Freedom Wars

Persona 4 Golden

Speaking as a user of many devices over the years that were rather unpopular (dreamcast, vita, windows phones, etc), I can definitely feel your pain. But since I never got a 3G Vita I just stopped taking it out and about when I began to commute with a car instead of public transit.

What shocks me most about the loss of Skype support is that you've had it for as long as you did. I mean heck, Microsoft dropped Skype support for Windows Phone 8.1 last Fall (or earlier, can't quite recall). Who's most responsible for them dropping support on the Vita? Sony, or Microsoft?

Using the Vita as a phone is stupid because it's not a phone. It's about as useful as using an iPhone as your primary computer. Sure, it kinda works I guess, you can even connect a mouse and a keyboard. But it won't ever come close to an actual PC or Mac.

That said, why the hell are you even updating when you know you're losing a feature important to you? Just stay on an old firmware. Get henkaku, install homebrew that actually brings you new features Sony will never deliver. PSN can be accessed by spoofing, but there really isn't too much there anyway, so even if it wouldn't be accessible from a CFW anymore, I wouldn't miss it.

Being a niche sucks, mate.

I don't think you know the meaning of AAA games. 

It amazes me a company can remove features like that. If I bought a Vita with Skype as part of the package and it was software I used most of the time then the product is now not as described. Surely you paid for that skype license when you bought the product and it should remain there and even if there was no license fee for Sony to pay they sold it with that feature. Why does improving the firmware allow you to remove important software?

Hold that thought, I'll let you know when I do.

No man, your confusing  good games with AAA , you should have just said it's got COD and Assassins Creed titles then they would have ben happy.

I thought Sony has killed Vita support for Skype a long time ago.

I know, right. It's part of the reason I hardly ever make threads. I mean, I know it's the internet and all, but would it kill some people to post like decent human beings?

Anyway. It's quite sad having witnessed your enthusiasm for the vita over the years. Like you said, it was inevitable, but it still sucks.