PS Vita SURPRISED Me in 2024 and Here's Why It's Still Better Than PS Portal!

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I love the psp and the Psvita!

I've wanted a Vita for a while, but I think the draw is those special games that are unique to the system like the Uncharted, Little Big Planet, and Gravity Rush releases. I think your observations are quite insightful, but I don't think the Vita would have held up competing against the Switch. One of the big benefits of the original Switch is the fact that you can dock it. It is a handheld AND a console in one. In this regard, I would be much more interested in something like the new Retroid Pocket 5 that is coming out later this month. It has an incredible amount of emulation potential up through Gamecube/Wii and PS2 along with a host of native Android titles. The form factor is wonderful as is the 5.5" 1080p AMOLED screen. On top of that, like the Switch, it can be docked to use it as a console. It even appears to run several Switch games via Switch emulation. If all of this wasn't appealing enough, the joysticks on the Retroid Pocket 5 are 3D hall sticks. These are significantly more sensitive and accurate than the sticks on the Switch. and shouldn't run into drift issues.

For me, I'm looking forward to upscaling PS2 and Gamecube classics and even using widescreen hacks to fill that glorious 5.5" AMOLED screen with GTA 3/Vice City/San Andreas along with Ico/Shadow of the Collosus, Okami, Viewtiful Joe, Super Mario Sunshine, SSX, Bully, Silent Hill 2/3/4, Rule of Rose, Final Fantasy X, and so many other titles. The Gamecube and Wii have some outstanding titles and the PS2 has one of the greatest libraries to grace a console. Cherry-picking a best of to play on the go and then parking it in a dock when you get back home if you want?!?! This is like the Switch with even more joy. At least for an old codger like me.

Anyway - that's my two cents. Informative video! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!
Peace.

I used to have a vita but I don’t know where it went

What game is in this video thumbnail?

What source is saying that PlayStation are making another handheld? I’d be very surprised if they did that.

I bought the vita on day one and it's still going strong. After I put thousands of hours into the psp, it was a forgone conclusion that I'd get the vita. You're right about the ergo's being crappy. I bought a grip to correct that mishap. If there's any still in the wild, I strongly suggest buying one. Kind of changes everything for the better.

I bought a OLED VITA and its worth it

I use PS4 Remote Play on my PS Vita all the time... I have quite a good internet connection so it works well for me. It works particularly well for single player games. Multiplayer on some games can be tricky though. Sometimes it works great... but I think it hogs a lot of the connection used to do remote play in the first place, so single player gaming is best.

Other than that, to be able to play PS Vita, PSP, PS1, PS Vita homebrew titles/ports, and emulators on the go... don't forget, both the PS Vita and PSP altogether have a number of PS2/PS3/PS4 ports... AND I can remote play my PS4?! Sheesh. Again, the PS Vita was WAY ahead of it's time!

They need to add high end mobile games to the next vita

Recently bought a used one and modded it and love it glad to have Freedomwars back specially since it’s coming to Playstation5 later next year.

I bought a vita 2k to play all SAO games but its kinda sad the hollow realization has a bottleneck performance😢

Why yall tryna resurrect the vita 😂

you really did not like the touch stuff.

Coming form a steam deck and Xbox lover that would be a game changer do like the steam deck did in a way while you can play offline and play newer games

PS Portal isn't gaming console just streaming device that's why the Vita is much better

I still have and play my Vita. It gives a different experience to my Switch Lite. Both are superb.

Day one PS vita buyer, two things to say here. One, I sold my launch OLED and got the LCD, actually enjoy that model far more tbh. Two, you’re absolutely right about the Switch. I was able to get my Switch lite for around 120 in near mint condition and there’s just so many more games on that thing it makes it hard to recommend a Vita unless you’re hacking it but even then. Switch you at least get access to some popular free multiplayer games like Warframe and Fortnite 🤷🏻‍♂️

There is more love for the PSP, there is more customization, different cases, colors, everything is better. The PS Vita, as an old design, no much colors, psv 2000 feels cheap so, there is only one the oled 1000.

Love my modded vita

Sony's dedicated memory card r crazy expensive and vita games were not that impressive
Nintendo switch had support had great support for games and online multiplayer

Rog ally x is better

Can you tell me where can I get the wallpaper (the one with the playstation logo) at the start of the video please, thanks

what a wimp complaining about extremely minor inconvenience don't you have a light in your house at night?

Sony is making a history of abandoning major products. Like why is PS VR still $500 if it isn’t supported? That seems crazy to me

LIke with concord, Sony just released the vita at the wrong time. 2015 they should of released it 2 years before the switch.

the vita's downfall wasn't because it was "too ahead of it's time" it was the proprietary memory card. the price on them, the weirdness of a phone sim card modal, and the gimmicks no one asked for (front and back touch screen). like wiping blood off your screen while playing mortal combat, if your getting your ass kicked and your screen is all bloody, needing to take your hand off the controls to wipe the blood off so you can see is just going to make it worse.

had it just been a PSP with a micro SD card slot it would have sold like crazy.

If you have to choose ps vita besides ps portal chose portal...
Of u like retro gaming and you know how to mod buy ps vita and mod it.

the 1000 had hall effect joystick. having no stick drift ever since i bought mine a decade ago (when it was still new)

Got it to play ps4.. went home from work and the ps4 was on=tv was on.. the sound was on 🤯 it was diffrent to play on vita but it is to small for my hands and no comfort play in on it. made for a child

Is it better than portal? 😮

The Vita games that utilized all or most of the functions are disliked today. Most don't understand the gimmick is a Huge part of the Experience. What sets it apart from other handhelds. I've owned mine since 2019 and have more than 20 games and love them all. My DSI XL, 2 3ds XL, and Anbernic handhelds are cool too. But my Vita is extraordinary and set apart . Hope Sony delivers another Banger system.

Ps vita is radioactive?made in China or Japan?

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. You are knocking thee best handheld baring none even till today(1000 model). Sure did Sony fuck it up? Yup but this thing was way ahead of its time and still in 2024 it’s excellent. I do hope they bring out a vita 3 similar to the 1000 it was so very close to being an absolute winner.

I got the vita slim and borderlands bundle back in the day. The game ran like crap but 10 year old me didnt mind cuz the idea of playing a full console game on a handheld blew me away. Still play my vita to this day

I added movies, TV shows, comics to mine! I also made tutorial videos on my channel on how to add that other good stuff! Check it out and let me know if it helped at all!

I had the PSVita when it first was released. I remember when they first started trying to hack it using PSP games, until they finally jailbroke it. And now we can play all backup games. Sony spent so much money trying to secure the PSVita, that is one reason why the PSVita failed. As soon as the PSVita got hacked, Sony gave up. The PSVita hackers are to blame for the failure of the PSVita. Sony is kind of stupid for spending so much money trying to patch a vulnerable PSP emulator instead of making good games.

ai vid with a bunch of stolen clips from spawnpoint and others, awesomesauce

The vita didn't click with me in the same way rhe psp did. The build quality was better on psp.
The plastic frame felt cheap on the vita.
While the vita looked nice, I never really liked the system. I loved Wipeout on it though.

I bought the COD Declassified special edition PS Vita at launch!😅Cool system!😊

Ps vita was waaaayyyyyy ahead of its time an amazing device abandoned with shitty games it had back touch and screen touch the possibilities were endless also the memory card was a dick move by Sony

Sony is the Apple of consoles have you've seen the price of the ps5 PRO.

Is this an A.i. voice?

Can it connect to ps3 ?

this is cool but still offers not much if its compared to an android phone. I have so many systems running on my phone that I can even have an emulator running inside of an emulated windows on my android. crazy times. Blows my mind that an android phone is capable of all that

Is missing PS2 haker