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by Amanda "Mandifesto" Orneck
Posted on September 14, 2011 @ 8:43 PST

This morning the Game Geex discuss the PlayStation Vita.

While we slept over here in the US, Tokyo was ablaze with TGS, and more specifically Sony's press conference. Joystiq is reporting that the PS Vita has got itself a Japanese street date -- December 7th for all you who get your tech direct from the source. Naturally this got me thinking -- who named this darn thing?

Of all the names to give an handheld, Vita? Really? It sounds more like a hatchback sedan, or possibly one of those late nite diet pills that they get D List celebrities (not the good one) to hawk at 2 AM.

Yes yes, I know we'll all buy it, silly name and all. So here's today's question: What would you have named the Vita?

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6 Comments for this post.

[Arturis] @ 9:15:56 AM Sep 14, 2011

Just off the top of my head:

PSP Touch

PlayStation Xcursion

PSP Advanced

[Sir Loin of Beef] @ 9:29:35 AM Sep 14, 2011

PSP Flabbajammadingdonghokeypokey Plus

I don't know, I'm bad with names.

[Arturis] @ 10:42:02 AM Sep 14, 2011

Dear lord, man! Think of the poor marketing team! And the bloggers, for that matter!

[reppah] @ 11:05:51 AM Sep 14, 2011

I would have named it the PS Last-Mobile-Gaming-Device-Before-Phones-Make-Them-Obsolete.

So the PS LMGDBPMTO. I feel it's an improvement.

[Chaobo] @ 1:05:20 PM Sep 14, 2011

PocketStation ?

^Dunno about that. I think real mobile gaming devices will turn into phones before phones turn into hardcore gaming devices xD... AT least that's my hope >.>; I'd rather have a gaming device that makes calls rather than a phone that plays super pacman 3D.