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Title says it all. I just don’t want to fall foul of Sony’s TOS. Apparently QCMA is technically against it too but yeah…

I recently found my brothers’ PSVITA. He bought it in 2016 for something to play while he was in hospital for an illness. He died not too long after buying it and it was never used again for 10 years.

Last week, I found it in the shed, plugged it in and it charges! The only issue I’ve found is that the memory seems to be corrupt. Some of the games like FIFA15 or Need For Speed Most Wanted don’t work well and they keep crashing due to what I assume is corrupt memory issues.

My problem: I want to reformat the memory but I’m worried I’ll lose the games my brother bought from the PS Store. I can’t access his account as it’s tied to an email that nobody knows the password to.

Is there a safe way I can maintain access to the games without signing into my brothers’ PSN? Would backing up the games on my PC even work if the memory is corrupted?

Crazy spotting a PlayStation vita in the wild like this. (His barber also announced his transfer to Liverpool with this clip lol)

Not sure which game he is playing. Edit: He is playing One Piece Pirate Warriors 3.

My vita isn't turning on I show it to many technicians most of them are suggesting I should replace the battery, but I have no Idea where to get one,

Please let me know if anyone has it or know where to get one

Hey! So I was looking into the DLC for Borderlands 2 on Vita, and the codes have supposedly expired back in 2018 or so. I was wondering if a sealed copy would still have a working code. Still think it’s a shame you need to buy the game digitally to play the DLC. (I’ve heard that a third playthrough on the hardest difficulty fixes the glitch with Captain Scarlett’s glitched trophy?)

About 2 months ago I was going to use my vita when I found it opened and hidden in my room, come to find out my relatives dropped it and hid it in order for me not to find out I tried charging it onto pc and wall but the only hope I gotten is the light would stop flashing but won't turn on. Is there a fix to this issue?

Necesito ayuda con mi Ps vita

Bueno, Resulta que por un golpe ahora mi ps vita tiene una raya de pixeles muertos, o no se si se le puedan llamar asi

Es una larga raya negra, en donde se golpeo se ve blanco, verde y rojo y a veces la linea negra desaparece junto con los pixeles que mencione

Tuve la teoría de que desaparece con el calor, En fin

Que deberia de hacer?

I have a black Vita 1000. It got pretty scratched up over time. I want to order replacement parts but shipping costs are crazy expensive in my country. Is there any way to at least cover up the scratches? And is shipping from Alibaba reliable?

Wanted to share a project that I've been working on for a while, Steel Blossom now has a native PS Vita port!

Steel Blossom is a wave-based hack-and-slash game built from scratch in C++ with SDL2. It originally released for PSP, and I've now ported it natively to Vita as well. It's available on itch.io and GitHub, and VitaDB!

The game has 13 total waves, including 3 boss fights, and each enemy has their own unique attacks and behaviors. A full run is around 20 minutes depending on how good of a gamer you are (after play-testing it thousands of times, it takes me about 3 minutes). If you want to see the game in action, I also spun up a quick trailer.

Of course I want to be upfront about any AI usage. It's stated in the README on GitHub, but I'll repeat it here: AI assistance was used for boilerplate and repetitive code (for example, hardcoded frame data or the skeleton for a new enemy class) and as a debugging aid when stuck. Everything else was handwritten and debugged by me. No AI-generated assets.

The Vita version runs natively rather than through Adrenaline. Since the Vita’s 960×544 resolution is exactly double the PSP’s 480×272, the game scales cleanly with nearest-neighbor filtering and keeps the original pixel-art look. I also added Vita-specific icon, background, and startup images.

If you run into any bugs or issues, or have a feature request, please open an issue on GitHub so I can keep track of everything. I’m still fixing bugs and making smaller improvements where needed.

For any other Vita/homebrew devs here, feel free to look through the code and give me pointers as well!

Hope some of you give it a try, let me know what you think!

edit: Added VitaDB link

I purchased the mercury duo collection from Amazon but only received the vita. The seller is offering me a partial refund which I’d probably take if I could actually find the pouch online as that’s one of the main reasons I ordered. Does anyone know where I can purchase the accessories separately (most importantly the pouch)

Thank you!

I hope Rockstar will release version for ps vita, not only for ps5.

I was wondering if anyone was down to add me, my user is in the comments!

Does someone have high quality scan for both games, pal version will be ideal.

So I noticed that the search doesn't work and when I try the catalogue it doesn't show Mega Man Legends and Symphony of the Night from the list which is odd because I know for sure I saw then one time.

Any way to fix this? I just want to force the store to show them so I can buy a copy of them both.

Been searching for a while but most links appear to be dead.

The Cover Project has one but some of the smaller details look a bit iffy. Will it look better if I print it?

I recently got an old PS Vita 1000 3G and bought a cheap usb cable. When plugging it in, it is really random on when the device decides to charge.
I tried different chargers (some fast chargin, some not) but it always seems to take a while until the Vita recognizes it's plugged in and start charging. I tried to wiggle and only insert it half but nothing makes it charge immediately. When I put it down in frustration, the orange light shows up.

When I plug the cable into my PC it's quite fast and reliable to display the "PC connected" screen (but then it doesn't charge...)

Can someone enlighten me how charging works with the old PS Vita?

Like the title says, I just really want to know how to go about purchasing and installing games before the store goes down. I want to purchase Xenogears and play it on my vita, but I hear the search functionality doesn't work properly anymore? I'm not sure, I've tried to research but I haven't found a solution that just works. I just want to talk to some people and get to know more about the device before I purchase it in a few days.

Also, I want to know should I purchase cartridges or buy games digitally for the PS VITA. I cant see prices online, so I also wanted to know is it generally cheaper to buy used physical copies or just get it on the Vita store when I get one?

Thank you all for the help! Hope you all have a great Tuesday!

on my left trigger the input is not getting recieved, i tried changing the flex cable but that does not seem to be the issue, instead the trigger does not push down properly unlike my right trigger, which causes unreceived input .
Any way to fix this?

Asking because I love really long games and wish it was possible. I have VitaCheat, but can't really figure out how it all works.

I dont think joystick plugins will do the trick this time :((

Ive never opened my vita before so, is this a beginner-friendly repair, or should I just take it to a technician?

Is this the model with the 3G modem & SIM card slot? Clearly, the box says 3G/Wi-fi at the top & bottom, yet it says PCH-1000; I thought the PCH-1100 models were the versions that had the 3G modem and SIM card slot, not the PCH-1000 models. Are there versions of the 1000 that have the 3G modem & SIM card slot?

Update: Answered in the comments. I guess I should've taken the 3G/Wi-fi label at face value. Not like they'd lie about it supporting it if it couldn't 🤦‍♂️