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[DiscoJer]

How do psp games look on the vita? Still have my 3000, is it worth it to upgrade to vita mostly for the psp games?

It's not as good as I hoped. If you haven't played a game a lot on the PSP you probably couldn't tell, but the colors are somewhat different, especially yellow, on the Vita it takes on an slight orange cast. So gold coins sort of look like cheese, sand looks a bit more like dirt.

Definitely keeping my 3000. Though of course, considering I have 50 umds and only about half my PSN games work in the Vita, easy choice.

 

[itzknickknac]

I'm definitely excited for Black Rock Shooter.

FF Type-0 should be on that list for US folk

Hopefully we hear something about it once FFXIV gets released

It's still a vibrant and viable platform in Japan, the total opposite of how it's doing in the US. New PSP titles get continually announced while the Vita is starved for new software. It's incredibly frustrating to me, since I own both a PSP-3000 and a Vita. I find myself playing my PSP more than my Vita!

So...I don't think the PSP will die this year, it has at least a couple of years of life left in Japan.

PSP definitely won't die as long as I'm alive. So many great RPG's (and DJMAX and Monster Hunter)!!

 

[Call Me Maybe]

If it dies now, it will have lived a more successful and prosperous life than most other systems have. It had a great run, a great library, and it was the first legitimate non Nintendo handheld ever. It was my second most favorite system of its gen, behind only the DS, and I absolutely adored it.
Now get its successor back on track, Sony

 

[metalslimer]

PSP and the Wii had the weirdest system runs ever. Type 0 is all I care about now, although I wouldn't mind Persona 2.

 

[Call Me Maybe]

PSP and the Wii had the weirdest system runs ever. Type 0 is all I care about now, although I wouldn't mind Persona 2.

I believe- and I might be wrong, so please feel free to correct me- that the PSP has always been selling at a steady level on a worldwide basis? As in, when its sales in Japan plummeted, it was still doing good in the west, and when it started to die off in the west, it got its Monster Hunter fueled resurgence in Japan. I think its overall sales levels were largely consistent, meaning that it was just a system that was a slow burner, unlike the Wii, which bounded out of the gates to begin with, sprinted like nobody's business, got an asthma attack, keeled over, and barely managed to limp over the finish line panting.

 

[Sagitario]

From that list, only Hakuouki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi interests me.

 

[ripastraea]

Broke my PSP trying to fix it today. Limited edition version too.

Such good times we had, yet strangely I don't feel too sad. I'll get a new PSP with time and keep this one around for the Darth Vader design on the back. Love engravings on handhelds

 

[Zee_truly evil]

It's not as good as I hoped. If you haven't played a game a lot on the PSP you probably couldn't tell, but the colors are somewhat different, especially yellow, on the Vita it takes on an slight orange cast. So gold coins sort of look like cheese, sand looks a bit more like dirt.

Definitely keeping my 3000. Though of course, considering I have 50 umds and only about half my PSN games work in the Vita, easy choice.

Looks like I'm keeping my psp, thanks.

 

[InfiniteNine]

It's not as good as I hoped. If you haven't played a game a lot on the PSP you probably couldn't tell, but the colors are somewhat different, especially yellow, on the Vita it takes on an slight orange cast. So gold coins sort of look like cheese, sand looks a bit more like dirt.

Definitely keeping my 3000. Though of course, considering I have 50 umds and only about half my PSN games work in the Vita, easy choice.

You have the option to set the colors to the PSP color space I think? It might be on by default because I set it to the Vita color space which improves the image quite a bit.

 

[idlethreats]

Broke my PSP trying to fix it today. Limited edition version too.

Such good times we had, yet strangely I don't feel too sad. I'll get a new PSP with time and keep this one around for the Darth Vader design on the back. Love engravings on handhelds

Man, I used to want that Darth Vader PSP so bad! Have only ever had boring black PSPs though.

Looks like I'm keeping my psp, thanks.

I would never get rid of my PSP (due to the lack of full backwards compatibility) but I vastly prefer playing PSP games on my Vita now. Have barely touched my 3000 since the Vita launched, it's just a much better experience overall.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Nice to see some excitement for Black Rock Shooter. It's different and a lot of fun. Really enjoyed it myself.

 

[Takao]

Hakukoi is dated for Feb 19th.

 

[Moonlight]

I really, really, really need to get Corpse Party: Book of Shadows some time soon. Especially if it means better chances of a CP2 localization.

And BRS looks pretty good, too. I don't know anything about how it plays though, so I'll hold my tongue on that.

PSP, it's been a good run.

 

[Dwayne]

Hakukoi is dated for Feb 19th.

Thanks, updated the op Got Corpse Party BoS last night and started playing it this morning, so pumped for this game

 

[Dwayne]

Busy week for PSP next week: Hakuouki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi and Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection are coming to PSN next week, and today Aksys Games announced Sweet Fuse.

Edit: Both Hakuouki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi and Sweet Fuse are getting UMD releases. Mind blown 2013.

 

[Ramune]

PSP has been home to the games I enjoyed and grew accustomed to over the years. That its still going even in the US just brings a smile to my face. Still have games I need to get around to, so even if we get no more, I have enough to last me quite a while. Would love to get my hands on a White PSP Go (GB Micro equiv.) and Monster Hunter Portable 3rd SE PSP(because it looks awesome) one of these days......

 

[CoachKevin]

PSP is a beast. It has arguably the best library of any portable ever. And that is pretty much a lock if you are in Japan with the ridiculously huge library.

 

[TheSeks]

And yet still no Last Ranker or Eternal Punishment localization announcements. *sigh*

 

[Dwayne]

Added to op - Natsume localizing retro RPG Mystic Chronicles for PSP - port of an iOS game called Fantasy Chronicles.

Hakuouki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi and Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection out tomorrow (PSN and Hakouki has a UMD release).

 

[PhantomOfTheKnight]

Added to op - Natsume localizing retro RPG Mystic Chronicles for PSP - port of an iOS game called Fantasy Chronicles.

Right the fuck out of nowhere.... keep 'em comin'.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Added to op - Natsume localizing retro RPG Mystic Chronicles for PSP - port of an iOS game called Fantasy Chronicles.

Just saw that on Siliconera. Has anyone ever played this or the iOS version? I've never heard of it.

 

[Taruranto]

Tits: SC still has to come out!

... right, guys? R-Right?

 

[Takao]

Added to op - Natsume localizing retro RPG Mystic Chronicles for PSP - port of an iOS game called Fantasy Chronicles.

Hakuouki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi and Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection out tomorrow (PSN and Hakouki has a UMD release).

Long live the true heir to the throne.

 

[michaelius]

Tits: SC still has to come out!

... right, guys? R-Right?

Abandon all hope. That way you can only be pleasantly suprised.

 

[perorist]

Tits: SC still has to come out!

... right, guys? R-Right?

XSEED more or less confirmed in a roundabout way that it's not coming to PSP. At best they still want to try and get it out on another platform though (read: PC/steam)

 

[Hours Left]

XSEED more or less confirmed in a roundabout way that it's not coming to PSP. At best they still want to try and get it out on another platform though (read: PC/steam)

Hopefully the PS3 port too. That way we'd get the extra content.

 

[SneakyStephan]

Only 2 more years to go if Kaz Hirai has his way with hardware life of 10 years!

Wow, someone using the ten year life cycle quote in the right context? You deserve a frigging medal

 

[Tizoc]

How long is Corpse Party BoS compared to the first game btw?

 

[Dwayne]

Updated with Black Rock Shooter's April release date. Hakuouki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi doesn't look like it's doing too well, it has 3 reviews on the SEN store, compared to Generation of Chaos's 29 and Corpse Party:BoS 418 reviews. They did a physical release of Hakuouki as well :/

 

[Takao]

Updated with Black Rock Shooter's April release date. Hakuouki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi doesn't look like it's doing too well, it has 3 reviews on the SEN store, compared to Generation of Chaos's 29 and Corpse Party:BoS 418 reviews. They did a physical release of Hakuouki as well :/

Hakuoki isn't available on the Vita store, the other two games you mentioned are.

Carnage Heart EXA is dated for March 19 btw.

 

[Iacobellis]

Vita in 2013 - The End?

 

[BrokenEchelon]

My PSP-3000 is en route as we speak.

When I was ordering it from Amazon it said that "this product is no longer manufactured" or something to that extent. I don't recall them ever officially announcing end of production, but it may just be Amazon.

 

[B.K.]

My PSP-3000 is en route as we speak.

When I was ordering it from Amazon it said that "this product is no longer manufactured" or something to that extent. I don't recall them ever officially announcing end of production, but it may just be Amazon.

It may have just been the particular SKU that you bought that isn't being manufactured anymore.

 

[BroggieDoge]

I saw a few 3000's left at my local Target for $99. I was actually interested in re-buying a vita but this is more tempting. With the exception of P4G. Everything I want to play is PSP or PSOne classics (I have a ton and I know vita doesn't play them all) the PSP does play all classics right? I really want tactics orge as well.

May just plunge on this and buy vita @ price drop.

EDIT: Actually amazon route with no tax seems even better.

 

[Red Chocobo]

When I was ordering it from Amazon it said that "this product is no longer manufactured"

The PSP E1000 replaced the 3000 about a year ago.

At least, here in the UK anyway. You can only buy the E1000 now.

 

[wyrdwad]

I saw a few 3000's left at my local Target for $99. I was actually interested in re-buying a vita but this is more tempting. With the exception of P4G. Everything I want to play is PSP or PSOne classics (I have a ton and I know vita doesn't play them all) the PSP does play all classics right? I really want tactics orge as well.

May just plunge on this and buy vita @ price drop.

EDIT: Actually amazon route with no tax seems even better.

Yeah, PSP plays all PS1 classics -- and if you do TV-out, it plays them at their original resolution, too!

-Tom

 

[cj_iwakura]

I have hopes of more Elminage games

Been rumored for a while that UFO are also doing II, III, and maybe Gothic.


Great games, but please, ANYONE, get them away from UFO. (TOOOOOOOM)

 

[BroggieDoge]

Yeah, PSP plays all PS1 classics -- and if you do TV-out, it plays them at their original resolution, too!

-Tom

Perfect. Seems like this may be the way to go.

 

[Takao]

Yeah, PSP plays all PS1 classics -- and if you do TV-out, it plays them at their original resolution, too!

-Tom

Actually, there are a tiny handful of PSone Classics that for whatever reason aren't playable on PSP. There's a Star Wars game, and some other stuff (Pocket Fighter?).

 

[wyrdwad]

Actually, there are a tiny handful of PSone Classics that for whatever reason aren't playable on PSP. There's a Star Wars game, and some other stuff (Pocket Fighter?).

Oh. I had no idea.

Still, I haven't run into any the PSP can't play, so I'm guessing there aren't tooooo many. Because I own a LOT of PS1 classics.

-Tom

 

[Takao]

Oh. I had no idea.

Still, I haven't run into any the PSP can't play, so I'm guessing there aren't tooooo many. Because I own a LOT of PS1 classics.

-Tom

Like with incompatible PSP/PSone games on Vita, Sony just keeps them off the PSP storefront. You'll only run into these games browsing the PSone Classics section on PS3.

 

[Mzo]

Oh. I had no idea.

Still, I haven't run into any the PSP can't play, so I'm guessing there aren't tooooo many. Because I own a LOT of PS1 classics.

-Tom

PSP also doesn't have true analog stick support. It sucks for games like Parasite Eve.

 

[lucablight]

Why can these niche companies release PSP games but SE can't release Type-0 if it's already localised? What have they got to lose by doing a PSN release that is playable on the PSP and Vita? They'll at least get some return on their investment for minimal effort and more importantly they'll regain a lot of good will amongst their hardcore fan base as well.

 

[iLLmaticV3]

I'd love to see these devs work on Vita games after these games release. Would love to experience these type of games on the vibrant OLED screen in qHD. Definitely getting the Black Rock Shooter game, when it comes out. Will most likely be my last new PSP game purchase, if I can play it on my Vita. My PSP went missing a year or so ago and I never got to finish a couple games I bought physical copes of, sadly.

 

[Takao]

Why can these niche companies release PSP games but SE can't release Type-0 if it's already localised? What have they got to lose by doing a PSN release that is playable on the PSP and Vita? They'll at least get some return on their investment for minimal effort and more importantly they'll regain a lot of good will amongst their hardcore fan base as well.

Because Square Enix believes they can port it to another platform and make more money that way. If they release it for PSN (PSP/Vita) they'll have pirates devour it, with the rest of the world ignoring its existence. When Square Enix decides to port it to a healthier platform, that release will have diminished importance because the game would already be available in English.

I'd love to see these devs work on Vita games after these games release. Would love to experience these type of games on the vibrant OLED screen in qHD. Definitely getting the Black Rock Shooter game, when it comes out. Will most likely be my last new PSP game purchase, if I can play it on my Vita. My PSP went missing a year or so ago and I never got to finish a couple games I bought physical copes of, sadly.

It needs to be stated that most of the games being localized for PSP actually predate the launch of Vita. Carnage Heart EXA was actually a 2010 release in Japan.

 

[dokish]

Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment in March

Do you think is playable without knowing japanese?

 

[Takao]

T.A.C. Heroes: Big Red One - Storm City Games - Digital Download - Out Now! - $19.99

Okay

 

[DidntKnowJack]

It's actually kind of unbelievable there's anything still coming out for the PSP. It's been...what...8 years since it came out?

 

[Dwayne]

just updated the op, only 3 more announced games to come, though I think Natsume has more in the pipeline, and there's the Elminage II/III/IV rumor as well.

Thanks for TAC, Takao

 

[Napalm_Frank]

I would say this is the end but I know better than that. Every time I say game/year X is the swansong of PSP some crazy publisher comes from the shadows and farts in my face.