I play daily on either my PS5 or my gaming PC but every night when I lay down I grab the Vita and play for about an hour before going to sleep. Such an underrated handheld.

I recently jailbroke mine after not touching it for years. Haven’t stopped playing it since. Ever since I became a dad last year. It’s hard to find time to sit down on the couch and play PS5. Or retreat to my man cave and play PC. Psvita is great to pick up and go. Usually sits in sleep mode around the house and battery barley drains.

You can delete all previous player’s trophy data and start anew with your own progress by inserting the cartridge, tapping and holding the game icon and selecting delete/uninstall. Remove the game cartridge and then put it back in again, and everything will start fresh, like it’s new. I figured this out a while back but clicking and tapping around, but I guess it might still not be common knowledge. Hope this helps.

If you're not hacking your Vita for emulation and Homebrew, what are you even doing?!

I got one 6 months ago or so. I only have 2 games. God of War collection and Uncharted Golden Abyss. I need more games, I love this thing.

The Vita truly was underappreciated! Specially for a person like me who loves Japanese games!

If it wasn't for the Vita, I would have never experienced one of my favorite stories about growth set in one of my favorite worlds. The Muv Luv Trilogy is absolutely phenomenal.

The ONLY reasons to own a Vita in 2024 is SD2Vita, PKGj, Adrenaline, Homebrew and lower end emulation. Way too expensive to collect physically games now and some games are impossible to find. Hacked my Vita about 5yrs ago now and sold off my collection of around 40+ games. Probably tripled if not quadrupled what i originally paid for them

my favorite videogame youtuber talking about my favorite handheld ever, now this i gotta see. thanks matty :)

I take my Vita to work with me nearly every day. It's far more pocketable than many other modern handhelds, and many of the systems features have aged very well so far. Great battery life as well.

Not to mention one of the most active homebrew communities out the there with amazing ports of all kinds of games like gta and such!

Love the vita for the emulation

I still play mine regularly. Sonic Racing Transformed and Chinatown Wars recently.

Great timing! I just got an SD card adapter in today and plan to homebrew it. Had my Vita since 2016 and have been playing it pretty consistently. A lot more than my Switch. I highly recommend getting thumb stick extenders. It's night and day when playing shooters.

Ever since I got to borrow a PSP for the better part of two months back in 2010, I've always wanted a PlayStation portable system

Vita is amazing. You can play Vita, PSP, PS1 games. As well as other retro consoles via emulation

I was literally just playing on my Vita, the Vita is the GOAT!

Crazy I just bought a PS Vita yesterday and now here you are with this video. Can’t wait for it to get here, already getting all my roms ready.

Great timing! My son picked one up a couple of months ago, and I've been looking to pick up some games. This video was exactly the info I needed.

The PS Vita was ahead of it's time!

I finally got around to buying a Vita OLED in March, mainly because I wanted to play Txk, which is amazing and a lot more fun than Tempest 4000, which is based on it and now on all sorts of platforms. I didn't buy a Vita when it came out because of the memory cards, but that problem has been fixed by the community, and I think it's great. I travel a lot for work and I have been bringing my Vita with me instead of my Switch or Steam Deck just because I don't have to take it out of my bag at the TSA checkpoint.

Some of my favorite experiences on Vita have been vanilla wear games, like Odinsphere, Dragon's Crown, and Muramasa (which is stuck on PSVita and Wii). Those games looked gorgeous on the OLED

Matty you're reading my mind here as someone who got the white and neon yellow as a Japan import a few months ago 😅 Getting to play dragons crown, persona, metal gear HD collection all on this beautifully small device has been a blessing

My husband and I both picked up Vitas last year. I got the silver OLED imported from Japan and I love it, my husband picked up the metallic blue one at a convention. Haven’t put too much time into the console yet bc I simply have too many hobbies but I’ve enjoyed my experience with it so far! As a fan of Little Big Planet I really liked Tearaway. I picked up Persona 4 Golden and when I get around to playing it that will be my first Persona game 😄.

amazing video!! i loved your coverage of the vita :))

so glad you brought up Danganronpa, another thing to add is that you can pop 3 platinums on PSvita vs only 2 if you play the Danganronpa collection on ps4 or ps5. the first two games are considered one game for whatever reason.

It's really strange to see the year go up & up. I remember watching "Is Vita Worth In 2016?" as if it was last week 😅

I have been watching you since the fallout 4 days. You are my favorite youtuber ever man thank you for being you.

Great video as always Matty. I really appreciate your content

Man PS Vita will always be a go to handheld for me. I need to add more to my collection soon!!

I love my vita. Got so many games on it. Crazy powerful for being such a small system.

Arkham Origins Blackgate is great but I found it to be VERY difficult. I bought an OLED 3G model and used it as recently as today. Love the varity of content, VITA originals, PSP game and PS2 and PS One originals. Golden Abyss and Hot Shots Golf were always two of my favorites. Great video, thanks.

Amazing video I love the Vita, I got one in 2021 and it’s been my primary system the last 3 years ! Got myself a ps tv as well

Killzone Mercenary is my favorite game for the Vita. Sadly the online multiplayer was shut down a couple years ago which I would play all the time. You mentioned in this video that there’s still people playing so maybe it was brought back online if you played it not long ago? That would be a dream come true.

22:34 Is this how you were playing for the Dissidia video the other day? Smart, that's how I'm also playing it now! Vita really "living" up to its name in 2024!

Also the oled vita has Hall effect sticks

I love my Vita. I mostly got it to play the definitive (imo) editions of the first 5 Trails games, but I've since enjoyed plenty of other games on it that further justify the purchase: Gravity Rush, DQ Builders, Monkey Ball, the Sly games. Eventually I want to get around to playing other stuff on it like FFX/X-2, Ys, Dangan Ronpa, and the 999 trilogy. It's also my goto device for Retro Achievements. Wish RetroArch on it could handle PSP/DS games though. That would make it perfect.

I literally just dug my PS Vita out of storage this morning for Steins Gate! I played mine a ton from 2013 to 2018

Love my vita, got mine in 2015 from gamestop just so I could play my childhood games (the jak and daxter series) on the go. Not the best ports of those games but played the hell out of them as well as R&C, sly, uncharted, and much more. Honestly my favorite handheld other than the 3ds. Great video🙏🏼

Just started Helldivers 1 and Patapon on the Vita. Finished P4G earlier this year. Prefer the way the OLED feels in my hands, and modded a white one, then I have an unmodded P4G limited edition slim which I really should use more.

To fix the trophy issue, just pop the game cartridge into the PSV then delete the application and then take cartridge out and put the card back in

I just played FF7 on vita for the first time. You can always wirelessly transfer saves to PS3 for that sudo switch experience as well

I'm so happy you brought up Tales of Hearts R. I really loved it and just beaten it about a month ago or so

I've had a Vita since 2016, and while I don't play handheld consoles a lot nowadays, I always come back to the Vita. Especially now that I have jailbroken mine. I've ran homebrew on it, emulators, and even an english translation patch for Phantasy Star Nova which is an excellent game by the way if you like Phantasy Star Online 2. On its own, I love the Vita, but it became one of, if not, my favorite handheld once I did the jailbreak on it.

1. Ratchet collection is available in NA. I have the digital version. 2. I thought Freedom Wars servers got taken offline?

You can unlock Trophies on used game cartridges. Pop in the game, start it. Then close the game, delete the icon off the home screen and the game data. Then pop the game back in and everything works. You are welcome.

One of the most underrated handhelds. I'm really hoping those new Playstation handheld rumors are true. It would be great if it was backwards compatible with the Vita but it probably won't. Been a PSVita fan since it launched!!!

Great list!! I just got resistance and uncharted from a whatnot auction for 40 bucks together!!! I can't wait till I get them!!

With both a 3.5 mm jack and Bluetooth support, the speaker quality should be a non-factor for anyone looking at a Vita.

Man I've had my first vita for about 3 months now and im addicted to it. It's definitely a console where im rushing to play all the classic games that i used to play on PS1 and 2 (some of 3). Plus the vita is giving me a great first-time experience with the top vita hits. Thank for recommending some of those less known games. Def adding them to the list! Also this video was refreshing after being drowned in homebrew videos since my time with the vita 🤣

Price comment confused me. You can find Vitas for less then $150 all day long plus they come from Japan so are probably in better shape. I just went to Japan recently and got a mint OLED for $72.

Ps vita is my favourite handheld.. I’ve got 2oled (one broke now) black slim & Japan silver slim.. I got so many years ago to stack up for the future.. back then I have payed for 3 vitas less then for 1 iPhone!

I loved the gyro aiming on certain Vita titles like Uncharted. I used the sticks for aiming the cross hairs in the general area and then fine tuning with the gyro controls.

I actually got a PS Vita slim blue earlier this year. Even though I don't play it that much, it's so aesthetically pleasing.

Appreciate the video, one of the most underrated consoles ever. I have to say the native and if any exclusive jrps on this console are pretty mid in general, BUT, on a jailbroken vita, you can play the first five kiseki games, with an english patch. The first three have the EVO treatment, which offers many quality of life features. Also, with the PSP bc, you can also play all the YS games up to 8. Definitely, the Vita is worth it.

Apologies, not trying to be that guy, but ratchet collection absolutely released in NA. I worked at gamestop when the vita released, I was a day one adopter. Also just mod your vita, it's the best handheld made better modded

Im so glad to hear that the PSN store is up I def wanna cop one soon.

Never had a psvita but I absolutely loved the PSP

The most underrated system ever! I love my vita and still play it regularlu

I like those gimmicks, but they didn’t force you to use them. You could use sticks and buttons as well

I jail broke my vita this year and it’s turned into my primary gaming device.

MK9 is on Vita, it looks worse than the Switch MK games ever did, but it has 0 dropped frames and is the most "kontent komplete" version of MK9

I love the Vita, still slowly going for my full NA collection. I don't know if you've checked but Killzone and Freedom wars have both been taken offline.

Now, after watching....This might be the cleanest psvita in 2024 video on the internet, if yall know what i mean...

I loved the ps vita. Might get one again. I'm trying to buy all the retro consoles before the prices go up.

Picked one up in its original box recently. In mint condition. I have missed this device.

This video is coming about a month after I decided to buy a refurbed Vita again lol. It’s really such an amazing machine. I loved it when it came out and I’m still loving it today.

I was feeling nostalgic about the Vita and found out that mine had a dead battery 😅

I bought one a couple of months ago! I wished the buttons were softer in feeling as you pressed down? Still, the games are well enough to say is worth the purchase!

If you jailbreak the Vita it really is the ultimate handheld. Playing Gameboy and SNES games on that OLED screen is amazing

I bought the PS TV to play vita games I own a vita, bought it when it came out. just prefer playing on the tv. I played uncharted, supposedly not supported on the ps tv, but it worked, there were a couple spots I had to switch back to the vita to play it. Using cloud save. Not sure if that works now with psn. but.

Luckily i don’t have to because my older brother passed his vita onto me before leaving for the army.

I bought the vita to play persona 4 back in high school. Such a great experience coming home after track practice and playing it. Also in Uncharted golden abyss, turn on the gyro controls. Makes aiming much better

Just recently, my vita updated itself while on wifi and then i noticed a lot of the games disappeared and the apps where not loading up. Was it a good idea to leave on wifi??

Soul Sacrifice and Freedom Wars need a return. Toukiden also great glad on ps4. Soul Sacrifice no longer online i dont think tho

I absolutely adore the vita, it’s become my all time favourite handheld. And after I softmodded it and installed an SD card adapter, it has open the flood gates to a whole slew of experiences, mot notably the ability to run the vita in a virtual psp mode and play almost the entirety of the psp library

You need to mod your Vita in this day and time. I modded mine last year and it has been a great experience. I’m also collecting as many physical games as I can in the Same time

If I could of given you a thousand like I would, thanks for this Vita vid🙏🏾👊🏾

12:33 By the time this video was uploaded, the servers for Killzone have been shut down. RIP 😥

You can resolve the trophies issue you had, delete the game by long pressing on the bubble, then reisert the cart and install again.

yes, play minish cap on it via retroarch w/ gpSP core, A MUST

Still my favourite handheld console of all time. Homebrewing this thing was goated.

Getting into game collecting, I was just considering getting one yesterday, great timing KZfaq algo

where did you find the penguin commercial in the beginning i can’t find it anywhere

I have two vitas now. One I dropped and gave me pixel screen. Pretty much you can easy find replaceable parts except the motherboard. As for accessories, probably no third party cases will fit the vita. You will find yourself the tabs don't connect. I will say that I finally found that aluminum case with plastic that fits now on Amazon. As everything else goes its pretty solid with its good battery life. I only use it for emulation although I'm not a big fan of holding it as to a free will controller. Not good for 8 bit retro or fighters as these games are intense.

Unit 13 was my jam. Would always play it while I was at the laundromat lol.

I platinumed Unit 13 a few years ago. Really enjoyed it

The Vita is such a sick handheld, there's nothing else quite like it. I have a 1000 I got around in 15 or so, and another JP 1000 on ebay like in 20/21. My US one is fully cfw'd and loaded with cool shit. I love that it sort of makes my PSPs redundant with Adrenaline, though I can't use the PSP GPS or Camera with the Vita... You're right, you need a MicroSD adapter and cfw in addition to the card. I'm currently using a 128gb. The JP Vita on the other hand, different story. Bone stock. It randomly started boot looping after being left in rest mode for like 2 months. It wouldn't stop either, after the battery died & was charged again it continued. I assume it's an issue with one of the boards in the unit. I've also put cfw on my friend's Vita twice, since he restored factory settings one time. That reminds me, I'm supposed to put some .prx files on there for him. Huh, I didn't know the PSTV had restrictions on what games you could play. That seems like either a Sony or a publisher thing to be honest.

Vita for life baby!

I freaking love the vita, it was my gateway to persona, sadly most of the jrpgs are being ported to switch

I was always interested of having one and i think i will finally pull the trigger on buying one this year. It is also not a really expensive system too so yeah.....defintly looking forward of having one.

Still have my original PS Vita from ages ago, recently got a USB charger for it.

Battery life on the Vita is incredible. You can leave it on sleep for a month no problem. Also, the original does not have joystick drift

You can still get achievements in previously owned games. You install the game by putting in the cartridge. Then you delete the game on the Vita. You pull out the cartridge and put it in again. You install the game again. After that you can earn achievements in that game.

Every time I boot up the VITA as I did this morning, I always think I don't play on it enough. Such an underrated system.

The sd2vita is essential imo

The Vita is my favorite handheld. The OLED screen is gorgeous and the fact that you can play PSP and PS1 games on it means it has a massive library. I don't trust Sony to keep the PSN servers operating forever, so I pre-emptively downloaded every Vita, PSP, and PS1 game ever made for all regions and backed it up. Some of my favorite games not mentioned in the video: - Dragon's Crown - Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational - Killzone: Mercenary - Muramasa Rebirth - Soul Sacrifice - Toukiden: The Age of Demons - Y's: Memories of Celceta - Y's VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

...I picked up the vita 5 years ago & never had the chance to really played it...the only reason at that time was for Persona 4 Golden but I only just completed P4G last year and just suddenly saw the potential of Vita & feel I have missed the train...😅...

Freedom wars looks more interesting than I thought it was pretty cool that you can customise your character I love games that give you freedom makes it feel more of a personal experience - also need to check out that Spider-Man vita game pretty impressive there is a 3d open worldish game on a handheld looked like there was even reflections on the skyscrapers. Also I don’t know wtf is going on with uk psn vita store there is a grand total of 7 ps1 games 🤔🤨 I remember when there was full a-z of them

For Danganronpa, I did decide to switch over and play V3 on the PS4 since it was marketed as a new Dangranronpa story I figured it was only fitting to play it somewhere new. Honestly, still an amazing time on console.