Community Review: The PlayStation Vita

Game releases are a little light at the moment, so maybe it’s a good time to take stock. Let’s talk about the PS Vita. Who has one, do you use it much? If you don’t have one, are you thinking of buying one? What’s holding you back?

I’ve had a mixed experience with my Vita. I literally don’t think I’ve spent more than five minutes with a disc based game on my Vita ever. That was at launch and I haven’t bothered buying or playing anything off a disc since.

I have, however, spent a lot of time playing indie game and — perhaps more crucially — playing old games that I didn’t get the chance to check out on the PC when they first released. Games like Spelunky, Hotline Miami, etc. I’ve wrote previously that the PS Vita has been my ‘In case you missed it machine’. It’s such a glorious device to play Indie games on. It really is.

Recently I’ve spent time playing games like OlliOlli and LuftRausers on it. These are the kind of games I use my Vita for. It feels more like a PC portable than a PlayStation Portable. That’s weird, but kind of cool.


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