Originally Posted by
neurotix
The people who want it on sale for $99 or think that it's more expensive than a Wii or PS3 aren't looking hard enough.
I got a Vita 1000 lately with 3 games (that I wanted) and an 8GB memory card and charger for $150 on Ebay. Just the 3 games and memory card alone would have cost nearly $100 separately.
I also got a PSTV with a Dual Shock 3 and charger cable bundle for under $40. If you hack the PSTV you can make it run ANY Vita game. All the games I have are supported by it anyway.
I have around 13 games for it and pretty much all of them are Japanese. Stuff like Toukiden Kiwami, Soul Sacrifice, Tales of Hearts R, Dragon's Crown and Ys. It's the same demographic/idea as the PSP was, lots of exclusive Japanese games. If all you like is Call of Duty and Battlefield and Assassin's Creed then don't bother. It's a niche system, just like the PSP was. I prefer Japanese games so it's pretty good for me.
I also have a fat PSP-1001 and a PSP GO with 32gb storage.
The Vita is nice but unfortunately, if you aren't familiar with the games for it I wouldn't recommend it, especially not over a PSP GO. Keep your PSP GO and CFW. There's a much larger, more diverse library for the PSP, especially if you don't like jrpgs or Monster Hunter style games. Also, running emulators on the PSP is MUCH MUCH easier. I did hack my PSTV and Vita to add PSP CFW but it's a huge PITA to transfer games. And now, it's been patched out of the firmware with FW 3.57. I literally have to run my Vita and PSTV through a proxy on my computer to even OPEN any games at all when the thing is connected to the internet because it will refuse to do basically anything and present me with a "You must update" prompt. (And if I do, I lose the ability to run homebrew off CFW.)
The Go/original PSP are basically the ultimate portable emulator machine and it also has a nice selection of RPGs, Monster Hunter type games, action games, puzzle games and even some fan translations. A lot of good exclusives in the PSP library.
If you really wanna play Vita games I'd recommend getting a PSTV if you don't care about portability. It's much cheaper ($30 used). Just don't buy any games that make exclusive use of the touch screen. (Though I've heard a Dual Shock 4's touchscreen will allow you to play these if you use the DS4 on the PSTV.)