Thread 106383754

I might buy one from Japan. I need it mostly for some Fifa 12 before bed. Other than that, an excuse to use my soldering iron to install a type c port and to play with Linux on it, watch older tv shows, etc. Is it worth it in 2025?
Also, most ebay listings seem to say it's new, but the box shown has clearly been opened. Some state it's been open for testing. What's the deal with that or rather the likelihood of someone having owned it for a while?

>>106383754 (OP)
It wasn't worth it in 2012 and it isn't now either

the worst part of lifting the India rangeban is that they are literally too stupid to follow board topics, something so simple it shouldn't even need mentioning

>>106383754 (OP)
I have one, which I still take on flights. It is a good console, with a decent battery and good games.

>linux
it has no custom firmware. I don't know what the official firmware is based on, but it doesn't look like any normal linux.
>install a type c port
most of the time spent doing that is going to be carefully sanding the PCB and plastic shell. if you get the USB-C kit from giltesa you are in for some pain as it does not fit properly and trying to put the plastic shell back on over it will cause it to rip off. if you buy the no-name chink kit then you will have to desolder and reuse some super tiny SMDs.
>japanese seller
make sure you get one that shows the screen on. a lot of japs leave their game consoles sitting out where the sunlight gets them and yellows the screen.
>new
they are all used. there are no new units anymore.
>worth it in 2025
love me vita, but I don't recommend it. I play vita games and old NES and SNES games on it.

there are a shit ton of brand new devices from china that are far, far more powerful, and cheaper as well. the Mangmi Air X is the newest best deal.

just hackavida

Legitimately cannot understand why someone would buy this instead of one of the many Linux-enabled handhelds that are already there.

>>106383754 (OP)
Love mine, ordered one from a Japanese seller on ebay that came in that orange color that was never released to the west. Looked brand fuckin new, and of course I had to drop it and ruin the perfection.

anyways, the CFW is fun as hell and i love being able to boot into psp mode to play midnight club or some other random psp/ps1 games

I still occasionally use mine to play VNs on which it's pretty comfy for.

unless you're actually looking to play one of the five vita games, it's really underpowered as a handheld for any homebrew stuff
but hey you can put quake 3 (40fps) on it

>>>/v/
but yes, i love my vita

>>106383780
I bought the 3G model in 2012 and it was 100% worth it

>>106385434
>it's really underpowered as a handheld for any homebrew stuff
There's a retroarch build for it.

>>106383754 (OP)
>some Fifa 12 before bed
get a phone controller like the gamesir x5 lite and an old phone or just use your current one + the PSP emulator. It's that easy.

>>106385570
>just do this janky alternative instead

>>106385565
yes, that's kind of exactly where the lack of power will be seen

>>106383754 (OP)
I didn't even like the vita when it was new

>>106385608
Shit. I have mine right here, I was going to get the custom firmware and play some SNES on it.

>>106385608
It plays basically everything up through 5th gen consoles in addition to 7th and 8th gen handhelds

>>106383754 (OP)
i love these things but no it's not really worth it in reality

>>106383754 (OP)
There's no point in getting one now that we have android handhelds with superior specs and performance for the price of getting one from Japan now.

>>106385604
I went through a lot of chink handhelds, I already own a vita and guess what I use to play in my bed

>>106385874
Vita, of course

>>106385881
analogs suck
buttons are too small
resolution is too low for today standards
the only reason to play vita in 2025 is vita exclusives. If you can run the game you wanna run elsewhere, you're better off doing that instead

>>106383754 (OP)
>fifa in bed
switch lite, unironically

>>106385914
>analogs suck
wrong
>buttons are too small
wrong
>resolution is too low for today standards
qHD at 5" is plenty
>the only reason to play vita in 2025 is vita exclusives.
wrong
>If you can run the game you wanna run elsewhere, you're better off doing that instead
wrong

>>106385925
well that's like, your opinion, man

>>106383754 (OP)
>fifa before bed

https://youtu.be/qEXuckty6VM?t=29

>>106385925
psp vs vita vs xbox
the vita buttons are petite and uncomfortable unless you're a manlet

>>106383754 (OP)
i got a blue slim one off ebay from a Japanese guy, thing came looking brand new
>is it worth it
eeeeehhh depends. for emulation you can basically play nes and snes and it's not strong enough for anything else. any equivalently priced china retro handheld will perform much better at that kind of stuff. the only reason to get one would be vita games specifically since you can get em all free and don't have to deal with vita emulation. Particularly for visual novels and rpgs it's really good. I loved playing Stein's Gate, Persona 4 Golden, Trails of Cold Steel, etc on mine. If you're into that stuff then it's super worth it. I even put a custom steins gate theme on it and set the main menu music to 'Quiet Air'. its ultra comfy, I don't regret it one bit.

>>106385929
No shit, same as what you said.

>>106385993
You're just looking for shit to bitch about at that point. A button's a button.

Tearaway is the only Game worth playing on that thing

>>106383754 (OP)
>redditor niggers are on /g/, asking for tech support so they can play football games in bed

>>106385874
your tiny penis

>>106383754 (OP)
It's a cute little device, easily hackable with a lot of nice homebrew, it even has an app that casually gives you access to most PSN games for Vita for free. I'm currently playing Half Life on it via Xash3d fwgs, but there are no gyro controls and the analog sticks are too sensitive and designed for someone with baby hands aiming is difficult. I don't think it should be too bad for some Fifa.
If you pull the trigger I recommend buying a good microSD card for it (that at least has Application Performance Class A2). It's a night and day difference compared to old, cheapo cards.

>>106384961
Steam Deck and its clones are much bigger devices. Maybe there's some chink handheld in that form factor but last time I checked they're are either very expensive or the cheap ones are some ARMshits, at which point you might as well buy the used Vita which has a bigger library of games compared to Androidslop and has a still active homebrew community making shit for it.

>>106384367
>it has no custom firmware.
There technically IS a linux port.
https://gist.github.com/xerpi/5c60ce951caf263fcafffb48562fe50f
https://wiki.henkaku.xyz/vita/Linux_Driver_Status
It doesn't look usable though. More like "can boot and blink an led" kind of status.

>>106383754 (OP)
Use case?

Just emulate contrarian.

>>106383754 (OP)
>>>/v/

>>106388863
v doesn't seem to have a popular handheld thread. odd, but i just looked

>>106383754 (OP)
I just bought one from a local game store, I'm loving the experience honestly, especially when i hacked it. Totally recommend.

>>106389079
ad friendly ai content

>>106387625
>has a bigger library of games compared to Androidslop
Android handhelds can emulate everything up to the Switch now. There's even a Vita-shaped one for OP

>>106383754 (OP)
it's as fun and useful and Dreamcast
if you don't know about Dreamcast homebrew scene then please move your thread to /v/

>>106383754 (OP)
No reason to own one anymore. Just an interesting historical artefact to remind us how retarded Sony can be.

>>106389042
>>106389450
https://boards.4chan.org/vr/hand

>>106389784
>4chan no longer shortens the link automatically
Weird.

(I meant to post it in >>>/vr/hand form)

>>106389784
>>106389803
>/vr/
vita is too new for normal threads
many homebrews aren't /vr/ too
there's also >>>/vg/vitagen but it's basically a gay chatroom for VNfags (/hbg/ is fine though)

>>106383754 (OP)
to tell the truth just get a hackable v1 switch or get a v2 for better battery consumption

>>106383754 (OP)
you belong in /v/ but unironically no, a vita is probably not worth it unless you're super into niche anime games. its homebrew scene is developed but doesn't compare to just getting some shitty Steam Deck gaymer knockoff and throwing W10 IOT LTSC or your favorite Troonix distro on it and calling it a day, and for gaming specifically the vita died specifically because it had nogaems (sony pony devs preferred developing for the PSP, which was still being made during a lot of the Vita's short lifespan, and developers who wanted to make any real money just deployed to DS/DSi/3DS)

>>106384961
the vita ended production in 2019

the steam deck only got officially released in 2022 and derivatives took months to be developed and released (and there still arent even that many of them and most of them that arent the Deck or ROG are ass (and the ROG is merely butt))

>>106390452
Anon is talking about Vita clones that run linux. Why is everyone assuming you need a Steam Deck to run linux? Android is linux too.

>>106391302
>Android is linux too
this statement is technically correct, but
most people want to run GNU/Linux, not Goolag+Niggers

>>106391318
What I mean is that linux can literally run on toasters. There are chinese handhelds with a Vita form-factor that use linux and come with all sorts of emulators and games pre-installed.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoZQiN0o7f36H7PaW4fVhFw

>>106391302
>Vita clones that run linux.
yeah they mostly only came out recently now that you can cram a laptop board into particularly-large-phone sized device

when the vita was "popular" it was the only game in town and your alternative were 2500$ meme machines with as much power as an eepc but costing five times the price because they bolted half a gamepad to either side

these days, yeah, get one of those "vita clones" or a deck clone or a switch clone or whatever but keep in mind that the vita formally died in 2019 which was eight years ago

>>106391433
>>106391302
>WHY DIDNT PEOPLE IN 1969 JUST BUY A MACBOOK PRO???
the world will never know

>>106391556
Bot post?

>>106391495
Do you have some sort of mental/cognitive disabilty? NOBODY is saying you should have bought a chinese handheld before they existed. Nobody. They are saying you should buy them *now*.

>>106391495
>which was eight years ago
This HAS to be a bot.

MODS

>>106391625
>hey are saying you should buy them *now*.
yes and i agree
>these days, yeah, get one of those "vita clones" or a deck clone or a switch clone or whatever
>>106390432
>a vita is probably not worth it unless you're super into niche anime games. its homebrew scene is developed but doesn't compare to just getting some shitty Steam Deck gaymer knockoff and throwing W10 IOT LTSC or your favorite Troonix distro on it and calling it a day,

>>106383754 (OP)
No. Buy a SteamDeck instead.

>>106391495
Is this a fucking bot? I'M NOT GOING TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT, FAGGOT

>>106389380
how much does it cost?

>>106385420
can you recommend some good ones, please. mines collecting dust in a draw and sometimes I take it out and handle it but then I just put it back in for another year

>>106392134
steins;gate
the house in fata morgana
ore no imouto ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai portable (psp)

i use it to play hl1 and mgs2

>>106383754 (OP)
No, just buy a retroid 5 you dipshit

>>106383754 (OP)
Squishy trigger buttons, inaccurate joysticks, small buttons, forced touchscreen gimmicks in games but otherwise solid handheld.

>>106383754 (OP)
vita worth buying because
>tearaway is great
>it can't be properly ported to other systems
if you don't care about /po/ then stick with steam deck or chinkdecks or whatever

>>106383754 (OP)
It depends. Vita its probably the best handheld device you can find, and has so many tech features that were unreal for the time of its release. Personally, I love my vita slim and I still use it to this day.
>Hacking it
Its easy to hack, but you're gonna need to buy micro sd adapter first. Buy more than 256gb if you are looking to dump games
>About emulation
If you want to emulate everything, you would be better off with a steam deck, but if you are looking for a console that is easy to carry around, then vita is great. Vita can emulate nes,snes,sega genesis, gb+gba, with RA, it plays ps1+psp games natively via adrenaline(underclock it if you have stuttering issues with ps1 eboots), and there lots and lots of ported games to be found.
>Slim or Oled
Slim is lighter and has more plastics than oled, (but you can feel that its premium plastic), has a micro USB port, and the battery lasts longer. The screen is not as crispy as the oled one, but its underrated since its looks just as great and its more durable
Oled model is fatter, has a unique charging port, and the screen is crispier, but prone to oled burn. Also no internal memory, and the battery is smaller
>Movies and the type c mod
No and hard no. You are better off watching movies on your phone rather than your vita. There is no reason to fuck up your vita, since there are charging adapters for both models.
>Ports
This is where it's at. Vita has a huge amount of ported games(ocarina of time, gta trilogy, the world ends with you, mario64 60fps etc) in its library, its insane. It was one of the reasons I purchased a vita. The vita community is probably the most active console hacking community on the internet, and there are contests that encourage porting games with money as a prize. If you are an aspiring programmer, you can start building a nice portfolio by porting stuff on vita, since, assuming you got the basic knowledge, its easier than ever from what I hear

>>106392680
>steins;gate
He said good ones.

>>106383754 (OP)
steam deck is a better emulation device and the switch has a lot more games.

battery life is much better than both of those though so could still be a good bet if you have a big list of ps1/psp/some vita games you want to play.

>>106384367
>white model
so fucking sexy

>>106383754 (OP)
>I need it mostly for some Fifa 12 before bed.
If you have a PS5, get a PS Portal for that instead, then you can play the latest FIFA.

>>106383754 (OP)
NOTHING IS WORTH IT IN 2025

>>106392094
https://www.ayntec.com/products/odin2-mini

>I still play some kinos on mine
picrel

resizzzee

Im i retarded...
>finally understood why I'm umemployed

Fixedd
>resize beta

>>106398748
Green Is My Pepper

Nice cross, by the way. I mean it.

>>106393385
ah man. I don't play video games because I find them a waste of time or just am not interested in them enough to play them (I'm >>106392134) but I like Hollow Knight. is there anything on the Vita that's as fun as that? I recall Rayman Origins was similar and I loved playing that as a kid. for contrariwise reference, a game like Persona was not at all my cup of tea.

>>106383754 (OP)
I got a PCH-1000 (OLED model) recently. Pretty solid device, but you obviously wanna install HENkaku CFW on it, as soon as you get your hands on it. There's a pretty good guide on it here: https://vita.hacks.guide/

Alongside that, you should also get an SD2Vita adapter, so you aren't reliant on the expensive proprietary memory cards. Do keep in mind that this will take up the game cartridge slot and require some fiddling with YAMT to set up, but that's explained in the guide, anyways.

If you're not sure if you wanna get the PCH-1000 or PCH-2000, do consider that while the PCH-1000 has a better screen (it's OLED after all, even if it's an early one, with a couple issues that come with it), better build quality and hall-effect sticks, the PCH-2000 has better battery life, so try to weigh out what matters more to you.

When you got a CFW installed, you open the doors to not just get yourself a bunch of Vita and PSP games using PKGj and Adrenaline, but you can also natively run PS1 games, use emulators, or play literally hundreds of homebrew ports of games, stream games from your PC using Moonlight, use your Vita as a controller, use it for all sorts of multimedia, etc.

Sure, it's pretty outdated now, but I still think it's a pretty neat little device and if you can pick it up for a good price (somewhere around 100 dollars), it's worth it.

>>106383754 (OP)
it's nor worth it to buy any actual console when you can buy a handheld emulator. You have the retroid pocket 5 which can play PS Vita games for free. It can also play any game on the play store since it's an android device.