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I wish Vita would get more titles but does it even have the power to emulate PS2 games? As it is, PS2 games that have been ported to run natively (Jak, God of War) have ended up running worse than they did on PS2.



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Netty said:
I wish Vita would get more titles but does it even have the power to emulate PS2 games? As it is, PS2 games that have been ported to run natively (Jak, God of War) have ended up running worse than they did on PS2.

It doesn't even have the buttons according to an earlier post.



KLAMarine said:
Netty said:
I wish Vita would get more titles but does it even have the power to emulate PS2 games? As it is, PS2 games that have been ported to run natively (Jak, God of War) have ended up running worse than they did on PS2.

It doesn't even have the buttons according to an earlier post.

The buttons can be emulated using the touch screen as they are with PS1 games.





solidpumar said:

Psvita is a pretty barren place, few games.

While that is happening ps4 is getting Ps2 emulation/port from old classics.

Imagine if psvita also got that ps2 games with trophies and similar improvements.

Yeah, THAT was the problem of the vita: no PS2 games with trophies and other improvements (the native resolution for example).

Just ignore PS2 ports/remasters like...

  • Persona 4 Golden
  • Final Fantasy X
  • Final Fantasy X-2
  • Metal Gear Solid 2
  • Metal Gear Solid 3
  • Ratchet & Clank 1
  • Ratchet & Clank 2
  • Ratchet & Clank 3
  • Sly 1
  • Sly 2
  • Sly 3
  • Jak 1
  • Jak 2
  • Jak 3
  • God of War 1
  • God of War 2
  • Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
  • Ninja Gaiden Sigma

Most of them looked and performed better than the PS2 original, only a few of them had performance issue.

Then we have the PSP-ports/remasters of PS2 games, which run great on the Vita, f.e. Persona 3, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within / Revelation, Prince of Persia: Two Thrones / Rival Swords...

And of course most PS1 games that run great on the Vita and look okay thanks to the small display.



CladInShadows said:
One of the problems with the Vita is the lack of an L2, R2, L3, and R3 button. You just have less buttons to work with. This is also a problem with PSX games, but less so.

This is the biggest mistake Sony made with the PSVita





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I thought people on here didn't want to play games of the past and only play new games?.

Though I totally agree, they should be giving that handheld all the old classics, including Crash, Sly, R&C, J&D games.



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Conina said:
solidpumar said:

Psvita is a pretty barren place, few games.

While that is happening ps4 is getting Ps2 emulation/port from old classics.

Imagine if psvita also got that ps2 games with trophies and similar improvements.

Yeah, THAT was the problem of the vita: no PS2 games with trophies and other improvements (the native resolution for example).

Just ignore PS2 ports/remasters like...

  • Persona 4 Golden
  • Final Fantasy X
  • Final Fantasy X-2
  • Metal Gear Solid 2
  • Metal Gear Solid 3
  • Ratchet & Clank 1
  • Ratchet & Clank 2
  • Ratchet & Clank 3
  • Sly 1
  • Sly 2
  • Sly 3
  • Jak 1
  • Jak 2
  • Jak 3
  • God of War 1
  • God of War 2
  • Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
  • Ninja Gaiden Sigma

Most of them looked and performed better than the PS2 original, only a few of them had performance issue.

Then we have the PSP-ports/remasters of PS2 games, which run great on the Vita, f.e. Persona 3, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within / Revelation, Prince of Persia: Two Thrones / Rival Swords...

And of course most PS1 games that run great on the Vita and look okay thanks to the small display.

 

^^^ 100% Correct.

 

The Vita is a BEAST.  Take off the blinds, put the Vitas game library on display and you will see that it's one of the best handhelds of all time. Top 3 for sure.



Vita is barren? Damn I can't keep up with the releases.

That said I wouldn't complain at a few more ps2 ports to Vita.



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snyps said:
sabastian said:
I really cannot agree with this post totally.

For the last few months I've played a very good amount of Vita games.

Rocketbirds
OliOli
Teslagrad
The awesome Bastion
Dragon Fin Soup
Super Time Force Ultra

Ant there are countless other games that I've also overlooked.

I would love to see PS2 games come to the Vita too, but please lets stop with the Vita has no games argument.

The Vita needs more games yes, but its far from dead.

It's dead to many of us former owners. 

I would hope that someone with a Tales of Vesperia signature would be able to appreciate the ton of JRPGs that are releasing for the system.



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outlawauron said:

I would hope that someone with a Tales of Vesperia avatar would be able to appreciate the ton of JRPGs that are releasing for the system.

 


Sorry to offend. I'm not a jrpg gamer. I know vita is making a lot of people happy.. it happened to have the other effect on me.