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I modded my PS Vita so I can run Steam Link on it. Works great! It's done by using Moonlight/Sunshine.
I'm not using a PS Vita, but I recently moved from pure Steam Link app to Moonlight and Sunshine (amd GPU) and I'm flabbergasted at how well it works so fucking better than Steam Link. It's like being in front of your main monitor.
That is so cool! Didn't know this was possible. Is there any lag?
Slight lag but it's quite unnoticeable. I'm amazed it even works lol
If you haven't already, 100% look into software modding it, you'll thank us later!
I’ve been looking into how to install h-encore, so hopefully can get that working.
Apologies for being lazy
I have a vita that ultimately stopped working, and gets stuck in a boot loop (original os, no modding/tampering done). Do you think it's hardware related? Or could I still flash a new os on that puppy.
I wanted to guy a Switch, and I am debating if I want to mod now and get an older model, or buy a new one and wait for better methods. Or... I could install one of the modchips on it
Or you can get a Steam Deck and play Switch games on that 😉
I was thinking of online play as I got my 3DS 1 year ago for that, but I just remembered that it now costs monthly for subpar service. Honestly, you are making me thinking about it more now about what I wanna get.
I sold my PSP years ago and now have a modchipped switch. With the release of android for it, I can play most PSP games on the PPSSPP emulator. Some games have issues, but even the God of War games run at full speed. It’s definitely not as small as the PSP or Vita. I’d recommend getting the OLED model and using a mod chip, as that’s probably the only way to hack it. Nintendo really locked down the later versions
Wait till you see what the mod scene has done with it
Checking out how to install CFW now, haven’t seen everything that can be done yet though.
Can you recommend a good resource for homebrew etc?
https://retrogamecorps.com/2021/04/27/ps-vita-guide/
Somewhat exhaustive but I think this is a good resource
While I do like that content creator, if you’re hacking you should use the vita.hacks.guide as even he references in the first paragraph
RGC is great about showing everything you can do once you’re done installing CFW.
Apps are available as .vpk files. There is a database.
https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/
Mostly I install stuff with the app-store style browser for that repository though, not manually downloading the files.
The actual modding process is extremely streamlined nowadays.
Dude, Vita is my daily driver. My advice? Mod the ever living fuck out of it! It's well past end of life. And Sony doesn't seem to give two shits that I'm playing online on a hacked and spoofed version, on a game I didn't pay for.
I still pull my Vita out like once a year to play something. Before the Steam Deck came along, this was my favorite handheld. Especially because I love JRPGs and the library for the genre is/was impressive.
Unfortunate that Sony didn't give the Vita the support it needed to be successful.
Never had the PS Vita. But I had the normal PSP Slim which was an amazing handheld!
I had the fat one and loved the bumps, made it so comfortable I couldn't touch my friends' slim. Miss it a lot but last time I tried it had a terrible stick drift. Wonder if they're still available somewhere
imho ruined by its memory card. If it was with a real memory standard, it could be used to watch media on the go. (it can play media, right? Or it's strictly for gaming?)
They have adapters now so that you can use any microsd card.
You can play media off it, but the cards were proprietary, expensive, and prone to failure, especially the big ones. I've had the 64gb card get corrupted a few times.
I’m always the annoying guy praising how good the Vita is.
One of my favorite thing about it is how repairable it is! The screws are even color-coded! Changing anything is ridiculously easy. (Changing the screen is a bit harder but you can change the whole front shell which includes the screen very easily)
Jail breaking the device unlocked so much stuff and gave the vita so much life
I got mine in 2015 and had a lot of fun with it. Such a shame Sony stopped supporting it so early. But even still, it has a very respectable catalogue.
Loved my Vita, but they were so stingy with those memory cards. Out of spite I never upgraded my storage so only ever had like 2 games on it at a time lol.
For all its problems, I loved the home screen customization, it's leagues better than the Switch's.
I love my modded Vita. It's a perfect little handheld emulation machine.
I liked my Vita a lot, but the UI was such a step back from the PSP. I hated the bubbles so much. Felt like it was all because they wanted to utilize the touch screen.
The bubbles were terrible. I think it might've been Sony taking inspiration from iOS with the bubbles. They just implemented it really badly.
Please someone tell me you remember SOMA and it being an incredible game?
Never had one, but repeatedly thought about getting one because of portable emulation. Nowadays there are better options for that, but the Vita itself is still a really nice little machine. At least for now, I'm happy with my Switch tho.
I love the Vita! It just feels so right in the hand, and the clicky d-pad/face buttons are the best. I like it so much that around a year ago I ported one of my favorite indie games to it.
The amount of Dissidia and Persona 4 Golden I played on this thing was unreal. Gorgeous screen on the original model and I actually really liked the bubble UI.
It's a shame the memory card standard killed this thing off. Would have loved to see more support for it.
Its all about that PSP-1000. Still working fine to this day!
I had a 3000 model. I bought it only because a coworker told me that it was trivially easy to install CFW and run my own local ISOs from the memory card, and a bunch of us would play pirated copies of Shinobido and Macross together on breaks.
That thing was a surprisingly capable little device. I lost mine a while back, and I honestly kinda miss it sometimes.
Modded PSPs were the best way of playing retro games on the go for the longest time, I'd say it's only very recently that portable android consoles have even come close
I was just playing Oracle of Seasons on a GBC emulator on my Vita yesterday. I love the PSP and the PS Vita, severely underrated especially with all the CFW and homebrew options.
I even used Moonlight to grind life skills in MMOs from my Vita.
Praise be the Vita. It's name means life and so it will live in our hearts forever.
Still use mine on the daily. It's particularly great if you can play Japanese games
I was in college at the time and I regret not buying it. It was not that popular in my neck of the woods
I was the only one in my school with one. People asked to borrow it to play Mortal Kombat all the time.
Oh yeah... I was still very much into console wars at the time it released, rooting for the Vita against the 3DS, haha.
I ended up importing it from HK to get it a few months (perhaps mere weeks even) before launch and I even made unboxings, reviews and news "coverage" on YT at the time. I loved that handheld to bits.
I don't have my day one console anymore, but I do still have one (hacked 2000 model, I'd love to get a Hori grip for it but those are way too expensive nowadays...).
Timeless design
I was unironically a massive fan of the PSTV, it was literally just a box with the internals of a Vita that you plugged into your TV. It was absolutely fantastic to be able to carry around a tiny console to hotels to get a proper gaming experience
It's the one device where it's a joy to use the dpad. After using it I'm still trying to find one that comes close to how good the dpad functions.