Originally Posted by perorist

You have to set them from a ps3 system but it'll show up on your Vita profile as well once you do

Originally Posted by Tapejara

No, you can only change to the default avatars on the Vita - and PS4 too for some reason. If you want to switch to a premium avatar, it has to be from a PS3. But your avatar will change across PS3/Vita/4.

That seems weird. I could even tolerate the Vita exclusion but the PS4 seems weird. Thanks anyway!