playing and presto you passed the time. It was even like that with most gameboys. Sony is apparently hard dick excited to bring about bug possibilities so they can brick even more multi hundred dollar machines with faulty updates and such. I’m not going to say HEY ANAONYMOUS HACK THEM AGAIN, but…. with their lack of effort for maintaining decent machinery, I wouldn’t exactly feel bad if they were.

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    • del1994

      I dont understand this ? can ya right it if u no wot 2 do ?

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  • Burp

    Hmm, looks clear to me that oled screen is cracked, likely been dropped or bumped in transport.

  • Majormartinez76

    I just bought my PSVITA yesterday and i already had to take it back…the oled screen when you power it on in the dark you can tell that has been dropped.. now i just got my new one and while i was playing uncharted the sound went out and shutdown,now i cant turn it on…REFUND!!!!

  • Osnbulut

    My Psvitas inside oled screen cracked too. i called a sony center and they said that ‘this is an user fault’

    pease somebody help me.

  • Gunnerstahl7154

    I bought a 3G Vita about 2wks ago, screen looks fine until it dims out. Appears to have been dropped, my advice to anyone that is on the fence about getting 1, don’t!! There are only 10-15 PS Vita games available, out of those probably only 4 or 5 worth buying. Granted you can purchase PSP games from the Playstation Network, but they’ve jacked the prices on most games. Making it outrageous to even buy one, God of war: Chains of Olympus is $19.99, and Ghost of Sparta is $29.99.. I have a ton of games for my original PSP and was hoping they’d keep the same disc system, didn’t happen.. Instead they are tiny cartridges, (smaller than DS games). So if you go thru with buying it, be prepared to purchase and repurchase all new games for the Vita..

  • itachiuchiha

    just take off the battery and put it back my works now

  • Bestboxerever

    Psvita does not turn on I hold the power button for 20 seconds then the ps symbol comes up then dims then shuts off complety PLEASE HELP