Don't overpay for PS Vita, PSTV or PSP again! 

Yooo congratulations, which platform did you buy it from?

@@EuroThingy Got it from Ebay, both were listed as "for repair/parts" but I talked to the sellers and the issues ended up being extremely minor. Like 1 of them literally just didnt have it's shell screwed in all the way, and the other had a defective charging port but came with the replacement one - i suppose the seller was too lazy to repair it himself

@@mattai2354 absolute steal

Interesting to hear, Vita's are scarce in my country costing nearly as much as their listed launch price for a heap of garbage and importing from the U.S also has shipping prices 35% - 40% the price of the Vita itself. It's even worse for PSP's and basically anything that's 10+ years old in tech.

Me too! I just started playing 6 a few days ago.

@@EuroThingy nice!

In terms of build quality & novelty? Yeah for sure. But in terms of performance, no. I bought my 405M because my Vita was just not up to the task for some of the emulation I wanted to do. It can't even run Yoshi's Island at full speed. I'd MUCH rather use Duckstation with physical L2/R2 over using the PS1 emulator in Adrenaline, with awkward back touch controls.

This is totally related! Some of the benefits when it comes to buying these old tech from Japan is how well they're taken care of compared to most other markets. Congratulations on your new DS Lite :)

Akihabara is on my list to visit in the future! What color was the psp you got?

@@EuroThingy Black Ps Vita 1000. I got a PSp decade ago two of them one is silver and another piano black. Still working fine. Akihabara is magical, would love to go back there in the future.

Most proxy services support DHL, FedEX & UPS. You are absolutely right they cost way more, but you might be able to make up some of the costs buying from Mercari if you're not urgently looking for the games right now.

@Rob0_t Reach out to the proxy of your choice for a shipping quote. A boxed PS Vita is roughly 500-700 grams, and their shipping calculator estimated it would be $40 USD via DHL, when in reality, it ended up being $20 USD.

@@EuroThingy thanks for the tips. The shipping for my country really is the only thing worrying me since I already confirmed I can find Vitas of the model I want in pretty good condition in the jap marketplace for cheaper prices than ebay. Hopefully it will work out.

@4kumetsu A boxed PS Vita weighs roughly 1.8 pounds (816 grams). Depending on which shipping/courier you choose, it'll be ROUGHLY: £13 - £20 (depends on which box size they give you) via AVIA (Japan Air Mail) and about 2½ weeks to deliver. (If it's a Vita with no box, AVIA would roughly be £13.) Roughly £21 via EMS or Fedex (about 1 week for both) Roughly £28 via UPS (about 1 week). I've forgotten to mention some proxies can store your product for a generous amount of time (sometimes up to several months for no additional charge). So you can always buy a bunch of things to ship it all at once and save having to pay for shipping again.

@@EuroThingy Thanks bro, I really appreciate it. Subbed.

Absolutely! Although I covered Playstation handhelds in this video, really you can import anything that is allowed. So yeah you can get the New 3DS XL or even fishing equipments, light bulbs and so on.

@@EuroThingy thank you for your fast answer

Yakuza 5

@soulsleak Great friend you got!, which model is it?

@@EuroThingy 2000 model but I won’t complain over something free haven’t got any games though most are really expensiive

I'm working on a list of games you can import from Japan that also have the option to be played in English. (Not Japanese games, but games released in the Japanese market). Will discuss it in the upcoming video as it's a topic too short to have a video on itself.

​@@EuroThingythat's awesome

Yakuza 5

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True for some . Others though , could be a good time for awhile 🤓

I beg to differ. This is a subjective matter. People who prefer original hardware get to experience it as a whole (includings all the cons that comes with aging hardware). And the people who don't like the idea of getting this don't really miss out anything at all thanks to emulation. Either way, there is no right or wrong way.

you don't need anything. matter of fact, you don't need to be alive either. Go to the nearest bridge and jump off it. Once the nostalgia goggles wear off on life, you have an aging piece of meat that deteriates daily. Pretty boring if you ask me.

I play my psp religiously, every day, I own a ps5, a switch, a Xbox x and a pc. Some people like older games and as someone who grew up with the ps1 I love what the psp offers. The original hardware isn’t for everyone, but I use mine for games and car photography all the time. The problem is, everyone is going to have an opinion and feel like their opinion is right and the reality is options are subjective so while you’ll find some people agree with you, there will also be thousands who don’t.