PlayStation Vita

The PlayStation Vita (Japanese: プレイステーション・ヴィータ, Hepburn: Pureisutēshon Vīta, PS Vita) is a handheld game console made by Sony Computer Entertainment.^[18] It is the replacement model to the PlayStation Portable. It was released in Japan on December 17, 2011.^[3] It was released in Europe, North America, South America and Singapore^[19] on February 22, 2012.^[2][4] It was released in Australia on February 23, 2012.^[5]

PlayStation Vita

Manufacturer	Sony Computer Entertainment
Product family	PlayStation
Type	Handheld game console
Generation	Eighth generation
Release date	JPN: December 17, 2011[3] NA: February 15, 2012 (first edition bundle only)[1] February 22, 2012 (full release) [2] EU: February 22, 2012[4] RU: February 22, 2012[4] AU: February 23, 2012[5] CAN: October 2, 2012 (3G version)[6] UK: March 4, 2013 KOR: April 6, 2013
Discontinued	October 12, 2017 (Amazon) WW: March 1, 2019
Units sold	10.27 million (as of April 24, 2015)[7]
Media	PS Vita Card[8]
CPU	up to 2 GHz[9][10][11][note 1] Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore[12]
Memory	512 MB RAM, 128 MB VRAM[13][14]
Storage	PS Vita memory card (4, 8, 16 or 32 GB)
Display	5-inch (16:9) OLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, approximately 17 million colors, 960 × 544 qHD @ 220 ppi[12]
Graphics	Quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4+[12]
Sound	Stereo speakers, microphone
Input	Touchscreen[12] Rear touchpad[12] Sixaxis motion sensing[12] Three-axis electronic compass[12] D-pad[12] 12 × Buttons (, , , , L, R, Start, Select, PS, Volume ±, Power)[12] 2 × Analog sticks[12]
Camera	Front and back 0.3MP cameras[15]
Connectivity	IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR[16]
Online services	PlayStation Network
Dimensions	83.55 mm (3.289 in) (h) 182 mm (7.2 in) (w) 18.6 mm (0.73 in) (d)[12]
Mass	Wi-Fi: 260 grams (9.2 oz) 3G: 279 grams (9.8 oz)
Backward compatibility	PlayStation Portable (download only)[17]
Predecessor	PlayStation Portable

It competed with the Nintendo 3DS. It is part of the eighth generation of gaming.