resketreke,
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I got mine in 2015 and had a lot of fun with it. Such a shame Sony stopped supporting it so early. But even still, it has a very respectable catalogue.

timothy_120,
@timothy_120@kbin.social avatar

I remember being a kid and wanting one of these SOOOOO bad. Never got to experience it! Steamdeck has filled that lost time for me!

hardypart,
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I thought about getting one, but now I got the Gamesir X2 Pro for my phone and I don't see how a real Vita could give me any advantages over my current setup. I love this controller!

kilgore,

Funny, I had one of these in my hands the other day and was quite impressed!

modulartable,

If you haven't already, 100% look into software modding it, you'll thank us later!

Sambarino,
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I’ve been looking into how to install h-encore, so hopefully can get that working.

SSUPII,

I wanted to guy a Switch, and I am debating if I want to mod now and get an older model, or buy a new one and wait for better methods. Or... I could install one of the modchips on it

Domiku,

Or you can get a Steam Deck and play Switch games on that 😉

SSUPII,

I was thinking of online play as I got my 3DS 1 year ago for that, but I just remembered that it now costs monthly for subpar service. Honestly, you are making me thinking about it more now about what I wanna get.

alcyoneous,

I sold my PSP years ago and now have a modchipped switch. With the release of android for it, I can play most PSP games on the PPSSPP emulator. Some games have issues, but even the God of War games run at full speed. It’s definitely not as small as the PSP or Vita. I’d recommend getting the OLED model and using a mod chip, as that’s probably the only way to hack it. Nintendo really locked down the later versions

MyFeetOwnMySoul,

Apologies for being lazy

I have a vita that ultimately stopped working, and gets stuck in a boot loop (original os, no modding/tampering done). Do you think it's hardware related? Or could I still flash a new os on that puppy.

Gamers_Mate,

Nice do you play minecraft on vita by any chance?

Altomes,

Wait till you see what the mod scene has done with it

Sambarino,
@Sambarino@beehaw.org avatar

Checking out how to install CFW now, haven’t seen everything that can be done yet though.

Can you recommend a good resource for homebrew etc?

MentalEdge,
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

Apps are available as .vpk files. There is a database.

https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/

Mostly I install stuff with the app-store style browser for that repository though, not manually downloading the files.

The actual modding process is extremely streamlined nowadays.

Sambarino,
@Sambarino@beehaw.org avatar

Wait, so if I factory restore and update it, I can install CFW straight from the browser?!

MentalEdge,
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

Yup

Altomes,

https://retrogamecorps.com/2021/04/27/ps-vita-guide/

Somewhat exhaustive but I think this is a good resource

MirranCrusader,

While I do like that content creator, if you’re hacking you should use the vita.hacks.guide as even he references in the first paragraph

RGC is great about showing everything you can do once you’re done installing CFW.

Altomes,

Fair point fair point

makeitra1n,
@makeitra1n@beehaw.org avatar

Never had the PS Vita. But I had the normal PSP Slim which was an amazing handheld!

buckybeaky,

I had the fat one and loved the bumps, made it so comfortable I couldn't touch my friends' slim. Miss it a lot but last time I tried it had a terrible stick drift. Wonder if they're still available somewhere

cnnrduncan,

I've recently started playing on my PSP slim again, it's a neat wee device especially when loaded up with 32gb of games, a 12ish hour internal battery, and a USB-C port so I can charge it with the same cable as my phone!

Had a ton of great first-party releases back in the day, it emulates everything up to the PS1 and some DOS games like Fallout pretty well, and the homebrew scene is still quite active - the CFW/launcher I use gets new features every few weeks and a few of the games like NZ:P still have regular updates.

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