Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 6 ga Yuni, 2011, a E3 2011, Sony ya ba da sanarwar cewa sunan hukuma na na'urar zai zama PlayStation Vita, tare da kalmar "vita" kasancewa Latin don "rai". Duk da rahotannin girgizar kasa ta 2011 a Japan
jinkirta fitar da na'urar, Sony ya sake tabbatar da cewa yana kan hanya don fitarwa a ƙarshen 2011 a Japan da ranar fitowar Fabrairu 2012 don sauran manyan yankuna na duniya. Ranar fitarwa daga baya an taƙaita shi zuwa ranar 17 ga Disamba, 2011, a Japan, da ranar 22 ga Fabrairu, 2012 don Amurka da Turai, kodayake an fitar da keɓaɓɓen fitowar mako guda a baya a Arewacin Amurka a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu, 2012, wanda ya haɗa da samfurin 3G / WiFi na na'urar, wasan "Little Deviants", ƙarancin ɗaukar hoto, da katin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya na 4 GB. An ƙaddamar da Vita tare da lakabi 26 a Japan, tare da Sony yana sanar da cewa akwai lakabi sama da 100 a cikin ci gaba kafin sakin tsarin gaba ɗaya. An ƙaddamar da Vita a yamma tare da lakabi 25, gami da taken asali kamar "" da "Wipeout 2048", da kuma tashar jiragen ruwa na wasanni kamar "FIFA 12" da "Rayman Origins".