It's been brought to my attention that pretty much all the PSP stuff is still on the Sony store, they've just removed the links to it so you can't search for it. Google gets you to it though and it's all still available for purchase.
Here it is, in all its glory, so if anyone wanted to buy any PSP games, I suggest you do it sooner rather than later.
Tactics Ogre is on there still so anyone who hasn't got that should really consider giving it a go.
Tactics Ogre is on there still
Today happens to be payday for me, so this is clearly a sign.
Were PSP games backward-compatable? Can you play them on the Vita?
Most of them, but not all. Sony had a momentary lapse at one point and flicked a switch that made everything downloadable (hence why my Vita has Rock Band PSP on it despite that being marked as not compatible), but they shut that door pretty quickly.
ZHP Unlosing Ranger is on there, that's an excellent srpg/rogue like hybrid
I recommend Burnout Dominator and Killzone Liberation. And Patapon. Although I guess you would have to find out if they run on a Vita.
I really wish this console had actual L2 and R2 buttons.
Yeah. That's one of the main selling points on the Retroid 2.
Today happens to be payday for me, so this is clearly a sign.
Hope you got in quick. Those links are dead now. Sony's determination to prevent people giving them money knows no bounds, it seems.
Yeah, I'd already bought it by the time I posted that. I'm only three or four missions in, mostly thanks to tutorial fatigue.
damn, rip Persona 2
EDIT - never mind, it's on Vita's store, Vita with the save yet again.
Read that Sony will allow users to download any previous purchases via the platform once the stores close. I'm mainly swithering about buying a copy of Might and Magic Clash of Heroes before the store shuts. I played that game endlessly with my old flatmate in his PS3 and on the DS before that. Easily an all time favourie.
Went and looked at my PS3 downloads yesterday and, not for the first time I'm sure, was surprised by a TV show on my list.
I'm paranoid about PSN purchases because at one point I found that my PS4 wasn't set as the primary console on my account and someone was syphoning access to stuff (recently found out it had to do with GTA Online and the Russians). Anyway, on my list of PS3 downloads was a show called Powers. On the list it looks like I've bought the whole series but then only have access to the one episode Sony gave away for free. I think it was like that time Apple forced that U2 album on everyone except you had to be on ps+ and opt in to this one.
Read that Sony will allow users to download any previous purchases via the platform once the stores close.
There's a catch with cross-buy stuff though: if you have any cross-buy games but only downloaded, say, the PS3 version previously, you need to download the other version directly or you lose it when the store closes. Annoying.
What the hell?! That's completely insane. What if you've claimed the cross-buy games from PS+ but never directly downloaded either version?
This seems almost like a deliberate effort on Sony's part to undermine preservation. They're actively hostile not just to backwards compatibility, but also the old hardware itself.
What the hell?! That's completely insane. What if you've claimed the cross-buy games from PS+ but never directly downloaded either version?
You lose… both? If they're PS3 and Vita, I guess. Dunno, it's not clear.
From the email directly though:
If you have purchased a PS3/PS Vita cross-buy bundle and have only downloaded either the PS3 or PS Vita version, you will need to download the other version prior to the closure of PlayStation™Store on the relevant device.
You will still be able to re-download and play game titles you have claimed through PlayStation®Plus as long as you remain a member of the service
I do like the way that email from Sony has "PLAY HAS NO LIMITS" in big letters at the bottom.
Clearly, it does.
PLAY HAS SIGNIFICANT LIMITS doesn't roll off the tongue, tbf.
I guess this just finally tips my legit Vitas into now being converted to "homebrew" versions, as eventually happened with my PSPGo. Which is sad, but there you go.
I guess Sony had my money when they wanted it and I funded Vita development as long as I could. If they're willfully rendering the device as less accessible then I have less of a problem with hacking it.
I need to look into this too, I think. Just for future-proofing really. Sony clearly want to actively prevent me spending any money on Vita games, so I don't feel guilty about doing what I want with the things I've already paid for (or, indeed, pirating things I can no longer legally buy).
They’ve backtracked now. Vita and PS3 stores will remain open. PSP is closing as planned though.
It's a distraction to stop people noticing they already closed the PS5 store.
Vita and PS3 stores will remain open
PSP is closing as planned though.
Anyone got a modded/hacked Vita? My local has a Slim in that I am considering trading some gear in for and getting just to do that too, interested in the PSP emulation and better memory sizes it seems to offer.
Isn't the better memory entirely dependent on proprietory memory cards?
Sorry that is what I meant. So you can out a micro sd into an adaptor that goes in the game slot. And keep more on it, Vita memory cards are even more expensive 2nd hand that they were new at the minute.
I see. That does make it a lot more viable!
Anyone here know how I can get a very short PS+ membership code or trial to test something with? The shortest memberships now appear to be £30 for three months (I'm checking both CDKeys and Eneba), but I literally want to use it for a few days max. Weren't there 14-day trials before? I don't want to pay a lot of cash for a quick test…
EDIT: Fuck it, the PS app offers a month for £7, so done. Auto renew turned off immediately because I'm not a total idiot.
So, as I've also been merrily hacking 3DS'es left right and centre, I also hacked my Japanese Vita just to see if there was still joy to be found in the platform. You can get a cradle for the memory cards it uses and then just use normal SD cards - so mine now merrily supports 512Gb card for pennies.
And… well, I have to say next to the 3DS it has been a bit of a disappointment. I still remember the first day I saw the OLED screen and how absolutely jaw dropping it was - but it's fair to say, time has marched on, and glorious OLED screens are a bit ten a penny. The Vita still looks OK, but it is a bit grainy and low res. And also, it's clearly first gen tech, as the brightness isn't quite uniform and the black handling can be a bit odd.
There's also the games. It's hard to shake off, with stuff like the Steam Deck and Ally that you're playing slightly hobbled Playstation ports on a device that's ergonomically and visually sub optimal. I did get a little cradle for it, but even then, going backwards and forwards to the Ally is a bit of a culture and RSI shock. The 3DS is so different, it doesn't really feel like a compromise. That said, some of the titles are still pretty good and as I haven't got around to emulating on the Ally to play stuff like Sly Cooper and Ratchet and Clank it's a easy route to that (how fucking good is Sly 4, even today, why don't we get games like this any more?). Also, as Bri says, Burnout and Patapon. I was shocked with how bad Persona 4 looked on it though, I put tens of hours into it and always thought it looked great. Returning to it made me physically recoil in horror.
I do wonder if it'll ever really have quite the same retro fondness for the Vita as even the PSP in the decades to come, even if I remember absolutely adoring it at the time. Maybe I'm being harsh.
Yeah I remember at first hacking my Vita and being like…now what? Over time I grew to really like it again even if using it to play PSP games is technically cheating, I dip into games like Ridge Racer, Killzone (the fps not that top down one assuming that's on the console) and Wipeout, all really good.
I got rid of my vita years ago and kind of miss it but it went to a good home.
Vita Wipeout is great and I've occasionally wanted to replay Gravity Rush. I don't remember what else I used to play on it which is crazy because for a while there is was my platform of choice.
I guess I played a lot of Borderlands on it. And various EDF games.
A quick Google and I find a top 25 Vita list (https://share.google/h1gNDVvxJJiIDdLTD) which puts Gravity Rush at #1.
It also reminded me of Hotline Miami which was perfect on that console. I think I used to spend a lot of time playing little indie games like that and Luftrausers.
Reading back through the early days of this thread, it looks like we all really liked the Vita, just wished that there was more to actually do on it.