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I’m deep into the console preservation, restoration, and modification scene personally as an active contributor, and in talking to another friend in the communi
by vanadium 7y ago
I’m deep into the console preservation, restoration, and modification scene personally as an active contributor, and in talking to another friend in the community tonight around this article, it wouldn’t surprise either of us if most if not all of the exploits from the link were happily held in community embargo until a safe distance after the date Sony officially discontinued its support for the Vita had passed. There’s been a real flurry of “jailbreak” activity from the community since Sony decided to walk away from the Vita, despite some niche third-party manufacturers like Limited Run Games still supporting the system with new physical releases.
That said, while the Acekards and R4s made the Nintendo DS by far the most accessible vector for piracy and homebrew, exploits made the PSP ground zero for multi-system emulation fans. The PSP display was significantly better and the system, prior to the 3DS, was significantly more powerful.
We're about to see the Vita assume the PSP's place on that mantle, it looks like.
- stordoff 7y agoFWIW, Limited Run games are now on their last 16 Vita games, and AFAIK all of them have been manufactured.
- ascagnel_ 7y agoAnd all of those games are physical releases -- having a hacked system wouldn't necessarily give you much of a benefit in those cases.
- Causality1 7y agoAre you sure about that? "Phone in a bluetooth gamepad" seems like a much larger install base with many other obvious advantages.
- ascagnel_ 7y agoThe issue with "Phone in a BT gamepad" is that it requires you to constantly take the phone in and out of said grip/gamepad. It never caught on because it's a terrible user experience.
- kawsper 7y agoAnd for me, I would like not to drain my phone battery on games, so a gaming handheld is the solution for me, but I guess i'm in the minority.
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- TheOfficialFloW 7y agoIndeed I hold them off for a year and only released them after Sony has officially ended the production.