PSVita megathread

DeSelby83

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Got Assassins Creed Liberation in the Vita Birthday sale for 9.99 today. Looking forward to giving that a bash later.
Wanted to get Killzone as well but got darn tooting age old nonsense of not enough space on my memory cards. I might have to delete COD to make space for it, I dont see myself playing COD again.

Havnt played COD but i do have killzone and its fantastic. Well worth a purchase on the current sale.

Sephiroth_dude

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Got Assassins Creed Liberation in the Vita Birthday sale for 9.99 today.

I got that too, its not a bad game at all and worth it at that price.

nirvana78

Any advice greatly appreciated. My ten year old has a PS Vita, he's asking me can he have a SIM card? Why would he need one?

Clueless mother

Sephiroth_dude

nirvana78 wrote: »

Any advice greatly appreciated. My ten year old has a PS Vita, he's asking me can he have a SIM card? Why would he need one?

Clueless mother

Is it the 3g version maybe?

nirvana78

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is it the 3g version maybe?

Thank you for your reply. I asked him your question, he proceeded to take out a memory card and told me it was 16g.
Does that make sense to you? I'm lost 😕

RikuoAmero

nirvana78 wrote: »

Thank you for your reply. I asked him your question, he proceeded to take out a memory card and told me it was 16g.
Does that make sense to you? I'm lost 😕

Memory card and SIM cards are not the same thing.
SIM cards are used for mobile phone network access. If the SIM card is in a phone, it's what allows you to communicate. If it's in another device such as a tablet or in this case the PS Vita, it allows the Vita to have wireless internet access when not connected to Wifi. The 3G the other guy mentioned refers to the speed and type of mobile network that the device connects to. This is different to what your kid pulled out - he pulled out a 16GB (gigabyte) memory card, which is a storage device. The 3G and 16GB have nothing at all to do with another, they're two completely different things.

imitation

nirvana78 wrote: »

Thank you for your reply. I asked him your question, he proceeded to take out a memory card and told me it was 16g.
Does that make sense to you? I'm lost 😕

Thats the 16gig memory card in it. Its used for storing games. Hes probably looking for a mobile sim card like for phone, but just for internet access. Honestly I wouldn't be too bothered getting one, i dont think you can play games over the sim, just download them, browse the web and maybe communicate over psn. As the games are big downloading them would be expensive on a mobile plan.

nirvana78

RikuoAmero wrote: »

Memory card and SIM cards are not the same thing.
SIM cards are used for mobile phone network access. If the SIM card is in a phone, it's what allows you to communicate. If it's in another device such as a tablet or in this case the PS Vita, it allows the Vita to have wireless internet access when not connected to Wifi. The 3G the other guy mentioned refers to the speed and type of mobile network that the device connects to. This is different to what your kid pulled out - he pulled out a 16GB (gigabyte) memory card, which is a storage device. The 3G and 16GB have nothing at all to do with another, they're two completely different things.

Ah I see, that makes perfect sense to me now. At the minute he only uses it in the house, so basically if he wanted to use it outside the house, then he would get a SIM card from any network and buy credit for the internet. Thank you for your help.

RikuoAmero

nirvana78 wrote: »

Ah I see, that makes perfect sense to me now. At the minute he only uses it in the house, so basically if he wanted to use it outside the house, then he would get a SIM card from any network and buy credit for the internet. Thank you for your help.

Pretty much. If you do decide to get him a SIM card, then to make it economical, I suggest telling him to use it only for online play. Tell him to download games and other things only when he's at home and he's connected to Wifi - that way, he avoids any data charges.
Online play, when compared to downloads or Youtube videos or anything like that, is pretty data light. It's just transmitting to Sony's servers where your character is on the game map, or what moves you made in Tekken or Street Fighter.

nirvana78

Thank you RikuoAmero, great advice I appreciate it very much.

shuffles03

Just had a thought, I have Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn for the PS4. Never played it. Would that be a good remote play game for the Vita?

Sephiroth_dude

shuffles03 wrote: »

Just had a thought, I have Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn for the PS4. Never played it. Would that be a good remote play game for the Vita?

I played it via remote play and it was grand for me.

Retr0gamer

shuffles03 wrote: »

Haven't played my Vita in about 6 months. Looking for a game to play in bed/commuting. Was thinking maybe an RPG. I've never played any JRPGs but loved the old Final Fantasies! Any suggestions? Or likewise, have I missed any must haves since the Vita launched? I only have Uncharted, MGS & Rayman.

I also have a problem with limited editions so boxed preferably would be the way to go. For a JRPG would it be best to import?

The two best options on Vita are Persona 4 Golden and the four Atelier games, Rorona, Totori, Meruru and Ayesha. Best to start with Rorona or Ayesha since they are the start points of their respective trilogies. Freedom Wars and FFX are good but Persona 4 and Atelier are just so much better. The Atelier games are digital only while Persona 4 is physical and digital.

RikuoAmero

Holy...I just dodged a bullet there.

I ordered a PS Vita from Ebay, second-hand. It came this morning, just about an hour ago. It came with the console and a power lead. I power it on, it has full battery. There is no memory card.
Like the idiot I am, I immediately proceed to log in with the same PSN+ account as on my PS4. I mess around with it for a few minutes, then decide to try the remote play PS4 feature.
This is when things got hairy.
Immediately, the Vita started showing gameplay footage from some footy game. Confused, I back out to the Home screen...which is now in Russian. Worse, the console was playing itself! Even worse, on the TV, it said I had just been logged out of my account.
Panicking, I immediately go to the PS4, log back in, and change my password. I called Sony Support, who advised me to log in to the account on my PC web browser, and change not only the password (again) but also give it a new email account. I did so, creating a new email account on a webmail service (not saying where).
Fortunately, my PSN+ account has NO up to date billing information. It did have an old credit card that is now expired. It is not linked to my PayPal, or anything like that. I paid for my + service using a card bought from Gamestop. Thank goodness my paranoia actually paid off.

The weird thing is, is that the Vita, when I powered it on, went through a fresh system startup routine (asking me for my time zone and all that). Has Vita software been cracked? I know the PS3 was hacked a few years by some guy called GeoHot. If so, is there a way for me to completely wipe the Vita, such that this never happens again?

Guess I'm going to have to buy a brand new Vita, and never get a second hand console ever again.

DARK-KNIGHT

Hi was thinking of buying a vita to accompany my ps4.. What are the main selling points for the vita now? And are they essential to the ps experience

Lemlin

Folks,

Anyone have any experience of any of these products?

£12.99 - Kelux Fake Controller unit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/KELUX-Vita-Slim-Controller-Hand/dp/B00NOZINWA/ref=pd_sim_vg_h__13?ie=UTF8&refRID=0C1TX23XD1WXG4P5NY0V

£12.99 - Carry Case
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Double-Compartment-Carry-Case-Vita/dp/B007GYBTGW/ref=sr_1_6?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1424700005&sr=1-6&keywords=sony+ps+vita+case

£7.95 - Lifetime screen protector
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Expert-Shield-Protector-Lifetime-Guarantee/dp/B00ER7V772/ref=pd_sim_vg_h__15?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FMNVGNDWP49FZXP7NDP

Trying to get everything setup for giving this Vita to my son. I figure he'll need a case and screen protector and the above contraption that makes it work more like a normal controller was also recommended to me.

Anyone have any thoughts on these or do you know better products?

Xenji

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Hi was thinking of buying a vita to accompany my ps4.. What are the main selling points for the vita now? And are they essential to the ps experience

There are only 3 reasons to get a Vita if you want it just to accompany your PS4 and they are remote play, cross buy games and the free PS+ games.

Depending on what sort of games you are into, the Vita is a brilliant little console in its own right.

DARK-KNIGHT

Xenji wrote: »

There are only 3 reasons to get a Vita if you want it just to accompany your PS4 and they are remote play, cross buy games and the free PS+ games.

Depending on what sort of games you are into, the Vita is a brilliant little console in its own right.

When the vita launched in had one but lack of games I made decision it wasn't worth keeping but with free games and remote play in am interested again

CombatCow

Lemlin wrote: »

Folks,

Anyone have any experience of any of these products?

£12.99 - Kelux Fake Controller unit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/KELUX-Vita-Slim-Controller-Hand/dp/B00NOZINWA/ref=pd_sim_vg_h__13?ie=UTF8&refRID=0C1TX23XD1WXG4P5NY0V

Trying to get everything setup for giving this Vita to my son. I figure he'll need a case and screen protector and the above contraption that makes it work more like a normal controller was also recommended to me.

Anyone have any thoughts on these or do you know better products?

Yeah I have the hand grip, it's not the same brand but it's same style, I couldn't use the vita for 15min without getting hand cramp so I have this on 100% of the time, can't recommend it enough.

TinCanMan

Just note that if you are getting it for remote play of your PS4 that the Vita doesn't have L2 + R2 buttons so you have to use various areas of the rear touchpad to compensate, which I find truly cumbersome at best.

Xenji

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

When the vita launched in had one but lack of games I made decision it wasn't worth keeping but with free games and remote play in am interested again

It has really blossomed in the last 18 months, some great games have been released, there are over 350 games that have planned releases in the next 18 months as well, you can see a lot of screens of them here http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=969122

Sephiroth_dude

Xenji wrote: »

It has really blossomed in the last 18 months, some great games have been released, there are over 350 games that have planned releases in the next 18 months as well, you can see a lot of screens of them here http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=969122

Nice list there, didn't realise darkest dungeon was coming to vita/ps4.

penev10

RikuoAmero wrote: »

Holy...I just dodged a bullet there.

I ordered a PS Vita from Ebay, second-hand. It came this morning, just about an hour ago. It came with the console and a power lead. I power it on, it has full battery. There is no memory card.
Like the idiot I am, I immediately proceed to log in with the same PSN+ account as on my PS4. I mess around with it for a few minutes, then decide to try the remote play PS4 feature.
This is when things got hairy.
Immediately, the Vita started showing gameplay footage from some footy game. Confused, I back out to the Home screen...which is now in Russian. Worse, the console was playing itself! Even worse, on the TV, it said I had just been logged out of my account.
Panicking, I immediately go to the PS4, log back in, and change my password. I called Sony Support, who advised me to log in to the account on my PC web browser, and change not only the password (again) but also give it a new email account. I did so, creating a new email account on a webmail service (not saying where).
Fortunately, my PSN+ account has NO up to date billing information. It did have an old credit card that is now expired. It is not linked to my PayPal, or anything like that. I paid for my + service using a card bought from Gamestop. Thank goodness my paranoia actually paid off.

The weird thing is, is that the Vita, when I powered it on, went through a fresh system startup routine (asking me for my time zone and all that). Has Vita software been cracked? I know the PS3 was hacked a few years by some guy called GeoHot. If so, is there a way for me to completely wipe the Vita, such that this never happens again?

Guess I'm going to have to buy a brand new Vita, and never get a second hand console ever again.

Weird. Maybe it wasn't a hack attempt and it was just paired with the seller's ps4 and that info doesn't get wiped properly?

cadete

Lemlin wrote: »

Folks,

Anyone have any experience of any of these products?

£12.99 - Kelux Fake Controller unit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/KELUX-Vita-Slim-Controller-Hand/dp/B00NOZINWA/ref=pd_sim_vg_h__13?ie=UTF8&refRID=0C1TX23XD1WXG4P5NY0V

Yep have similar really handy almost essential imo

Lemlin wrote: »

£12.99 - Carry Case
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Double-Compartment-Carry-Case-Vita/dp/B007GYBTGW/ref=sr_1_6?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1424700005&sr=1-6&keywords=sony+ps+vita+case

dont have one but if u have a case like above it wont fit in the pouch?

Lemlin wrote: »

£7.95 - Lifetime screen protector
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Expert-Shield-Protector-Lifetime-Guarantee/dp/B00ER7V772/ref=pd_sim_vg_h__15?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FMNVGNDWP49FZXP7NDP

Yep have similar too really good my screen is still like new

RikuoAmero

penev10 wrote: »

Weird. Maybe it wasn't a hack attempt and it was just paired with the seller's ps4 and that info doesn't get wiped properly?

I would think that, except that my PS4 is now no longer the primary PS4 for my PSN+ account. How that happened I don't know, since to deactivate a primary, you have to do it from that specific console.

Lemlin

cadete wrote: »

Yep have similar really handy almost essential imo


dont have one but if u have a case like above it wont fit in the pouch?


Yep have similar too really good my screen is still like new

Is the controller type cover no easy to take on and off? I had assumed it would be.

da gamer

Lads where is the cheapest place to get vita memory cards? It's a pure money racket, bought 4, 8 and 16gb memory cards and they are all full. Can't seem to find any cheap prices on amazon or ebay

RikuoAmero

da gamer wrote: »

Lads where is the cheapest place to get vita memory cards? It's a pure money racket, bought 4, 8 and 16gb memory cards and they are all full. Can't seem to find any cheap prices on amazon or ebay

Why don't you just store what you're not currently using on your computer's hard drive?

da gamer

RikuoAmero wrote: »

Why don't you just store what you're not currently using on your computer's hard drive?

Can I put the free downloaded games onto my hard drive?

RikuoAmero

da gamer wrote: »

Can I put the free downloaded games onto my hard drive?

Yup. https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3842/~/copy-files-on-ps-vita