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[Badlucktroll]

I wished the Vita got that rumored Bioshock game, and an original Metal Gear. Developers ignored it!

 

[EverydayBeast]

I remember psp, ps vita felt like the grown up version all kids had them in school.

 

[Zug]

The Vita is great for 16/32bits emulation which looks great on a smaller screen, and it's library is quite good too, with a lot of indies. The real superior handheld console (The Switch is too big for my taste)

 

[Majormaxxx]

I never had a Vita. Sometimes I think about getting one so that I can play Muramasa but then I think it's probably not worth it just for one game.

If you mod it, which is extremely easy, there are dozens of exciting homebrew ports, emulators, you can fit all your cartridge games on a cheap microsd etc. It's an awesome console at the moment.

Vita was the only console I ever regret purchasing. The hardware itself is good enough, it was the complete amd total lack of compelling softwares that made it a horrible console.

I did regret it at the time but 10 years later am enjoying it. Bought the 1000 for uncharted.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Having something that actually fits in your pocket for a change is nice! The Switch is so awkward and weird to carry around, I usually don't like taking it out for that exact reason >. <

I still bring mine out from time to time, and it's hecking convenient

The switch is great maybe for airplanes and hotel rooms. The vita - you can play it on the bus or in the park..

 

[semiconscious]

A must for playing PS1 classics

yep. the very best way to play ps1 classics...

 

[Dr.Morris79]

FTFY.

Wassthatthen?

 

[yet_another_alt]

Lately, I've been playing SRW V on mine.

FTFY.

Wrong stick placement. Maybe once they fix it for Win 5.

 

[TGO]

It was beautiful handheld but it had a cancer

This affected everything.
You can look up the cards now and think, oh they must be hard to get that's why they're expensive...
Wrong, that's how much they was back then too.
And this eventually affected it's support too.
Such a shame, all Sony needed to do is release a firmware and adaptor to support SD cards.
But Piracy factors was too strong.

Edit fucking autocorrect

 

[Majormaxxx]

It was beautiful handheld but it had a cancer

This affected everything.
You can look up the cards now and think, oh they must be hard to get that's why they're expensive...
Wrong, that's how much they was back then too.
And this eventually affected it's supposed too.
Such a shame, all Sony needed to do is release a firmware and adaptor to support SD cards.
But Piracy factors was too strong.

This is now unofficially fixed, although officially the console is retired. But yeah, I used to have the 16gb and it wasn't enough for anything. The official 64gb was prone to getting corrupted..

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Last time I used it was to play Tactics Ogre PSP in 2021. Maybe I should return... I've got a bunch of unplayed games on the system.

 

[coffinbirth]

A must for playing PS1 classics

As someone that owns like...six different grips for Vita, I've never seen this before. Do you happen to have a link, kind sir?

 

[chromhound]

Perfect Hacking Machine

 

[R6Rider]

I regret not buying another one before they stopped making them. Only option now is used or paying over 300 for a new one.

 

[coffinbirth]

Perfect Hacking Machine

The Atari Portfolio will never be usurped!

 

[touchfuzzy]

I had one! Really liked it but was disappointed Sony abandoned it so quickly. Played everything I wanted to try and sold it ages ago.

Highlights for me were P4G, LittleBigPlanet Vita (maybe the most underrated game of all time) and Danganronpa.

 

[Badlucktroll]

What if it used SD cards, and could dock to your tv?

 

[Dick Jones]

As someone that owns like...six different grips for Vita, I've never seen this before. Do you happen to have a link, kind sir?

I bought it off Amazon so Google this
MODJUEGO L2 R2 Trigger Hand Grip Shell Controller Protective Case for Sony PS Vita 1000
Be aware that this works for OG Vita.


Ali Express has one too

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005005120748255.html?pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%E2%82%AC%2028%2C63%21%E2%82%AC%2014%2C31%21%21%21%21%21%402103309e16745986775077325e8cbb%2112000031739206581%21btf&_t=pvid%3Aa4192a48-ccb5-43af-8f34-b37f4d70ebba&afTraceInfo=1005005120748255__msite__c_ppc_item_bridge__xxxxxx__1674598677&spm=a2g0n.ppclist.product.0&gatewayAdapt=Pc2Msite

 

[chromhound]

What if it used SD cards, and could dock to your tv?

You can hack it to use SD cards

 

[Dick Jones]

It's a pity they never followed through with that cable from Vita to TV. Would have been cool.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Proprietary sh*t (charger, memory) and lack of support killed an excellent handheld, hardware based

Needed L2 and R2 as well. That back touchscreen was shitful.

 

[Jesb]

It’s been ages since I used it but I’ll never get rid of it. Sucks Sony got out of it. But Sony’s focused on VR now as a compliment to their console.

 

[Agent X]

I still use mine all the time. I've got access to a really broad group of games.

I've got a good mix of digital games from the PSP and PS1, along with plenty of native Vita games. I crave a lot of the old 8-bit and 16-bit games, so I've got some emulated classic games and compilation packs from companies like Atari, Sega, SNK, and Capcom. I also like to play some of my PS4 games with Remote Play. It's an amazingly versatile little system!

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

If I get the OLED one again, where can I find memory cards for it?

 

[Shadowstar39]

Loved that thing. I have the oled 1000 version. Still rocking to this day.
Some of my favorites are:
Killzone Mercenary - that entire game was amazing. How rewards worked and the missions themselves. This game was 100000x better than shadowfall or kz3. I really wished they went ahead and made a sequel on ps4 or something, but they never did.

Uncharted GA - amazing game, loved it, was amazing to see on handheld.
Gravity Rush - free form flying using gyro, and stylized. Plus characters and world was amazing.
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace - lesser known title, but wow I played that game so much.
Soul Sacrifice (delta) - you don't find unique stuff like this anymore.
LBP portable. - it was super fun lbp, when it was still a hot property.
Sound shapes - I loved this game and made a ton of levels. Was pissed when I went on recently on ps4/5 and all the levels were gone as they yanked the servers... f u sony , why you kill a small server that probably costs pennies?
Mortal Kombat 9 - just like the ps3 version.
Dragon Crown, Muramasa and Odin Sphere - Amazing 2d games, what ever happened to vanillaware?
new little kings story - remake of the wii game
Persona4g - nuff said.

Plus all the disgaea ports, psp games and ps1 games...
Switch took its place for me but man they really did it wrong after the 2nd year. Sony dropped it. Yet they keep on with shitty vr. Don't understand.

 

[Supple]

If I get the OLED one again, where can I find memory cards for it?

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[Leonidas]

I recently started playing my Vita again thanks to me signing up for a year of PS+ Extra. The old Vita games I added to my account are still there, nice to play those games again. I never really played those Vita PS+ games back in the day, but I'm interested in quite a few of them now.

 

[Synless]

I remember it fondly. I drove to Walmart after working third shift early in my career and picked one up, Uncharted, and a memory stick. I fired that fucker up, clicked my bubbles and was blown away. Portable Uncharted!!!! It was a thing of beauty.

I loved DJ Max on that thing.

 

[Damigos]

Just put CFW on it whilst it doesn't fix the issue of the charger, I now use a 512 gig micro SD card in mine.

I mean you don't have a warranty on the machine from Sony anymore let's face it.

I dont like CFW solutions. I ve tried on my Wii, Switch and psp but its never like the original. And CFW never helped with sales, good software did

 

[kraspkibble]

I had one because I wanted to remote play my PS4. It sucked. The only game I bought for it was Persona 4 Golden.

For years I always thought about buying one again but then P4G came to Steam and Switch. So there is no point to owning a Vita anymore.

 

[kiphalfton]

I can only imagine my vita is dead, as I haven't messed around with it in a couple years.

 

[cyberheater]

I can only imagine my vita is dead, as I haven't messed around with it in a couple years.

I thought the same but once I charged it up it worked fine.

 

[Redneckerz]

Picked up a rare PSTV costing a fortune and attempting homebrew on it.

Have an SD set up, but now all my bubbles are gone. Drats.

 

[Majormaxxx]

You can hack it to use SD cards

And apparently right now you can hook it up to your computer with video capture software running so it essentially displays on your pc. Since the pc can output to the the TV, this means it can be "hooked up" to the TV in this way... Or just get a PS TV...

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I've been playing Legend of Dragoon on my OLED Vita.

Next 2 games I'll be playing on Vita are Symphony of the Night and Vagrant Story

 

[Komatsu]

It is an amazing console and now people are porting all sorts of mobile games/ports to it. Crazy Taxi, the GTA Trilogy, Bully, Max Payne...

Dragon Crown, Muramasa and Odin Sphere - Amazing 2d games, what ever happened to vanillaware?

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

It is an amazing console and now people are porting all sorts of mobile games/ports to it. Crazy Taxi, the GTA Trilogy, Bully, Max Payne...

I'm curious what their next game will be

 

[cireza]

Still play it regularly. Best handheld.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

Did you guys know that Vita means life?

Got 2 of them, one OLED and a Blue one I ordered from Japan just for the color. 400GB sd card inside each one of them, such a beautiful piece of tech.
Still dreaming of a new iteration with proper L2/R2 support, maybe wifi6 to stream full console / PC games with no lag. Make it happen Sony!

 

[Supple]

Did you guys know that Vita means life?

Got 2 of them, one OLED and a Blue one I ordered from Japan just for the color. 400GB sd card inside each one of them, such a beautiful piece of tech.
Still dreaming of a new iteration with proper L2/R2 support, maybe wifi6 to stream full console / PC games with no lag. Make it happen Sony!

I haven't touched my two Vitas in years. Is there a good easy-to-follow hacking guide you recommend?

 

[Shane89]

Sony abandoned (hasan!!) it, so i modded it for homebrew. I would like to see a PS5 remote play app, but apparently noone is doing it.

 

[Esppiral]

Just no. The design, the games scream no. PS VITA is still better in every possible way, minus the fact you need to have a PS TV to play on TV, something the PSP was doing.

I still play mine with CFW. I can max both resolution and FPS. And we have now a new fix for batteries! Most of the recents android ports run really great!

Battery fix? What is that? I may be interested my Vita battery duration is abysmal. Goes from 100% to 7x% in a few minutes

 

[eastcoastkody]

i've bought and gotten rid of like 3 vitas. I always ended up not using them.
It finally stuck with me this go around. As now i just use it to play NES/SNES/Genesis games.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I dont like CFW solutions. I ve tried on my Wii, Switch and psp but its never like the original. And CFW never helped with sales, good software did

Thats fair however you can always go back to stock firmware if you decide to sell.

 

[MadchesterManc]

Still carry one around, generally the only handheld I do so given the slim I'm currently using is a featherweight compared to Switch, new 3DS XL & DS when adding weight to my work bag. Plenty of Atelier, Neptunia & Disgaea to play through Putting CFW on it is a god send really as it opens up SD compatibility. Sure you lose the cart slot, but seen as most of my library is PS+ or old review codes I'd take having most of it downloaded to a 256GB SD card instead. Homebrew stuff is decent too, been playing GTA Vice City on it and all I had to do was copy the game files from my steam install - runs really well considering. Managed to also get most of my UMD dumps & save files from the PSP, will finish Valkyria Chronicles 3 some day. Even without all the CFW goodies it is still a capable handheld these days though.

 

[coffinbirth]

I bought it off Amazon so Google this
MODJUEGO L2 R2 Trigger Hand Grip Shell Controller Protective Case for Sony PS Vita 1000
Be aware that this works for OG Vita.


Ali Express has one too

http://[URL]https://m.aliexpress.co...a2g0n.ppclist.product.0&gatewayAdapt=Pc2Msite

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Thank you kindly! This looks perfect!

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

I haven't touched my two Vitas in years. Is there a good easy-to-follow hacking guide you recommend?

it's easy easy, just get sd2vita card and depending on which firmware you are there's a few different options. Don't think I can link stuff like that here, but in general google will display the right results both in video format and comprehensive guides on the first links.

just key in ps vita henkaku

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

Battery fix? What is that? I may be interested my Vita battery duration is abysmal. Goes from 100% to 7x% in a few minutes

You can try Batterie Fixer version 3.

 

[H4ze]

Putting some CFW on my Vita was one of the best decisions in my gaming life. It's the best Handheld ever, beside GBA.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

A Colony Of Ants Took Over Their Gaming Handheld. Now What?

The PlayStation Vita may be dead, but the insects are still playing

kotaku.com