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ils411 on 19 May 2013
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MentalAlliance said:
BlowoverKing said:
MentalAlliance said:

I'm considering a Vita again because it's on sale for $199.99 right now with a 4 GB memory card and a game I will probably sell and Persona 4 Golden is on sale as well for $29.99 right now. One problem is, I would like to get caught up on the PSP library that I missed out on as well, but most of the games I would want aren't even on the PSN Store like Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, the Star Oceans, and Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (there may be others that I'm forgetting). Also, I'm a huge JRPG fan so having the PSOne Classics playable on the Vita is nice as well as the other JRPG's on it or coming to it, but the PSP can also play those PSOne Classics. So based on that, I'm not sure if it's worth getting a Vita or maybe I should just get a PSP. Or maybe I should wait until E3 to see what Sony has planned for the Vita.

One thing is for sure, if Tales of Innocence R and/or Tales of Hearts R were to get localized to NA, then I would buy a Vita in a heartbeat. I get every system that Tales games release on (in North America).

How long is the sale going on? If its done before e3 just take advantage of it now but if it goes past e3 then I would say wait and see what they have in store. Persona 4 Golden is reason enough to buy a Vita plus you can get Persona 3 Portable as well (and even the PS1 Persona's for that matter). You can get PSP's as cheap as $60 refurbished so depending on what you have to spend you could buy both!

The sale ends on June 2nd I believe so before E3. If the PSP games I mentioned were on the PSN Store I'd obviously go for the Vita (and again, especially if Tales of Innocence R and Tales of Hearts R were released in North America), but as it stands I have to have that tough "on the fence" feeling. I definitely won't be buying both though because regardless of which one I buy I'll be paying a fair bit extra for games, PSN cards, and memory cards.

A PSP is way cheaper than a Vita, but if you intend to go digital with the PSP then you're out of luck for Kingdom Hearts and Crisis Core since both are also not available on the PSP PSN store. But if you can get it on UMD for cheaps then that would be cool!

Personaly, I'd go with a PSVita. Even though I'd love to play those two games two and STar Ocean 2 (Best SO game by the way), there are still a lot of good JRPGs on the Vita store such as Crimson Gem Saga, Persona 1-3, Disgaea, Legend of Heros: trials in the sky (or something, been meaning to get this but my money keeps on going to newer Vita games..but one of these days...). Though the PSP can play PSP and PSOne games, with the Vita you can play plenty of PSP games, PSOne games, PSN games and the entire Vita library which is Awesome! (Persona 4: Golden, Gravity Rush, Disgaea 3, Ragnarok Odyssey, Senran Kagura Shinvi VS..yeah..I went there lol!, Earth Defense Force, Atelier Totori...I'll get this eventually! Mark my words!!! and Soul Sacrifice which is a good game but there seems to be something lacking...)

Also, if you're looking for JRPGs, Ys something something has been confirmed to be geting a western release, as well as valhala knights 3 aaaannndddd....yeah...thats about it.

If you have the money to burn, and I mean lots of greens coz 4Gb just wont cut it if you plan to go digital, you'll need to buy a 16Gb minimum, then money for games and stuff....yeah... If you have the money then go for the Vita. If extra cash is an issue, then you cant go wrong with a PSP (especially with you know...um...yeah....ahahaha never mind )