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"Sony has announced that PlayStation Vita will launch on December 17 in Japan. The announcement came during Sony&amp;#039;s pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference.  The PlayStation Vita WiFi model will be priced at \u00A524,980 (\u00A3206.40 / $324.80), while the 3G model will be priced at \u00A529,980 (\u00A3247.70 / $389.80) with 3G support provided by NTT Docomo. Hiroshi Kawano, president of SCE Japan, also took part in a short demonstration of the device during the conference.   Sony also revealed that PlayStation Vita will launch in Japan with 26 titles available. While many of the titles likely will not release outside of the country, they included games such as Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, BlazBlue Continuum Shift II, Lord of Apocalypse, Michael Jackson: The Experience, Power Smash 4, Uncharted, Hot Shots Golf 6, Disgaea 3 Return and Katamari Damacy Nobita. A further 100 titles which are currently in development for the Vita are due to be released before the end of March 2012. Sony did not announce a launch date for PlayStation Vita in Europe or North America during the press conference. Pre-orders for the PlayStation Vita in Japan will begin on October 15. More news from Tokyo Game Show 2011: &amp;gt; Sony conference live blog - Tokyo Game Show 2011 &amp;gt; PlayStation Vita full specifications released &amp;gt; Final Fantasy X coming to PlayStation 3, Vita &amp;gt; Metal Gear Solid, Zone of the Enders HD collections coming to PlayStation Vita &amp;gt; Read more of our Tokyo Game Show 2011 coverage Watch a PlayStation Vita showreel from E3 2011 below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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