Pimpbaa
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I couldn't connect to the store on the PS3 or Vita a short while ago, still seems a little flakey.
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Vita PSN Game & Service Thread 2
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I couldn't connect to the store on the PS3 or Vita a short while ago, still seems a little flakey.
I was able to connect for a while but now it's giving me the same error, dont worry the vita is fine, it's PSN that's borked right now
BomberMouse
Member
PSN has been shit today, try again tomorrow or keep trying.
I hate to say it, because I am a believer in custom firmware, but I am almost glad if that is the case. I don't want the Vita hacked (at least yet).
That game enables a hack for the PSP emulator, not the Vita OS itself.
Cool, that doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Schobeleth
Member
AWWW MAN CAN'T WAIT TO FINALLY PICK UP MY DUNGEON HUNTER CART TOMORROW >:O I need me a dungeon crawler/loot fest on the go. Still getting hung up on those supercar challenges in Motorstorm RC.. Just running out of time lately.
Also wondering if anyone will notice my avatar... >.>
Also wondering if anyone will notice my avatar... >.>
corrosivefrost
Member
What black magic is this?!
We all know that reviewers just trash Vita games because they're on Vita while they applaud the equivalent iOS/android port for technical marvel.
This is a glitch in the matrix, nothing more.
TheChillyAcademic
Member
Note to Sony:
$5 off LBP Vita does not a Holiday Essential sale make
$5 off LBP Vita does not a Holiday Essential sale make
Napalm_Frank
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edit:Never mind
LBP was on sale for the first week of the Holiday Essentials thing. It was $18 for PS+.
Jet Set Radio and Mutant Blobs Attack were replaced by Retro City Rampage and Chronovolt.
Leona Lewis
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On my "games that are the opposite of fun" list, Jet Set Radio is probably at the top.
You're not missing anything. Game's aged like Madonna.
JSRF is still superior and more fun, this arcadey shit JSR has going on is an atrocity
ThatStupidLion
Member
did you get LKS?
MisterC20XX
Member
Uh oh, I made sure to buy the PS3 version of Sound Shapes but PSN is only letting me download the Vita version. Did somebody at Sony mess up or is this a sign I'm only supposed to play it on my Vita? 
See here's my issue. Metacritic gives (I'm assuming this from one of their articles) a compliment to vita by saying how much better the quality of the overall software is....but they can't seem to do so without using a backhanded approach where they mention sales.
I would be ok with this if this was NPD or some sales related site/article but this is just sad.
ps: when metacritic says what counts is sales and not the quality...you know something is wrong with this industry and media
Leona Lewis
Banned
Another interesting thing to note:
Among games with a Metacritic score of 80 or above, less than half of them are ports. Yet if you only go by the public's general impressions, you'd think ports are the vast majority of the library.
Among games with a Metacritic score of 80 or above, less than half of them are ports. Yet if you only go by the public's general impressions, you'd think ports are the vast majority of the library.
Another interesting thing to note:
Among games with a Metacritic score of 80 or above, less than half of them are ports. Yet if you only go by the public's general impressions, you'd think ports are the vast majority of the library.
Not that I want to disprove you (I love both the ports and original games on my Vita), but I counted that 9 of 16 of those were ports. I included P4G I suppose so I guess a case could be made, but still. Either way, as long as I get to play new games that I've never played I'm very happy.
Did you count VLR as a port? Do we know that it was developed for 3DS and ported to Vita? I honestly don't know since I haven't played it.
corrosivefrost
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Yeah, I only count 8 max and that's being unsure on some.
Absoludacrous
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Another interesting thing to note:
Among games with a Metacritic score of 80 or above, less than half of them are ports. Yet if you only go by the public's general impressions, you'd think ports are the vast majority of the library.
I think it's less to do with ports and more to do with originality. The only game in that list that is original and just on the Vita is Gravity Rush. Everything else is either a port, enchanced remake, released on multiple systems, or very similar to previous games in the franchise.
Of course most of that list is really good, but I get where the complaint comes from.
Well, let's take 3DS as another example. What great original IPs are on 3DS?
DarkoMaledictus
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Seems only games I enjoy on the vita are fighters. Persona 4 really isn't for me and games like gravity rush and Uncharted seem out of place on the GO. As long as they port the fighter i ll be a happy camper! 2D sidescrollers also seem to work really well on the go... ahh if only they would remake Guardian heroes with online play for the vita!
Leona Lewis
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I only count 7. I don't consider simultaneous releases across platforms "ports" at all.
I see where you're coming from. But in this day and age of ridiculous budgets, I don't consider exclusives a factor at all. It's just a fact - there are fewer exclusives to go around this generation. Nonetheless, games like Sound Shapes and Sine Mora suit the portable format so much better.
The "original IP" situation isn't much better on 3DS, either.
Yep, and I hope for lots more. DOA5+ and PSO2 are almost sure to be my most-played games this year...
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
Pretty much the same issue... I own both and seriously there is not a tonne of games worth while for either console... its like devs don't want to take my money ;p!
Well I disagree with you there. I don't only play original IPs. That would be a terribly small list of games I'd want to play. There's plenty of great games on Vita and 3DS IMO.
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
Depends on your tastes... I count maybe 8 games worth while that interest me on both consoles. Yeah don't like all genres and extremely picky so I guess its not so bad but its far from the ds times...
Absoludacrous
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Neither system is doing gangbusters in the West, pointing at the other with disdain isn't going to do the Vita any favors. What the 3DS does have going for it are franchises that skew younger and carry more nostalgia for older gamers, but neither is really a bastion of creativity. That said I own and love both.
I think for people that already own it, this is very true. The thing is an amazing piece of hardware, enough to make even ports of stuff I already own suddenly seem like an interesting purchase. But that's not enough to convince the masses and bring the system success. There's just so much stacked against it, even a better, more diverse library wouldn't solely save the system, especially in the West.
I agree with you. I just get a little frustrated seeing the lack-of-original-IP argument levied against the Vita so often and never hearing a word about it on the equality poor in that department 3DS.
astronautcowboy
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Does anyone have any of the big wireless PS3 headsets? I know the "elite" ones are compatible with the Vita via a cord, but I am desperately trying to find a wireless solution for my Vita. Any ideas? Unravelling cords is driving me insane.
RedNumberFive
Banned
Ok guys, with Katamari so cheap, is it worth picking up on PSN? This is coming from someone who has played all of them, and has been less and less impressed since the original. Am I better off saving my money for Sound Shapes, or a future Vita sale?
There's a rival to Kid Icarus Uprising on Vita? Please tell me which is cuz I could really use another handheld g.o.a.t.
RedNumberFive
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I'll give you Kid Icarus, as that's likely my game of the year, besides that though, I've been enjoying the Vita output much more.
Ikr? I'd rather have up ports than NO GAMES
I agree. But what you gonna do brother?
RedNumberFive
Banned
I killed HD and Fury back at their releases and I'm still enjoying replaying them on the Vita. You're right, it's an absolutely amazing value.
I ordered a copy of 2048 the day I bought my Vita, and the demo kept me hooked for the slow 4 weeks of shipping. The fact Beelzedub (Orbital track) was the first song playing made a huge impression, since Wipeout 2097 was the game that led me to discover the band in the first place.
It really is the perfect racing game for me, and the introduction is retrospectively tear inducing as it shows the evolution of racing from cars to Formula 1 (ie F1 on PS1) through to Rollcage (another Psygnosis game) up the walls and finally to antigrav racing.
Sad to see them go, but they went out as the greatest racing game dev of all time.
RedNumberFive
Banned
The loss of Psygnosis was tragic. I went to my first rave back in 96' solely because of the Wipeout series. Their mid-90s electronic soundtrack, Designer's Republic aesthetic, and early Red Bull sponsorship, set the tone for my late teens / early 20s. It was THAT influential on me.
I still mutter 'contender eliminated' when driving past broken down cars on the highway.
RedNumberFive
Banned
After visiting the UK (and Ministry of Sound) in the mid 90s, I imported two cases of Red Bull back to the states, based on Wipeout and the clubs out there. I was a super stud for a while for being so ahead of the curve. Now I'm just middle aged, married, and (slightly) overweight. It was a fun ride of clubs and pubs, and I thank Psygnosis for setting me on that path.
I started off with trophies but then switched accounts (from US to UK) and that messed them up.
Think I'll leave it for now, still have a sizeable backlog on vita
BertleTheTurtle
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Out of stock now. Haha.
Got mine today (from Walmart), downloaded all my games.
14gb left still.
I'll probably get PS All Stars, Sonic Transformed, DJ Max Technika Tune and Need for Speed Most Wanted eventually.
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