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@@livesinalazywonderland4021imagine idiots still think like this lmao. if that were the case the video game industry would have crashed since the super famicom. piracy has never had a significant impact in sales. people who pirate would never have bought them in the first place. use your brain.
To be fair (and I love the Vita) I was so excited and got it on release, but even in the first 1 - 2 years with full support the quality games it got still left me wanting. Maybe it was to expensive to develope basically console quality games for Handheld retail prices and even with cheaper memory cards we would have maybe got a few more AAA exclusives. Monster Hunter wasn‘t gonna be on there either way, which in my opinion may have been the biggest factor. It‘s like if the Nintendo 64 never got a Mario Game, it was THE killer app for PSP (together with GTA which also was missing)
@@1mrcow143 Everyone can do that, it is piss simple (also i have a PSVita and a Wii U, and my older sister had a Dreamcast, in my family we really love avant-gardist consoles that nobody bought lol)
I went to Japan at the end of November to mid-December and I took my 3DS with me to get StreetPass data. As it turns out, you can still run across a ton of people toting around the 3DS in Tokyo. Kinda wild.
The Japanese doesn't quickly give up on previous systems, especially handhelds. In Japan, Tokyo especially, you can easily find pristine condition Gameboy Color and Gameboy advance consoles and games, as well as PSP and DS consoles and games. The gaming landscape over there is just like a whole different planet.
The same people would made the Wonderswan and Neogeo Pocket Color... I always thought that aspect of Japanese culture and somewhat see a similar thing with Latin speaking countries. Where they are on older hardware. I find it more humbling and as someone who was still on the PS2 IN 2011-2012. I can relate. I was a late PS3 adopter.@@dawoodwilliams3652
@@sahaprocks7751 Besides the eshop of Vita still up but yeah production wise or game releases (not counting homebrew) yes discontinued. And certain Vita services RIP PS3/Vita connection for PS1 game transfer and other aspects.
I don't know what it is but something about my mind can't accept that these consoles are basically _over_ . The latter half of the 2010s really went by faster than I thought and it's about to be 4 years since the pandemic. Man I remember when I got my 1st 3DS. That was such a magical time
man... I remember the N64 being new. I remember the GBA being new... and the Gamecube... and the DS. To this day, the Gamecube is the only console I've ever bought on launch
The 3DS has a built-in GBA emulator that can run anything. They were simply lying when they gave us a reason they wouldn't give us any more GBA games on it. I use my 3DS for GBA Fire Emblem/Pokemon romhacks on a physical handheld, it feels very authentic to play them like that.
As someone who bought and modded both a 3DSxl and PSVita within the last few months, I think that the 3DS has more consistently good games made for the 3DS itself as well as a greater library of good games on the DS, GBA, and SNES, but the short-lived Vita has higher highs with more addictive, well-executed games and, since you can play PSP and PS1 games on it, you have every single golden age Square JRPG title available, every Final Fantasy up to 10, loads of other JRPGs, and a lot of more amazing action games. There were a lot of series that started on the PSP and ended on the 3DS, with the most notable example being 7th Dragon. If you can get both, then I highly recommend it! I spend like 8 hours a day at work playing my portables, and I don't think I'd ever going to be bored again.
Both the Vita and the Xperia Play were tragically abandoned. Sony should have released an Xperia Play successor since Android is much more mature and gaming-friendly than in 2011.
You bring up a very good point about how a lot of first-party PSP/Vita games were just the console games but portable, but also more than that, the PSP/Vita didn't have blockbuster franchises that they could call their own. Like Pokemon started on GB and consistently released mainline titles only on Nintendo handhelds, but PSP/Vita didn't have anything like that. Monster Hunter is the closest it came to that, but ironically, Capcom moved that series from PSP to 3DS.
Monster hunter started on the ps2. You're reference would be like claiming Animal Crossing for the nds, when it started on the n64. Also "to call their own" in reference to handheld exclusives, i dont know what you're getting at or why its a negative for the psp but not the nds. Its Nintendo, the same characters from the nes, snes, but to go. Thats how nintendo marketed the gameboy, a Nintendo home console in your pocket. Sony went the same ish route with the psp/vita being an extension to the home console. Before the wii u.
@@WillParker322this! Thank you for saying that, i find it odd if sony brings some of there ip’s to a handheld it’s a problem but when nintendo does it it’s wildly praised, kind of comes off weirdly biased, i personally enjoyed the psp’s games a lot more then the ds and as well as psvita and 3ds, just look at burnot legends for psp compared to the ds lol theirs no comparison
I never had a Vita but I love both of these systems so much. I feel like one of the Vita's most effectual coffin nails was Capcom's decision to continue the Monster Hunter series on 3DS instead. I think that cost Vita quite a few sales. MH was one of the killer apps on PSP.
I remember in the leadup to Vita, as iPhones were really taking off as the big new thing, gaming journalists were always wildly speculating about a PSP Phone. I really think Sony was lead astray by that and it ultimately killed the Vita. Vita didn't need 3G, didn't need front and rear touchscreens & cameras, or gyroscopic and accelerometer controls, or a suite of dorky social apps and games crammed with swipe gestures and motion gimmicks. I think if they'd cut all those "features" and launched $50 cheaper with a focus on quality portable games, Vita would've been a huge success and even had a strong chance to surpass the 3DS at a time when it was really struggling. That being said, to this day I still consistently get in a few games on my Vita each year and I love the damn thing. It really was some great hardware that just never really got a fair chance due to a slew of bad decisions from Sony.
That is absolutely true. The Vita also in a lot of ways paralleled Android phones at the time where they'd introduce like 8-10 features that barely worked but looked good in the advertising instead of doing what Nintendo/Apple did/do and just nailing 1-2 features really well and as a result game devs either didn't know what to do with them so they ignored it or were pressured by Sony and the games became worse because of it. Cost was also a big problem since the Vita cost as much as a PS3 for the time and that's not counting the proprietary memory cards.
The way Ridge Racer on Vita worked basically mandated owning a 3G model. The game has nearly zero content when you're not playing online - this isn't to say you can't do a quick race, but that's the thing - literally zero of what you do is for anything other than getting better stuff to use online. There's no career for the game. Really strange considering RR3D was a complete game just a year prior, but it's also a weird game given it launched before the console did, and has no eManual.
I agree on it not needing the apps, but not so much the cameras and touch screens. One problem the PSP had was that it had no substitute for R2/L2 and R3/L3. The touch screens and pads on the PSVita were a clever solution to that problem. That way, way more complex games could be ported over. Something like the sly games just wouldn't work without them. Not to mention it would severely limit the games you could play via remote play. As for the cameras... I like playing Invizimals on my Vita.
@@jimberry9676 It supported PS1 games although from what I can tell for the US market it was basically only Crash Bandicoot, and that came with the phone. It's software emulation so if you used PSXperia to add your own backed up PS1 games, it would be hit and miss on if it works properly. One of the main issues for the Xperia Play was that it was just made at a very bad time for devices expected to have the cost of a phone (and functions of a phone to compete with other smartphones) to have enough power to actually run anything. Phones just didn't cost what they do now, and it's not like you were banking on software sales to recoup costs via licencing like a game console would expected to. Forget the long running period where hardware kept getting shipped and never updated from Android 4 - the Xperia Play pre-dated that period, and released on Android 2.3.3/2.3.4 (which was current at the time), and supposedly it never got more updates because Ericsson had stability issues when they were working on anything beyond that. For comparison, in the same year (2011) the iPhone 4 was only 9 months old and not long in the tooth yet, the Nintendo 3DS launched a month prior, the PSP Go was a year and a half old (although the Xperia Play at least used microSD instead of M2 cards), Samsung launched the Galaxy S II just one month after the Xperia Play hit market, and both the first Note and iPhone 4s would launch 6 months after the Xperia Play, while the Vita itself would launch 8 months later in Japan and 10 months later for the rest of the world.
One thing to note about the Vita's Kinda backwards is when modded the PS Vita has a full PSP mode which also can mod games to allow you to use the right analog stick for cameras. Modding also allows you to fix the biggest issue with the Vita;Memory Sticks as it allows to turn the game card slot into your storage space and use a cheap Micro SD to Game Card converter to be able to store everything.
You can play the entirety of the PSP catalogue without the need of modding it. Have already been a thing since 2021 and it was available on firmware 3.71, not sure about 3.73 though (I have a modded Vita so read an article/guide back then and never looked back)
@@Elia01I know, I had mine since 3.60(system updated and broke it) now I'm on 3.65. Just saying to the folks out there who don't want to CFW (because of stigma/piracy)
It was fairly popular, but the Vita potentially sold less than the Wii U or at least very similar numbers. That's still pretty dead even if a lot of its sales were in one region.
Have you seen the menu? It doesn't matter what the outside looks like when you're only ever looking at that eyesore. Also, I think the 3ds looks better, especially the non XL New 3DS.
I'm actually on team original 3DS stylus: not only is it the most premium feeling (metal telescoping with good weight), its position meant it was unlikely to fall out due to gravity (a recurring problem with styli on the new 3DS).
These two are some of my favorite devices in gaming. The big thing I will say is that Nintendo kept improving the library and features of the 3DS while Sony dropped the vita hard and fast. Both are great for having so many retro games on them. It's a shame how many people will never be able to experience this era and how many fantastic games it had without selling an arm or leg,
Freedom Wars is one of the first Vita games I always think of. It's just a shame only like 7 people bought it because Sony didn't bother to market it. An absolute underrated gem, especially if you have someone to run multi-player missions with.
I went to 3 gamestops the day it came out and they all were sold out. I had to get it a couple days later. I remember that being a fun month, bayonetta had came out on the wii u and I think smash bros. I miss those days
It's truly a hidden gem. I had alot of fun times on the multi-player missions with one of my friends. I'm still mad that I didn't get all of the trophies before I mysteriously lost my Vita.
I previously mentioned how when I was growing up in the Philippines, PSPs massively overshadowed the DS because of cheaper prices and piracy. When it came to the Vita VS 3DS, it appeared that the Vita once again dominated because of piracy and Sony being stronger and more beloved than Nintendo. 3DS unlike DS also didnt have R4 cards to rely on.
@@michaelschwader7944 sales numbers can be different depending on regions. The iPhone f.e. always sells a lot of units and has a high market share in regions like North America, Europe or Japan, while in India the market share of the iPhone is about 1%
The 3DS is one of my favorite handhelds of all time. It was a major part of my childhood and it’s home to one of my favorite series, Yo-Kai Watch. It also helps that the 3DS can play DS games as well. Even today, I still play my 3DS from time to time. Too bad the online servers are being shutdown for it later this spring.
It's a great system. Never able to play all the great Games i wanted, just because there was no time to play them all. This shows, how good the lineup was and still is
The glitter on the original 3DS model is tacky as hell but I always really adored it. Between that and the pointless telescopic stylus, as a kid it felt not only premium but also otherworldly in a sense, which I imagine is part of what they were going for with how they marketed the 3D. It's far from the best design of any console but to this day it's my favorite.
I LOVED my Vita. I used it more than my 3DS. I had Katamari, LBP, Jet Set Radio, etc on my Vita. And I redownloaded all my digital PSP on my vita too. I kinda stopped using my 3DS shortly after the release of the “new” model. Vita appealed to me because it had a better friend system, party chat with friends, and I felt like it had better multiplayer and player interaction. Also, many servers are still active for the Vita to this day and I still play with my Vita friends. I also ripped my UMDs and copied them onto my Vita without having to mod it.
@@fritzthecat8158 deathmatch village, Minecraft, COD, Terraria, Sonic All-stars racing Transformed, Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, Need for speed, LBP Vita recently got its servers revived, and packet captures for Killzone Mercenary’s servers were made available last year. There are games that have had their servers shutdown but there are communities working to get them back up. You can even play games that use ad-hoc mode online using ad-hoc party on PS3 and connecting your Vita. PSP games can also be played online on Vita as well.
In my opinion, I feel like the Vita is overrated and gets way too much credit from the community even though it barely has any noteworthy exclusives. The 3DS dominates the Vita when it comes to it's games library, even though it is significantly weaker and not as good design-wise. As a console from a hardware standpoint , the Vita is good, very good in fact (sans the stupid memory card BS). But in terms of games, the Vita is lacking. I mean, there isn't a single Vita exclusive that has permeated into the mainstream. The one that got the most attention were maybe Gravity Rush and Persona 4 Golden, which were all ported to other platforms, the latter of which just being a remaster/definitive edition too
@@MrSupersonic2012 See that's the problem. Some of those games aren't new games made specifically for the Vita, they're just ports of older games. Odin Sphere and Murasama to be exact. Meanwhile, Gravity Rush - which was easily the Vita's best and most notably exclusive - was ported to PS4 like three years later. Freedom Wars launched to mixed reviews despite being a solid game. Uncharted, Killzone, Soul Sacrifice, etc. were the real highlights, but they weren't really enough because they didn't feel like essential experiences, as Scott the Woz once said lol. I think that was the Vita's biggest problem. I could count the amount of mainstream-appealing "essential" Vita exclusives on my two hands.
I adore the vita and actually used damn near every feature on the vita. Including the music app. It let me play my music over everything else, and it even let you play mp3 files so you could upload any music you want to and listen while you play. It was great
In Japan, one of the bigger upsets was when Monster Hunter became exclusive to 3DS. PSP had Monster Hunter exclusivity but it did not carry over to the Vita.
It may not be a Scott the Woz video about the Vita, but at least he talks about it for once. I respectively really favor the Vita over the 3DS because of its excellent use in modding over the 3DS’s, but mainly because of the amount of indie games it had on there that I think really helped indie devs peak.
Vita is awesome but it doesn’t come close to the 3DS and I’m taking about without mods. It’s sad to see that’s what it took for the vita to become worth playing for many. I’m a Nintendo and PS fan so I always get there systems regardless the outcome.
@belikewatersf1051 eh, I wouldn't go that far. Aside from Monster Hunter and Nintendo titles that might not always appeal to everyone, there wasn't much the 3DS actually had over the Vita that was really compelling. For me, the single most enjoyable game on 3DS was the remake of Ace Combat 2. A shame Vita never got an Ace Combat game.
The fact that Scott doesn't scroll to the right side of the screen on the 3ds, doesn't even touch the buttons, but scrolls around and fiddles with the Vita makes me think he has a modded 3DS.
@@trashtrash2169he has a modded 3DS with all the applications that show its modified on a different screen. Modding is not strictly illegal but some nintendo fans get weird about it. He *MAY* have pirated games as well and would not want to show that publicly. I don’t feel like Scott did pirate any games but its a possibility. Plus modding a 3DS is so simple and takes an hour at max EDIT: I want to clarify! I don’t think that its morally wrong to pirate any 3DS games, I said *SOME* nintendo fans do think modding and piracy is wrong but I am not one of those people! I could not care less about what you do with your system.
I think the 3DS is my favorite gaming device of all time. Being g able to play base DS games meant I can play a good number of my favorite games of all time on it. I love the clamshell design, makes it feel like it’s meant to put in your pocket to play on the go. And the dual screens was a great concept to spice up games with a unique spin, or to just relegate some quality of life like a map. I played my first 3DS to system death, and am well into my second one. I will always cherish it.
same. i had an og 3DS when i was a kid and i loved it to death, last year i bought a new 3DS Xl and man it is so beautiful even after all these years. the clamshell design is timeless, and the library is even better
I honestly find it hard to consider outdated hardware your favourite gaming device. I'm a PC guy now so maybe that's why. Many of my favourite games came from the GBA and Wii but I wouldn't wanna go back to them in terms of the hardware itself. I've had a PS5 for less than a week and it's definitely my favourite console I've ever owned for the quality of life features alone
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep yeah i can kinda understand ur point. for example, i loved the wii but i’m not sure if i would want to play games on it again. but the new 3DS series isn’t really that old, they look and feel really good even by modern standards. not to mention that they still have an advantage over everything else in the market right now, which is its portability. even the switch isn’t as portable as a 3DS. also, nostalgia plays a big role. it might be a discontinued console, but there’s plenty of reasons why someone could still consider it their favorite gaming device even in 2024
The Vita still feels like a premium Handheld from today, while the 3DS has a solid gaming library around almost every single big Nintendo brand. Good time for handhelds, but the Vita only really competes with the 3ds once modding is in involved - once you do mod it though it becomes one of the most fun devices I‘ve ever owned
The PS Vita is a perfect example of why great hardware means nothing without great software to go with it. The PS Vita is an amazing piece of hardware that was WAY ahead of its time. The games were just not there though, and even Sony stopped supporting it pretty early on. Realistically, the only reason it's even as popular as it is now is because of all the support and development done by the community. With the 3DS, Nintendo didn't over-engineer it and supported the hell out of it since it was the only thing that was keeping the company afloat at the time due to the WiiU performing so terribly. At the end of the day, the PS Vita never really stood a chance.
Western third parties made the PSP survive besides the language coaches and COD on DS so them going to mobile showed things. I agree Sony over engineered it. Thinking about premium quality but like with Pocket PCs or their phones (Sony like their niches) of the time should they have dropped off due to the iPhone or other possibilities maybe but Vita has its moments it would be disappointing if they never made it as I enjoy so much besides it's limits. Wii U/Vita I don't care what western third parties it lacks I don't care for them but that's not most people either. I enjoyed the mobile games, the Indies, the Japanese third party and first party of both systems. For me 3DS was that but the N64 remasters never played as only owned a DS/Wii and up prior and others I didn't get to experience that are for 3DS. Indies/Japanese games made the Vita. Android ports to Vita and homebrew does now. It never was dead unless people ignore what they have no interest in. It's fair but I don't think a Bioshock Vita like moment would save it at all. The hardware is good but yeah even then Travellers Takes made mobile ports of Lego games to 3DS/Vita and they sucked. So even kids games on systems to fill in gaps of software they didn't care. 3DS is good for sure though I enjoy both. First party Sony games were a thing but impact wasn't the case with them of PS3 IPs I can see why PS4 they changed direction but that direction forced me to not care for their future and why I count Vita and PS3 the end for me. Early PS4 too all the Last of Us/open worlds and cinematic game direction turned me away but pushed me to third parties more and their old IPs I missed out on retro consoles. I also don't think you need a new game from a series on handhelds like console but clearly many think so. For some IPs sure but I can say that with Mario and Pokemon and Zelda. Sony doesn't push IPs that way unless it's remasters while Nintendo has remasters they do push spin offs or yes sequels on their handhelds more I think. Not a bad thing though but they have Mario in sports, platformers, karts, puzzle, and paper RPGs. So many places. Sony doesn't have that but tries I guess to nowadays more..
It's funny you say that, because while I care a lot about Western 3rd party support for home consoles, I do not care at all for handhelds. I never thought about it before, but I've got no Western developed handheld games represented in my library. None. Game Boy through New 3DS, including PSP and Vita, not a single Western developed game. I'm kind of shocked to realize that.
Dont forget the official Circle Pad Pro grip which was a big plastic grip for the original 3ds that added an additional circle pad to the right of the entire device.
I only just got a Vita a little under three years ago but the first game I tried was Tearaway, and what a great first impression that was. I haven't played the PS4 re-release but I imagine some of the game's magic is lost due to the Dualshock 4's absence of the Vita camera and backside touch pad. Honestly, I can't see the game being on 3DS due to the handheld's own limitations, so I have to give the Vita props for its own creativity in design.
embarrassingly, this is my favorite era of handhelds (or maybe consoles in general?)... I still play my 3ds regularly and recently got a vita for the first time and I love it 😭 it's kinda like how people always think the shows they watched as a kid were peak.
yeah.. no matter how powerful the console specs, if no one willing to support it to the end, it will collapse actually.. Nintendo may not have powerful graphic, but they pump out their games almost every month.. Thats what make people buying the console, to play games..
I love both my 3DS and vita in different ways. I played my 3DS more for sure but I still play both every so often my 3DS more though. Great video man. They both had great music for the shop and a lot of personality
One lasted almost 10 years, tons of support, has excellent exclusive games, backwards compatible... *The other one was killed by their parent company a few years into it's life cycle*
Not to be rude but it’s pretty apparent from your comment that you have never played on a Vita, it has a lot of amazing games and full PSP back compat (if you mod it but even a toddler could mod a Vita) and it still gets insane fan ports until this day unlike the 3DS. Also it’s just better in terms of design: beautiful screen, Hall effect sticks, no flimsy hinges and more powerful hardware.
@@gajofixe76 I had a Vita but the only thing I played on my Vita was Hotline Miami and Persona 4. I had ZERO interest in playing PS3 ports and anything that seemed decent was quickly ported to the PS3 and PS4. Also where in my post did I knock on the hardware? The Vita is a gorgeous system but I wanted to play unique games and the Vita for me didn't deliver, especially from Sony's end. (Because they abandoned it) I also have a modded PSP with everything on it and I didn't want to mod my Vita especially with the terrible onboard storage. the cards were so expensive I never bothered with the digital store aside from a few indies which were easily available on other systems and PC. And again where in my post did I knock the modding community? IM NOT SAYING THEY DONT HAVE ONE, I'm criticizing Sony and their awful support for it, they could have done so many things to save it but they instantly folded and gave up.
The 3d of the 3ds is the most amazing effect I experienced on portable system. The depth sensation is stunning, and even more when graphics seems pop out of the screen. Most amazing console ever.
Very fun to see your perspective on these handhelds! I actually grew up with the PSP and Vita and I found so much fun with so many games on both platforms! That being said, I was always the person who dug around for more niche and interesting experiences (which Sony was also still providing at the time with groups like Japan Studio and whatnot), never always those major AAA games, so that does definitely inform differing perspectives on the experience of these systems. Regardless, I wouldn't trade my experiences with any of these platforms, and there's so much fun that can still be found and enjoyed today.
I just bought a Vita last month and it's geniuenly insane to me how good of a console it is. If only sony gave it a bit more time and support, it might have been a success on par with the PSP. The system really just feels premium and the incredible selection of games is mindblowing.
I just wanna say I've been really enjoying these videos, it feels like going into a time machine and remembering all this crazy stuff that happened in gaming in the 2010s. Super fun to watch.
The Vita's modding scene is also still going strong in 2024. With games like Simpsons hit and run and hollow knight being ported over. Not to mention the entire Rockstar Classic games (GTA Sans, GTA III, GTA Vice city, Bully and Max Payne) are ported and fully playable. Most of the games ported are mobile versions but that does mean other mobile games (ie. Night in the woods, Double Dragon 4, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit) do get ported to the Vita.
Sony really had the mindshare, but it didn't translate to success. I got a 3DS on launch day and whenever I showed it off people would say "I want real games so I'm waiting for the Vita" (but I'm not sure they actually followed through on that). I feel Sony's lack of support with the PSVR1 (and PSVR2 whenever I check into it, I didn't upgrade) is similar to what happened with the Vita. It's the reason I'm hoping against hope that Nintendo does VR (and properly, not Labo). They go all in on supporting whatever hardware they release. Luigi's Mansion VR. I hope I hope I hope....
Scott rambling for almost an hour praising the PS Vita in every category but then doesn’t address the one ACTUAL reason why the 3DS sold better, Pokemon.
@@Dildtherapperit always does many people buy nintendo handhelds just for pokemon then they might also find something else they like and thats more business
Put many hours into both and I’d find it difficult to say which is better, I think the best thing overall is that they’re both so different meaning if you have both the range of variety is incredible.
I ended up falling in love with the Vita after getting one for the first time in 2021 or so. Even with never owning one in the time when it wasn't a corpse, I'm still consistently impressed by the graphics it can pull off, and the extensive PS1/PSP library you can purchase. It's library was unfortunately just very limited after launch, and was only really worthwhile if you love JRPGs and Indies.
I got my vita in 2018 and I experienced my first game cancelation. I was looking forward to the Catherine Full Body port on vita and they just went radio silent on the release after announcement except in Japan. It would eventually come out on switch instead. I love my vita, everyday I'm finding new reasons to come back to it.
@@onemirrionyen It's a bit late but Catherine Full Body got a PSVita release, just not outside Japan. Nevertheless there's a translation patch that was released shortly after for CFW Vitas. The guy hand wrote the translation from the ps4 version and later fixed it when he was able to extract it on a CFW PS4.
i always wanted a PSP or Vita, Sony knows how to make a comfy controller feel, after getting the PS5 controller i can't go back to the old Xbox360 controller or Switch Pro, looking back at the 3DS and PSP years they were pretty good for the time, good handheld and fantastic games
Street pass was pretty cool, I was over the road truck driving when The 3DS was popular, I would tuck it in the driver's side door pocket of my truck, and then drive my 11 hours, and at the end of the day I'd have dozens of hits from other travelers. It made that miiverse game a lot of fun.
The Vita had two main problems which prevented me from buying it 1st was the lack of TV out. I really loved the TV out feature of my PSP and used it a lot. Vita not having that was a downgrade to me. By the time the PS TV thing came out, it was too little too late. 2nd was Sony's other handheld they released at the same time. The Xperia Play Playstation phone. It was much more appealing to buy that with the ability to emulate all my 8 and 16 bit games, and even play most my favorite PS1 (and a few N64) games. Also, there was a decent selection of mobile games that even had controller support.
hands down the vita. It was so a head of it's time when it came out it took until stuff like the swtich to come out before something was better and even then it still holds up today. I don't know why sony gave up on it so fast it's a ps2.5 in your hands. I have a hacked vita and I stream a lot from my pc to it with moon light everything just works so perfect.
I think it because of engines. They didn't want to scale them to the system and Dev time. Split up teams from PS4 projects which is sad. Bend did a fair job with Syphon Filter on PSP, Resistance Retribution and Golden Abyss. Zipper for Unit 13/SOCOM games, Liverpool for WipEout. Japan Studios with Gravity Rush, support for Freedom Wars and Soul Sacrifice. Then publishing family friendly games and Indie support to then giving up. So 2014 sure but 2014-2016 I think is when they really gave up Indie support because management changes happened. The cinematic games PS4 era most remember not the 2013-2015 ones. Sure Order 1886 was 2015 but still. Remasters and leftover Infamous, Killzone, Knack and more. So some of the PS3 IPs with the PS4 transition IPs beginnings. Says a lot when WipEout Rush is gone on mobile now. Omega Collection is still great and 2048 while not my ideal WipEout game compared to Pulse on PSP and having only played HD to 2048, Pulse and bits of Pure yet to play WipEout 1 to Fusion.
I listened to music on my psp and vita, and I remember the sound quality being really good. with the psp, I recall it being better than a lot of other mp3 players from around that time.
I grew up playing the 3Ds during my teenage years but man playing Tomodachi Life,ORAS,X/Y,S/M,Animal Crossing New Leaf,and many more I intend to pick up more I played a lot of my DS games on it as well Backwards Compatibility was really good on the 3Ds.
I’m literally watching this video while waiting for my Vita to charge. Love both systems to death, both have some incredible exclusives. My favorite Vita only game is Muramasa Rebirth My favorite 3DS only game is Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology, which is also the best JRPG of all time, even better than Chrono Trigger Ironic that both of these are updates of older titles lol
The PSVita was the longest running joke on Mega64's Todd and Arin Game Arwards. For like 6 years straight they had no game award to give it and they highlighted that fact.
Vita with 3DS level support would have been goated... And Nintendo didn't support the 3DS as much as it could have lol. Vita with more support and microsd instead of proprietary is the Switch before the Switch. Huge miss by Sony in my opinion.
From the standpoint of how playing games on the device feels I absolutely love the Vita, And I very genuinely wish I still had mine. Given that statement though, The 3DS had a lot more games and I had a lot of games on it because you could go pretty much anywhere and buy a 3DS game back in the day while you were lucky to see a Vita game even listed online or something because they just never sold and were non-existent because they weren't being distributed
I literally was just about to buy one or the other and was waiting to look for reasons to find one or the other. Thanks for the rundown on both Scotty.
They’re both such amazing handhelds 😭 The one thing that ruined the vita for me right when I fell in love with it again was those damn proprietary memory cards. I ordered a few sd2vitas to hopefully get around this, but sadly almost three months have past and I’ve heard nothing from the seller :/ The 3ds (2ds for me) just working with properly formatted sd cards was a breath of fresh air lol.
btw get both, especially if you like jrpgs. The few times a game isn’t somehow available on the vita, it’s almost always cause they’re nintendo exclusives. vita + 3ds combo is elite.
I absolutely love my vita. Especially my hacked one. But my orginal one I would use PS4 link all the time to play elder scrolls online in my back yard or when going to take a deuce. Elden ring, dragon quest 11 and other rpgs. It would work pretty damn well. One of my favorite features. You could also be away from home and as long as your ps4 was connected to WiFi and you could connect as well you could play your games from anywhere. By far my favorite feature aside from all The amazing games it had on it that didn’t require anything. My vitas have way more use than my 3ds xl
Had my vita for years and its my favourite handheld, i still play it now despite having a steamdeck, a 3ds, ps5 and PC, the Vita still gets a workout. Especially a modded vita.... So impressive
i modded a new 2dsxl for myself about a year and a half ago and it was the best decision i ever made. making the system region-free ALONE added a ton of value. i think the current secondhand prices for 3ds systems show that there is still a demand for weaker dedicated gaming handhelds and the ds line. i know that i'd be down for a proper gba/ds/3ds successor.
@@Mikauo_Xblade after i modded a system for myself, all my siblings wanted to get one too and we've had a heck of a time trying to find affordable 2ds/3ds systems. even the local retro shops have bumped their prices to keep up with stuff like ebay, it's nuts.
I played Mario kart 7 and beat resident evil mercenaries a couple times then got really bored of my 3ds. I traded it in to get the PS Vita first edition bundle and never regretted it. I still use my Vita to play games regularly and it's my preferred handheld when I travel.
@Gloryboyquan I live in the middle of nowhere, so it's a day trip to see a doctor, or visit family. I've been to lots of places in China, and I also traveled through Washington and Oregon not too long ago.
@@GloryboyquanThere's so many games I could recommend... In no particular order here's some of the stuff I have. Shantae: half genie hero, shovel Knight, bloodstained, Ninja gaiden, metal gear solid 2+3, Sonic all-stars racing transformed, persona 4 golden, Neptunia, ratchet and clank collection, Sly Cooper, killzone, mortal Kombat, injustice, resident evil revelations 2. A modded vita is also great to play PS1 and PSP games.
I had and loved a PSP my parents bought me after getting an A+ on a test and played my friends DS and 3DS and enjoyed them. After my step brother told me about the ridiculous memory card prices and lack of support, I was pushed away from it and continued playing games on my PSP and phone.
Wait, what? The memory card prices? They made you keep playing PSP? What are you talking about? The DS/3DS don't have memory cards. The PSP and VITA are the ones with crazy priced mem cards.
This is coming from a person who grew up with the 3DS: I really think the 3DS was a godsend for anything and my parents didn't allow me to have a phone or anything, so the best I had was my 3DS. The microphone quality was terrible but at least i could play music on the bus before school. Nowadays at 19 years of age, I of course have a phone but still appreciate I had the 3DS at that time, helped me in a pinch
I prefer the Vita to the 3DS. Being able to play Vita, PSP and PS1 games on the go is awesome. The OLED screen is also great as well. Most of the games on 3DS don’t really interest me but it’s great as well.
Also Between 2012-2016 Mobile Games are super casual and weren’t/still aren’t really providing real gaming experiences. Only dedicated handhelds provide true gaming experiences. Unless you’re emulating and that is just using your cellphone to play dedicated handheld/console games with bad touch screen controls for convenience.
I have nostalgic bias towards the 3DS and the only game I spent a considerable amount of time on my Vita was Persona 4 Golden which doesn’t compare to the amount of 3DS things i played
@@pokemonmanic3595 At least you didn’t buy a Vita and that game for a big sum a few months before that would happen because it was the only means of playing the game Not that I would know what that feels like not at all 🥲
It's an odd feature. It's mentioned in the manual, but absolutely nothing about the 3DS's interface indicates you can do it. I think it would have made far more sense if there were a setting for zoom vs 1:1 resolution. Even better if you could set it per game.
