The PlayStation Vita TV Was One Of Sony's Strangest Systems Ever
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- During the Vita's short run on the market, Sony developed a console version of the handheld to go alongside of it on store shelves. This was a weird system however since it couldn't play a lot of games and even had a hard time with certain streaming apps. Sony only supported the device for about a year in the US making it more of a market failure than the Vita handheld itself. Fortunately hackers have been able open up the system even incorporating a white list for most games to now be compatible with the system.
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When the homebrew community fixes your system for you.
It really do be like that. Sharpscale is amazing
Back then it was kinda a shame to have PSVITA. Cuz it was exact time of the RISE of the iPhones and iPod Touches, with thousands of cheap games. To play Mortal Kombat on that screen - was really mind-bending tho. Way too expensive of a toy it was. I've ended up trading my VITA for the android device :) with the same price.
Did it have any apps like TH-cam or Netflix on it?
Also great video didnt even know this existed. World like to see you do a video on the Panasonic 3do if you haven't already.
I pirated Persona 4 golden
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
If Sony actually gave a shit about the Vita and supported it, it had a good shot of surpassing the PSP.
If they did the Bioshock port...
It was a weeb console and Soyny didn't like that, plus the overpriced memory cards combined with the push for digital was basically shooting themselves in the foot.
The main reason I never bought a ps vita was because it was in literally no stores.
It was more of something I would buy it I saw it in a store while passing through. I was supposed how rare it was so early in it's life
@@DosonTheGreat None of those things outright killed the system though. Lack of software support did.
Blame the expensive launch price with the expensive memory stick price for that. Had song released the ps vita with memory inside of it like what they did with the slim later on then the sales would not have been so pedestrian at during launch. Nobody wanted to drop $400 on a handheld at 2012.
The Vita was not a failure- it was neglected and a victim of abuse from its parents
Very true, but you have to admit one of the biggest things that hurt the system early on was Sony's stupid pricing of it, and the use of non standard memory cards again at stupidly high prices, when they could have gone with common SD, or Micro SD cards like most everyone else was doing at the time.
@@CommodoreFan64 bruh the storage problem was the biggest one I would say
Lord Yamcha: Yeah.... the memory card system used was the biggest form of 'parental abuse' for the Vita....
Sony had something great, but totally screwed it up from it's birth..... :-/
@@stevesstuff1450 true botched at birth I would say
@@LordYamcha Yeah. Why!?!? It's such a stubborn and tunnel-vision decision. I wanted to enter into the Vita recently, only to encounter 16GB cards for €60!?!? Nope.
This design is pretty much what people want for a docked only switch.
EXACTLY MAKE IT HAPPEN
No doubt!!!! Never liked the Switch form factor.
There is a TV only Switch, except it doesnt play Nintendo games anywhere except China. It's called the Nvidia Shield TV.
/troll
I always said you’d know what would be a good idea if Xbox or Sony made a handheld that played last generation games say for example if Sony made a handheld that play every ps3 and some ps4 titles they wouldn’t even have to make new games that would be sick ! Make a lot of money to or Xbox made one where u could play every single 360 game !
Exactly. My 5 year old son wants a switch but he's not good with anything handheld. I would buy him one if they did a TV only system
I remember buying 1 because I needed a new ps3 controller. This came with 1 and it was only $10 more than buying a controller alone
I got a second one for just that reason, sold the spare to a room mate for 30 bucks, 20 less on the controler.
Bruh
I still regret not buying one of these when the price was down to about $50 before they were discontinued
It's crazy expensive now. I bought one on eBay for $180. That was the cheapest I could get while trying to bid on other stuff.
Check locally. I was able to get a new PSTV, new 8GB memory card, and a new copy of Persona 4 Golden for $80 on Facebook Marketplace. The seller didn't know what he had or its value.
CheapestGamer this is true that’s why its so important to really look around everywhere, canvassing, before buying it.
These things go for that much? That's a ripoff. They had the potential to be really good but only certain games were compatible with them. I got one with the intention of playing the Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank collections on it but they weren't compatible.
Saammmmeeeeeeeee
I wonder why they didn't just have the option to use the Vita as a controller in the first place
Great comment and we couldn’t even use the ps4 controller with the touch pad for our handheld vitas....... Its probably just a simple software update for this to happen....IDK.....but that would of been incredible.
@YOLO MAN would we need the shoulder buttons since we're just playing Vita games? Like have PS3 controller support for if you download a PS1 game or something but it should just be able to Bluetooth the Vita itself
Yeah, I also want to use the Switch Lite As A Controller For The Switch.
@@captaincadunsky That's something I really thought Nintendo was going to do from the start, it opens up a lot of things and let's the current Wii U ports be able to play their original versions as well if wanted
@9aracna TM I Am hopeful for a Switch Update / New Model that allows these ports, but I also don't want to prevent Users Of Older Models from playing them, but maybe they could incorporate the feature into a Software Update Soon.
I love my PSTV. The only downside to the system (and the Vita in general) was the lack of support. It was a platform with so much potential, and Sony just didn't seem to care about it.
SONY did so many missteps with the VITA from the memory cards from being specific to the system, high prices, and supply shortages of them, to treating it like a redheaded stepchild, it's mind boggling why they even bothered to release it, or the PS Vita TV. All of it is why I eventually just went ahead, and got a Nintendo 2DS, and later on "NEW" 2DS XL, and if you are wondering why not a 3DS, because i was born with vision issues, and i can't see 3D proper, plus they where way more expensive when I got my refurbished 2DS for $60 direct from Nintendo's eBay store.
I never got a vita TV because all the Vita games I owned/care about where black listed on it o3o
@@scarffoxandfriends9401 That was one of the many reasons I never got one either, plus the fact to get a memory card for one with any kind of storage space cost almost as much if not more than the thing itself when it launched. I can remember seeing 8GB PS Vita Memory card at one point sitting on the self at Toys 'R US going for $55 USD when the same size SD/Micro SD card was going for $15 on the high side.
Well, at least Sony wrote a guide on how to not launch a console.
@Lyra Heartfold yah, but that wasn't a thing when I was looking at possible buying one. Really I only wanted to use it to make LP's of my Vita Games. Kinda stopped caring eventually.
So talking about a vita. A friend of mine from Jersey sent me his vita cause he couldnt figure out what was wrong with it and it turned out to be a bad battery and after fixing it he let me keep it. Been on a journey to platinum Persona 4 Golden
@vicefulder honestly the game takes forever to plat makes me feel like im still in high school
@@blokdudo1189 It's a flipping blast.
@vicefulder I finished that game in 2014, and while I *have* gotten action since then ... it wasn't easy :/
Good luck is all im going to say, over 100 hours in and i was nowhere near done with my first playthrough
@@jasonbeach345 i actually beat the game 4 times already i only need the compendium rn completed
FYI: The PSTV Charger is the same as the OG PSP Charger
Works on all psp variants,
I use it to charge my PSP 3000.
Is that center positive?
Ohh wow really? Thats cool asf. That charger was cool with that yellow tip
Not the Japanese version. I have both NA and JAPAN versions of pstv, and the plug for the NA version is super tight if you try to put it into the Japanese one.. like you need to force it... but it does work lol
Best information ever. Thank you
I bought one of these off of eBay a year ago for about $30. The pawn shop I bought it from accidentally also shipped a Vita too, which I didn't own. They didn't ask for it back so I was like score, free Vita. I still haven't opened the TV from the box. Good to know they've skyrocketed in price for some dumb reason. Lol.
That's one of the luckiest experiences evah!
I want to buy your PSTV Justin Harris
They probably thought you needed a psvita for the tv
Si jealous
Aka how most people played Persona 4 Golden before the Steam release.
dude, P4 was a PS2 2008 release...
@@WildVoltorb I mean, you're right, but Persona 4 Golden wasn't.
I have... 2 physical copies and one digital for P4G on Vita. Used to play it at work during down time. Not sure if much was changed for the steam release, but I was quite pleased to see it there. The franchise could use a lot more exposure for how unique and stylish it is. (ditto for P5 and P5R)
Dont forget it guys, Vita didnt failed, Sony failed Vita.
Ryoshikari Wii U its a shame in the bad way, the trailer said “new controller” like 10 times and never said “new console”, I blame the marketing team from nintendo, but I mean the fans won at the end, the Wii U it was the natural step to get to the switch wich its perfect
@@AngelGodinez the switch is not perfect.
Joycon is bad
The online is bad
Not alot of big games or third party games
The price is very high
The online shop is not good
And more..
If nintendo fix all of those for the Switch 2 then i will think of buying it.
Abdullah Alharbi Im more an old school style gamer, also a handheld guy, so with the switch lite, and not using online stuff never and buying physical games to me its perfect. Im worry about joystick drift tho
@YOLO MAN ok, but i dont like fortnite, rocket league, all visual novels games, undertale, and all of the platformer games.
Its not probelm of the switch but if there no games that i like then why i Need to buy switch?
That's a distinction without a difference.
I still have it with me. It was ashamed that not every game can work on the vita tv, especially games that don’t require touch screen. At least I can play my psp and some vita games on the big screen. One thing I hate about playing vita games on vita tv is the delay when pressing buttons.
I always said you’d know what would be a good idea if Xbox or Sony made a handheld that played last generation games say for example if Sony made a handheld that play every ps3 and some ps4 titles they wouldn’t even have to make new games that would be sick ! Make a lot of money to or Xbox made one where u could play every single 360 game !
You can hack it and play most games
theres a few features missing, its not necessarily just the touch screen. Some games also made use of the cameras for instance (like tearaway). Do love PSP on tv though, made playing through Persona 3 Portable a lot easier.
Forgetting about it after 3 years? That's being generous. Sony put this thing out and that was pretty much it, no marketing, hardly any stage time at E3 after it's release or any other trade show for that matter. It's almost like they left it up to developers to market this thing.
It was like the forgotten, unwanted step child 😔
Remember PlayStation Vue 🤔
i still remember when sony announce gravity rush 2 for the vita, for it to be release in the ps4 for it to die as the audience of that game was on the vita. sony did the vita so fucking dirty that they even killed one of the most interesting new ips of the decade.
I think the ps vita has really good hardware but didn't have enough big 1st party titles that people wanted.
Golden abyss would have been a must have, but they had to put all the touchscreen gimmicks.
I enjoyed playing P4G , Legend of heroes , Rayman , NFS on vita , same like Xenoblade , Fire emblems , Mario , Karts on Switch , until suddenly no new game any more.....The hardware and development cost them too much , no profit. Glad that Ps4 did well and remote play kind of worth it.
the first party titles it did have though were pretty great though. littlebigplanetvita is the best entry in the series imo
@@deanmoriarty6015 maybe, but i think they should have included an usable touchpad that mimicked the vita space (not a screen just a space like the ds4 controller) WITH the pstv, and whitelist all the games. Sony has a track record of shooting themselves on the foot. I hope the ps5 avoids that.
@@Legendalvinyeah rayman origins and legends was pretty good on ps tv
Imagine turning it back into a handheld, that would be a good video.
The DekaVita 7 does that
@@NeoTechni just checked it out that's cool, I would like to attempt something like that on my channel some day, Maybe a little bit smaller and wireless hdmi, the vita switch TV lol. That would be an expensive little bit of kit.
My Mate Vince used one to make a psvita XL. Check it out if you haven't. Its pretty cool
@@chriswilliams9734 yeh IV seen all his stuff, Iv been subscribed for ages now, his switchable switch mini was decent aswell 👌.
I remember when people thought this was Sony's answer to the Ouya. They announced it around the time Ouya had it's highest "hype". It cost the exact same and was advertised for the same purpose. Not to mention a bunch of tech analysts where convinced Micro Consoles where the future of gaming because nobody would want to buy a $400 console when they could play games with the phone they already own. =b
I hope Sony makes another handheld that's backward compatible with PSP and Vita to compete with the Switch.
A new handheld/hybrid console with a new and improved UMD reader that plays UMD and plays Vita Cartridges MIGHT sell!
I remember when you could get the PSTV on clearance for 30 at walmart with the controller. Nobody bought those thing for a long time.
That's what my hubby and I did at Gamestop. 😂 Bought it for dirt cheap before they sold out. 👍 Great system for our jrpgs.
@@LynnMooney Ughh! So jealous. I want to get one so I can play some Vita games with a Dualshock but there's no way I'm paying more than $100 for one.
@@SavagePatch115 its even better then that. if you use a vita2sd adapter in the game slot you can swap it between the pstv and vita and its like a sony switch, not as convenient but not that far off.
Now It costs $300
I had a Release Vita, a slim and a TV. I played so much on that system. It was unbelievable. Dragons Crown, especially with the excellent drop-in drop-out multiplayer and PS3 cross play. It looked amazing on the screen. Also, the Vita introduced me to a little series called Uncharted. I had missed that before on my PS3.
Yes, just like you, I played Uncharted for the first time on the PS Vita!
I remember when people with vitas would talk down on us 3ds owners
Hey guys scott here, vita is better than the 3ds😎
Rahul Rajesh 3ds outsold the vita since it came out
because vita was better.
I own 3 3DS’s (one for each dimension) and my PS vita still sits higher :P the 3DS are down in corner 😅
CmlDexter 3ds market it better than the vita
I remember the bundle being only $20 at Walmart. I used to buy them soley for spare ps3 controllers. I ended up selling most of them to GameStop. I am booboo the fool ;-;
F
@Ultimate Donkey Kong i was a dumb highschooler lol. That said, official dual shock's were expensive and broke hella easily. I could get a new controller and most of my money back by doing this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@Ultimate Donkey Kong i was a stupid highschool student then- now I'm a slightly less stupid college student
I just dug mine out. I think I got this for $20 at Walmart. I just wish I bought all of them at that time.
I love my Vita, I house all my classic RPG’s on it and take it with me when I travel.
As someone with a vision impairment I love my PSTV as it makes it a lot easier to play some of my Vita games, especially considering the resolution of the screen makes it really hard to read text on some games.
My biggest problem is that you need to actually soft mod your system to even be able to use the system with every game says something. WHY can't some devs remember that there ARE GAMERS that have vision problem that might make it harder to play games on portable systems.
I'm serious here as someone that doesn't like modding their systems I've actually had to look into this BECAUSE of the fact that devs WERE GIVEN THE CHOICE to say they DON'T WANT their GAME TO WORK on the system.
It's a great system overall but really why does w lot of people forget about us visually impaired gamers.
Fun fact, EA sadly is actually good accessibility for visually impaired games since there's a lot of casual gamers with eyesight problems that play their sports games.
TOTALLY AGREE! also hand impairment who needs a normal controller to play with!
I still use it. It wasn’t strange. Great idea
It was very great technology just yeah Sony failed it
It can be both :)
Something being strange doesn't mean it's bad.
Agreed. The failure to capitalize on the full library of the PSP and Vita, and Sony’s apparent eagerness to kill this new system when it was just catching on, were downright bizarre. Maybe they just didn’t want to cannibalize PS4 sales, though there was little risk of that.
At the very least, Sony should consider a new production run. It’s been amply demonstrated that the demand is there. Maybe bump the specs a bit, and support PS2 titles. They could make absolute bank selling digital versions of the PS2’s library on a system with such a small form factor.
@@Activated_Complex weird, because if I remember it right they marketed it like a companion to the PS4 :/ kinda hate what playstation/sony has become
I love mine! Got a 64gb sitting in there, which I got for like 25 bucks. And I have all my PS one and ps2 classics on there. It's like my handsized ps2
ps2 games on Vita? Impossible, can you tell me how?
@@AngelGodinez most of them are ports, and it's the bigger one in the series, but I highly recommend learning to homebrew you pstv if u have it.
Volsavious 23 Yeah I have a hacked vita and im into the community, so i get really amazed when you say “ps2 games” but now i know you were talking about the ports, have a good day man
@@AngelGodinez you too dude. Stay safe
Me owns a ps vita
Value: increased
Me: okey time to sell for 500$
Me:buys ps5
STONKS
The devices themselves went up in value or just Vita TV? I just bought 3 extras a few months back right as the pandemic was hitting. I had planned to put custom firmware on them with sd2vita but they took forever to come in the mail so ended up forgetting about them.
Then when they came I didn't touch them other than charging and testing them. They're fully functional, paid around $82 usd shipped per. Wasn't too shabby imo.
Only pstv.
YakuZa oh 😢😭
@@gureguru4694 And the PS Vita since those were discontinued as well.
Fun fact: you can plug a PS3/PS4 arcade stick into the PS TV/PS Vita TV and you can use your PS3/PS4 arcade stick to play arcade-style fighting games such as the PSP version of Tekken 6, the PS Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken and the PS Vita version of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 on your TV via the PS Vita/PS Vita TV.
I connect PSVITA TV to my PS3/PS2 joystick via USB, it works PERFECTLY! Thank a millions!
I'd love to see a Switch TV in the PS TV form factor
a switch tv console would be a day one buy for me.
kickstarter to buy v1 switches and convert them to boxes XD
@@danielriccardo6592 same!!!!!
I'd love to see a PS5 in the PS TV form factor
I've had this since launch. Got it to play Vita games, and couldn't play any of my games haha. All the Vita games i own take full advantage of the hardware so don't work on the TV.
Ironically, I now use the PSTV for PS1 and PSP games, since i have quite a few digitally and it's far easier than dealing with my PS3 or my PSP.
I bought one of these when I randomly learned of their existence while looking for something else. It was lik $30 or $40. Looked like a cool thing to own for that price. I used it to play like 4 Vita games, but what it was most useful for was leaving it running to pad out my playtime in Tales of Innocence. I needed to reach 100 hours played for the last trophy and an actual PS Vita only let's you set up the auto sleep timer up to like 30 minutes, there is no way to disable it.
It was also sold in The Netherlands. I picked one up when I read an article online about the device. At the moment I have it placed in my bedroom to use for RemotePlay with the PS4. Earlier, I brought the PS4TV to a friends house and with some trial & error we even managed to get RemotePlay working via the Internet with my own PS4 console just sitting at home! Pretty fun experience it was if I can recall.
The PSP's charger is the same as the the PSTV power adapter. SOURCE: it's what I use to power mine.
4.0x1.7mm to usb connector and a 2amp power supply and boom power via usb
I always wanted Vita TV. But the thing was expensive so couldn't afford one till found listing for 40usd yesterday. Immediately modded it but i didn't like how blurry it looked. That is until I installed Sharpscale plugin, PSVshell overclocker and Vitagrafx. Now it looks miles better and has turned into absolute beast to play PS Vita and PSP games on TV.
The Vita is just so god damn underrated
This console was Sony's answer to the Ouya. They were afraid Ouya might took away their mobile support so they made a micro console themselves that happens to had Vita support.
Eh, that doesn't seem true at all. Vita TV came out 5 months after OUYA, and OUYA (which I actually own, lol) was not a threat at all during that 5 month period. If you got a source that can confirm this though, I would love to see it.
I absolutely love my PlayStation TV, I love how you can use your PlayStation vita, and then carry on on the big screen like a Switch. Hack it, install the whitelist app, install sharp scale and you’ve got an incredible gaming/emulation device. They can look a little out of place in a gaming setup as they’re so small and awkward, so I’ve used sticky Velcro to fix it to the back of my TV so you wouldn’t even know that it was there.
Ps, the power cable is the same as that use by the PSP, and I think that wipeout doesn’t work because it uses the touch screen only for the menus. This isn’t a problem if using a dual shock 4 though.
I actually use my PSTV pretty regularly - along with my PS3 and PS4. I'm someone who enjoys making custom themes for both the Vita and 3DS, and after a while, the whole process has gotten pretty simple. And while yeah, the system has its issues, some that carry over from the original Vita, and some that are exclusive to it, with a sd2vita for more storage for my digital games, and the whitelist hack to allow me to play some of my games that I couldn't normally play on this, because I decided to get a PSTV for the TV play instead of a Vita proper...something I partially regret, in all honesty, but when I got mine, these were just dirt cheap - it's become a great way for me to experience the Vita's library. In fact, I just finished Root Letter an hour ago. From Gamestop accidentally giving me my first Japanese game with Dancing All Night, to finally playing Persona 4, I do have some good memories with this little thing, and yeah, I'm gonna keep using it.
how about Adrenaline & RetroArch, dear?
Hack it, put H - Encore on it to mod it
Used to play Killzone Mercenary on one of these
The Vita/PSTV combination was basically the precursor to the Switch.
That's the main reason I got excited when I heard the "NX" would be a hybrid system.
I remember trading mine into GameStop for next to nothing. It always felt like a piece of garbage pre-modding/pre-popularity
Love this little fella! Nobody I show it to knows what it is and it's actually a great way to play persona 1-4 all on one system. You can even play 5 if you count being able to stream from the PS4.
I love my Vita, trying to get pysical games before they go extinct
Proud member of the Vita Island. I did picked up a used PlayStation TV for less than 40 about a few years ago. Truthfully I haven’t sit down and played it because I was in school and now working. I have recently picked up a 32gb memory card and start playing the PSP RPGs I’ve bought on PSN Store. Really do like the idea of the console and feel this will be a collector’s item down the road.
I have one of these on the 3.60 Enso firmware 👍
Seeing all those thermal pads and heatsink/cooling around the main chip makes me feel good about having everything overclocked to 500 mhz on my PSTV.
I'm still trying to buy one of the damn things
I have a 3.60 enso one that I'm trying to sell lol. You interested?
@@dat1ytcomment262 Not to come across as stupid, but what's a 3.60 enso?
@@linktheordonianhero9098 U cool, basically its modded. And the 3.60 is the firm version. 3.60 is desirable since alot more plugin work on it.
@@dat1ytcomment262 How would we even go about exchanging details? These are TH-cam comments lol
3.60 is the most used firmware (probably) in the hacked community. And enso is a permanent hack that start the time you boot up yourvita instead of turning the hack on every time by yourself and has other features that i won’t talk about.. if u r interested google it!
I love my PSTV. I picked it up at Walmart for $30 right after it was discontinued. I play some Vita games on it but it's used mainly for PS1 and PSP games.
Im still playing mine and i just love the pstb
I bought one at Walmart when they were practically giving them away. Came with 2 games, a memory card and a PS3 controller for like $35. Barely used it though
Still have it?
@@MrYessireebob hack it and it worths $350
Funny how this manages to have an ethernet port built in while the similarly priced Switch dock doesn't.
Bluetooth?
The power adapter on the PSTV is the same one from the PSP and roughly 10,000 Sony cameras and other doodads. They're super easy to find if you need one
OMFG why the hell does Killzone: Mercenary look more "next-gen" then Halo Infinite!? 😂😂😂
I was one of the people who saw the PSTV on Clearance at a Bestbuy for $30 and passed it up. I regret that decision still to this day.
Its funny because the PSP was kinda a hybrid system, you could buy name brand cables that allowed you to hook up a PSP to a TV and play it. I still have the cables lying around somewhere I think
Ultimately the Vita TV was too under powered for the Widescreen TV age, but a new equivalent would make a lot of sense with PS Now and the current abundance of high quality low spec indie games.
Broke my vita tv out today for the first time in two years. Fun to go down memory lane.
I bought mine a couple of months ago, to enjoy my Vita collection with my wife on the TV. The Vita is the system that got me my first job in games journalism so I'm grateful. And it has some killer games. I hacked it, put USB storage in it, overclocked it and whitelisted it, and it's a powerhouse. I can play all my games with no issues, for the most part.
In Germany we also got it, but it was only called „Playstation TV“ without the „Vita“, and in black. I own 2 brandnew unboxed ones
It would be great if PS Vita natively had these video-out and external controller support, just like Switch.
Ah yes, the Vita TV, I remember the only reason I bought this device was because my Playstation 3 Controller had broken, so I went to Wal-Mart to buy a new controller but seen that the Vita TV was on Clearance and it came with a PS3 Controller and 2 Free Games, I think it was 20-30$ while the controller itself brand new was 49-55$. so while I was just buying the thing just for the controller alone, I'm glad it was cheaper than outright buying the PS3 controller itself.
Just bought one recently. The PS TV’s a pretty great way to play classic Psone games on an HDTV. Fantastic little system.
Where did you buy one from?
There is a stand and cable organizer available for this system. Also the hack is very simple to unlock other games. There is also a memory card adaptor that fits in the game slot to allow for a much larger and cheaper alternative to the Sony proprietary memory card, also works with the regular Vita. You must be running 3.65-3.70 firmware.
I always thought the psvita tv was an accesory that I could connect to my Vita in order to play Vita on tv. Now I know is another Sony Mambo Jambo that they shamefully hide under the carpet beside the actual Vita.
The PlayStation Vita Dev Kit has HDMI output, I worked with one of those and I thought It would be awesome if the retail version has one also, as I prefer Home consoles to Portable ones, but it didn't ! So we ended up with PSTV instead, I have 2 Black versions, but I still love to get my hands on that White PSVITATV ! So expensive nowadays...
Yeah, I've got one of these, got it with Freedom Wars - the only game I have for it, oh well (it's this Monster Hunter clone, like God Eater, a bit grindy, but pretty neat story/world/setting/lore... which ultimately went nowhere, oops... no sequel or anything)... No regrets getting it, though, it's just too weird/interesting to pass on, I'm glad to have it, even if it's just a collectible thing that catches dust... It does slide all over the place, lol (I might put some rubber legs to it or something). You took it apart, but did you put it back together, though? >:D
I love this thing. I bought one at launch for my house that's wired with gigabit ethernet throughout, I played most of Fallout 4 through the Vita TV. When they went on clearance, I bought 2 more and have 2 live in my house, with 1 that I frequently (well, used to) take with me when I traveled for work. Over the past few years, I've probably spent more time playing my PS4 in the house over the Vita TV than I did on the console itself.
I have 2 of them. Seriously underrated little device. Not to mention with a ps4 and pstv both connected to Ethernet, u essentially have a ps4 clone that u can put in another room
Amazing
It gives me joy seeing a vita review in 2020
I use PSTV mainly to capture and stream PSP and PSOne games. With Sharpscale plugin's integer scale mode and digital signal from PSTV, it is an amazing device to play PSP games on big screen.
Man, when my mom worked at GameStop. GameStop would sell unwanted products to their employee (mostly barely or very defected t-shirt and statues/figures.). But they did sell sealed games for like $5-10. There was one lot that had PlayStation TVs and they were $10. My mom has the opportunity to buy one. But she didn’t because I wasn’t interested in one and I didn’t have any PlayStation systems. Now I have PlayStation consoles. I am very sad I didn’t ask her to pick it up regardless.
the PDEL-1001 developer kit version of the PSVita actually has that HDMI Upscaler they talked about;
Uncharted Golden Abyss CAN be completed! The latest versions of certain plugins take the photos for you, help you with balancing and you can use front and rear touchpads just fine with two fingers. I completed it just last week. It was glorious! Wipeout 2048 works perfectly too- you only need the touch screen for the menus. Literally, every PS Vita game can be played on it with the correct custom firmware and plugins. :)
Vita TV is a great piece of kit! I used it at work before the days of remote play via PC to play my PS4 from home :)
I found the Lego bundle version for $100 on Facebook marketplace. It’s kinda rare now. It’s going for over $300 on eBay.
I got my Vita TV in 2018 for like $50. I played through Persona 4 Golden last summer during a very difficult time for me. It was literally the only solace I had. Plus, I’m able to spend little to no money on importing Vita games for playing on the TV. So despite the system being weird as hell, I love that thing through and through.
I remember looking for these everywhere last year, but now that the VitaDock image for raspberry pi was released I don’t need it anymore 🙌🏼🙌🏼
fun fact: vita/tv is the only handheld/console in history that you can play final fantasy 1-10 (of course we are at ff15 now but 10 years ago it was amazing having them all in one place)
vita tv was amazing...when hacked. it was worth it as a psp home console alone. crisis core, mgs portable ops, star ocean 1 and 2 remakes, ys7, syphon filter, resistance, soul calibur kratos edition etc playable with a dualshock 4 (psp didnt have a second analog stick, but you can remap all the buttons for camera control on vita tv)
Bought this second hand last week from Japan because I prefer this white one over the black one. It’s almost the same price as it was released. Well, I think that’s one of the perks of living there lol.
I bought one from eBay about a year or so ago. As I'm getting older, and my eyesight is getting worse, I liked the idea of playing my backlog of Vita games on the TV rather than on the handheld screen. Even though I really haven't used it much, I could see the way the prices were heading so I wanted to get it while I still could, before the prices really got insane.
the PSP go actually had an official TV-OUT kit. It was amazing. I still have mine kicking around somewhere - I really loved it. Used a ps3 controller, as well.
If you set its WIFI on, you no need to re-enter the date & time whenever you plug it off power completely~
Makes me wonder what if the nintendo switch made a console only version for cheaper than the switch lite
The PSP had a cable that allowed you to connect it to a Tv, it wasn't perfect, but you had the option. It was a genius idea that for whatever reason they didn't do it for the Vita.
controller as well
I love my PSTV, recently finished playing through Final Fantasy X-2 and Rayman Origins on it and I still have Persona 4 Golden to play.
Lol the box design almost looks like a box of always tampons.
Fun fact if you have both a psvita and PlayStation TV, it lets you "cast" photos or videos natively stored on the memory stick.
I loved the Vita and loved the Vita TV even more. I used it so much. The vita was only worth it if you were a huge fan of Japanese games. Not so worth it if you only care about western ones
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The biggest issue were many of the games did not get rid of the required touch controls which made many games unplayable...
I have a Vita TV and I definitely enjoy it still. When i purchased mine I picked it up for $39.99 brand new. At the time Sony was pushing the console for remote play. So if you have a PS4 in one room and your PS Vita TV in another room you can remote play your PS4 games on another TV in your house.
There was a point in time where I was considering a vita tv just to play p4g, but now that it’s on steam I don’t really have any reason to
Man I own one of these things, I got it for like $50 at walmart in January 2016 after I got the uncharted collection ps4 for Christmas 2015, the idea in my head was that I would have my ps4 in my room but put the pstv in the living room so that when my parents weren't watching tv I could play my ps4 on the bigscreen in the living room with the remote play app on it, I quickly found out that remote play isn't very great on this without Ethernet, I very un-fondly remember lugging this thing on vacation with me to universal studios Orlando and when I was in the hotel room I tried to rent the deadpool movie on psn only to realize after paying for the movie that you couldn't watch the movie without downloading it and I didn't have a memory card for this so the movie was too big for the system memory so I basically got scammed for a few dollars, I ended up using the rest of the psn money I had on it for duke nukem 3d and ended up very angrily playing that for a few hours before promtly never using it ever again, it now just sits on a shelf in my room collecting dust.
WipEout 2048 only ran at 30fps on the Vita. And using Whitelist hacks, it can run on the PSTV. The reason for the price hikes now that it's hard to find is because hackers have really been able to open up the system, not only for Vita games, but for PSP games as well.
me watching in despair as you disassemble this while I'm trying to get my hands on an affordable one
I know it hurts
It is actually disappointing that the vita did not out put to the tv. The psp 2 and 3000 did. I still play my 3000 on the tv with the composite cables
found a sealed lego movie bundle of it a few months back. got it for collection and to hack it as i like to keep my actual vita hack free. being a trophy hunter I didn't want to risk messing up my psn account with hacked firmware. Thanks for opening this one up, there isn't too much info on the psTV online so it was nice to see more details about it
If anyone is looking for a power adapter, it’s the same tip and spec as the PSP 2000 charger, and power draw is even suitable for being powered from a power bank or powered usb hub