Man if we had Android on Vita that would've been sweet.
Thanks (again) **** for messing with the linux on PS3.
Vita "hacked," (PSP) homebrew on the way (not piracy)
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Man if we had Android on Vita that would've been sweet.
Thanks (again) **** for messing with the linux on PS3.
MeBecomingI
Member
This certainly is not good news for Sony because it will likely lead to the inevitable issue of piracy and that is terrifying for the future of the Vita after looking at the history of the PSP. This is good news for homebrew fans and hopefully it stays solely as homebrew and doesn't expand past that.
The customer is always right, even when you think they are wrong.
Sentenza
Member
It should be, if Sony doesn't try to hard to stop it.
*sigh* can't wait for all those "Is Sony in serious trouble?" articles on gaming sites..
Emulators on the run? Meh, until it plays DC games it's nothing groundbreaking for me or anything (I doubt it would be able to run DC games though) But yeah it will get patched by Sony although people will still find a way to play downloaded Vita games and play them on their cracked handheld just like the PS3 now.
Just don't give it a name like "Vita jailbreak" pleaaaase
Emulators on the run? Meh, until it plays DC games it's nothing groundbreaking for me or anything (I doubt it would be able to run DC games though) But yeah it will get patched by Sony although people will still find a way to play downloaded Vita games and play them on their cracked handheld just like the PS3 now.
Just don't give it a name like "Vita jailbreak" pleaaaase
Never, some mid to high end PC's still struggle to run a PS2 game at it's original framerate.
No, and i don't think you'll be able to.
Thank you based god. Now, i have a reason to keep this thing.Exciting news, indeed.
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Aren't PSP games on the Vita running on an emulator? If Sony themselves did the emulator that we could very well end up in a situation similar to the PSP's PSX emulator... people just dumping their own PSX .iso files and most of them just working fine.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Well,
PSVita has NO games (check)
So what if no real home brew apps comes out other than emulators, that's no piracy [ask Nintendo or Sony how they feel about that for example... Perhaps we are talking about home brew code for SNES, right?] (check)
Yawn... Sigh...
PSVita has NO games (check)
So what if no real home brew apps comes out other than emulators, that's no piracy [ask Nintendo or Sony how they feel about that for example... Perhaps we are talking about home brew code for SNES, right?] (check)
Yawn... Sigh...
Brad Grenz
Member
How do you get rejected by an open Beta literally anyone can download?
Canis lupus
Member
Awesome if it never allows piracy, or only yeaaarrss later.
I'd love it if a white knight hacker came forward and completely hacked the system allowing emulation... But didn't tell anyone how to run pirated games. Would be glorious. I don't really care about running backups, I just want some fullspeed SNES/N64/Dreamcast emulation on this thing. The PSP doesn't run all SNES games perfectly, but the Vita would. Hell the PSP can emulate Super Mario 64 pretty well, so I'm sure the Vita would do fullspeed. Dreamcast might happen, but perhaps not fullspeed.
This is it exactly.
flippymittens
Banned
I doubt it can run anything post N64/Playstation/saturn (no idea what requirements for saturn emulation is), maybe Dreamcast if that (doubt it).
Conflict NZ
Member
Not sure where you get this idea from. Some games do have trouble due to the poor hardware design but emulating a PS2 game at its native resolution can be done in a mid-low end PC. I can emulate persona 4 on my dual core 5 year old laptop at native resolution at 30fps.
Mailenstein
Member
I guess it will go the same way as the PS3. Homebrew, piracy and the possibility to get
locked out from online or keep PSN and online. Correct me if I'm wrong since I'm not up to date with PS3 hacking atm. At this point I'm not ready to give up online and PSN. The risks are too high I think.
locked out from online or keep PSN and online. Correct me if I'm wrong since I'm not up to date with PS3 hacking atm. At this point I'm not ready to give up online and PSN. The risks are too high I think.
Conflict NZ
Member
Absolutely, backups on the PSP were great because of the poor loading time of the UMD and running of a memory card was a lot faster, but now that Vita games run on flash cards and they are all available to download if you want them on a memory stick the point of backups becomes moot. PSV would be a great emulation machine.
I should have said it differently, PC's with better specs than the Vita are struggling emulating PS2 games, of course there are exceptions but I reaaaally doubt a Vita is able to run GoW2 at 60fps with no graphical glitches. I have had an older i5 laptop at home who wasn't able to even run a KoF fighting game at 60fps. Should have played more with the settings though..
You're only locked out from PSN on the PS3 because of firmware requirements, not because accounts are banned. You can give up your CFW and go legit, but once you do, you can't downgrade and get CFW back.
This one is would be portable?
Seriously. I'm in the beta, and I've never written a piece of software in my life.
What?!?!
I don't usually follow homebrew scene, but I thought 3DS already had a homebrew app. Hmm, guess this is good news for Nintendo.
bodyboarder
Member
As neat as it was to run emulators/programs etc on my old psp it just got too annoying to play new games that required a firmware update.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Why do people need a Vita at all? Don't they have a PSP at home?
Pretty sure you can't play Vita games on the PSP.
Sidewinder
Member
Exactly, if they manage to copy the games, it's game over for 3rd party support and the Vita will die a slow and painful death.
fabricated backlash
Member
Oh for crying out loud, could you people stop with the black and white doomsday bullshit?
The PSVita will do fine even with a crack, if Sony gives enough of a damn to support it with must have software. The DS was piracy heaven and had a very active homebrew scene, yet game support was massive.
Homebrew on the Vita could do wonders to it's sales and as long as Sony delivers software that people will actually buy there is no need to worry. If a system is only bought because it can play pirated software, doesn't that speak volumes about it's appeal in the first place?
And vice versa.
I was talking of the closed beta that happened before that. I now have the latest (open) beta version of PSM, but ran out of motivation and free time in the meantime.
Some people still believe Linux support on the ps3 was removed because of Geohot? I guess hoaxes never die, hu?
Sort of OT and out of curiosity, which portable device is more powerful between the Samsung Galaxy III and the Sony Vita? If emulators were to one day show up on Vita, which portable would run them faster/smoother between the two?
I use my modded PSP exlusively to be able to quickly switch between regional accounts and to play PS1 games that aren't on PSN... so now you've met one.
Contractual issues with IBM.
(my source is internal and wants to stay anonymous, so I do not have any proof... believe what you think is the most likely coming from Sony. Money, or security?)
Tribes of Trusty
Member
Nintendo 64, and that's about it.
I don't particularly care about this news, I already have a modded PSP, so I have all the portable emulation I need. Plus, if Sony reacts the same way as with the PS3, it won't be a problem.
I don't particularly care about this news, I already have a modded PSP, so I have all the portable emulation I need. Plus, if Sony reacts the same way as with the PS3, it won't be a problem.
Short term, N64 could benefit a lot from the faster CPU. SNES would like a little boost as well, I've seen it in painful situations on some games on the PSP.
Personal guess: Mid term, ps2 could be on the roadmap (if Sony bring PS2 classics to the vita and hackers hijack it.)
Edit: I think people are overreacting on this. At best, there are months of research and development before this hack can turn into anything useful, and that most likely doesn't mean piracy.
A right analog stick?