I remember being in a store and seeing a giant clearance bin of PS TV consoles for like 30 bucks. And I still couldn't afford one at the time as a student. Man, it sucks seeing it go for 100+ dollars these days.
It’s worth noting that this product was primarily marketed to families as a way to stream the PS4 to other TVs in their home. In Japan, it was the Vita TV.
Makes you wonder why Sony simply didn't just include (or at least seperately sell) a controller that had all the PS Vita's touch pad/gyro/camera features. Or better yet, just let you hook up a PS Vita and use that as a controller.
The DualShock 4 had all those features (well minus the camera). I remember the talking at that time people thought the DualShock 4 would allow all those touch pad/gyro games to properly function.
Playstation TV is awful branding. Prior to this, I assumed it was some sort of Sony driven media device. If I'd known it was a Vita-but-console-thing, I'd have looked into it!
it was named Vita TV at the start, but with the Vita's negative reception (because of Sony's proprietary memory cards and how in general they let it go unsupported after that) they changed it to Playstation TV despite it still obviously being the Vita TV. they seemed to hope the name change would've made better sales
What I hate: they took out the TV Out feature from Vita to sell the feature separately because "everyone loves Playstation and will buy this" just like the expensive memory cards. Reality: no one wanted Vita so even less people wanted the expensive memory cards and Vita TV. They downgraded the product on purpose.
@@alinepiroutek8932 I'm honestly surprised the enterprising hacking wizards in the vita community haven't yet built a working video out solution for the Vita 1000 which utilizes its officially unused serial port. I imagine hardware is the limiting factor there given the proprietary nature of the unique port, but I'm not positive.
Really nice video! With the vita being SUPER easy to mod, I'm glad more people are talking about it! I'd like to also mention two other *must have* vita/ps tv plugins: *VitaGrafix* - Increase the resolution (and sometime framerate) of select vita games, this can make them look/run better on your TV! * PSVshell* - Change your CPU/GPU speed, This allows you to disable the slower speed that the Vita/PsTv used to save battery power, this can help your games run faster and smoother. The last thing to mention would be the various plugin that allow you to store your games/saves on a SD card or USB drive, you could get well over 100GB for less than the price of a 32GB vita memory card!
Damn that's good to know. Because storage in my opinion is the biggest issue with the Vita systems. I recently got a PS TV, but I haven't even thought of modding it...
Spacething7474 I’ve had (one of) my Vita TV(s) hooked up to a CRT for years lol. At first I just did it as a novelty to play some Shovel Knight and FFX, but it felt so at home there I just kept it as is.
wow this is something I didn't realize even existed! very interesting video jon. also props to Derrick for the hello fresh promo that was hilarious. the modding scene for this thing is insane. good vibes to all!
I just picked up a Vita and homebrewed it, and it was super easy. The Vita D-Pad is the best handheld D-Pad I've ever used, so playing NES and SNES games on it is amazing.
@@alinepiroutek8932 I was literally just playing Kirby's Adventure via Retroarch on the Vita, and I've dabbled in some SNES and GBA games that work well enough (with the right cores.) It's not the best version of Retroarch, and N64 /PS1 is out of the question, but it's definitely playable and I've had zero crashes.
I purchased one of these on clearance at my local Atlantic superstore. I thought at the time, I should get it as it's cheap and some day it will be hard to find. Took it home plugged it in, tested to make sure it worked. It's still plugged into my TV. For some reason, I'm happy I have one.
Funny how you mentioned Sonic CD and the SMS versions of Sonic 1 and 2 being on the Vita/PSTV and not the ports of the mobile versions of Sonic 1 and 2. Though the special stages are a bit slow, which you can fix by overclocking the Vita/PSTV. Which is also a thing you can do. I love this thing.
I remember when this came out. As someone who doesn't really care about playing stuff portable but was still intreiged by the library. The problem was that it was so incompatible that it didn't look worth getting. Sony was really lazy with getting games to work for this.
For me It's like.. Having a console variant of the vita I would probably be playing PS1, DOA5 and Sonic Transformed all of which are already on PS3 and probably run a lot better
I bought Japanese ps vita 1000 last month and I'm having a blast. By the way there is a plugin that allows you to output ps vita to OBS or something similar just by using the charging cable and you can play it like ps tv, but for the sound you need aux cable+ground loop.
I really miss my Vita. I picked it up a year ago and used it all the time, where I discovered games like Gravity Rush and Va-11 Hall-A. But I ended up having to sell it for reasons. I might have to look into picking up one of these.
Good luck. These things were in clearance bins $45 for a bundle with a controller, memory card, and two games a few years ago, but now you’ll be lucky to find a standalone console for under $150. For that price, unless you’re determined to play Vita games on a TV, I’d recommend sticking to a regular handheld Vita.
@@alexcallender yeah, I’d definitely prefer getting a normal Vita, but even those are ridiculously hard to find for a decent price with how god awful the secondhand game market is rn.
@WildFox importing one from Japan is the way to go imho. They’re generally cheaper & in better shape than ones from North America. All my Vitas are Japanese imports.
Man I literally saw a PlayStation TV at a retro store last week and regrettably passed it up 😫 I hope it’s still there this weekend when I go back because WOW I’d be missing out on a lot
My Dad played the Vita a lot and had the PS TV. Randomly last year I was in the mood to get into the Castlevania series and thought Synthony of the Night would be the best starting point. I casually asked him if he had it on anything, hoping it wasn't just on the original Play Station because that thing is buried deep in the attic but to my luck he had it on the Vita so I pretty much stole the PS TV off him for a few weeks. It is honestly a handy way to play a lot of older Playstaion games because some of them arn't on the PS4 store.... SOTN isI think but that is hardly the point.
I always wanted a PS TV but never had the money because I was student. I saw a clearance on amazon for 30+ bucks new with a game and a controller. I couldn't buy it then. I ended up buying one used for a bit under 100$ some months ago. That did hurt my wallet a lot but I figured it was just gonna get more expensive (and harder to get in my country)
I used to use my PS3 Controller on my PSP Go, the PS TV certainly has the better controller experience, since pairing the Dualshock to the PSP was a hassle.
Buying one of these back in the day for £40 was one of the best decisions I ever made. Even now they're more expensive it's a way better option than the PS Classic.
I definitely regret not getting this thing what it was on clearance at EB Games many years ago. I considered getting it since it came with a dualshock controller which was always expensive in its own but I didn't. If only I knew just what I was missing.
Yup, it’s insane how cheap these were going for around 2015 or so. I bought a white model from Japan for full price when they first released late 2013, so I already had one, but when I was randomly perusing the video game section in Walmart a couple years later and saw these babies on clearance I picked up 2 extra bundles for $90 total just because I needed some more controllers. So glad I did, the current markup on them is kinda ridiculous, and I doubt that will ever change because they had such a limited run.
I really would have enjoyed the Vita if not for one recurring problem that I had with trying to buy them preowned at stores. For some VERY STUPID reason, GameStop and other places would put a price sticker right on the touch screen, thus damaging it permanently with the sticker's residue. They were the only stores to sell them refurbished at below $100. Nowadays if you want a refurbished Vita online it could cost way more.
I got mine for $200AUD (1000) and $130AUD (2000) and and the sticker on the back touchpad from a local retro store. I hate when they do it they couldn't have just put it somewhere else or tied it to something they have to put it on the front or rear instead of the buttons or used a rubber band/string and tied the price sticker to it through the holes at the bottom that people either leave alone or use a strap for grip like a Wiimote.
One small add-on to this video would be how awesome this system is with a fightstick. And yes there are a few stucks that can play natively into this system.
> Many people bought the PSTV for Persona 4 Golden Hey! There's a lot of reasons why people would pick up a PSTV aside from Persona. *I* bought the PSTV for Danganronpa: Ultra Despair Girls when it was still exclusive and coincidentally picked up P4G while waiting for it to get in, accidentally buying my now-favorite game of all time.
I regretted selling my PS Vita, so I hope to find it or PSTV. Playing Playstation games on a handheld was cool, but playing handhelds on TV... also cool👌
I've had PSTV once. Get PS Vita, really. Even with blacklist plugin enabled, some games are hard to play. Games was designed for Vita, not PSTV. And trust me, some games are unplayable on gamepad. PSTV is a substitute of Vita, but worse. Don't make mistake with PSTV. PSTV seems great on paper or TH-cam videos, but in reality...after 1 hour you want to sell it. PS Vita is just better.
Thanks for sharing all this info! The PS TV definitely is very flawed when they launched it, and the community has stepped up to improve what Sony made wrong.
Had one of these in 2020, but I sold it because I never owned a memory card and wasn't into modding yet so I didn't know about sd2vita or anything like that, I just bought a normal vita though today so I hope to mod it and play all the games I missed out on once it arrives in the mail.
I remember thinking about impulse buying this and the Steam Controller when they were on fire sales but I didn't have the money at the time, sucks to miss that opportunity. I've been thinking of buying a used Vita for the few Vita and BC PSP games I never got to play. THen I hear about a Switch project to recompile Vita code natively to run on Switch since they're both ARM CPUs and it makes me wonder if a couple years down the line the Vita will be redundant.
I have a PS TV but it has one huge problem, the PS4 Gamepads have a huge input delay which means I have to use a Ps3 Controller which means I have even more gamepads lying around..
I was looking into one of these till I realized I have like several devices that do the same thing. My Vita while no hdmi out, I’ve honestly never needed to use such an option.
did you get one? and yea it's really good and you should get psvita to ds card adaptor to store your hacked games into the sd card instead of the sony one.
Only issue I have with my hacked PSTV is that it doesn't play PS1 games well. Adrenaline has some kind of frame skip issue with PS1 games on a PSTV, but seems to work fine on a regular handheld Vita. Like, the intro for Suikoden when you're walking around the castle has awful, choppy scrolling, or flickering sprites or screen tearing depending on the setting. I even tried changing the output to 480P for PS1 games, but I have never been able to get them to run properly on PSTV.
The blacklisting was really terrible. In the end, we ended up with a game consile that refused to play games, while being named “TV”, but having no TV functions and streaming services outside the US.
Yeah I remember buying this, just to play PS1 games, without having a big PS3 around and I was very disappointed that Crash Bandicoot was black listed. Never touched it since.
Yeah I played Uncharted Golden Abyss to completion on PSTV. There are other things you can do, like Overclocking and using Vitagrafix to slightly enhance the resolution.
I was looking into these possibly when the Playstation 3/PSP/Vita store closure was gonna happen a while back, really wish I was ahead of the game when they were cheaper.
I still have my pstv. The vita is a rpg beast but as i got older I've been less interested in handheld consoles. I do regret selling my vita many years ago but im happy i kept my PSTV.
This is honestly a far better "PlayStation Classic" mini console equivalent before even getting into modding it. I managed to nab one of these not long after it launched for about $60, I also found Freedom Wars for cheap and wanted to try that out. Booted it once, it didn't really hook me, I downloaded what little PSN content I could before discovering how shockingly feeble the internal storage is, and how absurdly overpriced the proprietary memory cards are, and have still yet to make the investment to make this device practically usable... BUT I do believe this video has motivated me to look into it. Another very silly novelty usage I was interested in was something called the "DekaVita 7", a device that looks like a double sized bootleg Vita you insert your PSTV into and acts as a handheld dock, so if I did feel like using it handheld style the option would be there, but unfortunately it turned out pretty much impossible to get your hands on one outside Japan.
No love for the plugin or tool that lets you mount a USB flash drive as a memory card? Hands down, I think that's my favorite homebrew utility just for circumventing expensive memory cards.
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I remember being in a store and seeing a giant clearance bin of PS TV consoles for like 30 bucks. And I still couldn't afford one at the time as a student. Man, it sucks seeing it go for 100+ dollars these days.
I remember seeing a Playstation Classic for $25 at Dollar General a few years ago.
I bought one on clearance for £25. Waste of money.
I have one in a drawer in my bedroom and I've been debating between selling it or keeping it.
Bought mine for around 20 euros in a situation like you described. Didn't even knew what it is when I bought it lol.
@@richardwalling3649 I'll give you £50 for it :)
It’s worth noting that this product was primarily marketed to families as a way to stream the PS4 to other TVs in their home. In Japan, it was the Vita TV.
should’ve called it that in other regions too
Lol. I keep forgetting Jon is a part of GVG. Until I get a whacky cozy Jon video in my feed about an old accessory from this channel.
*a part.
Apart means away from.
@MooseMan
Jon is part of Nintendo Life!
Makes you wonder why Sony simply didn't just include (or at least seperately sell) a controller that had all the PS Vita's touch pad/gyro/camera features.
Or better yet, just let you hook up a PS Vita and use that as a controller.
The DualShock 4 had all those features (well minus the camera). I remember the talking at that time people thought the DualShock 4 would allow all those touch pad/gyro games to properly function.
Lol I mean if it sold more than 300 units
HELLO YOU
Because money, that's why
Playstation TV is awful branding. Prior to this, I assumed it was some sort of Sony driven media device. If I'd known it was a Vita-but-console-thing, I'd have looked into it!
Calling it the PlayStation TV is just as bad of a marketing decision as Nintendo calling the Wii's successor the Wii U.
it was named Vita TV at the start, but with the Vita's negative reception (because of Sony's proprietary memory cards and how in general they let it go unsupported after that) they changed it to Playstation TV despite it still obviously being the Vita TV. they seemed to hope the name change would've made better sales
What I hate: they took out the TV Out feature from Vita to sell the feature separately because "everyone loves Playstation and will buy this" just like the expensive memory cards.
Reality: no one wanted Vita so even less people wanted the expensive memory cards and Vita TV.
They downgraded the product on purpose.
Especially since Sony already made the PlayStation TV for PS3.
@@alinepiroutek8932 I'm honestly surprised the enterprising hacking wizards in the vita community haven't yet built a working video out solution for the Vita 1000 which utilizes its officially unused serial port. I imagine hardware is the limiting factor there given the proprietary nature of the unique port, but I'm not positive.
Really nice video! With the vita being SUPER easy to mod, I'm glad more people are talking about it!
I'd like to also mention two other *must have* vita/ps tv plugins:
*VitaGrafix* - Increase the resolution (and sometime framerate) of select vita games, this can make them look/run better on your TV!
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PSVshell* - Change your CPU/GPU speed, This allows you to disable the slower speed that the Vita/PsTv used to save battery power, this can help your games run faster and smoother.
The last thing to mention would be the various plugin that allow you to store your games/saves on a SD card or USB drive, you could get well over 100GB for less than the price of a 32GB vita memory card!
yooo so cool to see you here! love your vids :)
Damn that's good to know. Because storage in my opinion is the biggest issue with the Vita systems. I recently got a PS TV, but I haven't even thought of modding it...
They managed to do SO MUCH
these seem cool but why would i want to INCREASE the resolution???
i wanna see someone hook that thing up to a CRT!
Spacething7474 I’ve had (one of) my Vita TV(s) hooked up to a CRT for years lol. At first I just did it as a novelty to play some Shovel Knight and FFX, but it felt so at home there I just kept it as is.
When the sponsor segment came up my first thought was "the sponsor is Derrick?"
Jon is legit one of the most interesting content creators out there
wow this is something I didn't realize even existed! very interesting video jon. also props to Derrick for the hello fresh promo that was hilarious. the modding scene for this thing is insane. good vibes to all!
Yea, hello fresh has a dedicated modding scene, you should see what kind of condiments they come up with
lol oops forgot to specify I was talking about the Playstation tv for the modding scene.
Who's derrick?
I just picked up a Vita and homebrewed it, and it was super easy. The Vita D-Pad is the best handheld D-Pad I've ever used, so playing NES and SNES games on it is amazing.
Sadly Retroarch on Vita is ultra unstable. It is impossible to see a person who never saw it crashing from nowhere.
@@alinepiroutek8932 I was literally just playing Kirby's Adventure via Retroarch on the Vita, and I've dabbled in some SNES and GBA games that work well enough (with the right cores.) It's not the best version of Retroarch, and N64 /PS1 is out of the question, but it's definitely playable and I've had zero crashes.
@@pellaeon1877 Wat. The C2-12828-1 error is inevitable
@@alinepiroutek8932 I've never gotten that error. I can upload a video of Retroarch on the Vita if you want proof lol.
@@pellaeon1877 No need. I trust you. Even on the review of RetroGame Corps of Vita he mentioned how Retroarch was on Vita.
I purchased one of these on clearance at my local Atlantic superstore. I thought at the time, I should get it as it's cheap and some day it will be hard to find. Took it home plugged it in, tested to make sure it worked. It's still plugged into my TV. For some reason, I'm happy I have one.
Funny how you mentioned Sonic CD and the SMS versions of Sonic 1 and 2 being on the Vita/PSTV and not the ports of the mobile versions of Sonic 1 and 2. Though the special stages are a bit slow, which you can fix by overclocking the Vita/PSTV. Which is also a thing you can do.
I love this thing.
I remember when this came out. As someone who doesn't really care about playing stuff portable but was still intreiged by the library. The problem was that it was so incompatible that it didn't look worth getting. Sony was really lazy with getting games to work for this.
oh, this is how Derrick's accident with his finger happened
Super interesting video Jon! Also have to shout out Derrick, that sponsored bit was probably the most entertaining one I’ve ever seen 🧑🏻🍳
Dude. Just voice movie trailer. Voice anything at all. You have a true gift man. That's the voice.
Small note, a PS5 controller works on a PSTV as well, a driver for its support was released last year.
Love the sponsor. Get that coin folks.
Also excellent video as always Jon.
I just picked one up on eBay for 103 shipped. Love it
For me It's like..
Having a console variant of the vita I would probably be playing PS1, DOA5 and Sonic Transformed
all of which are already on PS3 and probably run a lot better
I bought a PS TV some time ago just to play soul sacrifice what a fucking gem that game is
That game was so unnoticed, up there for me loved it
I bought Japanese ps vita 1000 last month and I'm having a blast. By the way there is a plugin that allows you to output ps vita to OBS or something similar just by using the charging cable and you can play it like ps tv, but for the sound you need aux cable+ground loop.
I always feel that there's an allure to the PSVITA that the 3ds and Switch just don't have.
I really miss my Vita. I picked it up a year ago and used it all the time, where I discovered games like Gravity Rush and Va-11 Hall-A. But I ended up having to sell it for reasons. I might have to look into picking up one of these.
Good luck. These things were in clearance bins $45 for a bundle with a controller, memory card, and two games a few years ago, but now you’ll be lucky to find a standalone console for under $150. For that price, unless you’re determined to play Vita games on a TV, I’d recommend sticking to a regular handheld Vita.
@@alexcallender yeah, I’d definitely prefer getting a normal Vita, but even those are ridiculously hard to find for a decent price with how god awful the secondhand game market is rn.
@WildFox importing one from Japan is the way to go imho. They’re generally cheaper & in better shape than ones from North America. All my Vitas are Japanese imports.
Man I literally saw a PlayStation TV at a retro store last week and regrettably passed it up 😫 I hope it’s still there this weekend when I go back because WOW I’d be missing out on a lot
Was it there?
How much was it?
🤣🤣🤣🤷
My Dad played the Vita a lot and had the PS TV. Randomly last year I was in the mood to get into the Castlevania series and thought Synthony of the Night would be the best starting point. I casually asked him if he had it on anything, hoping it wasn't just on the original Play Station because that thing is buried deep in the attic but to my luck he had it on the Vita so I pretty much stole the PS TV off him for a few weeks. It is honestly a handy way to play a lot of older Playstaion games because some of them arn't on the PS4 store.... SOTN isI think but that is hardly the point.
I really should've gotten this back when it was cheap. Now it's at least twice retail price.
So happy to see y'all getting sponsored
I always wanted a PS TV but never had the money because I was student. I saw a clearance on amazon for 30+ bucks new with a game and a controller. I couldn't buy it then.
I ended up buying one used for a bit under 100$ some months ago. That did hurt my wallet a lot but I figured it was just gonna get more expensive (and harder to get in my country)
You are amazing in every year, Jon.
Jon's role in this company: "wear a blue suit and talk about forgotten games/hardware"
Good vibes 👍
I used to use my PS3 Controller on my PSP Go, the PS TV certainly has the better controller experience, since pairing the Dualshock to the PSP was a hassle.
Woaaaahhh I didn’t know Jon joined the GVG team! Good stuff!!
The ad segment was great! More please!
I love my Playstation TV. I got it pretty late and I used it as an emulation machine / persona 4 golden machine. it works really well honestly.
I’ve always wanted one of these, but last time I checked eBay… yeah… they were very expensive.
The sponsor was so funny. Nice job guys
Buying one of these back in the day for £40 was one of the best decisions I ever made. Even now they're more expensive it's a way better option than the PS Classic.
I definitely regret not getting this thing what it was on clearance at EB Games many years ago. I considered getting it since it came with a dualshock controller which was always expensive in its own but I didn't. If only I knew just what I was missing.
Yup, it’s insane how cheap these were going for around 2015 or so. I bought a white model from Japan for full price when they first released late 2013, so I already had one, but when I was randomly perusing the video game section in Walmart a couple years later and saw these babies on clearance I picked up 2 extra bundles for $90 total just because I needed some more controllers. So glad I did, the current markup on them is kinda ridiculous, and I doubt that will ever change because they had such a limited run.
yea and that if you hack you can play psp games and get cool themes too and proof the version you have of it too lol
So nice to see Jon able to talk about any system he wants. Loved him at Nintendo life but he seems more free here :)
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I really would have enjoyed the Vita if not for one recurring problem that I had with trying to buy them preowned at stores.
For some VERY STUPID reason, GameStop and other places would put a price sticker right on the touch screen, thus damaging it permanently with the sticker's residue. They were the only stores to sell them refurbished at below $100. Nowadays if you want a refurbished Vita online it could cost way more.
I guess it only happened to me, oh well.
I got mine for $200AUD (1000) and $130AUD (2000) and and the sticker on the back touchpad from a local retro store. I hate when they do it they couldn't have just put it somewhere else or tied it to something they have to put it on the front or rear instead of the buttons or used a rubber band/string and tied the price sticker to it through the holes at the bottom that people either leave alone or use a strap for grip like a Wiimote.
i still have my pstv i remember getting it for christmas one year as a kid and i was so excited to play persona 4 golden on the tv
I wasn't fully convinced until you dropped that you can play the Muppets game. Now I am fully on board, Jon
I have one of these. Its pretty solid
One small add-on to this video would be how awesome this system is with a fightstick. And yes there are a few stucks that can play natively into this system.
I found the Lego bundle version for $100 on Facebook marketplace. It’s kinda rare now. It’s going for over $300 on eBay.
> Many people bought the PSTV for Persona 4 Golden
Hey! There's a lot of reasons why people would pick up a PSTV aside from Persona. *I* bought the PSTV for Danganronpa: Ultra Despair Girls when it was still exclusive and coincidentally picked up P4G while waiting for it to get in, accidentally buying my now-favorite game of all time.
Derrick saying "pog" in the ad read is FORBIDDEN
Any and all of gvgs videos are helping me so much thank you guys for being awesome
Adrenaline is just like Nintendont for the WiiU or TwilightMenu++ on the 3DS. Pretty awesome!
I'm glad I picked one of these up when they were dirt cheap after they got discontinued.
This is the true PlayStation Classic
I initially thought this was about the Play TV box for the PS3, That was awesome.
Jon is the reason I subscribed low key love that stove in promo though
You should definitely de a Step by step tutorial on getting a PS TV on CFW
Love your channel, love the vibes. Keep up the good work 👍
Why everybody's golf doesn't work? I thought this game was for everybody, it's on its goddamn title after all
im still using my pstv for recording and streaming for vita, psp, ps1 games.
I regretted selling my PS Vita, so I hope to find it or PSTV. Playing Playstation games on a handheld was cool, but playing handhelds on TV... also cool👌
I've had PSTV once. Get PS Vita, really. Even with blacklist plugin enabled, some games are hard to play. Games was designed for Vita, not PSTV. And trust me, some games are unplayable on gamepad. PSTV is a substitute of Vita, but worse. Don't make mistake with PSTV. PSTV seems great on paper or TH-cam videos, but in reality...after 1 hour you want to sell it. PS Vita is just better.
Mega Man Powered Up was such a great game. I spent days making and downloading levels from people.
Jon rocking the 'accountcy man decides to make a TH-cam video after work' look. Nice!
Thanks for sharing all this info! The PS TV definitely is very flawed when they launched it, and the community has stepped up to improve what Sony made wrong.
Love the Gravity Rush soundtrack playing in the background
Had one of these in 2020, but I sold it because I never owned a memory card and wasn't into modding yet so I didn't know about sd2vita or anything like that, I just bought a normal vita though today so I hope to mod it and play all the games I missed out on once it arrives in the mail.
I remember thinking about impulse buying this and the Steam Controller when they were on fire sales but I didn't have the money at the time, sucks to miss that opportunity. I've been thinking of buying a used Vita for the few Vita and BC PSP games I never got to play. THen I hear about a Switch project to recompile Vita code natively to run on Switch since they're both ARM CPUs and it makes me wonder if a couple years down the line the Vita will be redundant.
Psp-go was also able to be hooked up to a TV and you could also use a wireless ps3 controller.
I have a PS TV but it has one huge problem, the PS4 Gamepads have a huge input delay which means I have to use a Ps3 Controller which means I have even more gamepads lying around..
I was looking into one of these till I realized I have like several devices that do the same thing. My Vita while no hdmi out, I’ve honestly never needed to use such an option.
Jon really out here making me want to use my PSTV more
did you get one? and yea it's really good and you should get psvita to ds card adaptor to store your hacked games into the sd card instead of the sony one.
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Only issue I have with my hacked PSTV is that it doesn't play PS1 games well. Adrenaline has some kind of frame skip issue with PS1 games on a PSTV, but seems to work fine on a regular handheld Vita. Like, the intro for Suikoden when you're walking around the castle has awful, choppy scrolling, or flickering sprites or screen tearing depending on the setting. I even tried changing the output to 480P for PS1 games, but I have never been able to get them to run properly on PSTV.
I wish the PSTV had composite out. It would make a great device for CRTs.
My friend, you should be on the radio with such a nice voice!
The blacklisting was really terrible. In the end, we ended up with a game consile that refused to play games, while being named “TV”, but having no TV functions and streaming services outside the US.
Yeah I remember buying this, just to play PS1 games, without having a big PS3 around and I was very disappointed that Crash Bandicoot was black listed. Never touched it since.
I've always wanted one, but it goes online for hundreds, now. I never even saw it for sale when it released...
Yeah I played Uncharted Golden Abyss to completion on PSTV. There are other things you can do, like Overclocking and using Vitagrafix to slightly enhance the resolution.
I was looking into these possibly when the Playstation 3/PSP/Vita store closure was gonna happen a while back, really wish I was ahead of the game when they were cheaper.
I bought PSTV for circa 19$ in late 2015. It's good console especially for playing playstation classic games.
Still have mine in the box. Probably need to sell it!!
Just sold my PSTV on eBay for £110 with the official stand which seems to be impossible to get hold of.
I picked one up for 19.99 from gamestop and almost didnt. So glad I did
Still have one of these in a box .... never even opened it ...
I still have mine. Got it on sale for next to nothing.
that's why emulation on PC is so important.
ASMR daddy good vibes tells about his psTV while you sleep. That voice 😌
this was the first time i genuinely enjoyed watching an ad lmao
I ADORE the PSTV. Thank you for this video :)
Modded can connect it to tv and play with a PS4 controller also can remap according to controller
Not sure if you mentioned this but using sd2vita and usb storage is a godsend
Ngl, i didnt even know what a ps tv was untill someone explained it to me.
Still have mine!
First video I've seen from you...Dope voice 👌🏾🔥
I pray Crisis Core is one of the games in new PS Plus, but until then this is a great alternative!
Gravity Rush in thumbnail, instant like
I still have my pstv. The vita is a rpg beast but as i got older I've been less interested in handheld consoles. I do regret selling my vita many years ago but im happy i kept my PSTV.
Are you able to the pstv at all? You just lose portability right?
This is honestly a far better "PlayStation Classic" mini console equivalent before even getting into modding it. I managed to nab one of these not long after it launched for about $60, I also found Freedom Wars for cheap and wanted to try that out. Booted it once, it didn't really hook me, I downloaded what little PSN content I could before discovering how shockingly feeble the internal storage is, and how absurdly overpriced the proprietary memory cards are, and have still yet to make the investment to make this device practically usable... BUT I do believe this video has motivated me to look into it. Another very silly novelty usage I was interested in was something called the "DekaVita 7", a device that looks like a double sized bootleg Vita you insert your PSTV into and acts as a handheld dock, so if I did feel like using it handheld style the option would be there, but unfortunately it turned out pretty much impossible to get your hands on one outside Japan.
No love for the plugin or tool that lets you mount a USB flash drive as a memory card? Hands down, I think that's my favorite homebrew utility just for circumventing expensive memory cards.