Never owned a portable PlayStation device, is it worth it?

Submitted by Spidey_Almighty t3_zygr8p in gaming

I am interested in playing games I never got to play on the psp and vita as I never owned a handheld PlayStation device, but is it worth buying a psp/ps go or ps vita at this point? Are they reliable consoles? Do they have expansive game libraries that make the consoles worth owning? Mainly I’m interested in playing games from series I love but I just never had the portable consoles to play entries like Uncharted Golden Abyss, Daxter or God of War Chains of Olympus.

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Crimsonclaw111 t1_j25qpeh wrote

Yeah now that you can use homebrew to crack them wide open and get rid of the idiotic proprietary memory card bullshit.

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PlentyChip3093 t1_j25qz39 wrote

It's going to be far easier to get a Steam Deck and put an emulator on it. Providing you have the money at least, they aren't exaclty cheap devices.

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hiddenremnant t1_j25rbye wrote

we had a psp growing up and it was amazing. i'd say now though to be honest i'd emulate over getting new games / continuing to use my psp. i don't know if you can buy them new anymore, so dealing with needing to replace the battery, having the charger for it potentially replaced as well, etc. could get difficult and/or expensive.

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Waste-Reception5297 t1_j25u5g9 wrote

The PSP and Vita are really good handhelds, definitely recommend buy it's a bit harder to get games nowadays unfortunately

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DotJata t1_j2677j9 wrote

Love my Vita. Getting it cracked and running whatever you want on it is the way to go.

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SaiyajinPrime t1_j26fa58 wrote

There are any number of portable devices that emulate games you'd better off buying instead of a PS Vita in 2023.

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captainhooklk t1_j27njzp wrote

Not worth getting it now, since it is an obsolete console.

Better to invest in a new console if possible.

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