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Amigaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Ah yes... The friend version

gbatemp is calling xD

I think it's called "love of emulation" :D, Once you're hooked, you're set for life!

Cringe fanboy

Lol, that's not true but it is fun to think so. The PS Vita had so much going for it but it ultimately failed. Even today as a "modded console" it isn't that great. Because it was hacked too late in its lifecycle, that essentially it became obsolete. A non-hacked PS Vita was worse than a hacked new3DS, you even had enough money to buy a hacked-PSP Slim. And now we've fully-hacked PS Vita, it's still is still worse than a Retroid Pocket 3+, you still have leftover money.

I am almost certain that the community have put more cumulative hours into Vita software than Sony ever did.

@@PotatoeSnow I would love to see that happen. A community built handheld geared towards gaming with a custom OS. Of course, the Steam Deck kind of sort of fills such a role already. Just need some indie game devs to port their games to it and bingo.

@@ekinteko I get your point; but you gotta admit, the community going as far as developing an Android compatibility layer is impressive - as well as many others ports and SDKs available.

@@glitchy_weasel - I have the original OLED model and I still absolutely love the size, look, and feel of it. The fact that it can play PS1, PSP, and Vita without even getting into the homebrews and emulation puts it over the top for me. One of the greatest devices ever imo.

I bought one during the pandemic (I hadn’t owned a handheld since the OG Gameboy) after reading some articles. Was able to scoop one up for 60 bucks and the Vita is an incredible little machine. I’d argue it’s kinda “meh” in factory settings but once opened up, it’s amazing.

Exact same scenario here, i am waiting to get my battery replacement from amazon cause after all those years the original one lasts about 1 hour of use, i hope the new battery lasts atleast 5

Modding a handheld is cool and all, but it's a real pain in the ass having to buy EVERY SINGLE GAME, just to sell it right afterwards. Then I wonder if it's even legal to keep the game, since I technically don't even own it anymore, so I delete it. a few months later I buy the game again that I had before, but the price went up a whole lot, so I shouldn't even have sold it in the first place. The laws are pretty dumb honestly. If a game is decades old, and I wanna play it on my PS Vita, why do I have to own a physical copy to download it on there? I had to wait a week just to play Super Mario Bros, just because I wanted to play it on my PS Vita, and it took a whole week to arrive. The only thing you can do when you first mod something, is getting Homebrew apps or download games you already own; Otherwise you have to go out of your way to buy a physical copy of a game, just to download it in a few seconds, then I don't think you could even sell it, because I think you have to own a physical copy of the game, just to keep it on your Vita. It's not even that I feel bad about if I pirate games, it's just that it's the law. There have been so many times where I pirated a game withou realizing it. I'd be browsing roms, then I see a game I wanna play, then I remember I don't even own the game. It's just so tempting sometimes to download a rom off the internet, but I know I can't. I guarantee you. GUARANTEE. That 99.999 percent of people who mod handhelds, don't own the games they download. I know for a fact, I am NOT one of those people. Now I admit, I have actually pirated a couple of songs, when I was like 9, but now I definitely know better. Even songs are illegal to pirate. I remember when I was a kid, hearing that "Piracy Is Not a Victimless Crime", and I actually LAUGHED at it, because I thought it sounded stupid. I do think it's stupid that I have to own a physical copy, of a 30 year old game, just to download it, but I also realize now that they were right; Piracy is NOT a victimless crime. One thing I think you CAN do, is buy a modded PS Vita from someone else selling it. I think that might be legal if you weren't the one who installed it. I see a lot of people selling modded PSP's, and modded PS Vitas, stating that they have tens of thousands of games installed on it. I see those and think, there is no way in hell, that they actually own every single game installed on there. Modding a console is definitely worth it, if you have a bunch of games already lying around, but it's really annoying having to buy every single game you don't own. I own a modded PS Vita, I have hundreds of games on there, and it's honestly really cool to have. AND OF COURSE, YES, I OWN EVERY SINGLE GAME ON THERE. I've spent literally thousands of dollars on games I wanted, but I can honestly say, it's a better option than pirating hundreds of games you don't even own yourself. I do personally think though, that I should at least be able to pirate games that have been discontinued. I still bought a lot of discontinued games anyways, just to play it on my Vita, just because that's the law, but I still think they should change the law about that. If you do decide to mod a PS Vita, or any handheld, I suggest you buy the games in bulk, or at a yard sale, or something. They're usually way cheaper that way. What really sucks, is when I wanna get a DLC on a game, but I can't, because it's discontinued. I think that especially is really dumb, when you can't download something, even when it's discontinued, and they're not making any money on the game anyways. I really wish they would just change the laws, so I don't have to spend LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, just to play games that have been discontinued. I can't be the only one that feels this way. I respect the law, and I'm sure they have their reasons for things; that's why I don't pirate games, but I really do think that I should at least be allowed to download discontinued games without getting in trouble. 90 percent of the games I have on my Vita, are discontinued. I could have saved so much money, if it were just legal to play them, but NOOOOOO, they just HAD to make it illegal. I've been trying to actually change the law for so long, but nothing's even changed. I see some people sell their games, just because they downloaded it already on their modded console, and I have to tell them "you know it's still illegal, right?", and they think I'm joking. If only it were this easy to write and essay. Maybe if you have one or two games you wanna get, it would be worth it, but if you wanna get hundreds of games you wanna play, I suggest you think twice about doing that. Vita games are pretty expensive too. Some people think "I can't argue with the law", but you technically can. If you get enough people to agree with you, you can pass a legislation. Unless you're rich or have a bunch of games lying around, it's gonna be really limited if you mod a handheld.

@@Asian_Kid I ain't gonna lie, I didn't read all this lol. Gotta be one of the longest comments I've ever seen. Jokes aside if a game is super old and I've bought it in the past, I have zero moral issues dl it.

@@Jakeeenator I just wrote that as a joke to see what people would say.

I picked up an oled a few months ago and its awesome once hacked

When I hack mine, will I still have access to games I've paid for already?

@@ezeepeezy Yes you will and you can even play them online if their servers are still up

@@ezeepeezy yep and as the other guy said you can play them online! You shouldn’t get banned but I’m not guaranteeing you won’t be. I haven’t been but there is always a risk when you play online with CFW but Sony don’t seem to care about the vita so have it.

I think there's one huge problem with it though that MVG failed to mention. The Vita is already an somewhat expensive old device to obtain (~$150 on Ebay as of this writing), and as the years go by, it's only going to become more rare and more expensive. So all this dev work is going into a device that is going to be harder and harder to repair or simply to buy another one. Now, if this was, like, say, the Xbox 360, I wouldn't be that worried because there were already a bazillion Xbox 360s made. The Vita though? Sony was neglecting it even when it was brand new.

@@arnox4554 That's true. It's even more expensive than a PS3, atleast on my country

@@arnox4554 I picked mine up a couple of years back for around £100 here in the UK. They're going for a little more than that now and that is only going to go up. I also got a PSTV for around £50 earlier this year. It's a good system for emulation, particularly as it is quiet and doesn't suck the power, unlike my PS3 or my PC, or even the 3DS.

@@arnox4554 yeah that's the biggest hurdle to overcome. I got a pretty decent deal when I bought mine (120 eur for an OLED model and an original 32gb memory card which itself is like half the price of that) so anybody looking to get a vita has to keep their eyes open for deals

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Wait really, THE deadspace or the mobile game?

@@user-if3os9sd6z Its the mobile version

@@ajaakola2 Yeaaah, got it myself and figured out. Still amazing though!

@@user-if3os9sd6z the mobile game or deadspace 1?

Just use an android emulator

Dead Space mobile is already on Android, infact it's originally and android game, and it's not hard to find the game on the web either

emulating a ps vita on android to play an android game :D

@@vestarecords3882 ngl, it's worth it if is removes ads

@@orlandofurioso7329 it was a buy 2 play game, so no ads at all

Because he's going through crap with Rockstar

Agreed, native resolution for all PSP games would make the PSP the go to for PSP gaming easily, right now it's good, but you can get much higher resolutions with emulation on more modern hardware

You mean to upscale PSP games to the vita's resolution?

The problem is that only a hand full of world class developers can pull this off. Someone with deep knowledge of GPU and rendering. Those people are hard to find. TheFlow these days is not going through crap with Rockstar, but working for Google and focussed on both the PS4 and PS5.

@@adilator yea I think they mean running psp games at the vitas native resolution

Yeah man, I have a *ton* of nostalgia for those early Gameloft iOS games like Modern Combat, Nova, and that Assassins Creed platformer. I know some of them are on other platforms but those versions usually pale in comparison to the iOS versions. Sucks that Apple cares so little about their software that they just abandon and discard it when it’s inconvenient to support it

OLED is the way to go huh? Thanks for the input

@@Cyrx686 Hacking an oled model of Vita requires a sony memory card, while slim Vita can be hacked without it. If that is not an issue for you, then go for it.

A OLED Vita requires a memory card to hack it initially; but if it's a 3G model (110x) then as part of the hacking process you can install drivers to let it boot from a PSVSD module that replaces the 3G Modem. Otherwise you can have it boot from a SD2Vita game cart replacement once hacked and drivers installed. PSTV/VitaTV microconsoles can also use a regular Type-A (rectangular) USB drive instead of a Vita Memory Card or the SD2Vita, once the system is hacked and the appropriate drivers (which allow the use of SD2Vita and PSVSD) are installed. Upside of the SD2Vita option - any Vita 1000 (OLED), 2000 (Slim) or VitaTV/PSTV can boot from it without opening up the system. Downside of SD2Vita - can't place legit game carts in system to dump from. Upside of PSVSD - it's a set-n-forget internal mod which uses regular MicroSD's of just about any capacity. Midside of PSVSD - you need to open the Vita to install it and remove 3G modem functionality, and it's easy enough to source flat flex extension cables to use the SIM Card try to mount/unmount the MicroSD card (instead of constantly opening/closing console). Downside of PSVSD - it can ONLY be done on OLED Vita's with the 3G Modem, as denoted by the model number 110x (WiFi-only OLED Vita's are model number 100x) where "x = region number" (0 = Japan. 1 = NTSC. 2 = PAL), and the Vita will whine about not having the 3G Modem installed at startup once modded. Upside to USB drive - It is easy to unplug and transfer to PC to load data on to before being returned to VitaTV/PSTV, leaves the Game Cart slot free to load physical games in. Downside to USB drive - Requires a USB hub in order to let the VitaTV/PSTV use the USB drive at the same time as tethering a DualShock 3 or DualShock 4 to the system in the event the controller becomes unpaired with the console or the console needs a hard reset (and you need to have the DS3/DS4 tethered over the USB cable in order to pair the controller with the console initially and to initiate a system reset in the event something fails). Technical downside to USB drive - VitaTV/PSTV USB port is only USB 2.0 (480mbps) so it can take a while to move data to/from the USB drive whilst attached to the VitaTV/PSTV directly as most USB drives nowadays are at the least USB 3.0 5gbps (especially those that convert a 2.5" or 3.5" HDD or SSD, or SATA-type M.2 SSD)

@@sertiana2512 A 4gb memory card is fairly priced. Plus it's a better quality screen.

@@ElNeroDiablo thank you!

Modding a handheld is cool and all, but it's a real pain in the ass having to buy EVERY SINGLE GAME, just to sell it right afterwards. Then I wonder if it's even legal to keep the game, since I technically don't even own it anymore, so I delete it. a few months later I buy the game again that I had before, but the price went up a whole lot, so I shouldn't even have sold it in the first place. The laws are pretty dumb honestly. If a game is decades old, and I wanna play it on my PS Vita, why do I have to own a physical copy to download it on there? I had to wait a week just to play Super Mario Bros, just because I wanted to play it on my PS Vita, and it took a whole week to arrive. The only thing you can do when you first mod something, is getting Homebrew apps or download games you already own; Otherwise you have to go out of your way to buy a physical copy of a game, just to download it in a few seconds, then I don't think you could even sell it, because I think you have to own a physical copy of the game, just to keep it on your Vita. It's not even that I feel bad about if I pirate games, it's just that it's the law. There have been so many times where I pirated a game withou realizing it. I'd be browsing roms, then I see a game I wanna play, then I remember I don't even own the game. It's just so tempting sometimes to download a rom off the internet, but I know I can't. I guarantee you. GUARANTEE. That 99.999 percent of people who mod handhelds, don't own the games they download. I know for a fact, I am NOT one of those people. Now I admit, I have actually pirated a couple of songs, when I was like 9, but now I definitely know better. Even songs are illegal to pirate. I remember when I was a kid, hearing that "Piracy Is Not a Victimless Crime", and I actually LAUGHED at it, because I thought it sounded stupid. I do think it's stupid that I have to own a physical copy, of a 30 year old game, just to download it, but I also realize now that they were right; Piracy is NOT a victimless crime. One thing I think you CAN do, is buy a modded PS Vita from someone else selling it. I think that might be legal if you weren't the one who installed it. I see a lot of people selling modded PSP's, and modded PS Vitas, stating that they have tens of thousands of games installed on it. I see those and think, there is no way in hell, that they actually own every single game installed on there. Modding a console is definitely worth it, if you have a bunch of games already lying around, but it's really annoying having to buy every single game you don't own. I own a modded PS Vita, I have hundreds of games on there, and it's honestly really cool to have. AND OF COURSE, YES, I OWN EVERY SINGLE GAME ON THERE. I've spent literally thousands of dollars on games I wanted, but I can honestly say, it's a better option than pirating hundreds of games you don't even own yourself. I do personally think though, that I should at least be able to pirate games that have been discontinued. I still bought a lot of discontinued games anyways, just to play it on my Vita, just because that's the law, but I still think they should change the law about that. If you do decide to mod a PS Vita, or any handheld, I suggest you buy the games in bulk, or at a yard sale, or something. They're usually way cheaper that way. What really sucks, is when I wanna get a DLC on a game, but I can't, because it's discontinued. I think that especially is really dumb, when you can't download something, even when it's discontinued, and they're not making any money on the game anyways. I really wish they would just change the laws, so I don't have to spend LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, just to play games that have been discontinued. I can't be the only one that feels this way. I respect the law, and I'm sure they have their reasons for things; that's why I don't pirate games, but I really do think that I should at least be allowed to download discontinued games without getting in trouble. 90 percent of the games I have on my Vita, are discontinued. I could have saved so much money, if it were just legal to play them, but NOOOOOO, they just HAD to make it illegal. I've been trying to actually change the law for so long, but nothing's even changed. I see some people sell their games, just because they downloaded it already on their modded console, and I have to tell them "you know it's still illegal, right?", and they think I'm joking. If only it were this easy to write and essay. Maybe if you have one or two games you wanna get, it would be worth it, but if you wanna get hundreds of games you wanna play, I suggest you think twice about doing that. Vita games are pretty expensive too. Some people think "I can't argue with the law", but you technically can. If you get enough people to agree with you, you can pass a legislation. Unless you're rich or have a bunch of games lying around, it's gonna be really limited if you mod a handheld.

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Wait, there are other people who still use both the 3DS and Vita? I thought I was just crazy or smthn 😂

@@mysticaxolotl8215 we are crazy :) but besides that i just dont think the switch is a good alternative, too big and fragile for my liking to bring everywhere with me. for 3ds there just isnt a good alternative with dual screen which some games shine on, and my vita has so many great visual novels and jrpgs i cant pass on.

@@Retro_Care YES, someone else who understands my primary issue with the Switch!

@@Retro_Care yo i never realized that i were crazy

whats crazy about that?

very based

Recommend the 2D purists that only like the genesis games & mania to check Time Twisted out. I'm a snob and it passed my test. Eh I even play it instead of Sonic CD when i play through all the games.

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Hell yeah man. Order an sd2vita as well. It's a game changer

*bad plastic FTFY.

Kind of surprised to read this comment. Didn't you get the steamdeck to replace something like the Vita?

@@Cyrx686 That is what I thought, but man - Steam Deck just isnt comfortable in bed... it is noisy... it is hot... and worst of all, it can play everything i ever wanted - so i stay up too late, lol.

@@jong2359 I'm laughing as I read this message lol. I'm happy for you! It's a great problem to have haha. I need to really get myself a VITA. I just want to play catch up on all the ps1, psp and snes RPGs I never got to play as a teenager.

@Cyrx686 I have both. The Vita is good at what it does, so no, the steam deck doesn't replace it for me. The value of a handheld to me depends on its versatility. Since no other platform does vita gamers better than the vita I'm sticking with it

This is why I modded my Vita, bought one of those SD2Vita adapters and now have 256gb of storage. Very nice!

@@Spewa-em8cm I run a PSVSD in each of my 3G OLED so I have nice big MicroSD storage, but can still use retail game carts like my copy of Persona 4 Golden. I ordered a batch of 20 PSVSD's thanks to PCBWay last year, and I got 18 of them spare to sell to friends that have a Vita 110x, as it was cheaper and easier to do that than it was to try and buy a PSVSD from a US retailer and try getting it shipped to me in Australia.

@@ElNeroDiablo TBH i'm not too butthurt about not being able to use the gamecard slot anymore, I've never really liked carrying around a bunch of games for my portables I prefer to have them downloaded.

@@Spewa-em8cm That's fair, though by having the PSVSD I can pair it with a SD2Vita and get even more storage (for those that go hog-wild on their internet connections)! XD

@@ElNeroDiablo OH you lucky bastard lol

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it's a pipe dream but it would be cool for Sony to take notice of all the traction and the new developments made in the homebrew scene over the years for the Vita, and mayyybe take a second crack at it, either with a new successor or renewed support. yeah quite the strecth I know, but still.

@@sunsetman22I really want Sony to put in the effort and create a ps vita 2. The steam deck and switch are just too big in size in my opinion. I love the Vita's design, with the exception of actual R2 and L2 buttons this time around.

@@evyatarhadar8867 maybe vibration support could be cool as well. even phones do it, maybe there's a way to make the Vita compatible with it as well

lol, no

CPU wise no but the GPU in it was leagues ahead of any phone released in 2011 or 12, The GPU in Vita is a higher clocked version of what's in the Ipad 3

that and making this newer PlayStation Portal device that only streams PS5 games

The library wasnt stellar?? Highly mistaken

@@jimmyjay689 I guess what I should say is it didn't get enough support that it deserved, not that it's library is bad.

@@jimmyjay689 if your not into jrpg games then yea it wasn't stellar which isn't saying that it was bad.

Thing is hacking the vita is always updating and changing. The documentation is the most up to date way to hack the vita. Most videos are outdated and obsolete. The documentation guides are pretty easy to follow.

@@jbuggyps2 They're talking about homebrew _development_ , e.g. writing code Edit: I hate KZfaq's poor excuse for markdown

There's also PSVSD for 3G Models, replaces the antenna with another SD reader. Great for either having a second SD card mounted or just one while keeping the ability to play physical games. Got mine a little while ago and eagerly awaiting the time to install it.

Modded Vita can play any PSP game (even ones on UMD technically; you can dump your UMDs to ISOs with a hacked PSP), and IMO it looks _really_ nice on the Vita's OLED screen.

@@mysticaxolotl8215 I remember now the issue. The memory card is proprietary and expensive AF, especially if you want serious storage. As I said, I put it away and kinda forgot about it. I will need to see what it can do when I get the chance.

@@Sight-Beyond-Sight Yea, your point about the memory cards is pretty much why my dad didn't use his much either. If you want high storage, I _cannot_ recommend enough you get an SD2VITA (or a PSVSD if you have a 3G-compatible model). This makes it so you can use a regular old SD card in the system. I currently have 256 gigabytes of space with a card I pulled out of my Raspberry Pi, and that plus the adapter only cost maybe $50 or $60? I know for sure my old 64GB setup only cost around $25. It sounds like a lot, but a 256 GB Sony memory card (which never even existed, but we can follow the pricing scheme) would have probably cost close to $300.

Good news is that Japanese Vitas are holding steady at about $100-$120, and since the Vita is region free, I know firsthand that you can use it just like a US one

People do this sort of development because they enjoy it, not for mass adoption. People still develop for older systems that are even more expensive than a Vita. Its in no way, shape or form any sort of "problem" to spend time on a hobby.

This is why I bought a PSTV some years back. My Vita has seen (and continues to see) a lot of use; it's already had one stick replacement, and while the battery's still holding a good amount of charge, who knows what happens when that finally dies. So while I prefer the handheld form factor, it's good to have a more sturdy fallback in the PSTV - which also doubles as a handy low-energy-consumption media player when I'm not gaming with it.

This is why I have 2 bought for €200

@@TonyGaleFreestyle In my experience, Vita batteries are *tough*. My Japanese Vita is a launch model, and according to VitaToolbox, the battery is still at 93% health.