Man I remember when I would turn on my ps4 with remote play and shut off my tv so I can stay up at night and play games on my vita and not get in trouble, Good times man
@@RosesAreBlack94 any works but the one with the micro usb is easier to mod bc the port is a bit faster and i would want that one (slim) anyways because of the charging port also no oled so more battery
I'm still surprised you can even play Fallout 2 on this thing. I got it as an improved PSP, and to play XCOM EU, later modded it to play Tactics Ogre One Vision, but seeing the incredible MGS2-3 ports, San Andreas, and even friggin DOS games playing on this thing always blows my mind. It's so dang good, my Switch ends up warming the bench most of the time.
The one thing Vita isn't that good for is playing PSP games, unfortunately. Both models have much better screens (not to mention higher res) that PSP, with faster reaction time and wider colour range. It makes PSP titles looking worse than on original hardware, where all models have slight softness and kind of frame blend effect due to how quickly matrix responds. So yeah, you can enjoy PSP games on Vita, but they look more rough than on PSP - 2D titles do hold up when you turn off bilinear filtering, but 3D games are losing a lot of appeal. This is why I keep my old PSP around in addition to Vita. If I were to keep just one of them, Vita is a clear winner, though.
@@kamilciura7953 I've played thousands of hours of Tactics Ogre, Armored Core, Worms, and MG Acid, on both, having heard that before...and honestly think the Vita looks far better, as long as you have the Bilinear Filter on. No idea
@ImBillCosby To this day it's the only pocket device that can reasonably be relied on to cover the entirety of the bajillion systems the Tactics Ogre games came out on.
Watching the Vita modding scene grow and fight against Sonys patches throughout the years has been incredible. Back then you had to buy certain types of the vita if you wanted to mod it because they would pre install updates to beat modders. Now we all chill and play psp ISOs and gta San Andreas on the go
I almost sold my Vita in 2014. Glad the sale didn't happen because Henkaku Enso and RetroArch have given it a new life. There's so much to do on it now. Too much to do actually. It's an amazing device with a beautiful community behind it. For me, it's almost like living the PSP hacking days all over again. Great times!
My PS Vita addiction started in 2021, I was already using a PSP Go as my every day emulator pocket console. When I got my first PS Vita (2000 Model) it became my PSP Go's replacement for everywhere I went, playing all my retro games and PS Vita games I've never played and loved! Then after spending some time overseas, I got my hands on a PS Vita (1000 Model) and just loved the OLED Screen that it's now my main system when I want to kill time. I've been playing a lot of GTA China wars (because I love GTA but never played that title) and a ton of PS1 games that I never played full but remembered playing in my childhood. I hope Sony makes another handheld some day.
I've been modding the Vita since it was possible. And seeing now that it's as easy as the PSP back then, it's a real mindblow. I had stored away my Vita and just got it out once I heard the news and updated everything to the latest CFW. Everything without a PC. It's great. I even have the first gen SD2Vita adapter (the red, raw PCB looking one) and I ordered a current gen adapter!
If you had been modding the Vita for a long time, I would like to know if it's possible to somehow emulate PS2 games on it? I currently just have two in mind, Godzilla Save the Earth and Godzilla Unleashed. A friend of mine wants to sell me his old PS Vita for 50euros, he never uses it, but I would only be interested in modding and emulating for those two games. Would it be worth it? Would it be possible? Nothing greater than the point of view of a veteran. Thank you a lot
My granparents bought my cousin, my brother, and I all ps vitas when it came out. Fast-forward til about a month ago, i pulled out the old vita and found out there is a massive community still playing on the Vita. I modded it, and have been trying to convince my cousin and brother to mod theirs. Ive even offered to do it for them lol I happen to stumble across your channel today while looking for an explanation on a pluggin. Its very nice seeing people still talk about the vita. I really wish sony would come out with something along the lines of a Vita 3k or Vita 2. I would definately get one. Anyway, you earned my sub most definately. The mention of the Raspberry Pi was the icing on the cake!
The Vita community is really cool. I would love to see Sony release a new handheld, I feel like it would do really well today. Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel :D
Nice I have both 1000 and the 2000 well taken care of I just don’t have the original boxes no more but I do have them in nice travel cases for them and they have never been jailbroken or modded
@@da9nerdy Yes for modern games, but if savvy enough you can pick up a Vita for $80 oftentimes and have a huge library of retro games in your pocket on the cheap! I'd still like a Steam Deck but still no Halo MCC multiplayer 😔
VitaDev is someone I follow from time to time whenever I get back into my random Vita craze. Dude is literally making a mini warzone for Vita players which I completely find amazing. Love the modding/homebrew scene so much.
Great video. I've modded several Vitas over the past few years and your video has inspired me to get back to it! The Vita Dock via Raspberry Pi is a MUST for Vita fans (a Pi 3b is enough) and there's great 3D printed Vita Dock stands out there to make it official looking. Looking forward to continued mod support!
Here's two useful things: Adrenaline Bubble Manager. You can take your PSP isos and PSX eboots that you've tossed on your Vita to use with Adrenaline, and turn each game into it's own individual bubble that'll appear on the Vita's home screen. You can even customize the bubbles with different images, different splash screens, and rename them to shorten 'em or remove extra stuff. Mix that, with the HexFlow Launcher, that acts as a replacement home screen, and you've got yourself a super nice setup. Don't get me wrong, the bubbles aren't a bad way to go, but when you have an SD2Vita, and tons of games, the bubbles can be a bit of a hassle to search through. In my case, between Vita, PSP, PSX, Homebrew ports, and Homebrew apps, I actually have more bubbles than the Vita home screen allows. So I have to throw everything into folders, and it's kind of a mess of having to scroll through bubble folders to find what I want. HexFlow has 5 categories it sorts games into (and you can manually change the category for something if need-be). Vita, PSP, PSX, Homebrew, and ALL. It gives you a nice big left to right scrolling list of all your games, with 3D box art instead of bubble icons. You can also use an autoboot plugin to force a specific app (like HexFlow) to launch automatically when you turn the Vita on, which is nifty. There's also apps for custom Vita themes. There's PKGj, which, while questionable, lets you download Vita/PSP/PSX games for free straight from the Vita itself, there's stuff like the Apollo Save Tool that lets you backup your game saves (great for if you delete a game, but don't wanna lose your save), TrackPlug to keep track of your play time on each game, VitaGrafix that lets you upscale and unlock framerate for certain games, there's a few different apps and plugins to let you overclock your Vita to make things run better, an app called Bubble Recall that can save your home screen bubble layouts (in case you need to re-do your bubbles). There's a plugin that keeps track of your volume level between speakers and headphones and auto-adjusts to whatever the last volume was for it. There's a couple different plugins that lets you remap your entire controller layout, including the touch screen and back touch pad (you can even set buttons to a touch point, in case you want a jump button on the back pad or something). As for Homebrew game ports, I personally have Grand Theft Auto 3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Max Payne 1, Bully, Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Chocolate Doom, PrBoom Plus (also Doom), and Mario 64. I also have Sonic Time Twisted, a whole custom Sonic Homebrew game. But I know there's also ports of Dead Space 1 mobile, and some Mass Effect mobile game, as well as a bunch of other things. And, mind you. You have Adrenaline. It's essentially an ENTIRE PSP on the Vita. As in, you can even run Homebrew PSP stuff, and use PSP plugins for PSP games. Even adhoc works between a normal PSP and the Vita. Like, there is a LOT of stuff you can do on/with the Vita, and people are still actively making ports of games, and new apps and plugins, as well as updating the already existing stuff.
This is a go to experience if you are a teen or an adult in work or somewhere and its good to see vita coming back to 2023 as a model of bunch of good classics like cod and borderlands
I had a PSVita around the time it was new. I had a few games for it like Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Dead Or Alive 5+, I even had Street Fighter X Tekken. That game came with a voucher to unlock the DLC characters on the PS3 version which I also had. I should have kept it knowing what I know now.
I remember my parents got this for me on Launch…. Had to wait a few more weeks to actually be able to play a game since the memory cards were so expensive… I believe it was like $40 for a 4gb card? Which was ridiculous
Well said! I too have a first gen Vita with the beautiful OLED screen and love it! I have a huge library of Vita games but I am now finally trying to take advantage of the streaming capability from my PS3. For the longest time I did not really realize this was a thing and I have a lot of PS3 games I have downloaded on my 1 TB PS3 hard drive over the years. Keep up the great work. Hopefully Sony itself realizes how special the Vita is.
Actually.... My $85.00 Black PS-Vita (2000)Slim...I bought from a PawnShop in mid 2019...3 months later...fully modded...with a Sammy 512gb MicroSD-Card Evo and Sd2vita adapter... Now...2022 it is my current Home and Handheld... just hook it up with any Android base Smart-TV... Google Chrome Tv... Samsung Tab-S7 or Tab-S8 as a Second Screen attached to a dongle with HDMI output...USB-C'S...using the USB-Camera app...PS-VITA/ Switch...You can use any Wireless Xbox...PS4..PS5 Controller... 🫠🙃🤓
@@da9nerdy I know, but in my country costs over 600 eur for the cheapest model, which is way above of what I can afford. My desktop pc while it's a budget it's performance is not worse than steam deck and I can completely stream every game to vita.
Same! I like being somewhere comfy and relaxed (bed/couch) for gaming. So my steam library has been sitting dormant for a while. Moonlight has both breathed new life into my vita, and gotten me to tackle my steam backlog. It's fun sorta pretending my steam games came out on vita (especailly halo hahahah). I do eventaully want to start playing through the metal gear solid series though.
i love this thing so much. i use it more for mobile retro emulation with real buttons than playing original vita games. just wish someone would finally figure out a way to play PSP games in native Vita resolution with maybe an FPS boost. some of the PSP titles really haven't aged as well as i my memories with them.
I love my vita. The fact I could play the full versions of dynasty warriors 8 and samurai warriors 4 and transfer my data to the console and pick up where I left off was incredible. I thought too many games went gimmick heavy using the touch controls in forced ways that slowed down game play that turned away users
It’s not underrated. It’s overrated and rightfully so. All these new handhelds are trying to get the Vita DPad feel because it’s what the community is ALWAYS asking for.
Sony always had great buttons ontheyre handhelds,try playing kingdom of paradise onthe psp. The Sony handhelds are legendary with they're buttons on handheld. Only if the switch had the same type of buttons..
Yesterday I hooked up my vita to my computer monitor and PS4 controller and played Tomb Raider 3 in Adrenaline. It was just like playing the original PlayStation version back in 1998.
My vita is used for mostly trying to get platinums. With a 256gb micro sd, you really can have all the games you want in your pocket and get as many platinums as you want while being able to play some good ol gameboy or gba games. Its an amazing piece of hardware to have if you like playstation games and old handheld games.
The Dreamcast of handhelds, we're getting a steady stream of releases unofficially now. It can definately see the Vita remaining the go-to platform for those types of experimental indie games.
I use mine most to play GBA games. For whatever reason they just look, feel, and play the best and it's just so nice seeing all those games from my youth on such a beautiful display both bright and colorful. As a kid I never had a GBA SP. I rocked my original GBA until the DS came out. So the Vita loaded up with every GBA game I could ever want is just a treat. The GBA was so cool to me as a kid and now this is like the real version of how I viewed it back then if thst makes sense. Worth grabbing a used Vita off ebay for that alone. I use it to watch a shit load of porn as well.
Ah yes, this reminds me of the time when i got a second hand PS3 for my birthday which then ended up to be loaded with a shitload of porn .MP4 files. Good times /s
Every word is true :) Didn't get my Vita until a couple of years ago so I'm still working my way through the official library with a sprinkle of emulation (and a Micro SD card) on the side. I've picked up some official titles dirt cheap through Cross-Buy when the PS4 versions go on sale.
Vita is pretty useful for me. I have an RGH, hacked Xbox 360 and the Vita is a good replacement for a PS3. It has nearly full PS1 backwards compatibility and I'm able to play some PS3 exclusives that had Vita ports such as Sly Cooper Thieves in Time, Tokyo Jungle or the Atelier Dusk Trilogy. I was also happy to discover that the Vita has PSP hardware inside which allows me to play the entire PSP library so my SD card is pratically full at this point with PS1, PSP and Vita games.
I've had a Vita since a week before it officially launched (special preorder bundle) and I play it all the time, I actually didnt hack it for years but Sony really made it a no brainer to do so I now have a 1TB SD card in it
2020 was an amazing year for vita when it got n64 emulator, dreamcast emulator, mario 64 remake, sonic 1 2 amd cd ports, and best of all the gta trilogy
I have the slim and last month I bought the fat white color, great console and the community is so active. I bought for $150 on aliexpress and dude, the console has no scratch, it’s refurbished and it looks like a brand new one
As a former psp owner, I naturally bought my vita launch model in white. The design was so outstanding from the standard back then. Unfortunately, more than 5 years ago, it was in my stored luggage in a hotel in California that it got robbed, along with a dozen games. So I don’t really wanna think about it again. And one day I checked and saw some activity updates from my vita account from my ps3 so clearly someone bought it second hand. As I’m right now satisfied with my ps4, switch and soon later ps5, vita will forever be in my memory thinking it was the most cutting- edge thing in the world. (Maybe someday I might buy another one I don’t know. I still have the cases on the shelf for my vita games but not a single game in them. )
Свака част. I own several Vitas. Steam deck and Switch cannot really replace it, the size and what it offers and how it feels is unmatched. It's a must for handheld gamers.
I love using my vita to take ps2 classics on the go. God of war, jak and daxter, MGS, and the ratchet and clank HD collections all come to mind. I’ve also bought several psp games on the vita store that I owned on psp for being able to hand one to my friend and we can play like hot shots golf or something
I have a PS Vita 1000 I inherited from a late friend. The Vita was ahead of its time when Sony released it back in 2011. It’s very powerful, and it holds its own against my Nintendo Switch. Yes, the Vita is underrated, and it deserves recognition. My PS Vita is modded, and I have RetroArch to play those retro games. The Vita also had great games that really showed its potential. Sadly, Sony didn’t support the Vita as they should have and they even tried to close down the PlayStation Store. This cause a huge uproar, and as a result, Sony reversed its decision and left it open.
Even after super heavy usage, I can still play with my psvita for several hours and it was bought on 2013. The battery is really good. Although it is kind of dirty now coz it is the white version and the custom Hatsune Miku decals adhesive is coming out that it collects dirt.
I really want a new playstation handheld console, something with steam deck specs that can play all PS games and have backwards compatability would be absolutely amazing. I feel the time is right for Sony to take control of that market
I love being out and about and playing PS4 games on my Vita, lol, just sitting at Starbucks and playing a little Red Dead Redemption II on my small, compact screen
The biggest thing stopping the Vita from being one of my favourite emulation handhelds is the lack of L2+R2 buttons. It's great for SNES, GBA, and some PS1 titles, but it would be much better with a pair of triggers in my opinion. That's why I'll always recommend something like the RG353 or even the AYN Odin Lite if your budget can stretch that far
Ben, there’s a couple controller grip shells for the Vita that add L2 R2 functionality by pressing against the touchscreen on the back of the vita. Those touch controls can be mapped on emulators
@@umamifan Nintendo switch is garbage Nintendrone corporate slave fanboy. Stay butthurt to sony portables because you can't afford it 12 year old kid hahahaha
I got a sapphire blue ps vita 1000. It's beautiful. Rich blue with sparkly goodness. It's modded so I got a lot of games and emulators on it. It really is a great machine you can use to play many types of games. I'm very satisfied with it.
Great video! I agree that the Vita was criminally underrated. There is a huge library of awesome games and Tearaway is one of my favourite 3D platformers of all time. Right now, I'm really enjoying the PSTV, although not all games are compatible with it. I find it's probably the best way to experience Vita, PSP and PS1 games.
Cool vid batka. I recently modded my Vita and love having all the storage space. I downloaded a ton of games off the PSN that I purchased over the years, and still have over 100gb of space to do whatever with. Haven't messed with roms yet, but I wouldn't mind getting the Dragon Quest series playable on there to go along with my collection of FF 1 through 10.
This is the perfect moment for Sony to release PSP2, it could came out with similar specs to the switch (or switch 2) and they could use a similar architecture as Nintendo, to make easy for the switch developers to port games to PSP2. Basically, all the ports and exclusives that are created by 3rd parties for switch and those in the future for switch 2 could came easily to PSP2, with this, Sony could eat a piece of Nintendo's cake and also create new experiences with their IP's as they did with uncharted & kill zone during ps Vita life. It doesn't matter if not all console ps5 games work with PSP2, it would be great to have a PORTABLE console that can run all PS4 games, switch games and a few exclusive games.
There was a program being developed that let you play remote play from your PS5 but seems it hasn't had an update it a while so it has a lot of bugs. Such a shame since sometimes I just want to lay in bed and play and not have to get up and go sit in from of the tv to use my PS5
I held onto my slim black vita. Modded it a few years back. It currently has NES, SNES, GBA nearly a full library of games. And I used a vpn on it to get access to EU PSN store for titles that we didn't have over here in the US. Such as Pacman World(PS1) , Classic Spyro 1/2/3. As well as CTR and The Crash Bandicoot Trilogy. I did this while I was 17yr old. Was very proud of the modded vita. Altering the resolutions of certain GBA games was amazing. Metroid Zero Mission on the vita? I'm sold
I wish the system focused on more solid gameplay and less gimmicks. I just wasn't a fan of how much touchscreen was REQUIRED for games that didn't need it. Obviously the memory card headache was a serious problem too. Hopefully Vita3K will get to a point where I can put my Vita into storage and just play the few solid exclusives on PC. 🙏
it is good but theres a lot of problems. sd2vita can break easily, you need to buy a proper sdcard brand and due to the amount of tutorials out there with different plugins it can be tricky to jailbreak. just follow the standard vita hacks guide, buy a proper sdcard brand like sandisk or samsung and keep a bunch of sd2vita adapters and youll be fine. mine recently crashed because my sd2vita had its pins broken.
Bought a vita a few years ago second hand. Ppl advised me not to, said it was on its way out. No way, I love playing simple stuff on it like loco roco and tearaway. You can't find anytjing like those on switch, although theres a couple of loco roco copycats (one is literally about a cat) but no replacement for the music in loco roco. And tearaway, child of light, both so good! I kedp dying in gravity daze but that game is so ambitious and amazing, no regrets. I have yet to really dive into whats out there but I am so happy to seevids like this that encourage ppl to stick with the vita, cause it really has aged so well!
I'm using Vita sometimes, there are a lot f new game ports. Actually, 3DS also now getting more ports and homebrews (right now upgrading PS1 emulation, I like playing it on 3DS more for pixel perfect and comfortable controls). Vita's browses still goot as well music player
It plays better than the ps3? I bought a ps3 a month ago and 60 dollars worth of games from the play station store. idk if it’s a good decision now since I got the vita in the mail now (gonna home brew it)
@@hiddenleaf2 nah, the ps3 can play the sly collection + theives in time @60fps and they have better graphics than the Vita, it's a much more premium experience. I think it's worth it to play it on PS3, I just already owned those versions and really wanted portable Sly. But all the Sly games do run at locked 30 on Vita (when oc'd) which puts them on par for the original ps2 but w/ higher resolution, thats really impressive for such an old handheld.
i dont know if i want too or not. to be honest im scared. on one hand i do wanna homebrew vita with all my favorite ports but on the other i cant afford another one and i want to keep the one i had since launch vanilla. idk its a hard choice for me :/ i have a 1000 model as well and i guess im just apprehensive on it.
I don't think it was the wrong product at the wrong time. I just think Sony gave up quickly seeing Nintendo steam roll the handheld market as they have and they wanted to decrease risk and put their eggs in one basket. I think they could have made the PS Vita much more succesful but I have a feeling the metrics they were looking at weren't as high as they would have liked them to be. I think Nintendo's handhelds would probably still be more popular but I wish Sony never gave up on the Vita. Aside from Nostalgia with the Gameboy Advance being my favorite handheld as a kid, the PS Vita is my top favorite handheld above the 3DS and DS and PSP respectively. If the Nintendo Switch was counted as just a handheld then that would be my top favorite but I don't count it as just a handheld. While the VITA had PS Vita TV and supported video output it wasn't pushed as a hybrid device as much as a handheld that could play console quality games. They delivered on that promise for a few years and I think everyone who played the VITA tends to agree they jumped ship too soon. I wish Sony would re-enter the handheld space.
Like you said, it wasn't the wrong time or wrong product, it was fine, it was the many wall and hoops you were in need to jump to get it on...'memory cards" specifically. Sony and their stupid memory cards ruined the access to many people, instead of using SD or Micro SD they went with their specific format. You NEED that memory card to extend the Library , they were thinking people were stupid to spend more $$$ on a format that had no advantage whatsoever and is actually MORE expensive than anything out there, you cannot grab your camera or phone card to upgrade it, NO, you need the Vita memory card, and when you want to upgrade it you can just trash it.. because is useless anywhere else, huge Blow on accessibility ... and a point to consider when you buy a Vita.. The 3DS , Switch and SD, all of them know this very well, the costumer is not THAT stupid...they will buy the product, and the game... but if you are asking $100 + for a 'prime' memory card, is a huge problem, and your consumer base will shrink a lot..
@@migovas1483 Ridiculous prices! Cost more than micro SD cards at the time. *The 4GB memory card will cost $29.99; the 8GB will cost $44.99; the 16GB will cost $69.99; and the 32GB memory card will cost $119.99, almost half the price of the PlayStation Vita itself.*
@@billyc2493 My point exactly, and was a huge blow on the console, games were not small too, the problem is you are asking premium for some format that is already obsolete when it comes out... is not like microSD, you can buy a bigger one and the old one goes somewhere else. Considering the games were not cheap either, people did not have much of a choice there. Yeah, why use standard USB C Cable when you can use your own Vita Connector too? Things kept adding up... the memory card for me was the final nail...
No, not that like at all, it was the many things Sony put as obstacles to themselves that at the end, were not necessary an did hurt sales at the end, and they just gave up ( memory cards was MAIN problem ), they screwed up. Today would still be failure. Can you imagine the Switch being successful IF the storage was something like a special Nintendo custom memory card that costs 3x more than a normal storage format?? consider all the space you need to play digitally. or if the Cable was something HDMI-N something, like a custom HDMI? instead of a common USB-C, some weird expensive connector? The last one that had that was the 3DS...
I still have my VITA… that I have barely played with because they weren’t a lot of great game on it. But after seeing your video I might try to mod it !
Thanks for the great video. PS Vita is so amazing. I have a Steam deck and GPD Win Max 2 but it is the Vita that I bring outside most because it is so light and has nice graphics (but I also love the Steam Deck which is also terrific).
If only the 3ds didn't exist. That thing absolutely dominated the handheld market. I personally fell into it and forgotten about the vita. Gonna be finishing up the homebrew on the ps vita 1000 soon. First ever dip into homebrewing, I might do my 3ds xl next because why not
I see you got that YS Memories of Celcetta on there!!! That has to be one of my favorite games on the system as well as just one of my favorite games of all time as I did not stop playing it when I first started back in 2014 until I got the platinum!!
I think the Vita’s main issue at release was its price. It was significantly more expensive than the PSP when released but also it lack of support from first party and third party. 2013 hit and both the PS4 and the Xbox One had been released and that was the nail in the coffin
I was a huge psp modder I had a app on my psp that back when GameStop used to let people test games before IPO bought them I could've acted like I was going to test a PSP games copy the whole game on my SD card and have the whole game for free
I’m still actively playing my Vita (OLED). Currently on another Persona 4 Run-through. I don’t think Sony would need to do much other than upgrading the processor and modernize the UI to get me to buy a Vita 2. Oh… and obviously proper L2 and R2 triggers. I’m fine with the Size. Sure, I wouldn’t mind a bigger display, but i think the form factor is just fine. These modern handhelds are getting too big. The Steam deck is very uncomfortable to hold for more than 30min.
I had my vita since release date, loved the access to ps1 games like gex and tomba, however wasn't till new years eve 2022 where i decided f it, time to jailbreak it, and now omg i have been missing out, i got myself a new case for it to allow for L2 ¢]¥ R2 triggers, a button for l3 and r3, extended memory, the works, and it sits up there still with my other consoles,
Man I remember when I would turn on my ps4 with remote play and shut off my tv so I can stay up at night and play games on my vita and not get in trouble, Good times man
That was like 4 years ago 🤣
@@henriquec8848 7-8 years ago *
This comment makes me feel old, and I don't like it.
Lol. My mum was like a ninja.. could hear me disc Drive fire up from her m8,s house down the road.. haha
I did this too. I would always play infamous second son
Still holds up perfectly in '23. Easy to mod, endless library, great performance, functionality, battery life and portability.
What model and firmware does it have to be?
@@RosesAreBlack94 any works but the one with the micro usb is easier to mod bc the port is a bit faster and i would want that one (slim) anyways because of the charging port also no oled so more battery
3ds/2ds are great to mod as well has DevilutionX which is nice to play compared to the og
Yes, you can play it on the train to work
whats a good price to pick one up? dont know much about the market
I'm still surprised you can even play Fallout 2 on this thing. I got it as an improved PSP, and to play XCOM EU, later modded it to play Tactics Ogre One Vision, but seeing the incredible MGS2-3 ports, San Andreas, and even friggin DOS games playing on this thing always blows my mind. It's so dang good, my Switch ends up warming the bench most of the time.
The PSP was my first handheld but the Vita was such a leap forward. It's amazing to see all those ports on the Vita.
The one thing Vita isn't that good for is playing PSP games, unfortunately. Both models have much better screens (not to mention higher res) that PSP, with faster reaction time and wider colour range. It makes PSP titles looking worse than on original hardware, where all models have slight softness and kind of frame blend effect due to how quickly matrix responds. So yeah, you can enjoy PSP games on Vita, but they look more rough than on PSP - 2D titles do hold up when you turn off bilinear filtering, but 3D games are losing a lot of appeal. This is why I keep my old PSP around in addition to Vita. If I were to keep just one of them, Vita is a clear winner, though.
@@kamilciura7953 I've played thousands of hours of Tactics Ogre, Armored Core, Worms, and MG Acid, on both, having heard that before...and honestly think the Vita looks far better, as long as you have the Bilinear Filter on. No idea
Playing the psp version of def jam with no issues at all
@ImBillCosby To this day it's the only pocket device that can reasonably be relied on to cover the entirety of the bajillion systems the Tactics Ogre games came out on.
Watching the Vita modding scene grow and fight against Sonys patches throughout the years has been incredible. Back then you had to buy certain types of the vita if you wanted to mod it because they would pre install updates to beat modders. Now we all chill and play psp ISOs and gta San Andreas on the go
I remember I bought mine for more money because it had the mods hahaha
I've always had a thing for the handheld devices, once you have it jailbreak or modded with homebrew, you're set!! Emulators, arcade, etc... 🔥
Agreed! Handheld consoles are really fun to mod!
Yes sir. Keep my vita handy, especially at work
I love to use my phone to emulate stuff
@@prestongower7800 yup
@@fkaiba94 shouldn’t you be working at work?😐
I almost sold my Vita in 2014. Glad the sale didn't happen because Henkaku Enso and RetroArch have given it a new life. There's so much to do on it now. Too much to do actually. It's an amazing device with a beautiful community behind it. For me, it's almost like living the PSP hacking days all over again. Great times!
Agreed, the community behind the Vita is the best part!
I had a great time with my psp while buying only 2 games. Ironically, that might be part of the downfall
I did hold mine for YEARS, before Enso came out, glad I did, still a joy to play Ps1 and Snes games on it..
There is retroarch on vita? First time heard about that gonna try later
@@leticiasugianto6509 it was always there, on the download options. famous VPK..
My PS Vita addiction started in 2021, I was already using a PSP Go as my every day emulator pocket console. When I got my first PS Vita (2000 Model) it became my PSP Go's replacement for everywhere I went, playing all my retro games and PS Vita games I've never played and loved! Then after spending some time overseas, I got my hands on a PS Vita (1000 Model) and just loved the OLED Screen that it's now my main system when I want to kill time. I've been playing a lot of GTA China wars (because I love GTA but never played that title) and a ton of PS1 games that I never played full but remembered playing in my childhood. I hope Sony makes another handheld some day.
I've been modding the Vita since it was possible. And seeing now that it's as easy as the PSP back then, it's a real mindblow. I had stored away my Vita and just got it out once I heard the news and updated everything to the latest CFW. Everything without a PC. It's great. I even have the first gen SD2Vita adapter (the red, raw PCB looking one) and I ordered a current gen adapter!
If you had been modding the Vita for a long time, I would like to know if it's possible to somehow emulate PS2 games on it? I currently just have two in mind, Godzilla Save the Earth and Godzilla Unleashed. A friend of mine wants to sell me his old PS Vita for 50euros, he never uses it, but I would only be interested in modding and emulating for those two games.
Would it be worth it? Would it be possible? Nothing greater than the point of view of a veteran. Thank you a lot
My granparents bought my cousin, my brother, and I all ps vitas when it came out. Fast-forward til about a month ago, i pulled out the old vita and found out there is a massive community still playing on the Vita. I modded it, and have been trying to convince my cousin and brother to mod theirs. Ive even offered to do it for them lol
I happen to stumble across your channel today while looking for an explanation on a pluggin. Its very nice seeing people still talk about the vita. I really wish sony would come out with something along the lines of a Vita 3k or Vita 2. I would definately get one. Anyway, you earned my sub most definately. The mention of the Raspberry Pi was the icing on the cake!
The Vita community is really cool. I would love to see Sony release a new handheld, I feel like it would do really well today. Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel :D
The ps vita will always be one of my favorite consoles in general. I got the 1000 series back in 2012 or 2013, and I still have it.
Nice I have both 1000 and the 2000 well taken care of I just don’t have the original boxes no more but I do have them in nice travel cases for them and they have never been jailbroken or modded
GOAT Handheld 🐐 Love My vita 1000
Definitely an amazing device! 😄
Vita is amazing. But the steam deck is the modern vita. No need to "hack" it's all open source.
@@da9nerdy Yes for modern games, but if savvy enough you can pick up a Vita for $80 oftentimes and have a huge library of retro games in your pocket on the cheap! I'd still like a Steam Deck but still no Halo MCC multiplayer 😔
I have 3G model
@@da9nerdy vita has more benefits over steam deck in battery and portability
VitaDev is someone I follow from time to time whenever I get back into my random Vita craze. Dude is literally making a mini warzone for Vita players which I completely find amazing. Love the modding/homebrew scene so much.
Great video. I've modded several Vitas over the past few years and your video has inspired me to get back to it! The Vita Dock via Raspberry Pi is a MUST for Vita fans (a Pi 3b is enough) and there's great 3D printed Vita Dock stands out there to make it official looking. Looking forward to continued mod support!
Thanks! Yes the dock is definitely a must have for the Vita and it's a fun project. Have fun with the mods :)
Exactly what I did dock included
Here's two useful things: Adrenaline Bubble Manager. You can take your PSP isos and PSX eboots that you've tossed on your Vita to use with Adrenaline, and turn each game into it's own individual bubble that'll appear on the Vita's home screen. You can even customize the bubbles with different images, different splash screens, and rename them to shorten 'em or remove extra stuff.
Mix that, with the HexFlow Launcher, that acts as a replacement home screen, and you've got yourself a super nice setup. Don't get me wrong, the bubbles aren't a bad way to go, but when you have an SD2Vita, and tons of games, the bubbles can be a bit of a hassle to search through. In my case, between Vita, PSP, PSX, Homebrew ports, and Homebrew apps, I actually have more bubbles than the Vita home screen allows. So I have to throw everything into folders, and it's kind of a mess of having to scroll through bubble folders to find what I want. HexFlow has 5 categories it sorts games into (and you can manually change the category for something if need-be). Vita, PSP, PSX, Homebrew, and ALL. It gives you a nice big left to right scrolling list of all your games, with 3D box art instead of bubble icons.
You can also use an autoboot plugin to force a specific app (like HexFlow) to launch automatically when you turn the Vita on, which is nifty.
There's also apps for custom Vita themes. There's PKGj, which, while questionable, lets you download Vita/PSP/PSX games for free straight from the Vita itself, there's stuff like the Apollo Save Tool that lets you backup your game saves (great for if you delete a game, but don't wanna lose your save), TrackPlug to keep track of your play time on each game, VitaGrafix that lets you upscale and unlock framerate for certain games, there's a few different apps and plugins to let you overclock your Vita to make things run better, an app called Bubble Recall that can save your home screen bubble layouts (in case you need to re-do your bubbles). There's a plugin that keeps track of your volume level between speakers and headphones and auto-adjusts to whatever the last volume was for it. There's a couple different plugins that lets you remap your entire controller layout, including the touch screen and back touch pad (you can even set buttons to a touch point, in case you want a jump button on the back pad or something).
As for Homebrew game ports, I personally have Grand Theft Auto 3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Max Payne 1, Bully, Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Chocolate Doom, PrBoom Plus (also Doom), and Mario 64. I also have Sonic Time Twisted, a whole custom Sonic Homebrew game. But I know there's also ports of Dead Space 1 mobile, and some Mass Effect mobile game, as well as a bunch of other things.
And, mind you. You have Adrenaline. It's essentially an ENTIRE PSP on the Vita. As in, you can even run Homebrew PSP stuff, and use PSP plugins for PSP games. Even adhoc works between a normal PSP and the Vita.
Like, there is a LOT of stuff you can do on/with the Vita, and people are still actively making ports of games, and new apps and plugins, as well as updating the already existing stuff.
VERY Solid Points Bro ! Many Many Many More . What U Play ? I Been Playing Hella Rom Hacks On Mine But Also Have The Gta Ports Also
Retroarch has breathed a new life on my Vita. Hundreds of Retro games in the palm of my hand was a dream of mine years ago.
Agreed. I love being able to play some of my favorite genesis games on the vita.
This is a go to experience if you are a teen or an adult in work or somewhere and its good to see vita coming back to 2023 as a model of bunch of good classics like cod and borderlands
I love my vita. It's the one handheld I never sold or traded in.
Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission via GBA emulator were a ton of fun of this device.
I Just Played and finished them for the first time also !!!!
I had a PSVita around the time it was new. I had a few games for it like Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Dead Or Alive 5+, I even had Street Fighter X Tekken. That game came with a voucher to unlock the DLC characters on the PS3 version which I also had. I should have kept it knowing what I know now.
I remember my parents got this for me on Launch…. Had to wait a few more weeks to actually be able to play a game since the memory cards were so expensive… I believe it was like $40 for a 4gb card? Which was ridiculous
Well said! I too have a first gen Vita with the beautiful OLED screen and love it! I have a huge library of Vita games but I am now finally trying to take advantage of the streaming capability from my PS3. For the longest time I did not really realize this was a thing and I have a lot of PS3 games I have downloaded on my 1 TB PS3 hard drive over the years. Keep up the great work. Hopefully Sony itself realizes how special the Vita is.
Actually.... My $85.00 Black PS-Vita (2000)Slim...I bought from a PawnShop in mid 2019...3 months later...fully modded...with a Sammy 512gb MicroSD-Card Evo and Sd2vita adapter... Now...2022 it is my current Home and Handheld... just hook it up with any Android base Smart-TV... Google Chrome Tv... Samsung Tab-S7 or Tab-S8 as a Second Screen attached to a dongle with HDMI output...USB-C'S...using the USB-Camera app...PS-VITA/ Switch...You can use any Wireless Xbox...PS4..PS5 Controller... 🫠🙃🤓
For me best feature is remoteplay/moonlight. I play my pc on vita and it works great. Im no longer jealous of expensive steamdeck.
That's awesome! Moonlight is really cool.
You should be jealous. While the vita is amazing the steam deck is the modern day vita.
@@da9nerdy I know, but in my country costs over 600 eur for the cheapest model, which is way above of what I can afford. My desktop pc while it's a budget it's performance is not worse than steam deck and I can completely stream every game to vita.
@@da9nerdypersonally I'd rather use and be happy with what I have
Same! I like being somewhere comfy and relaxed (bed/couch) for gaming. So my steam library has been sitting dormant for a while. Moonlight has both breathed new life into my vita, and gotten me to tackle my steam backlog. It's fun sorta pretending my steam games came out on vita (especailly halo hahahah). I do eventaully want to start playing through the metal gear solid series though.
i love this thing so much. i use it more for mobile retro emulation with real buttons than playing original vita games. just wish someone would finally figure out a way to play PSP games in native Vita resolution with maybe an FPS boost. some of the PSP titles really haven't aged as well as i my memories with them.
I love my vita. The fact I could play the full versions of dynasty warriors 8 and samurai warriors 4 and transfer my data to the console and pick up where I left off was incredible. I thought too many games went gimmick heavy using the touch controls in forced ways that slowed down game play that turned away users
Those who know, know. Vita is a marvel, a literal masterpiece.
Agreed!
too bad Sony doesnt know that
yes. even till this day when i already own a steam deck i still miss my vita. it was a perfect handheld, has good screen and comfortable to use.
@@Mazao210993 i am pretty sure they do but they love the money more than the vita like most other companies. sad.
@@Bos_Meong no way it just us individuals. its everyone who one vita knows its worth.
never understood the hate for it. It was way ahead of its time w/ dual analog sticks OLED touchscreen.
While Sony made mistakes with the Vita it definitely got more hate than it deserved. Such an underrated handheld.
The lack of games and price of memory cards during its active run with Sony is most likely why. Nice vid!
@@beerntaters9022 yeap that and the fact smartphones and tablets were blowing up on popularity
I've followed the Vita and its capabilities for years and you still managed to give me information that was news to me. Nice Job!
That's awesome! I'm glad the video was informative :)
I absolutely love the PlayStation vita and I loved it from the moment it came out until now!!!
It still holds up over 10 years later!!
the Vita's DPAD is grossly underrated. Extremely fluid in almost every fighting game on the system. I just hope future controllers adapt it.
It’s not underrated. It’s overrated and rightfully so. All these new handhelds are trying to get the Vita DPad feel because it’s what the community is ALWAYS asking for.
Sony always had great buttons ontheyre handhelds,try playing kingdom of paradise onthe psp. The Sony handhelds are legendary with they're buttons on handheld. Only if the switch had the same type of buttons..
@@AOitsAO I don't think overrated means what you think it means
Got a 1000 model a few months ago. Its amazing, the battery holds up perfectly even after all these years
Yesterday I hooked up my vita to my computer monitor and PS4 controller and played Tomb Raider 3 in Adrenaline. It was just like playing the original PlayStation version back in 1998.
My vita is used for mostly trying to get platinums. With a 256gb micro sd, you really can have all the games you want in your pocket and get as many platinums as you want while being able to play some good ol gameboy or gba games. Its an amazing piece of hardware to have if you like playstation games and old handheld games.
Just ordered mine, didn't get the chance to get mine at the time it launched
All my friends had one but I'm excited to get mine finally
That's awesome! Have fun 😄
Killzone was actually extremely good like I'd say on the same level as console
The Dreamcast of handhelds, we're getting a steady stream of releases unofficially now. It can definately see the Vita remaining the go-to platform for those types of experimental indie games.
I use mine most to play GBA games. For whatever reason they just look, feel, and play the best and it's just so nice seeing all those games from my youth on such a beautiful display both bright and colorful. As a kid I never had a GBA SP. I rocked my original GBA until the DS came out. So the Vita loaded up with every GBA game I could ever want is just a treat. The GBA was so cool to me as a kid and now this is like the real version of how I viewed it back then if thst makes sense. Worth grabbing a used Vita off ebay for that alone.
I use it to watch a shit load of porn as well.
Ah yes, this reminds me of the time when i got a second hand PS3 for my birthday which then ended up to be loaded with a shitload of porn .MP4 files. Good times /s
Don’t say last part tbh lol
@@MorningstarJinn oh
Every word is true :)
Didn't get my Vita until a couple of years ago so I'm still working my way through the official library with a sprinkle of emulation (and a Micro SD card) on the side. I've picked up some official titles dirt cheap through Cross-Buy when the PS4 versions go on sale.
Man, I really want sony to release a new handheld console, I'd buy it in a flash!
Vita is pretty useful for me. I have an RGH, hacked Xbox 360 and the Vita is a good replacement for a PS3. It has nearly full PS1 backwards compatibility and I'm able to play some PS3 exclusives that had Vita ports such as Sly Cooper Thieves in Time, Tokyo Jungle or the Atelier Dusk Trilogy. I was also happy to discover that the Vita has PSP hardware inside which allows me to play the entire PSP library so my SD card is pratically full at this point with PS1, PSP and Vita games.
I've had a Vita since a week before it officially launched (special preorder bundle) and I play it all the time, I actually didnt hack it for years but Sony really made it a no brainer to do so
I now have a 1TB SD card in it
2020 was an amazing year for vita when it got n64 emulator, dreamcast emulator, mario 64 remake, sonic 1 2 amd cd ports, and best of all the gta trilogy
I’m getting mine in the mail. Any advice?
The year is 2023.
I'm still playing a huge backlog.
It is sooo underrated it's insane
The fact Dead Space Mobile and Sonic Mania got ported to the Vita just shows that it’s one hell of a handheld. Definitely right product at wrong time.
I have the slim and last month I bought the fat white color, great console and the community is so active. I bought for $150 on aliexpress and dude, the console has no scratch, it’s refurbished and it looks like a brand new one
As a former psp owner, I naturally bought my vita launch model in white. The design was so outstanding from the standard back then. Unfortunately, more than 5 years ago, it was in my stored luggage in a hotel in California that it got robbed, along with a dozen games. So I don’t really wanna think about it again. And one day I checked and saw some activity updates from my vita account from my ps3 so clearly someone bought it second hand. As I’m right now satisfied with my ps4, switch and soon later ps5, vita will forever be in my memory thinking it was the most cutting- edge thing in the world. (Maybe someday I might buy another one I don’t know. I still have the cases on the shelf for my vita games but not a single game in them. )
Свака част.
I own several Vitas. Steam deck and Switch cannot really replace it, the size and what it offers and how it feels is unmatched. It's a must for handheld gamers.
I love using my vita to take ps2 classics on the go. God of war, jak and daxter, MGS, and the ratchet and clank HD collections all come to mind. I’ve also bought several psp games on the vita store that I owned on psp for being able to hand one to my friend and we can play like hot shots golf or something
we can play PS2 on VITA????
I have a PS Vita 1000 I inherited from a late friend. The Vita was ahead of its time when Sony released it back in 2011. It’s very powerful, and it holds its own against my Nintendo Switch. Yes, the Vita is underrated, and it deserves recognition. My PS Vita is modded, and I have RetroArch to play those retro games. The Vita also had great games that really showed its potential. Sadly, Sony didn’t support the Vita as they should have and they even tried to close down the PlayStation Store. This cause a huge uproar, and as a result, Sony reversed its decision and left it open.
Even after super heavy usage, I can still play with my psvita for several hours and it was bought on 2013. The battery is really good.
Although it is kind of dirty now coz it is the white version and the custom Hatsune Miku decals adhesive is coming out that it collects dirt.
not only that !!! it Doesn't have analog drift ... A 10 year old system!
The vita has the best dpad- shame it had less platformers to take use of it, I still hope for a future vita with the sa,e but bigger dpad
More platformers would have been awesome. I still hope we get a new PlayStation handheld at some point.
I really want a new playstation handheld console, something with steam deck specs that can play all PS games and have backwards compatability would be absolutely amazing. I feel the time is right for Sony to take control of that market
if only someone would release a plug and play battery upgrade
I wish a PS Vita comeback with all games on the PS Store come again...
Ahead of its time, hated it when it first came out but now I want one just to mod it
The Vita is definitely a fun handheld to mod. 👍
I need one just to mod mine lol
I love being out and about and playing PS4 games on my Vita, lol, just sitting at Starbucks and playing a little Red Dead Redemption II on my small, compact screen
They need a predecessor to compete with the switch and steam deck!
The biggest thing stopping the Vita from being one of my favourite emulation handhelds is the lack of L2+R2 buttons. It's great for SNES, GBA, and some PS1 titles, but it would be much better with a pair of triggers in my opinion. That's why I'll always recommend something like the RG353 or even the AYN Odin Lite if your budget can stretch that far
Stay butthurt to sony portables Nintendo switch steam deck fanboy hahahah
Ben, there’s a couple controller grip shells for the Vita that add L2 R2 functionality by pressing against the touchscreen on the back of the vita. Those touch controls can be mapped on emulators
@@codyosborne9895 he won't because he is poor and jobless and hates Sony portables lol
@@DrSwitchDisrespectParody This is the weakest troll bait I've ever seen on Mother's green Earth
@@umamifan Nintendo switch is garbage Nintendrone corporate slave fanboy.
Stay butthurt to sony portables because you can't afford it 12 year old kid hahahaha
My Vita 2000 is awesome it's years old now, I'm using remote play with my ps4 slim.
Still have my 2013 OLED, playing Unit 13, best game ever
I got a sapphire blue ps vita 1000. It's beautiful. Rich blue with sparkly goodness. It's modded so I got a lot of games and emulators on it. It really is a great machine you can use to play many types of games. I'm very satisfied with it.
Great video! I agree that the Vita was criminally underrated. There is a huge library of awesome games and Tearaway is one of my favourite 3D platformers of all time. Right now, I'm really enjoying the PSTV, although not all games are compatible with it. I find it's probably the best way to experience Vita, PSP and PS1 games.
If you mod PSTV you can play all the games. Look how to whitelist games
Cool vid batka. I recently modded my Vita and love having all the storage space. I downloaded a ton of games off the PSN that I purchased over the years, and still have over 100gb of space to do whatever with. Haven't messed with roms yet, but I wouldn't mind getting the Dragon Quest series playable on there to go along with my collection of FF 1 through 10.
This is the perfect moment for Sony to release PSP2, it could came out with similar specs to the switch (or switch 2) and they could use a similar architecture as Nintendo, to make easy for the switch developers to port games to PSP2. Basically, all the ports and exclusives that are created by 3rd parties for switch and those in the future for switch 2 could came easily to PSP2, with this, Sony could eat a piece of Nintendo's cake and also create new experiences with their IP's as they did with uncharted & kill zone during ps Vita life. It doesn't matter if not all console ps5 games work with PSP2, it would be great to have a PORTABLE console that can run all PS4 games, switch games and a few exclusive games.
Some of my favorite things to do on vita were tear away, little big planet, and toros friend network
I loved the Soul Sacrifice Games we got on the vita. I'm getting bored of battle royales so, I think it's time to revisit my Vita!
There was a program being developed that let you play remote play from your PS5 but seems it hasn't had an update it a while so it has a lot of bugs. Such a shame since sometimes I just want to lay in bed and play and not have to get up and go sit in from of the tv to use my PS5
I held onto my slim black vita. Modded it a few years back. It currently has NES, SNES, GBA nearly a full library of games. And I used a vpn on it to get access to EU PSN store for titles that we didn't have over here in the US. Such as Pacman World(PS1) , Classic Spyro 1/2/3. As well as CTR and The Crash Bandicoot Trilogy. I did this while I was 17yr old. Was very proud of the modded vita. Altering the resolutions of certain GBA games was amazing. Metroid Zero Mission on the vita? I'm sold
I wish the system focused on more solid gameplay and less gimmicks. I just wasn't a fan of how much touchscreen was REQUIRED for games that didn't need it. Obviously the memory card headache was a serious problem too. Hopefully Vita3K will get to a point where I can put my Vita into storage and just play the few solid exclusives on PC. 🙏
Agreed, a lot of the touch screen inputs felt forced in games. Lot's of cool progress is being made with Vita3K which is great to see!
it is good but theres a lot of problems. sd2vita can break easily, you need to buy a proper sdcard brand and due to the amount of tutorials out there with different plugins it can be tricky to jailbreak. just follow the standard vita hacks guide, buy a proper sdcard brand like sandisk or samsung and keep a bunch of sd2vita adapters and youll be fine. mine recently crashed because my sd2vita had its pins broken.
Been using my modded vita for 4 years now, it's the best handheld I've ever owned.
That's amazing! Yup the Vita is a great handheld.
Bought a vita a few years ago second hand. Ppl advised me not to, said it was on its way out. No way, I love playing simple stuff on it like loco roco and tearaway. You can't find anytjing like those on switch, although theres a couple of loco roco copycats (one is literally about a cat) but no replacement for the music in loco roco. And tearaway, child of light, both so good! I kedp dying in gravity daze but that game is so ambitious and amazing, no regrets. I have yet to really dive into whats out there but I am so happy to seevids like this that encourage ppl to stick with the vita, cause it really has aged so well!
I'm using Vita sometimes, there are a lot f new game ports.
Actually, 3DS also now getting more ports and homebrews (right now upgrading PS1 emulation, I like playing it on 3DS more for pixel perfect and comfortable controls).
Vita's browses still goot as well music player
Yup, I was also surprised when I saw how many ports exist for the Vita.
I love my vita and play it regularly.also love the extremely under rated psp go.easier to mod and plays loads of ps1 and retro games.
Favorite thing about it for me is the entire Sly Cooper franchise plays great on it (after overclock) and it has the amazing vanillaware rpgs
It plays better than the ps3? I bought a ps3 a month ago and 60 dollars worth of games from the play station store. idk if it’s a good decision now since I got the vita in the mail now (gonna home brew it)
@@hiddenleaf2 nah, the ps3 can play the sly collection + theives in time @60fps and they have better graphics than the Vita, it's a much more premium experience. I think it's worth it to play it on PS3, I just already owned those versions and really wanted portable Sly.
But all the Sly games do run at locked 30 on Vita (when oc'd) which puts them on par for the original ps2 but w/ higher resolution, thats really impressive for such an old handheld.
i dont know if i want too or not. to be honest im scared. on one hand i do wanna homebrew vita with all my favorite ports but on the other i cant afford another one and i want to keep the one i had since launch vanilla. idk its a hard choice for me :/ i have a 1000 model as well and i guess im just apprehensive on it.
I'm so glad I never got rid of my PS Vita :)
Yeah, me too. My OLed piano black is with me since 2012 now I got blue carbon fiber cammo.
Amazing handheld. Collecting trophies on the go
Yes! It's awesome for trophy hunting.
You’d have to kill me before I give up my Vita
I don't think it was the wrong product at the wrong time. I just think Sony gave up quickly seeing Nintendo steam roll the handheld market as they have and they wanted to decrease risk and put their eggs in one basket. I think they could have made the PS Vita much more succesful but I have a feeling the metrics they were looking at weren't as high as they would have liked them to be. I think Nintendo's handhelds would probably still be more popular but I wish Sony never gave up on the Vita. Aside from Nostalgia with the Gameboy Advance being my favorite handheld as a kid, the PS Vita is my top favorite handheld above the 3DS and DS and PSP respectively. If the Nintendo Switch was counted as just a handheld then that would be my top favorite but I don't count it as just a handheld. While the VITA had PS Vita TV and supported video output it wasn't pushed as a hybrid device as much as a handheld that could play console quality games. They delivered on that promise for a few years and I think everyone who played the VITA tends to agree they jumped ship too soon. I wish Sony would re-enter the handheld space.
Like you said, it wasn't the wrong time or wrong product, it was fine, it was the many wall and hoops you were in need to jump to get it on...'memory cards" specifically.
Sony and their stupid memory cards ruined the access to many people, instead of using SD or Micro SD they went with their specific format. You NEED that memory card to extend the Library , they were thinking people were stupid to spend more $$$ on a format that had no advantage whatsoever and is actually MORE expensive than anything out there, you cannot grab your camera or phone card to upgrade it, NO, you need the Vita memory card, and when you want to upgrade it you can just trash it.. because is useless anywhere else, huge Blow on accessibility ... and a point to consider when you buy a Vita..
The 3DS , Switch and SD, all of them know this very well, the costumer is not THAT stupid...they will buy the product, and the game... but if you are asking $100 + for a 'prime' memory card, is a huge problem, and your consumer base will shrink a lot..
@@migovas1483 Ridiculous prices! Cost more than micro SD cards at the time.
*The 4GB memory card will cost $29.99; the 8GB will cost $44.99; the 16GB will cost $69.99; and the 32GB memory card will cost $119.99, almost half the price of the PlayStation Vita itself.*
@@billyc2493 My point exactly, and was a huge blow on the console, games were not small too, the problem is you are asking premium for some format that is already obsolete when it comes out... is not like microSD, you can buy a bigger one and the old one goes somewhere else. Considering the games were not cheap either, people did not have much of a choice there. Yeah, why use standard USB C Cable when you can use your own Vita Connector too? Things kept adding up... the memory card for me was the final nail...
I feel like you literally just described it as a “wrong product at the wrong time” here
No, not that like at all, it was the many things Sony put as obstacles to themselves that at the end, were not necessary an did hurt sales at the end, and they just gave up ( memory cards was MAIN problem ), they screwed up. Today would still be failure. Can you imagine the Switch being successful IF the storage was something like a special Nintendo custom memory card that costs 3x more than a normal storage format?? consider all the space you need to play digitally. or if the Cable was something HDMI-N something, like a custom HDMI? instead of a common USB-C, some weird expensive connector? The last one that had that was the 3DS...
I still have my VITA… that I have barely played with because they weren’t a lot of great game on it. But after seeing your video I might try to mod it !
just got a steam deck and now im addicted to handhelds..... i want to buy a ps vita but its crazy how its only like $100 less than the steam deck
Wish Sony would give handhelds another go.
Thanks for the great video. PS Vita is so amazing. I have a Steam deck and GPD Win Max 2 but it is the Vita that I bring outside most because it is so light and has nice graphics (but I also love the Steam Deck which is also terrific).
My VITA is my "Minecraft when I'm waiting at the airport" machine 😆
Have 2 older OLED models and I'm amazed about using a raspberry Pi to use it as a dock. (Thought that the SDcard adaptor was already crazy)
If only the 3ds didn't exist. That thing absolutely dominated the handheld market. I personally fell into it and forgotten about the vita.
Gonna be finishing up the homebrew on the ps vita 1000 soon. First ever dip into homebrewing, I might do my 3ds xl next because why not
Yeah the 3ds dominated the handheld market back then. Maybe one day we'll get a new PlayStation handheld. Have fun with homebrewing!
I love the fact my OG 1 GEN VITA, HAS BEEN GATHERING DUST FOR YEARS AND STILL HAS FULL CHARGE
Soul Sacrifice Delta will always have a place in my heart
I was pleased to download Odin Sphere on PS5 and see my old Vita save still accessible through cross-save 😁
Modded mine by myself, absolutely love it I have vita 2000 model
Top man I bought one this week can't wait to receive it.
I see you got that YS Memories of Celcetta on there!!! That has to be one of my favorite games on the system as well as just one of my favorite games of all time as I did not stop playing it when I first started back in 2014 until I got the platinum!!
I love to use my vita for reading Manga. With Noburo I have downloaded around 15 gb of manga and comics on the vita. It's amazing.
That's awesome!
is there any apps you can download on vita for anime?
I think the Vita’s main issue at release was its price. It was significantly more expensive than the PSP when released but also it lack of support from first party and third party. 2013 hit and both the PS4 and the Xbox One had been released and that was the nail in the coffin
Also, the sd cards were bloody expensive.
i have a gold PSP 1000 and a silver PSvita.. my life is complete..
7000 subs!!! Congrats!
Thank you!
I was a huge psp modder I had a app on my psp that back when GameStop used to let people test games before IPO bought them I could've acted like I was going to test a PSP games copy the whole game on my SD card and have the whole game for free
I’m still actively playing my Vita (OLED). Currently on another Persona 4 Run-through.
I don’t think Sony would need to do much other than upgrading the processor and modernize the UI to get me to buy a Vita 2. Oh… and obviously proper L2 and R2 triggers.
I’m fine with the Size. Sure, I wouldn’t mind a bigger display, but i think the form factor is just fine.
These modern handhelds are getting too big. The Steam deck is very uncomfortable to hold for more than 30min.
I had my vita since release date, loved the access to ps1 games like gex and tomba, however wasn't till new years eve 2022 where i decided f it, time to jailbreak it, and now omg i have been missing out, i got myself a new case for it to allow for L2 ¢]¥ R2 triggers, a button for l3 and r3, extended memory, the works, and it sits up there still with my other consoles,
That's awesome!
I wish there was a memory card adapter for an SD card that actually went into the memory card slot