I bought EVERY PlayStation Vita

[@francislopes1478]

The PS Vita was the most underrated, overdeveloped, and underestimated handheld device of its day. Honestly, these days, people buy these to mod, and my god, it's amazing. Plus, there is a community server with all the games from every region, so you can download games directly to the console. I bought the Vita 2000 a few weeks ago, and I love it.

[@talhasayed4898]

What you mean? How do i get these games?

[@77y7]

Also interested in said games

[@ExtremeLiveCams]

Share your secrets

[@iChannelz88]

i absolutely loved the PSP, but what actually shunned me the most with the Vita was the expensive memory cards back then and lack of third party support and exclusives. I never really saw a game that made me feel “i must play this” on the Vita that i couldn’t play elsewhere. Felt like Sony almost dropped it as fast as they dropped PSVR2

[@robertjr8205]

It was amazing and I wish I’d had more great games. People said that thing had so many great games to play but those people are referring to those JRPG games. Gross man.

[@Spacething7474]

False, you didn't buy 15 million+ PlayStation Vitas

[@DarkLatexKing]

LMAO

[@gntyh]

every video of this style has this comment and everytime i crack a tiny smirk

[@GriotDNB]

Well, actually 🤓

[@matthewmagadza3919]

He ment type

[@kaboommusicmixer8149]

He missed one ik

[@domz666]

Releasing the PSVita in 2025 with updated hardware would easily outsell most handheld consoles

[@Lugzexplo92]

An more games

[@instenalable]

Not with a grand total of 4 games

[@w花b]

In this era of handheld, 100% but I don't see Sony making another handheld after that crazy failure. Makes me sad because two of my most favourite PlayStation games of all times where on the Vita.

[@gordie727]

Honestly Sony could release the Vita today keeping the same body but updating the hardware and it would sell like hotcakes.

[@MultiYogibear]

heck, even with the same hardware

[@checwes1060]

I agree if they also at least make ps4 games playable on it.

[@Butterscotch_96]

@@checwes1060would have to be bigger to do PS4. Like Steam Deck sized.

[@duelgundam]

Yeah. Give it a snapdragon cpu, and use microSD instead of proprietary BS like they did, and a modern Vita would sell very well. Imagine all those old Vita games playing on modern graphic processing. You would no longer be hard locked to subpar 30FPS

[@flamestoyershadowkill]

​​@@duelgundammaybe double screen resolution to 1088p and increase refresh rate to 120hz. And keep a requirement on devs to get to 120hz performance and 60hz fidelity

[@RockBandRS]

Sony abandoned the Vita too quickly once the PS4 started selling really well. I think the Vita would have succeeded had Sony given it more support. I've had my Vita since like a year after release, and it still holds up to this day. I still occasionally use it.

[@jimmelton5846]

Day 1, didn't use it then, don't use it now.

[@RockBandRS]

@@jimmelton5846 You're missing out. It's amazing when you homebrew it.

[@Pettybridgewater]

The vita is still crazy good

[@Tation16]

Bad timing and pricing. Vita came out before the PS4 and why spend money on a vita if you can just get a PS4.

[@Streetw1s3r]

Had a lot of potential but the lack of support from Sony and game developers killed it. There's really no interesting games on it (at least for me), only reason why I never got one. It looks like a really cool device but serves little to no purpose.

[@TruRacer]

The truth is Vita was not a failure in actuality the truth is Sony failed the Vita

[@emin62bek]

True words have been spoken

[@igorz3551]

Yeah, it wasn't a mistake.. The mistake was not putting effort.. I still have mine and use it and i could've chose to get a switch but got a psvita

[@therealrockothetaco]

It’s the best handheld ever made. Still being supported to this day. Just installed Lego Star Wars on mine today!

[@newtzrcool]

How does it run? I decided to wait a little bit for some kinks to get ironed out

[@therealrockothetaco]

@@newtzrcool it runs surprisingly well, but there’s a lot of audio glitches I’m running into like missing sound effects and music

[@Younes_KO]

Which Lego Star Wars???

[@therealrockothetaco]

@@Younes_KO you can search for “Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga PS Vita port” and what you do with those Reddit download links is between you and your ISP 😂 gm666q (port dev) is working on a fix for the audio issues. Might wanna hold off like newtzrcool said

[@therealrockothetaco]

@@Younes_KO Comment was censored but it’s Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga just add ps vita port and you’ll find it

[@BurningMoreXP]

0:15 “I loved the PSPeeee”

[@FlapSmear78]

The Vita is even better now. The Homebrew ports list keeps growing. GTA San Andreas, Bully, Simpsons Hit and Run, Cuphead, Dead Space, Mass Effect. Also, there is translations for jp games we didn't get. Dragon Quest Hero's 2, Digimon World, Monster Hunter Frontier (online).

[@tsakeboya]

When Persona 4 golden was released on steam in 2020, used sales of the psvita immediately began to drop. The game was almost holding the psvita by its legs refusing to let it die

[@DakotaRileyMedia]

Imagine if they hadn’t gone the proprietary route, included 4G instead of 3G, and had games like GTA IV and Skyrim ported over to the hardware early in its life . Vita probably would have stomped the 3DS

[@gunkzombie]

In defense of the PS3 price point. It was one of the first bluray players on the market AND a gaming console. Blu ray players averaged 900-1000 at that time. From that perspective, 500/600 was a bargain 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Ninja_Walrus]

I sold my switch in 2020 because it was to bulky just to buy a modded PS Vita. It has a million games, even ps1 games. The native Vita games are really good too. It's a tight squeeze but this literally fits in my pocket when I need to move fast. I take it anytime I travel and it's amazing. Truly ahead of it's time. I love my Vita!

[@kyongu375]

modding the psvita is the greatest machine to mod not going to lie. It's also technically the only console i can play bully on the go that is not the smartphone version

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

You can play the PS2 version on emulators on higher end Android phones and tablets

[@ahsan.v8]

@@My_Old_YT_Accountyes I've played a lot of PS2 games on my 2021 flagship Android which was famous for overheating. I think even a midrange phone in 2024 can easily pull off emulating PS2.

[@Tidus.]

Mine is pushing 12 years of life and still works great

[@Sumuddy]

PSP was so fucking good and I can’t believe they abandoned it…..

[@Retromancer_Rackham]

Sony has relatively recently worked on and sold the PS5 Portal, its possible they still do R&D for portable consoles. A portable base ps4 equivalent would be cool.

[@AnxMa]

You got an amazing channel and insight. Brings me back to the good old days when content was created by passionate ppl. Now real gamers're replaced by quick-insta-fame-fake-gurus. People who, back in the day, called us 'losers' cuz we were gamers or loved Anime and comic books. Now they use our tech to make sick money and destroy self-esteem of others. I made a deep dive video about X360 as the last great generation, hope I'm wrong...

[@Themeparkfish]

The fact memory cards were so much more expensive for vitas compared to the 3DS was actually a major reason why I bought a 3DS as a kid since it was so much cheaper. The lack of new games coming out was another one as well for me.

[@andrewnewell6414]

These are my favorite kind of videos you make! I learn so much and its great to think back on the consoles that used to take up most of my childhood!

[@keblin86]

I loved the PSP, The Vita was so perfect for a handheld. Just a shame it never got the attention it needed.

[@MiniRunnera7]

Most underrated console of all time, it's my baby I still love mine to this day.. It just came out at the wrong time..

[@dublxml]

Austin Evan’s finding a way to get me to buy a PS VITA even when I already planned to

[@victorg7036]

I remember that the PSTV with a DS3 controller was cheaper than buying a controller by itself. I ended up buying three PSTVs because of that.

[@forkwit2848]

PS Vita is still alive with the modding community :P

[@sonictonic_]

Long live the Vita! I'm happy you did this video. :) Love my Vita... actually recently gave in and soft-modded mine, mostly to be able to use the SD card adapters now available, and letting me play through the translated Japanese Trails in the Sky (Evolution) series - it was awesome. Highly recommended.

[@Gloryboyquan]

play dead nation

[@Morboeatspeople]

I have an original OLED and a Japanese slim; part of what's great is how modular they are. I recently replaced the battery in one and the analog in the other; easiest game-related repairs I've every done. Nice to have quality games while I do laundry or charge my car.

[@Dusty_B]

I love the Vita. The memory cards were definitely the biggest problem with the system with Sony’s lack of 1st party support being the second. I’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned that the Vita basically saw the rise of limited print game companies. Limited Run Games’ very first game was a Vita game after all, and while the business model at the time sucked (basically just fear of missing out stressfests) it helped build the Vita community, which is one of the best gaming communities I’ve ever had the pleasure to be a part of. Everyone is welcome on Vita Island. The Vita didn’t get a ton of games in the end but what’s there is great. The Vita will always remain one of my favorite gaming systems of all time and maybe not being super successful is part of that.

[@victoresarey4036]

I believe that the psp was ahead of it's time. If they came out with a new version of the psp with dedicated games/ps5 mobile compatibility it would sell like hot cakes

[@MisterGiGs]

8:53 While you can buy "Vita to MicroSD" adapters, they go into the game cartridge slot and require you to modify your Vita with custom firmware, which, while not hard, is not as simple as replacing the proprietary memory card with a MicroSD card.

[@smith7602]

Man I remember specifically seeking out a 3G model Vita, since the only mSD adapter at the time went in the 3G slot.

[@ElNeroDiablo]

@@smith7602 yup, PSVSD - the files to have them made by like PCBWay are freely out there, but they're expensive to invest in as you have to have them made in-bulk (like 5/10/15/20 at a time) to get companies like PCBWay to take your order.

[@henris8367]

I just moved and I specifically made sure to pack my psvita. I’ve never met anyone else who had one but it was so innovative and good, it still holds up.

[@Gloryboyquan]

where u move to ??

[@sadmansadat]

Vita homebrew community is still going strong and one of the best communities out there.

[@NeoTanner]

I love the PS Vita. Uncharted: Golden Abyss is still amazing for what it is, even if it has every gimmick known to man tied to it and is probably not possible to port to home consoles due to the reliance on the built in camera. Though one thing Austin didn't mention was that the PS Vita 2000 changed the charging port (or perhaps he did and I didn't pay attention?) - it was no longer proprietary. It was MicroUSB, making charging it way, way easier. OG Vita may have the OLED screen, but it has a connector that's rarer and rarer to find proper cables for. With the 2000, you can use any MicroUSB cable to charge it. That was one of the biggest reasons I got rid of my OG Vita and went with the 2000 model. It's a shame that the Vita was the last true portable gaming console for Sony... for now. I absolutely am not counting the Playstation Portal.

[@bestechYtBotBH]

Wait Austin didn't just buy every ps vita console iteration, he bought every freaken ps vita bundle box ever 😮

[@Techno-Tanuki]

The vita was severely mismarketed in the US. In Japan it had a cult following and was supported extremely well. In the US they marketed it as an add on for the PS4…

[@RickF-df1qg]

I actually got my Vita more out of curiosity than anything. Seven years later, I still love the thing. I like the Switch, but the Vita just works a lot better for me. I know when I got a Switch I was surprised that the Vita, despite being the older system, could do so much more. Web browser. Cameras(not that I use them much). They weren't that different graphically, and the Vita fit nicely in my pocket. The Switch, not so much. As much as I wish Sony would make another one, I think the Portal is as close as we'll get. So I'll just stick with my Vita.

[@bgjck]

I remember playing Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) on my PS Vita and it looked pretty comparable to the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game

[@vathelosfox4986]

psvita was the best handheld i ever had

[@redring4083]

Yes the PS Vita was a failure. The competition which was the 3ds outsold it by 60 million units and it also made Sony leave the handheld market and focus only on the home console market.

[@ShinGoukiSan]

I never have played any games on my Phone. I want physical controls. I know there are "Controllers" that attach to a phone but at that point I'd rather have a dedicated gaming handheld

[@joonglegamer9898]

It kinda started with the Atari Lynx in 1989. A semi-16 bit console with a color screen and sampled sound, with a crazy rom capacity for its time. What made it fail was its hefty price, plus the fact that you had to juice it up with expensive batteries after just 1.5 hours of gameplay while its much less complex Nintendo Gameboy easily could stretch you 25 hours of gameplay, albeit on a black yellow screen with crazy amounts of lag. The moral of the story is - it's not always about being technically superior, but the overall experience.

[@AaronAlmario]

Was about to sleep, but hey, I'll watch Austin flex all PS Vitas he bought 🥶

[@SantaClaw]

You didn't buy mine. Stop lying.

[@jonathanthompson4435]

I lost my ipod, and loaded music to my psp. Rocked that around middleschool 😅

[@user-lc5xp5xd2i]

I got one of these for $5 at a second hand store. They didn't have a charging cable and couldn't tell if it worked. It did. Great bargain!

[@Z-e-e-s-h-a-n]

Just when my ps vita dies, ofcourse we have austin evans in my feed saying he bought every vita 😭😭

[@ak_hoops]

Can't wait for the PS4 episode! Great video yet again.

[@xnamkcor]

Fun Fact: Those "SD2Vita cards don't actually adapt AD card to the Memory Card slot. You need to homebrew enable your Vita and it lets you use your Game Slot as a memory slot using that adapter...

[@iGame613]

Scalpers in 2020 be like "I bought every PS5"

[@akaunderdog4223]

You didn't buy every PS Vita. Impressive showcase of the system. Didn't know about that TV thingy. Perfect presentation too

[@whitey00112]

The portal is actually pretty cool. Now. Now that you can just join any WiFi network. And as long as it’s strong enough internet: you can play your PS5 anywhere. It’s been great when I visit my parents, who are currently distracted with their first grandchild, and I need something to do.

[@C_C-]

ATT Wireless screwed up a promo and I got the 3g Vita for around 100 bucks right after launch. Never used it.

[@kesslerkomicsstudio]

You don't have MY vita... STAY BACK! AWAY FROM MY VITA!!! 👺🗡🤺

[@dstark384]

I still have my OG Vita 1000 3g model, i was stoked to find out about the home brew scene and dug it out of the closet to check some of the stuff out. My only complaint is the size as i have very large hands now compared to when i bought it.

[@CertifiedMVP]

Vita wasn't a Failure per say. more like Sony was the true failure.

[@Observer909]

I remember when this was released I wanted one so bad, but I couldn't buy it in my country. I used to keep up with Vita news hoping that it'd start sales in my country. But what I got was a front row seat to the downfall of the PSP successor. A console I was planning to spend thousands of hours on, like I did with the PSP which ruled my childhood.

[@TheTekknician]

PS Vita is such a GOOD emulation handheld. Secondhand cheap to buy, powerful enough for most modern emulation needs. You can get a convertercard (SD2Vita) for the proprietary memorycard and softmod it. It's a gem of a machine, just like the PSP.

[@ZealousChuck]

Remember,EVERY PlayStation Vita Deserves to Be Hacked

[@akyraccoon]

Thiss!

[@ggmgoodgamingmichael7706]

💯

[@mickeygarcia2331_]

This console was ahead of its time. They should’ve brought this right now where there’s a market for handheld consoles. Because back in the day, there wasn’t.

[@mickeygarcia2331_]

This console was ahead of its time. They should’ve brought this right now where there’s a market for handheld consoles. Because back in the day, there wasn’t. Of course that winning the video game war against Nintendo with their Mario series is kind of hard. I would totally get one of these if I could find one now.

[@VENOM-tb7oy]

Petition for Austin to buy every single Samsung phone

[@huntersausageandredbeardsh2360]

Power doesn't matter without proper exclusive games. That is the most important thing and you see the proof in sales.

[@checkems.]

I love my vita 2000, i still play it daily, vita games, indie games, psp games, ps1 games, gba games, theres so much for me to play, so light, battery last long enough and it fits in my pocket

[@JohnThomasii]

VERY well done and executed. Bravo!

[@Deja117]

It's still weird that those ads used to be "normal". Now that kind of thing would drive a company to the ground.

[@plumshy5558]

The fact that the Portal is doing the numbers it is insane, people are more thirst for handhelds now more than ever. I would buy a Vita style device in a heart beat and I has a PS5

[@InsidiousWeenie]

Hot take: the ads were meant to match Michael Bay energy, yet only Sony gets flac for marketing to young men, like we all are going to pretend they weren't great.

[@Three60Mafia]

they were not great and totally missed the point

[@joeblow5214]

I think it's sexist that Austin saw them as sexist. And they were aimed squarely at the "hardcore" gamer market young adult males.

[@Matthew_Murray]

I still use my PSVita all the time to play my PS4 remotely when I’m just laying in bed

[@gmorton72]

I like these vids, it’s like up to speed for gaming consoles.

[@Eragonfrost]

Great I was waiting for a new Vita documentary like Austin’s PSP video

[@yeppumm1192]

I bought one in 2021, since then I’ve played 80% of my gaming time in the vita, I was to play its whole library as it’s so deep !! I haven’t even modded it yet

[@karolgrudzien1260]

I think that one of the issues of the vita was, that it haven't any GTA game. In psp we had vice city and liberty city, and I don't know, but you really spend a lot of time with those games

[@aqeelhamzaa]

Surprised when he mentioned overpriced Sony products they didn't also show the PS5 Pro, £700 is not worth that at all.

[@Three60Mafia]

If they doubled down on open-sourceness and emulator potential, instead of constantly fighting it and spending resources on locking the system down - maybe this thing would completely dominate now.

[@mirrakirra]

I still love the Vita. I wish we could have a modern console of this size.

[@clumsykoala3699]

the biggest mistake imo . was missing the 2 back bumpers. made adapting to games like ratchet and clack a massive pain in the ass.

[@phucnguyen0110]

Can we get a petition to bring back "Hey guys, this is Austin"? xD

[@xlr8techtv576]

It was ahead of it's time. Their biggest mistake was that proprietary memory card and the game development was expensive.

[@jfe-z]

wish they had those adapters sooner. I remember spending bday/xmas money all on the 32gb memory card and barely had enough to get one game.

[@dmann1982]

An advantage of the PSTV (which I got one of) and the Vita generally, is it had backwards compatability with PSP (which had an amazing library in of itself). Which means the games that lived on the small portable screen could be played on a HDTV...

[@abdullahmubarak6840]

The PS Vita TV (or PS TV in the US) was a great idea with a very bad implementation. 1) No compatibility with most games on the PS Vita even though some of the games barely use any touch/gyro/camera feature, with some already have a way to be simulated. 2) Although no longer a battery powered device, it still couldn't clock at least 2x the speed so it can output at 720p with far better framerate 3) Not enough PS1 and PSP games in the store that user can enjoy on their TV 4) No internal upscaling for PS1 and PSP games even with the better hardware

[@KabukiKid]

As a video gamer for decades now, I find it mind boggling that smartphone gaming cut that much into a proper handheld system. Have you ever played a game on a smartphone? It sucks! lol Without proper controls, there are only certain types of games that work well and are properly fun. I never could understand how you can truly compare the two as if they are on the same footing. I need physical controls!!!

[@Adam1llion]

Xperia was ahead of its time. Wish this existed with updated specs

[@SlytherinReviews]

nah final episode is the PS5 after the PS5 Pro launches, we'll see Austin do another video with that

[@MrRoomba2321]

Still have my heavily modded ps vita 1000 on my desk as a centerpiece. It was an awesome lil guy that gave me many hours of enjoyment. And it still will continue to do so if I can get some downtime at work.

[@squidcast4286]

This guy is the reason I didn't find a Vita to buy on Ebay

[@Mimikyu_Lov3r]

Austin is one day gonna be in possession of every singe console in existence isn’t he? 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@rj5485]

I'm so glad you said rear touch "PAD" instead of screeeeeeen 😅

[@josh180190]

A great handheld and still use mine today 😊 got my OLED model in late 2013 which was a bundle of Tearaway, LBP and a 16GB memory card and has serve me well since. Later imported a 64GB Vita memory card so I could store more games

[@gbxlqr]

The vita is so underrated and ahead of its time , but its to late for sony to bring it back , i love ps vita

[@oldmangaming3715]

I have a 1000 version with Oled and after so many years since 2.2012. it still goes and my son plays all the games :) Great console.

[@geoserenity]

One point Austin missed out on games, the final game for the system relased at the start of the year. This year. 2024

[@HollowRick]

Because he's a casual

[@irakligazashvili2690]

Next: I BOUGHT EVERY NINTENDO SWITCH !!!

[@FamedMatthew13]

I still grab my vita time to time. I think the biggest issue was the world economy at the time and lack of good games. I have yet to find any "vita" games I thought were well done. I only ever enjoy playing older generations PS games that were ported over. I do think the vita was ahead of it's time and the biggest killer of it was the lack of proper support. There just wasn't enough anything for it.

[@kamaldegraffenreid9149]

Oh, I waited for this video so long

[@bentarbuck6161]

i loved the psp and ps vita. i always wanted my handheld to be proper gaming on the go rather than a different stripped back experience nintendo offered. its why i love my steamdeck right now. i'll always look back on them favourably even if sony probably dont

[@modestasmurauskas12]

Austin mentioning Persona 4 Golden??? Now I can sleep peacefully.

[@rommelflores2618]

I only had one PS Vita a 1000 OLED Black preowned and happy to get it at Akihabara Tokyo last April cherry blossoms!

[@albertPI007]

I do want to play with a PS Vita with both god of war chains of Olympus and ghost of Sparta.

[@emin62bek]

The phone Ps vita was so ahead of its time.. we didn’t acknowledge the greatness. Was too young for my part but if I had the money Ooooh boy. Would have got it immediately