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- The PS Vita is a fantastic console, but why was it a commercial failure?
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Hey everyone - been a few years! This channel used to be called Crossroads Reviews, but I've changed it to my name with a plan to make more consistent and quality content for you all going forward. Hope you enjoy the video!!
I love the vita. There are a heap of great imports for it. I'm trying to get my vita titles now while people aren't focusing on the handheld. Very underrated. Great video mate.
Now is definitely the time to stock up on vita games, before they get any more obscure or popular, and even worse.. more expensive! Thanks for tuning in!
Great video mate! Very in-depth and interesting. I love my Vita, such a shame Sony dropped the ball on the memory cards. Had they gone with Micro SD, it certainly would have rivalled the success of the 3DS.
I definitely agree with this!!!
Yeah, Sony is a little insane with using their proprietary formates. Always have been.
The quality of this video is top-notch. Commenting for the algorithm. Appreciate your content dude :)
Hey thank you for that!! Appreciate your kind words & comment. Have a great day!
I've never owned any of the PS handheld but always wanted to get my hands on one for games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
This was a fantastic video man! Your narrating was really we done and your writing and editing was extremely good. Looking forward to see what you bring forth to this channel.
I’d definitely recommend playing golden abyss, it was pretty great. I’m sure you could pick a vita up for somewhat cheap over there in Canada. Thanks for tuning in dude 😎
I picked one up for $60 from Japan. Once you jailbreak it, it will work just fine (whether you want to play games legitimately or…. not). Just be patient on eBay and you can score one cheap.
I have 3 PSP's, and 2 PS VITA's, and I still play them to this day, great commentary video
Thank you!
I remember I bought a Vita for $50 from a friend. It was a red ps vita I think only released in Japan. Love the handheld but like you said I got bored of it quick. Never got around hacking it but I think I’ll look into it now!
It’s super easy actually and doesn’t take very long to do. Definitely opens up the vita to new possibilities!
Wow!!.. Great video, I have my PSP but not the Vita. I've been on the fence about getting one for a while. I've seen a few advertised local to me which are already preloaded with 100s of games for around £90.. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna pick one up now.
Thank you for this.. I loved it.
I’d say that’s a pretty good price for a vita! I know if you got one you’d love it. Thanks so much for watching!!
Great video! I kind of fell out of love with my Vita, but now there are a lot of new things I can do to make that better. Fantastic video!
There's still a lot of life left in that Vita of yours!! Hope you have fun & thanks for watching!
I got into the Vita late 2019. Good god I wish I didn't listen to everyone back then in convincing me that this system sucks. I love this thing so much. I have 3 different OLED Models, over 60 physical games, two official Vita charging cradles, cases, and memory cards. I need to at least hack one of my Vitas lol. Great video man!
Honestly this was a system that did not deserve any criticism!! It was pretty much perfect in every way. Super glad to hear you’ve got one, even late in the game. It’s super worth it, like you said you have lots of accessories and games!! Tons of great experiences to have on vita. Thanks so much for watching!
Have you gotten a chance to hack one of them? Totally worth it. I have one Vita for regular use and second is for emulating and loading tons of games on it.
@@mau4604 Not yet! Procrastinating still! lol
Killer job on this, dude!
Thanks man!!! Hope you’re going well 😃
I still have my ps vita for about 10 years still play from time to time
I think the Vita was a modest hit in Japan. The dedication from fans patching those games into english has been amazing. I played Catherine a few weeks ago, I had a blast!
Great video! I wouldn't mind seeing more content like this from you, but I understand if you wanna focus on RGR.
Definitely more content coming on this channel in the same style as this. RGR is still happening, but trying to shift the focus to see if I can build it up a little better than I’ve been able to with RGR. Plus, stepping back from RGR for a little bit will allow me to create better content overall for both channels. Thanks for tuning in!
Never had the PSP Vita but had the chunky first PSP, great vid!! 👍🏽👍🏽
Loved my chunky psp back in the day! Thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed this one man!
Thanks for watching!
Love the vita! I really enjoy the remote play feature; I play Ps1 RPGs through my Ps3 on the Vita. Also, the back touch features were pretty cool with games like Tearaway and Gravity Rush.
I played a ton of PS1 JRPGs in 2020 on the Vita. Such a great emulation machine too. Thanks for watching!
The PS Vita back in the day blew my mind with how it runs, it still does. It absolutely sucks that Sony created such a good series of handheld and didn't try to save it. Me and my friends would all get together and all hack our PSPs and vitas and played it for years
It was always so much fun putting custom firmware on PSP/Vita. There’s just something fun about the process of breaking your system 😂
Great retrospective mate and totally agree with the Vita being a must own. It's one of my cherished systems and still bring a lot of joy today due to the homebrew scene. Bring on more videos like this 👌
Thanks! Definitely one of my top systems as well, and my preferred hand held. Everyone has been going on about the analogue pocket but I’m over here with my vita 💁🏻♂️ thanks for watching!
I adore the PS Vita. It's thanks to the PS1 games on the store I was able to play Echo Night & Klonoa: Door To Phantomile without having to break the bank on Physical copies. I feel it had a lackluster game library that looking back really appeals to JRPG fans but not much else (I adore JRPGS but for those who aren't fans of them the library left more to be desired) It's awesome the Homebrew Community & Limited Run Games are keeping the system alive still.
Great video Erik! Glad you & many others are showing love to the system.
Also gotta mention how much I love thee main menu & shop theme's on the console. They bring back so much nostalgia when I hear them!
Klonoa is such a great game!!! I loved playing that on my vita as well. Great point about JRPGs and nothing else, it had a ton of JRPGs on there for sure. Thanks so much for watching! Long live the vita!
@@ErekLadd Yep Klonoa is just a fantastic game! Excited for new content
So sad that this system didn't take off. I missed mine and still play all my retro games on the go.
Very insightful and thorough look at the Vita. Tbh due to custom firmware I'm still playing my Vita today. It really is breathing new life into the device.
Thanks man! If it weren’t for the custom firmware, it would probably be a different story. But workarounds like this were always inevitable.. thankfully we have CFW on the vita, it’s better off for it!
Sorry I'm late to the party! Had a long weekend and finally able to catch up. I have to say, really really enjoyed this video. I'm sure it took quite some time to put together too. But I could talk about this for so long. One thing I will say is, I wish we would see a portable psp from playstation again. Nowadays, I find myself too busy to get on the TV and play games, I have more time to play on the go, via my work lunch break or if I'm traveling. It would be perfect as I love my switch for this exact reason. I had the original psp and wish I jumped on board with the psp vita or even the go (that one was so cool, I remember seeing as a kid and getting so excited it reminded me of a cell phone). If they could revamp it, they have the market for it. It just feels like Sony won't make the push because they're more directed towards remote play from your mobile device instead. I would pay the money I do for my switch to get a portable play station again😪
Well thanks for tuning it - don’t worry about being late at all! Anyway, I’d say you would really enjoy a vita. As much as I love the switch, I just find the vita so much more appealing because of what it is and the whole allure of a Sony handheld just has a different vibe. It’s worth getting and putting custom firmware on it, or even just getting it to collect games. Thanks so much for coming over and checking out the video. You’re totally right though, this video was about three weeks of writing and one whole week of editing. Huge video!
@@ErekLadd aw geez well it most certainly shows, it was a great video! I think the only thing stopping me from getting one is how uncertain it holds for the playstation store. However maybe in the future when I have some extra money laying around I could grab one and just put some custom firmware on it and make it worth the buy!
Loving this content
Thanks for watching!!!
Well, the Vita has the best screen to play PSP. I owned the PSP 1000, 3000 and currently use the Vita OLED...there is no comparison. OLED any day...
Definitely! There’s no comparison to an OLED screen. Looks so good!
I dont understand why many compare the vita to the switch...the switch was just an upgraded wii u with removable controllers and they improved the portable concept and the docking to play on the bigger TV. Which were ideas the had with the wiiu, just improved. The vita is a fun system and a must own, but Sony originally just didn't have that much confidence in the vita and with the fan base not buying enough...it's why it failed...cause there wasn't that much demand for it. If the only introduced a new final model with better online play and the memory card issue then the vita could have survived today...but glad to see the community keeping it alive today...but just shows that not all tech company's can survive in the handheld market, which Nintendo is still king to this day...but play on, cause that's is what it's all about.
No mentions of freedom wars, killzone mercenaries, phantasy star online 2(Japanese version).
Great video. Why did you chose to upload on this channel ?
Thanks! After doing Retro Game Remix for the last year I haven’t noticed the growth I would’ve liked, so I’m shifting the talking videos and reviews etc to here but keeping the music on RGR. Hopefully they can feed into each other and grow together. Also hope to overall have a better chance of growth being branded as myself! Thanks for watching!
Makes sense. More vita content would be appreciated !
You have listed the great Facts
Thanks!
Why did you live in Australia if I may ask? That sounds cool!
I still live here! I came here on a holiday visa in 2014 and met my wife like five days after I got here. We were married within two years and now we have a beautiful son! Almost been together ten years now.
@@ErekLadd That is so cool. I moved from Buffalo New York to NYC and now Long Island to be with my wife who I met in college. You made one heck of a move though! That is pretty cool.
Just ordered a PSVita from Japan, I, like most, was a 3DS Person, but I've always been interested in the Vita, and now I finally have money. I think that if they hadn't gone with the expensive proprietary memory cards, the PSVita would've had a very good chance. I got the 2000 model, which has 1GB of internal storage, so I will be able to mod it to use an SD2Vita without worrying about the expensive memory cards.
Nice! Good score!!!
What I like most is the Vita's build and form factor. Something about the switch just doesn't feel as premium or comfortable in the hand. Dont even get me started on the steam deck.
Totally agree. The only thing IMO that’s almost as comfortable is the original PSP. Nothing else feels right in the hands. Thanks for watching!
Commenting just to help out ahaha
Thank you 😊
The PSP was such an amazing device its a shame Sony sabotaged the Vita with the memory thing. The Vita was a worthy successor but Sony killed the thing.
True story: I grew up with the OG Gameboy and because that system was such an irritating piece of crap (e.g. you could never see what was going on, it couldn’t handle games in motion, often the games were ghetto versions of console games). I was so turned off of handheld systems I didn’t buy another one until the Switch (and even then, I did that because it was technically a hybrid). But then the pandemic happened and I got really bored. So I started needing projects to keep me occupied (i.e. I wanted to homebrew some stuff). It started with the Wii U, a console that I realized was much better than it got credit for, and moved to the DS, 3DS, and Vita. Boy did I miss out on a lot of handheld exclusive games. Plus, they do an awesome job playing retro games.
The lesson: The Gameboy was so bad it got in the way of decades of good gaming experiences.
The 3DS family is amazing. It's not super powerful, but the community's done a lot for it. The New models can support all Nintendo handhelds, NES, SNES, Game Gear, PS1, and Dreamcast games.
Let's just say in order to fight piracy, Sony kinda killed it hence the no SD card. It also don't help that PSP was UMD and because of that there was no way for backward compatibility like DS to 3DS. Game were not supported but i kinda blame both sides. Sony and 3rd party themselves.
Posting this a year later and those 64GB Vita memory cards are now even MORE EXPENSIVE than they were in 2022. lol
I think all handheld gaming was destined to fail once mobile gaming started to become a force to be reckoned with
Fun fact I remember. You could play PS1 games on the PS3
The good old days! If only the PS5 was backwards comparable like the Xbox Series X & S.. Imagine popping in a PS1 disc and it just works. Better yet - a PS2 disc!!
@@ErekLadd yeah that would be awesome. PS2 games were awesome too.
On my psvita since you could download psp and PS1 games I got all the MegaMan X games including maverick hunter X and Megaman 8. I got Castlevania sotn. And I got both oddworld games and man every time I went on vacation I'd have so much fun when I had free time. Just those nostalgic games do something to you it's so awesome. Also I wish like Megaman 11 there would be a new Megaman X game, no collection. Same with Castlevania I wish they made a new game rather than another collection but still Castlevania games Rock
Seriously making me consider getting one... It was the same with the switch oled.. Man you could sell a glass of water to a drowning person. xD
You mean you want a vita after watching my video? Well water you gonna do about it now 🤔 Best get one then my dude, won’t regret it!
@@ErekLadd alrighty but im throwing you under the bus if Mrs.Bearwolf get mad! xD (honeatly shes probably gonna steal it from me)
Fantastic!!!
Thanks for watching!
I thought the vita was like a PSP pro essentially i didnt know it was a new generation one 🤷. GB Color was my last handheld tho. Most games were doodoo so i was burnt out on portable.
My game boy was basically a dedicated pokemon red/yellow/gold player lol and the occasional super mario land for 10 minutes
One reason that no one talks: PS4 was very sucessful and Wii U was not. Nintendo shifed gears to the 3DS and Sony to the PS4. It makes sense.
Memory cards did not kill the Vita. The lack of games have. I love the Vita and it's my favorite handheld ever but games were very expensive to develop for. People wanted 3A gaming on the go. This was not financially possible. Handheld games are cheaper and they won't sell millions
Not really. NX is mostly based from the WiiU. Switch is basically the WiiU done right.
I am part of the PC Master race, and if I had gotten a Vita I would get bored with it.
On the Switch however, there are so many games. I don't even play with my gaming laptop anymore. I mean, Bayonetta on the go? Oh yes. 🤩🤩🤩
NO, not backwards compatible. It doesnt count if it is digital only from eshop.
By that logic, technically speaking, the Xbox One isn't backwards compatible as it just downloads the game.
Fair point!
@@ErekLadd Ya for usre, I always consider backwards compatible to mean, I can take my crusty game off my shelf, and plug it in. WiiU is not backwards compatible with NES, but we can buy some nes games on it. And am I wrong, or wasnt the PSP selection curated and not a full library either? i would also consider a ful library to be another consideration as well as physical.
@@I_was_a_Bullfrog I disagree, kind of. It is not natively backwards compatioble, but it can accept when you pop in your old crusty disks, but then again not all games are suported. So not, not truly backwards comnpatible, but a very nice and appreciated halfway measure. I am not an Xbox guy but I love what they have done very much with that stuff.
@I_was_a_Bullfrog, @duhmez, @ErekLadd done of the most politely disagreed upon discussion I’ve ever seen on TH-cam. Its nice to see people talking to each other instead of at each other. Nice video by the way.
Amazing Psvita ❤
Honestly, if it just used a regular SD card, you could've done better
Vita dont failed, Sony killed it from the get go...
Why did the Vita fail? It's because Sony didn't give a sh-t about the Vita ;_;
Sad but true 😔
in a world with out a steam deck maybe.