Saint of Killers
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Today, PS Vita is 4 years old
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Amazing console that I only bought because PS+ went beast mode on Vita games for a solid 2 years.
By the time I picked it up it had tons of great games. Won't forget the likes of Gravity Rush, Wipeout 2048, Everybody's Golf, Lumines ES (best one imo), Persona 4 Golden, MGS3 HD, Muramasa Rebirth, Uncharted Golden Abyss, Virtue's Last Reward... the list goes on.
Top quality hardware, too. Screen still feels amazing all these years later.
By the time I picked it up it had tons of great games. Won't forget the likes of Gravity Rush, Wipeout 2048, Everybody's Golf, Lumines ES (best one imo), Persona 4 Golden, MGS3 HD, Muramasa Rebirth, Uncharted Golden Abyss, Virtue's Last Reward... the list goes on.
Top quality hardware, too. Screen still feels amazing all these years later.
DrROBschiz
Member
Defintely becoming a JRPG monster for me lately
Falcom games are legit amazing
Also its a damn fine Vanillaware machine. Odin Sphere remake incoming!
Falcom games are legit amazing
Also its a damn fine Vanillaware machine. Odin Sphere remake incoming!
Oh man, I didn't know about Mega Tagmension Blanc.
<4 Vita. Although my Vita time has fallen by the wayside I still love it. Danganronpa v3 will be played on it as well as the new Miku. Some games are just better in the intimate form of a handheld over a big TV.
Saint of Killers
Member
I am happy with how my Vita purchase turned out. I have discovered so many amazing games and franchises that I don't care about a lack of first-party support. What would that have looked like, anyway? More portable versions of "AAA" games and franchises? I'd rather they got rid/slashed prices of propriety memory cards, than that.
djplaeskool
Member
Way more than pleased with it. Discovered a ton of great games, though I've had to import like a maniac.
I'm actually playing Valkyrie Drive right now.
I'm actually playing Valkyrie Drive right now.
chrominance
Member
Happy birthday, Vita.
Over four years, I've gotten my money's worth from you, so even if the outlook going forward doesn't look amazing (there's only a handful of upcoming games I think I'm interested in), you were fun to have around. Cheers to you, Vita.
Over four years, I've gotten my money's worth from you, so even if the outlook going forward doesn't look amazing (there's only a handful of upcoming games I think I'm interested in), you were fun to have around. Cheers to you, Vita.
Are you maybe thinking about this?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-27-base-psp2-ngp-model-downgraded
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-28-dev-corroborates-ps-vita-ram-cut-rumour
Several sites were reporting this. But as it turned out and was confirmed by Sony Vita did indeed launch with the full 512MB RAM and the rumours were wrong.
That's the only story about hardware downgrades I can remember from before launch.
Saint of Killers
Member
Cross-buy Binding of Isaac was godly. Played it for two months straight, day and night.
And P4G cost all of £10 and ended up being so good I thought it was worth buying the console just to play that.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I feel like it's still got another 3-4 years in it, too. Here in Japan it's not going anywhere.
I've been playing Alundra on mine all week. There was a jumping part in the desert that was just brutal on PS3, took me so long. On the Vita dpad, got it in under a minute. Truly remarkably designed controls. The game looks so amazing on that OLED screen, too, like it came out yesterday on PC.
I hope Western developers like Telltale will keep throwing it bones. If not, well, at least it's not region locked.
I've been playing Alundra on mine all week. There was a jumping part in the desert that was just brutal on PS3, took me so long. On the Vita dpad, got it in under a minute. Truly remarkably designed controls. The game looks so amazing on that OLED screen, too, like it came out yesterday on PC.
I hope Western developers like Telltale will keep throwing it bones. If not, well, at least it's not region locked.
FriedConsole
Banned
Play mine every day. As a frequent traveller it has saved my sanity many times.
Bitch Pudding
Member
The Vita is a fantastic piece of hardware and if you're in for games like Persona, Steins;Gate, Resogun, Danganronpa & Co. you'll have absolutely no problem to fill even the most expensive memory card available. Then again, 1st party support will be missed.
Bitch Pudding
Member
No, PS4 just killed the competition.
Awesome handheld, I use mine all the time. It's not even that I particularly love exclusive Vita games, it's that, between PS+, PSN, indies, PSOne, PSP and PSV games, it's got access to a huge library of great games.
Best way of playing through the PSOne and PSP libraries for me, a decent d-pad counts for a lot.
Best way of playing through the PSOne and PSP libraries for me, a decent d-pad counts for a lot.
cireza
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I suggest you take a look at Vita sales numbers for P4G. As a Third Party developer, the only thing that makes sense is to make a sequel on the platform where you had your highest sales numbers. Atlus never rushes to new consoles, but in this case they do. Strange coincidences.
I purchased this puppy at launch, sure i ended up a bit disappointed with how it turned out. But it because a great tool to play games with while someone squatted on the television with remote play. Here's to another... well... however many years Sony decides to support the handheld.
Bolivar687
Banned
My favorite handheld since the Gameboy Color ^_^
Cyborg
Member
From me to.
P4G's sales aren't related to Vita specifically, but to the ever-growing popularity of the Persona franchise. P4G just happened to be in the middle of it.
You can be certain that P5 will outsell P4G quite comfortably on a worldwide scale.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
You've had a rocky 4 years, buddy, but you're still great and I love you.
Near allowed me to find a guy who was a weed dealer, great times.
thekiddfran
Member
4 years isn't too bad for a console that sold like shit
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Really pleased I got one. It is an amazing system for Visual Novels.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
I too, Love the vita. It's seriously an amazing piece of tech. I wonder how long it'll actually be supported for?
Your own fault. Vita has a huge library that includes some of the best portable games ever, like Spelunky, Binding of Isaac, Nuclear Throne, TxK, Rogue Legacy, La-Mulana Ex, etc..
I don't think so. I'm in the same boat. I bought the Vita to get console quality games with ps3 level graphics on a portable system. You know, what Sony promised before it came out.
Of course, that's not what I got. So for me, and I'd assume most people outside of a niche jrpg/indie fanbase here on gaf, the vita is a major dissapointment
Augemitbutter
Member
it's the best handheld machine. whenever i pick it up i get the urge to press every button and play with the d-pad.
these things seduce you.
these things seduce you.
The face buttons + d-pad are amazing on Vita.
Violence Jack
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Best handheld console ever. The only drawback is it needed two shoulder buttons for remote play.
DrROBschiz
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BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Crazy, feels like it was yesterday when I saw Virtual tennis 4 at GameStop. Pretty sure that was the last time a console blew me away with it's graphics. Shame that Sony completely dropped the ball with it. Knew it was destined to be a failure the moment Sony started rolling out the marketing for it. Easily the WOAT marketing for a video game console.
Shai-Tan
Banned
I prefer SRPG over JRPG and Monster Hunter clones so it's disappointing for me from a Japanese game point of view but the Vita is an amazing system for indy games. There are loads of them still coming out in the future like Darkest Dungeon, Assault Android Cactus, Steamworld Heist, etc
assuming they come out 
You know, maybe the Vita can't get around as well as it used to, maybe it doesn't fetch as much or like to go for long walks as much as it used to. But it's still trucking. Some people look at the Vita and talk about how it's time to let go. Time to think about options. Time to think about what's good for the Vita.
But I think the Vita still has a few good years left in it. So today I'm gonna rub its ears extra hard, take it to the park, and give it a special dinner.
Happy Birthday buddy.
But I think the Vita still has a few good years left in it. So today I'm gonna rub its ears extra hard, take it to the park, and give it a special dinner.
Happy Birthday buddy.
Also, can't stop playing SAO: Lost Song. Send Help.
DrROBschiz
Member
I prefer SRPG over JRPG and Monster Hunter clones so it's disappointing for me from a Japanese game point of view but the Vita is an amazing system for indy games. There are loads of them still coming out in the future like Darkest Dungeon, Assault Android Cactus, Steamworld Heist, etc
assuming they come out
Yeah Im still bitter that Capcom couldnt be bothered to even make a spinoff MH game or a sequel to the portable series
Clearly they shifted to One Team, One game and one system
Paltheos
Member
Wonderful device. Looks and feels great. Lots of support in stuff I'm interested in playing. Some of the smarter posts I've read on GAF have convinced that it's a device that never should have been. I'm glad we got it and that even now we're still getting stuff, even if it's in trickles.
MrNineties
Member
Yes, the rumor was that they reduced the System Memory I believe. It was meant to be 512 and it was to release at 256 to cut cost to compete most closely with 3DS from a cost perspective.
PS, I Love you VITA xoxo