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Twenty-five titles available on day one.

This past weekend the PlayStation Vita launched in Japan and did rather well.  With the initial launch of the system now behind us, it’s time to start looking forward to the day when the rest of the world will be able to purchase Sony’s new handheld: February 22, 2012.  Sony had already announced the European launch titles during a Vita event in London a few weeks back and has only just now revealed what the US can expect on store shelves come launch day.

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Sony's new handheld doesn't stumble out the door.

The PlayStation Vita was released this past weekend in Japan and the first round of sales figures are starting to come in.  While not breaking any records, it looks like Sony’s latest handheld did pretty well in the land of the rising sun.

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Users will have to reset to factory presets in order to use another account.

We originally reported that the Vita would be limited to a single PSN account.  Then we were told that the accounts would be tied to memory cards and not the system itself, which would allow easy account swapping between systems.  Now Sony is going back to their original story, telling us that the account is indeed attached to the Vita itself.

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Kojima Productions is understaffed and working on other projects right now, but it's something he has in mind.

Hideo Kojima is a legend in game design, but he’s had a hard time getting away from his most successful franchise, Metal Gear. Since 1987, Kojima has done almost exclusively games that center around the adventures of his beloved character Snake (in various incarnations) and, even though he’s tried to pass the series on to the next generation of Konami designers, he keeps getting pulled back. But that’s not to say that Kojima hasn’t been about to branch out a bit over the years. You may remember his portable game Boktai, which had a direct sequel and a DS follow-up called Lunar Knights. No? Well, you certainly remember Zone of the Enders. You know…the game that was included free with the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo? Despite having that moniker for years, ZoE has its share of dedicated fans, and they will be happy to hear that the series isn’t far from Kojima’s thoughts.

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Or, for the lazy gamer, pay your way to new content.

The subject of DLC has been an issue of much debate as of late, especially when it comes to the PS Vita and the way games and extra content are priced. We’ve already seen a rather confusing pricing structure for Ridge Racer, and now we’ve got information on a more generous route that Namco Bandai is taking with its popular Katamari series.

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