eh I went back to my PSP easily enough when the Valkyria Chronicles 3 patch dropped. I don't have an affinity for DAT OLED anyway.
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Looks like all digital PSP / PSone games work on Vita now [Not Anymore]
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eh I went back to my PSP easily enough when the Valkyria Chronicles 3 patch dropped. I don't have an affinity for DAT OLED anyway.
A-Dark-Injection
Member
Making a backup and then restoring on your 64GB should work.
Thank god I downloaded MGS: VR Missions before Sony reversed compability.
Really stupid, now I'm wondering if it even will come back.
Blitzkreg18
Neo Member
No I missed it. ;__;
Megatron
Member
Which I did with the PSP and now none of those play on the Vita either.
crap they did...?
*edit
Just looked in store on Vita
VR Missions is there
MGS1 is not
That game was removed from PSN before Vita launched, so probably not.
Blitzkreg18
Neo Member
Same but some of my UMDs seem a little sketchy. Game carts are at least a much better why to carry around games.
Alright, found a way to check.
While PSP games do not mention their platforms on receipt sent to your e-mail
If you buy a PS1 classic, it shows it's platforms
So if anyone bought a PS1 game like Crash or Spyro in the last few days that wasn't compatable (ie, the people who "should get refunds"), please post the receipt, and it should verify if Sony was actually advertising these items as Vita compatable.
Quoting myself from a few pages ago, but if anyone bought any PS1 game that is now not working in the last few days, please check your e-mail and let us know if it said it was Vita compatible or not!
So was the demo for Phantasy Star Portable, but it still worked. You just couldn't transfer it before the glitch. Brave Story is off the store, but nobody has said if it will transfer from ps3 to Vita or not for those who already have it.
I'll try tonight after work. I got my 16gb all full of PSP and PSOne games from Monday, but I'll delete some Vita stuff I haven't played to make room. Very glad I ordered a 64gb card that's almost here. I will backup my 16gb soon and wait for transfer.
PSP demo is still on the store, just not PSP2 demo nor the PSP2 game
Oh my bad then. Hell, this stuff is so confusing to keep straight. I bought Tomb Raider Anniversary for PSP back on Monday. No system listed on the receipt.
Megatron
Member
Sony controls the license of the game but not the hundreds of cars in the game. I imagine that's the problem. Similarily they may own the original crash and spyro games but not the characters so they also dont fully control those licenses.
Azure Phoenix
Member
Well this sucks, I completely ran out of room after putting PSP2 on there and was waiting to buy a 64gb card before downloading the rest of the games I wanted on Vita. Guess that means I won't be retiring my PSP Go any time soon.
Edit: Actually, you guys might want to double check your download list - seems not everything has been blocked yet. I can still download Me & My Katamari via download history despite that not being available on the Vita store.
Edit: Actually, you guys might want to double check your download list - seems not everything has been blocked yet. I can still download Me & My Katamari via download history despite that not being available on the Vita store.
Not to burst anyone's bubble but this is from the sale. Granted a few days before things were unlocked.
moltonasty
Member
I keep coming back to this thread hoping to see an update that Sony brought back the compatibility (again). Like this is just a bad nightmare that I'll snap out of any moment now. Any moment now
I can't believe they have rescinded this. I bought C&C Red Alert about 3 months ago and hoped it was compatible with the Vita. Unfortunately not. After seeing this thread, downloaded it and it's working brilliantly with a few sound glitches on the Vita. Now I know not to delete it from the memory card, thanks GAF.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I should have known this was too good to be true.
Ah ok thanks! I thought VR always worked? It was MGS that wasn't directly downloadable from the Vita?
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
lol
The games were clearly labeled as Vita compatible on the web store so if anyone bought them in the last few days and is genuinely aggrieved by this I imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to get Sony to refund on the basis the game was mis-sold. It's disappointing that they haven't been more proactive in releasing a statement explaining there was a technical fault with the store and offering refunds.
They certainly haven't fixed everything on the UK store yet. For instance some of 'free' PSP games that came with PSPGo can still be downloaded to Vita when previously they could only be downloaded directly to a Go.
They certainly haven't fixed everything on the UK store yet. For instance some of 'free' PSP games that came with PSPGo can still be downloaded to Vita when previously they could only be downloaded directly to a Go.
Madrugador
Member
Fuck, I downloaded the first Crash Bandicoot and CTR but forgot to download CB2 and 3.
Noooooooooooooo...
Noooooooooooooo...
Alright, that is interesting. I'm now guessing that those games all failed cert for Vita.
DidntKnowJack
Member
Such a disappointing turn of events. Though in the end I now have all the Crash and Spyro games on my Vita, was able to grab the now de-listed Sega Rally Revo (PSP) and now have Motorstorm Arectic Edge on my Vita as well. So I'm not completely unhappy.
I had Gran Turismo PSP on my Vita before any of this happened, so that's at least transferable through the PS3. Motorstorm no longer works, neither does Wipeout Pure, but Wipeout Pulse will still work and is in fact included in the Vita's PSN storefront.
Not a lot of people took notice and it was clearly a mistake, so they might just bury it.
Ghosting was major problem, colours not so much. Although, I have PSP 1000 and it has by far the worst display of all PSP revisions.
vagabondarts
Member
If this has taught us anything it's that having licensed music in games is not as big a benefit as being able to play the game legally later
moltonasty
Member
If this has taught me anything, it's that CFW and piracy will continue to have legitimate reasons to exist, since platform holders refuse to provide basic convenience and proper customer service for their consumers, that Google Play and iOS stores seem to have no issue with.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
I did the same with spyro. Got the first one was gonna get the Crash games after I finished. Now im fucked.
Glittering Crux
Banned
Wow. I'm glad I bought and downloaded Sega Genesis Collection while I had the chance. Too bad my memory card is only 16GB or I would have downloaded a lot more while I had the chance.
Already forgot this ever happened.
Agent X
Member
Doesn't matter. There are numerous other precedents in the computing and consumer electronics markets.
Most Android games that are available now were released prior to the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8. Should someone who purchases a Samsung Galaxy S5 or an HTC One M8 expect to go to the Google Play store and see a barren wasteland because none of the last few years' worth of games were licensed specifically for his model of phone?
Should someone who walks out of Best Buy with a shiny new PC boot up Steam and see a virtually empty catalog, just because his exact specific model of PC wasn't on the negotiation table a few years ago?
Amazon doesn't need to renegotiate all of their E-book rights individually every time they release a new Kindle.
Apple doesn't need to renegotiate iOS apps individually every time they release a new iPhone or iPad.
If the PS Vita could be considered a "new and improved model of PSP", then they should be able to grandfather the digital distribution rights to new and compatible hardware, just like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Valve have historically been able to do.
Okay so I may have overreacted a little :lol
I'll still be getting my Vita but damn this sucks. Really wish I waited on selling my original Vita :-/
I managed to download the PS1 game I'd been wanting on the Vita. Just in time before they removed it.
Hell March time!
that is sweet
hmm how should we go about asking major game sites to cover this?
Yeah, no reason aside from not owning any publishing or licensing rights to the thousands of games that currently don't work on Vita.
The Shu giveth and the Shu taketh away.
No, that is ANDROID. It's the same Operating system.
No, that is WINDOWS. It's the same opperating system
No, that is LINUX. It's the same operating system
No, that is iOS. It's the same opperating system
Yes, the Vita is not the PSP2, it does not run PSP firmware. It is a new OS. It would not be grandfathered in with previous, different operating systems.
The closer analogy you are looking for is if I have bought games on a Nokia Symbian OS smartphone, and expect them to work on my Nokia Windows Phone OS smartphone. Would you expect them to work the same, even though the maker of the phone is the same?
Can confirm game does not work by transferring from PS3. Game is not compatible with VITA at all unless you got in on this "glitch" or use ISO mod/hack on Vita with one of those exploits.
Anyhow this has to be Sony's biggest fuckups of 2014. How can they flip a switch and allow a bunch of old games to work and then block it again? WOW.
If this doesnt happen officially, this will be something gamers will remember forever as a huge letdown/fuckup by Sony.
QuantumBro
Banned
I'm glad I put all the Crash and Spyro games on my vita before it was too late.
Everyone - we should all tweet @yosp to let him know we want this compatibility restored. He commented on the compatibility in a seemingly positive way shortly after it happened. If enough of us bring it to his attention, we might at least get some kind of vaguely official response on the matter.
baxter2231
Member
Was going to buy renegade squadron =(
well now that this has gotten me hyped for some battlefront I see that Elite squadron was compatible and still is via ps3 transfer but its $20 !
I dont foresee any price drop anytime soon either, any chance it may happen soon? Is there any star wars anniversary coming up anytime soon that might put star wars games on sale? May the 4th is coming up but i doubt they would do anything for that would they?
Really wish it wasnt so expensive
well now that this has gotten me hyped for some battlefront I see that Elite squadron was compatible and still is via ps3 transfer but its $20 !
I dont foresee any price drop anytime soon either, any chance it may happen soon? Is there any star wars anniversary coming up anytime soon that might put star wars games on sale? May the 4th is coming up but i doubt they would do anything for that would they?
Really wish it wasnt so expensive