Sony PlayStation Vita (Pre-owned) $120 or Less + Free shipping

Quote from shaosam : How exactly did me playing Super Mario RPG while taking my morning shit kill off the PSP?

Homebrew didn't kill the PSP. It was pirates downloading all of the psp games that killed it. Everyone I knew with a PSP never bought a single PSP game yet downloaded close to a hundred. I feel bad that I was part of this group as well. I was in high school and didn't have any money so I only bought around 5 games but played over a hundred.

I will not do that to the Vita. I am buying every game that I want to play. Every little bit helps.

Quote from wizard7926 : I beg to disagree. http://www.examiner.com/article/p...nst-piracy Also, Sony accepts SD and microSD on many of their cameras, Xperia phones, tablets, and the PS3 will recognize them with a reader (previously read them natively).

So Sony is claiming piracy as the reason for using their own over-priced, proprietary format, yeah we've never seen piracy used to justify corporate greed before . Considering the smashing success this method was on the PSP at preventing piracy, I guess it's no wonder they did it again lol. Seriously, I doubt it will make any difference this time either. Instead of piracy, It seems the only thing Sony prevented was the purchase of their system by many people.

I think the the vita has 2 big things going for it that the psp never had. And that is Playstation Plus, and the PS4.

I just bought a Vita w/ 32GB Memory card on the cheap on Ebay. W/No games. Because I know I will be taking advantage of the PS PLUS games and discounts.

I will be selling my PS3 before the holiday season and keep the Vita(If I'm happy with it) and After M$ launches the new Xbox I will decide which route to go.

Quote from ecsa0014 : So Sony is claiming piracy as the reason for using their own over-priced, proprietary format, yeah we've never seen piracy used to justify corporate greed before . Considering the smashing success this method was on the PSP at preventing piracy, I guess it's no wonder they did it again lol. Seriously, I doubt it will make any difference this time either. Instead of piracy, It seems the only thing Sony prevented was the purchase of their system by many people.

The psp memory cards were pretty cheap. I got several 32 gig cards for around 35 dollars each on ebay.

Quote from Cell323 : I think the the vita has 2 big things going for it that the psp never had. And that is Playstation Plus, and the PS4. I just bought a Vita w/ 32GB Memory card on the cheap on Ebay. W/No games. Because I know I will be taking advantage of the PS PLUS games and discounts. I will be selling my PS3 before the holiday season and keep the Vita(If I'm happy with it) and After M$ launches the new Xbox I will decide which route to go.

M$ will really need to come out swinging to beat the PS4 this generation. The rumored specs puts both consoles neck and neck where the PS4 has much faster RAM GDDR5 vs DDR3 for the nextbox.

Quote from webculb : The psp memory cards were pretty cheap. I got several 32 gig cards for around 35 dollars each on ebay.

They weren't always cheap, I owned a PSP and can remember for how expensive they were initially. Although, I'm sure that was to battle piracy too lol.

Also, I find it funny that many people would think that a more expensive card would prevent anything. A pirate is paying nothing for their games so what if they have to drop a few $$ on a memory card. They may be cheap but that wouldn't much of an ordeal to most considering their savings on software purchases. With one decent sized card, they can play essentially any game for free. Doesn't seem like a bad trade-off to me. The only people this whole thing hurts is the legitimate consumer who is responsible for paying for both expensive memory cards and software.

Quote from webculb : M$ will really need to come out swinging to beat the PS4 this generation. The rumored specs puts both consoles neck and neck where the PS4 has much faster RAM GDDR5 vs DDR3 for the nextbox.

I suspect the new Xbox will win handily (in the USA anyway). Sony is on a steady decline. Funny that folks blame piracy for lack of sales of PSP yet the DS thrived despite even more piracy. Since PS2 Sony has not offered a great system. My PS2 gets more play than my PS3 which has not been powered on in years. Xbox has its issues but its controller and competition on Live blows PSN out of the water.

Quote from ecsa0014 : They weren't always cheap, I owned a PSP and can remember for how expensive they were initially. Although, I'm sure that was to battle piracy too lol. Also, I find it funny that many people would think that a more expensive card would prevent anything. A pirate is paying nothing for their games so what if they have to drop a few $$ on a memory card. They may be cheap but that wouldn't much of an ordeal to most considering their savings on software purchases. With one decent sized card, they can play essentially any game for free. Doesn't seem like a bad trade-off to me. The only people this whole thing hurts is the legitimate consumer who is responsible for paying for both expensive memory cards and software.

You really don't get it, do you? Hackers need to use the proprietary cards to be able to even attempt to hack the system itself. We aren't talking about keeping pirated-game users from using the system once it's hacked, we are talking about preventing the hacking process in and of itself.

Quote from wizard7926 : You really don't get it, do you? Hackers need to use the proprietary cards to be able to even attempt to hack the system itself. We aren't talking about keeping pirated-game users from using the system once it's hacked, we are talking about preventing the hacking process in and of itself.

And.... The vita will be hacked just like every other system. Name one that hasn't been. What makes you believe a more expensive card will prevent anything???? Like I said, So what if a pirate has to purchase a card, They will be saving a boatload of money on software purchases.

Quote from IamPro : So you need a PS3 just to copy over the limited list of games that are compatible with the Vita? Brilliant!

It's just an option.

Stop being an ass. Move on if you aren't interested in the deal.

Quote from ecsa0014 : And.... The vita will be hacked just like every other system. Name one that hasn't been. What makes you believe a more expensive card will prevent anything???? Like I said, So what if a pirate has to purchase a card, They will be saving a boatload of money on software purchases.

You act like it's easy to hack, like one person with a memory card can just put it in, break it, and presto, free games. It often takes the efforts of many hackers on many bought memory cards to be able to pull it off. The more expensive you make the card, the more you're going to keep less-devoted hackers from even trying. I'm not denying that the Vita could one day get hacked, but they're at least slowing down the efforts of hackers.

Quote from wizard7926 : You act like it's easy to hack, like one person with a memory card can just put it in, break it, and presto, free games. It often takes the efforts of many hackers on many bought memory cards to be able to pull it off. The more expensive you make the card, the more you're going to keep less-devoted hackers from even trying. I'm not denying that the Vita could one day get hacked, but they're at least slowing down the efforts of hackers.

I'm not a child and know exactly how hard cracking anything can be. I also know how determined hackers can be and a high priced memory card isn't going to stop anyone.

Sony is only slowing down adoption by regular consumers due to their high media prices. It seems a bit like cutting of their arm for a broken finger. There are far better and more consumer friendly ways to prevent piracy than this nonsense BS.

Quote from wizard7926 : Nope. You mean the one thing that killed off the original PSP? I love how everyone rags on the Vita as dead after just over a year of sales. Uncharted: Golden Abyss is the best mobile game I've ever played, period. Gravity Rush, WipEout 2048, LBP Vita, Mutant Blobs Attack, all these excellent mobile titles but sure, it's a dead console.

Gravity Rush and Uncharted are the only Vita games I want.

Quote from ecsa0014 : I'm not a child and know exactly how hard cracking anything can be. I also know how determined hackers can be and a high priced memory card isn't going to stop anyone. Sony is only slowing down adoption by regular consumers due to their high media prices. It seems a bit like cutting of their arm for a broken finger. There are far better and more consumer friendly ways to prevent piracy than this nonsense BS.

stated reason:
The reason Sony didn't use general memory cards like SD Cards and instead opted for a custom memory card is because they wanted to make sure they could have something with an equal condition for everyone. Additionally, they were concerned with security. the cards as merely a device for saving games. They're "storage" for the Vita, and are used for patches, game data, download content and more.

not much different than companies omits SD card slots on tablets and charge $50 more for 16gb extra storage