Ok, bumping my thread instead of making a new one, because I thought this might be fixed when I got a Vita. But it's not. See, I want to avoid using my PS3 for things these days. Like I want to continue playing my backlog of games on it, but the store is trash but I don't want to use it, and if a game is available on PS3/PS4/PSV, I'll either get it on PS4 or PSV. I'm essentially done with my PS3. But thankfully Sony has decided for me that I'm NOT done with my PS3, because it's the only way to see a whole bunch of stuff. Even stuff playable on PS Vita
The Vita can play PS1 games. Not all of them, but most of them available on PSN. Here's the current tally when I try to find all the PS1 games on different storefronts, for those who want to keep track:
PS3: 249 PS1 games findable by going to the correct section (Games->Classics->PS1 Classics)
Website: 213 PS1 games if I go Games->All Games->Check the box for PS1 Classics. Even less (only 197) if I go Games->Classics->Check the box for PS1 Classics
PS Vita: All "classics" (PS1/PSP/PSM) are lumped together, so by manually counting I've determined there are only 84 PS1 games actually in the classics section. 84!!! Out of 249*. To be clear, a bunch of other PS1 games are purchasable downloadable on the Vita, but you have to specifically search for them to get any indication that they are there
I cannot believe that Sony let it get this bad. Browsing is impossible on any of their storefronts: PS3's store is slow as shit and has crashed my system multiple times, but seems to be the most "complete" save for PS4 games. PS4's store only shows.. well, PS4 games. Which makes sense I guess since you still can't transfer Vita content from PS4 like you can with PS3 (which again, absolute insanity. What is Sony doing?). PS Vita's is so woefully incomplete for any PS1/PSP games nobody should even bother. Like it's a joke unless you search for exactly what you want. Even the webstore won't ever show anything in a particular category, the PS3 does a better job
You know what the kicker is? This will never get fixed. Sony doesn't even care.
*I'm assuming the PS3 store, with the most PS1 games at 249, is showing all available PS1 games on PSN. it may not be, we'll never know.