/v/ - Video Games

http://www.mcvuk.com/articles/consoles/nis-america-will-continue-to-support-vita-digitally

>>13630699

Sometimes they get the rights to actually good games. And, if lightning strikes twice, they will do a "good" job on it. That is precisely when you should pick it up used, afterwards, when it has dropped in price a bit.

>>13630799

I don't want that filth label in my home regardless if it's a used copy or stolen.

>>13630799

>ywn learn moonrunes

Just picked up Demon Gaze for the vita, then noticed it was NIS. Is it censored at all? Google and gamefaqs links provided by google aren't giving me a direct answer and it's mildly frustrating.

>>13638132

It's actually completely fine.

>>13630298

>PLAYAN

SRWZ2 and Xenogears via adrenaline.

>>13638348

*hated

>>13638348

They liked it before it started getting games. Then all the games it got were too lewd for their puritanical sensibilities so they stopped liking it.

>>13638348

Any discussion of the Vita often ended being deleted and followed with a ban by the time the handheld was confirmed to get nothing more than niche japanese games (so basically around 2015-2016)

There was another screenshot with Evilore saying "the Vita is for pedos and will no longer be tolerated in NeoGAF" but seems like I lost it

>>13638132

Far as I've heard in past threads, the western release was surprisingly decent, considering the quality of NISA's usual work. Do hope you mean that you picked it up preowned physical though, or "picked up" as in downloaded to pirate.

>>13630799

>Sometimes they get the rights to actually good games

Doesn't mean you need to settle for their cucked versions.

>>13638324

>SRWZ2

You're a good man Anon.

>>13638348

Pretty sure NeoGAF was only pro-Sony because it was a Japanese company trying to be a Western one, their whole thing has always been to be shills for the Western industry, hence why they're all SJWs.

>>13638990

Crowe's the shit. I'm still not sure if he and Uther are meant to be based of Yang Wenli and Reinharto from LOGH though.

>>13639018

Would not surprise me in the least if they were.

for a dead handheld, i bought more games for it than any other handheld or console combined.

>>13638710

Pre-owned, from a card shop, actually.

>>13641451

Awesome.

Guiz, pkgi is here.

https://github.com/mmozeiko/pkgi

>>13647394

>not having multiple saves

>not storing them in different hard drives

you got only yourself to blame, anon.

>>13638360

>>13638371

>>13638990

>worship Sony

>hate Japan on an almost physical level

Leftism is a hell of a drug.

>>13647830

They are stored on different hard drives, I just didn't make any backups from my Vita after I backed up my TV save.

>>13648198

Looks like it, yeah. I'm going to recopy them eventually, but it's still just frustrating that a plugin is basically why I lost a few weeks worth of grind.

>>13638132

It's uncut and fairly meme free, probably one of the only decent NISA releases.

>>13649593

>PS4

>Successful and popular and selling well

In foreignerland maybe

>>13651507

>This week it's outselling systems that have been out for half a decade and long since saturated the market!

I'm honestly more surprised the Switch is that high and that the Bone has sold any machines at all

>>13639011

>right on cue

Continue being fucked in the ass by NISA then, faggot. Continue helping the blight on games. Better yet, kill yourself.

>>13650872

Nothing really. Most vita games in general are one of the two or just shallow moe games. If someone can prove me wrong i'd be happy, since i'd like to play something new.

I'd be happy to just play games that require over 3.60

>>13650872

>>13651626

>Princess wa Kane no Majo

>Proton 3

>Ninja Usagimaru

>Rabbit x Labyrinth

>Touhou Double Focus

>Touhou Sky Arena -MATSURI- Climax

>Chelsea-san must kill seven devils ("Bunny must die")

There is also Macross Delta but I dont own that one to give it a proper recommendation or not.

>>13651926

I was hoping for something better, Macross delta looks the more fun out of those. I guess i could try princess wa kane no majo or ninja usagimaru but the rest looks pretty boring and i'm not a touhou fan.

This week sale:

Sale-of-the-Dead Week2

>NISA sale

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/all-deals/cid=STORE-MSF77008-ALLDEALS%7Cplatform~vita%7C

>>13650704

>What's your plugin setup like?

Just BatteryPercent and NoNpDrm. Does Adrenaline count as a plugin?

I'd like to have a huntung game on vita and i wanted to play toukiden since i already finished soul sacrifice and freedom wars. Which title is better: kiwami or 2?

>>13633501

slurp slurp

>>13649508

>Hate racism, xenophobia or countries existing for its people only

>Do dubs over their animation which are nowhere close original script

>Vita

This console exists only for waifus, doesn't it? And a lot of it doesn't even get a western release. Everything is moving to mobile. What's the point anymore, beside it looking nicer than any other handheld?

>>13656514

>This console exists only for waifus, doesn't it?

Nope.

>And a lot of it doesn't even get a western release.

What do Western releases have to do with anything?

>>13656548

It's not only for waifus but it is certainly the premier waifu box.

>retards complaining about anime instead of the fact we now have a vita native FreeShop

lmao at the state of 8chan

>>13656855

Technically it's vita CIAngel.

I've been looking for a good dungo crawler are stranger in sword city or Mary Skelter any good?

>>13660903

>Not, y'know, the DLC stages

The Fan Damacy are used to unlock the DLC stages. 5 unlock one stage, and one shows up in every ~20 levels.

>but it's irrelevant until someone dumps them for NoNpDrm. I'm keeping my system Mai-free now.

Can you do microtransactions over Mai? I might be in luck because I haven't gotten around to replacing everything yet; katamari is still installed via Mai

>>13660929

It's 10 per stage isn't it? Either way it's a ridiculous grind to get them legitimately, and I think I only played the maid stage. Mai can't handle official DLC or patching or anything that wasn't done at time of dumping. Vitas that can use pirating can't download from PSN so we won't know if it works with NoNpDrm. In any case we really need PSN back.

Unfortunately I actually had the DLC legitimately downloaded but screwed up and lost it. It seems no one else has it either, ludicrously.

>>13662247

I want that uta art book. Might have to bite the bullet on expensive shipping. Or maybe wait for a nice honto coupon.

>>13662226

>>13662235

Metal Max Xeno looks pretty cool and I'm excited for that Virtual ON. I didn't even know it was coming to Vita.

>>13662226

>META LMAX

Spacing in the image aside, bit surprised to see Metal Max coming back to Sony, given both that aside from Saga on the PS2, it's generally been a third-party Nintendo series, and the last two entries mobile (which had me wondering if it was getting relegated to Mobile Hell for the future). Good to see that old series managing to stick around, and with actual games too, even if usually Japan only.

>>13662235

>>13664176

"Oh boy new Virtual O-"

>It's a crossover with some stupid moeblob looking shit

Fuck

>>13664557

>Raildex is moeblob

Why is it that the people who use moeblob don't even know what moe even means? It's like saying "I hate things that are endearing." which sounds retarded. I don't blame you for not wanting the crossword but why the buzzword?

>>13657483

I ended up getting Stranger of Sword City revisited and I am loving it so far. The art is fucking great and the game is solid.

To be honest the art for DT2, DG, and MS:N turned me off a little (less so for MS:N though)

Fuck. Psvsd is ALREADY sold out.

http://spheresolid.com/

A Certain Magical Virtual-On (PSV/PS4)

1:11:55 to 1:32:05

Metal Max Xeno (PSV/PS4)

Occultic;Nine trailer

>>13690885

Alt link for stupid region locking. Why even bother if you're just gonna chuck it up on a region-free video host?

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm32176719

Also I repeat: What in sweet hell is going on with those boobs?

>>13690885

Any chance of this being translated- and by anyone good?

>>13690984

>Translations

>Good

Hah.

>>13691017

Fair point-but still any word of a western release? Or even an Asia w/english subs?

>>13690984

I’d assume PQube will pick it up.

>>13691087

Macromastia. Genetic condition that gives super huge breasts. It can't be helped.

Looks like Blue Reflection was censored for western release.

>>13696924

Pretty sure that's just a given for any Western release

>>13690931

Thank you for this post, anon.

>>13696997

good to know this, now i can buy the game and refund it for it while leaving negative anti censorship review

>>13697128

Not sure why the initial purchase is necessary

>>13696997

Well, that's very unfortunate. I was very gungho about getting around to playing this, but censorship always puts a mega damper on enthusiasm.

It's hella harcore

>>13703949

I thought you can dump licences fine just from a computer.

>>13706109

This is for contributing games/DLC that aren't presently on NPS. I need to get the games downloaded and playable on my 3.60 system so NoNpDrm can do its magic. At present the only avenue is to download them on a 3.65 system that's linked to the same PSN account.

I've extracted DL links, and have fake licenses for some of my games, so I can do some of it now. But yeah to go further I'm a bit hung up on updating that new 3.60 system.

https://www.jp.playstation.com/blog/detail/5934/20171101-psvita.html

>Vita + 16 GB card for only 19,980 anime dollars

Seems like an alright deal for a new vita.

>>13696997

>>13696924

It's a good thing I didn't buy it on an impulse. I want to start importing all my games, but I really don't have the money for all of it, I wish I could import used games or something

Nearing to what I think is the end of Mary Skelter. Game has been enjoyable and the nightmare gimmick in dungeons sure did spice things up by not letting me carelessly wander about. Class skills should have been looked at better by the devs as some are completely outclassed such as a buff that raises evasion versus a buff that raises evasion AND hit rate. Blood management is also another fun feature to manage during fights as the fights themselves are basic for a dungeon crawler.

https://twitter.com/LimitedRunDoug/status/926196826994302977

>>13721569

>He doesn't get the hate for Cage

>He says Detroit was his favorite game

>Faggots flocking to agree with him

Jesus Christ this guy has some shit taste.

https://twitter.com/RealStrictlyLTD/status/926770991237181440

https://www.dualshockers.com/shantae-half-genie-hero-new-character-dlc/

Anything interesting coming out that's not in Moonrunes?

>>13737882

>Not in Moonrunes

I think you're on the wrong board, this is the place for video games.

>>13738137

Yes-and that's what I'm asking about.

Fuckwit.

>>13738200

You're looking in the wrong hobby then, video games are almost exclusively a Japanese thing, the stuff made in English is all Social Justice Walking Simulators.

Does people still play EDF2 Portable?

It seems dead as fuck compared to EDF3 Portable where I could still manage to find japanese players one-two months ago.

>>13738261

Nice.

Any answers from someone who isn't a waste of their fathers sperm?

>>13738277

EDF is all I play lately. I only just got it, though. I'm very new. If you still haven't completed the Easy-Normal missions yet either, maybe we could play together? I like to play as Air Raider.

>>13738396

I've done Hard mostly as Ranger, and played a bit of Pale Wing and Air Raider.

Im currently up for a room

I can get in EDF multiplayer too.. but I'm average lvl I guess.

>>13710430

Do what I'm doing and just save money, my dude. Eventually, you'll hit a goal, slow as hell but worth it. Grind your moon in the meantime with what's available online for free.

EDF2 online room up

hehe sometimes I spam missiles like a retard that I hit a wall and die.

>>13738296

Here's a less obnoxious answer for you. Since uncharted and the other "western market" games didn't sell enough, western devs have decided nobody likes the vita and don't bother making stuff for it any more and game stores don't even bother keeping shelf space for it.

I miss studio Liverpool. I want another Wipeout.

>>13742765

Where I live, Gamestop (at least last time I went into one, which was admittedly months ago over a game I couldn't find anywhere else) gives Vita games the side of the rack they keep still-unsold new PS3 games on. Most of what they have seems to be cart only though with those shitty Gamestop covers printed and placed in the cases. They still stock for it though at least (again, last I as in one); heard Commiefornia already dropped it at some locations.

Best independent store I know of keeps a small row of preowned Vita games (and I mean actual games, not just Farming Simulator, Little Deviants, and whatever else Sony thought would be popular on the system in the west) in a display case, alongside memory cards and cart only games as well. Even seen the occasional import title there too, like Tales of Innocence R. It's not much, but they do make something of an effort. Beyond them, the local mutimedia places can be very hit or miss for the Vita, mostly being the usual Gravity Rush/Little Deviants/MLB2kwhatever, etc, but occasionally they've had something beyond those in good shape. Once found a complete, unopened LE of the HotL#NiQ/Yomawari bundle for $25 there, and I think last I was in they had EDF2 for either $15 or $5 (I'm not sure, case had stickers for both on it). Aside from special editions though, they're just relegated to an undignified rack by a bunch of rows for original DS games (and one location doesn't seem to even bother stocking for it anymore; would guess they ship what they do get in for it to one or both of the other local ones).

Arizona Gamestops always have a huge variety of Vita games. Sometimes, they have nearly the whole Vita library.

It's weird because I have … never met a weeaboo here in this state in my life.

I had a Vita since back when Near was still a thing and I'd run it sometimes and there'd only be two Vita owners for miles and they both were inactive retard normalfags who played Call of Duty.

I suppose there was a copy of Ninja Gaiden Sigma+ that I wanted and couldn't afford. I figured it wasn't a big deal and anticipated it'd sit on the shelf forever waiting for me to buy it later. Next week, it was gone. There are elusive weeaboos here that I wish I could befriend.

>>13742812

Yeah I was speaking of EB Games, basically Gamestop, I think they own the brand even. It's been pretty true across all their shops I've been to. Normally they just have crap but I did pick up EDF2 and P4G from one of them. The best place locally to get Vita games has an entire shelf of the things but they don't sell JP games at all despite being an anime&manga shop, and having some EU/USA imports. Also fun fact, the 3G Vita I just acquired was from Gametraders off all places. They have basically no Vita games.

>>13742863

>It's weird because I have … never met a weeaboo here in this state in my life.

That's why the games are there then. No one is buying them.

>>13742918

I thought if no one bought them that they'd get rid of them, though?

>>13742863

>Arizona Gamestops always have a huge variety of Vita games. Sometimes, they have nearly the whole Vita library.

In my experiences I wouldn't say they have nearly the whole library, as I myself have had trouble finding certain games, even well selling (for the Vita, I mean) titles locally before (though the fact I refuse to buy cart-only might play into that), but yeah, Gamestop out here still has a half-decent selection at times for it, at least last I was in the local one. Between that, and the ability to check online to see if anywhere near you has something in particular, they're probably the more reliable brick and mortar store to specifically find things for the Vita at, assuming you're not just going to be buying games online or pirating anyhow.

>I have never met a weeaboo here in this state in my life.

You'd be surprised what I find turn up every so often at second hand stores; albeit not so much for the Vita, but stuff like the PS2 and PS3. There's more fans of Japanese games here, going beyond the mainstream games/series that normalfags play or at least know of, I mean, than I'd first expect, as they occasionally turn in decent and/or niche Japanese games. Just something that struck me over the last few years as to what I've seen around. I suppose whether the prior owners were "weeaboos" or not depends on what meaning of the word you're going off of (be it the original, or the "current" one), and/or what sort of games (or other media) one is interested in that you feel constitutes being one. Really though, you might want to be careful with that wish. I would wager at least some know to properly mask their power levels and hence you don't actually them much, but I've also seen a fair amount that had no interest in doing so back when I was taking classes

Where you at exactly? Might be worth bringing up in the thread if I see anything decent at a local store (that I'm not interested in myself) if there's another anon in he area that's a regular who might benefit from it. For example, I once found a copy of AnS+ out here going for half the average at the time at a store here that I tried letting anons know about in here in the past, but I think it was too far from anyone to be able to buy at the time (and the store was still trying to work some kinks out of their online storefront when it comes to games with no on-cover barcodes or retail physical release, like cart only copies and online-sold-only limited prints).

>>13742918

>The best place locally to get Vita games has an entire shelf of the things but they don't sell JP games at all despite being an anime&manga shop, and having some EU/USA imports.

That's odd. I mean, a number of stores out here where I am will take imports, especially for region free systems (as those are easier to test/sell as they don't require a separate system), and not all of them are out-and-out weeb shops either. Interestingly, the one game store I know that makes an extra effort to specifically double as selling anime and anime accessories honestly doesn't have too good a Vita section (let alone prices if memory of when I was last in serves).

>That's why the games are there then. No one is buying them.

He'd have to elaborate on if they were "new" ("gutted" is liable to be more apt, really; I doubt they have ANY sealed copies behind the counters after the first day something came out) copies, or preowned ones. Because with the latter obviously someone out there originally picked it up to begin with, though whether anyone else that goes there wants it would indeed be the question.

>>13742922

I don't think Gamestop can just "get rid" of unsold games, at least until they out-and-out cannot stock for a system anymore, in which case they're more likely to destroy what's unsold after running clearance sales to try to recoup a it of money, than just get rid of (let alone donate) the games. Ability to write off taxes on destroyed merchandise as compared to unsold stuff, or so I've heard from other anons in the past. Until then though, they might keep marking things down over time to get it to move on, and trash cases/covers/manuals (as they did with the DS) to make more space, before the final decree comes down.

>>13743925

>those colors that go past the right shoulder, arm and the fingers outline in the censored pic

Grade A+ edit

>>13743925

Yeah, for the most part I'm talking used copies as imports at that store, so they're basically copies that had already been imported by the/a previous owner. Those stores don't exactly import them themselves.

>>13739220

Well thanks for that but really all I'm looking for is good translated games forthcoming.

Has anyone ever bought secondhand games from amazon.co.jp? I was about to buy the reprints of DT2 and ToHeart2:DT off of AmiAmi, but they sold out of DT2. I don't know if they'll ever restock, so I might try buying used for the first time

>>13748842

Mostly asking about the condition of the items. On a side note, what other drpgs are worth playing besides Demon Gaze and Mary Skelter?

>>13749185

Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain. Also been having fun with Tokyo Clanpool - mostly easy, but already finding hidden bosses that are kicking my ass, and I'm sure there'll be more later.

>>13749185

The mandatory Dungeon Travelers 2 is something you need in your library. Moe Chronicle is also worthy of mention although cheaper to get the PC version instead. Stranger of Sword City is also an option is you like hardcore permadeath for characters plus there is even a revisited version available but is sadly digital only.

>>13749913

>there is even a revisited version available but is sadly digital only.

The Black Palace one? It had a physical release, even came with a novel.

>>13749938

I must be bad at finding it as this is the only place I can find the game. https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/stranger-of-sword-city-revisited/cid=UP3489-PCSE01052_00-SOSCBLACKPALACEA

>>13749971

>English

Ah, there's the problem then, no idea on what foreign releases were like.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01J148V1K/

>>13748842

Not yet, and not for a while yet. Though the secondhand stuff I've gotten from Japan on a whole always shows up in good to mint condition. This is from eBay and eng listing jp items. Also remember to actually dig into listings on the ENG Amazon, because Japanese will have storefronts there, too. Gotten more than a few Vita games for cheap, that way that are hard to come by or never see a sale or discount.

While on that subject, are sales just brick&mortar exclusive in Japan? Essentially PSNetwork JPN almost NEVER holds reduced priced goods or meaty sales. Compare most Compile Heart titles here to their JPN store equivalents or even Amazon and they go for heavy yen, years after release. Shit's boggling.

Also speaking thereof, Japan's having a Spike Chunsoft sale on PSN, as well as Simple Doujin, the house that made that light-leveled 3D beatemup with cute girls with the French name that escapes me. Croix Sigma something or other. Criminal Girls (JPN) is also on sale, as well as bundled (1 & 2) for 5000 yen.

And final question for those who have DT2-2: What's the DLC look like to you? Are those bonus dungeons fun?

>>13753631

Digital download in general is overpriced as shit, which is why everyone prefers physical.

>>13756707

It's more to do with how physical products in general depreciate.

Digital games don't re-enter the market "used", in general sealed physical copies stay at base or go up in price as time goes on while the used copies are just seen as "the game" in most cases obviously not all

They don't have to remove digital games for space on shelves LICENSING ISSUES WHERE YOU AT THO? , in general if you have a ton of unused physical stock in means your game bombed and must now be price cut heavily.

Digital shit has a fuckload of issues that physical doesn't have though

High price for what is essentially just a key I know this is what you just said I understand still needing to pay devs/publishers/etc but there is no cost associated with printing disks/cases/etc or retailer cuts so they're literally just maintaining price because the market allows them to because DIGITAL IS DA FUTURE

maintaining their full price for far too long, there are games from years back that still seem to be sold for 40$, that's fucking retarded, 95% of the people who were going to buy it at that price have bought it. I assume they only maintain that price to make "sales" look better Which in most cases is only impulse buys because used physical copies are the same or lower quite often

The most obvious that normalfags like to avoid talking about is, what happens when the service is discontinued, where the prevailing excuse is

>lol Sony/Microcuck/Nintendo isn't just going to vanish a bunch of games I paid for

but they ignore the fine print on every fucking title they buy where it says

>LICENSED TO YOU ONLY, WE CAN DISCONTINUE WHENEVER

>>13750687

Obviously they're going to cut the adult content for the console releases but I hope they release an actual PC version of the "second arc" or whatever they're calling it. I'm really sick companies building up a fanbase around decent sexual content with actual gameplay and then cucking out for normalfagbux.

>>13759310

>in general sealed physical copies stay at base or go up in price as time

I've only seen that happen with relatively obscure and very small print games like Rune Factory or Dungeon Travelers, or with limited editions. Generally shit gets cheap as fuck - 3DS, but as an example Bravely Second was down to 2000 within six months, and about a year after launch I saw going for just under 1000 for a brand new sealed copy, all while it was still going for over 6000 on the eShop.

>if you have a ton of unused physical stock in means your game bombed and must now be price cut heavily.

Monster Hunter games do anything but bomb and yet their prices drop pretty quickly on physical.

>>13758268

Have to replay this because fuck mission 32. I don't even know faintly how the hell to get past it aside of exploiting the game over saved level grinding.

>>13756707

>Digital download in general is overpriced as shit, which is why everyone prefers physical.

Not always. The only shit I can think that's consistently expensive in our market is shitty AAA dreck, and even that actually drops from initial pricing pretty often. Niche stuff here always has a sale, too.

JPN, tho, unless it's a "Sony The Best" release, it's almost always marked high no matter the time that passes. Jewish as fuck, Japan. I shouldn't have to shovel over nearly 7000 yen for Moe Crystal.

Upside: When there's a sale? There really is a sale. Got Bullet Girls that way dirt-cheap. Will probably snag Criminal Girls the same way, and enjoy my pink fog always clearing up like it's damn-well supposed to.

>>13759310

>Obviously they're going to cut the adult content for the console releases

Underwater Ray Romano already had an all-ages release on the PS2, m8. This one just has trophies, some extra BG polish, and attached animu extras.

>>13760006

>Not always. The only shit I can think that's consistently expensive in our market is shitty AAA dreck, and even that actually drops from initial pricing pretty often. Niche stuff here always has a sale, too.

>JPN, tho, unless it's a "Sony The Best" release, it's almost always marked high no matter the time that passes. Jewish as fuck, Japan. I shouldn't have to shovel over nearly 7000 yen for Moe Crystal.

Can't speak on foreign markets, but near as I can tell the only point of digital is to skip middlemen so that the seller can control the market, which is why other retailers like Joshin or Amazon or Rakuten remain popular, since they'll drop prices to compete or move product. Add on the fact that you're getting more by definition of it being a physical product, and often it comes with extra shit like drama CDs or the like, and there's really no reason to ever buy digital.

>>13760006

>JPN, tho, unless it's a "Sony The Best" release, it's almost always marked high no matter the time that passes.

This is what I call the foreign devil tax. When I lived in Japan, I could walk into a used game store and come out with a factory sealed copy of a game that was a few years old for the equivalent of $7. Now, my options are amazon.com or play asia, both of which would have that game for full or near full price.

>>13759669

I do most of my shopping online or in specific purpose stores but what I notice with games that gain massive value is that generally either a game is overlooked by the masses or just incredibly niche at the time, similar to Persona or Fire Emblem before they became school life/waifu sims. If the game gains popularity later the price of sealed copies shoots up because everybody wants to claim to be OG.

Obviously the games that everybody and their mother got a copy of won't be $60 next year. The shit that sells several million units is generally purchased by for lack of being able to articulate the CoDkids/normalfag audience. Those games will most definitely not retain their value because they are, in general, franchises that have yearly/biyearly releases and are designed in a way that you need the newest version of the same game to really enjoy what you bought it for.

>but as an example Bravely Second

Is that really a fair example considering most people got pissy about the first one being the same game for hours after the second half? It is entirely possible the game didn't sell as much as they were expecting and they started cutting price to move them.

>Monster Hunter games do anything but bomb and yet their prices drop pretty quickly on physical.

I can agree with this example but also offer a reason as to why this is. MH games are as much as it is possible to enjoy them SP for the most part multiplayer focused games, they also see several rereleases per generation sometimes even year to year so, similar to sports games, they don't retain retail price or value beyond a few months when the next release is inevitably announced.

>>13760006

>Upside: When there's a sale? There really is a sale.

I think Digital should try to compete with physical sales in ways other than price. Obviously not rock bottom

>pick 5 games for $1

shit but enough that digital is competing with physical in other areas than

>don't have to find the cart/disc/etc

Like, for instance, not charging half the price of the console for a decently sized memory card and reducing the price regularly as the physical price falls. I don't mind paying an additional $10 for a digital copy a year down the line but when a disc is $15 and the digital copy is still $50 there's an obvious problem.

>Underwater Ray Romano already had an all-ages release on the PS2, m8. This one just has trophies, some extra BG polish, and attached animu extras.

But are they going to port the later entries to PC and add the lewd content? Probably not.

>>13760133

It's because if they sell more digital copies they can rationalize not producing physical copies/scaled back numbers to reduce the costs associated with it AND get to keep the money that is baked into the game's price to account for that. The normalfag riot that would happen if digital games were $10-$15 less because of that would be massive.

In a perfect world they'd actually attempt to highlight the benefits of both mediums. Instead they're too focused on getting as much money and control as possible as their consoles get further and further behind in specs.

>>13760269

>This is what I call the foreign devil tax.

If there was a product that somebody in Japan wanted to buy from the US would it be more or less expensive than a domestic product?

>When I lived in Japan, I could walk into a used game store and come out with a factory sealed copy of a game that was a few years old for the equivalent of $7

You can do that in the US too, just not any chains/common stores, you'll be looking for independent retailers.

>Now, my options are amazon.com or play asia, both of which would have that game for full or near full price.

Amazon sellers are generally importers or scalpers both of which have to sell their products for a certain amount to make money. They have also or will be shipping internationally which can get expensive very fast. With enough stock you can pretty much set your own price and coast selling older product until your newer product gets to the selling price you want.

As for playasia

>playasia

I've probably purchased one thing from them ever and I still get emails weekly about their SUPER AMAZING DEALS which the earlier mentioned amazon scalpers even tend to beat at 250% markup so honestly not really a competitor unless you're looking for actual hardware which, for the most part, isn't horrible.

The way I see it is, the online retailers tend to be cheaper than buying a plane ticket to Japan to buy the shit I want unless you're getting a fuckload of shit in which case, maybe an offseason airplane ticket and an empty luggage bag is for you

>>13750687

>>13763206

So where is the PC version?

New lines and voice acting? Will I get to hear Sawashiro's deliciouso loli voice again, now that it's been refined and tempered through the years? That'd be one of the few things that'd make me look past the distate of no lewd and purchase this (albeit dirt cheap after the fact.)

>>13666875

Welcome back, anon.

>>13763346

Were the lewds in the original even good?

>>13767819

Does that matter? Even if they were mollusk-tier, their removal should never be supported.

>>13763439

>Either way, the point still stands that while the physical price dropped heavily, the digital continued to stay high.

It is a good point but there is no explanation as to why it kept it's price other than

>because digital

especially when the physical copies are dropping price rapidly because it tends to mean the game flopped and they're trying to clear stock.

>For the sake of argument, […]

I wasn't very clear with the point I was trying to make with that, I was trying to point out that getting a product produced or shipped locally is going to be cheaper than a product that is obtained through import, even a (((localized))) copy is going to be more expensive than the equivalent age (for example, one year after release date) of an original copy (in their respective marketplaces) solely due to the "effort" required to bring it over.

With importing "older games" that would only cost them $10 they can rationalize keeping it full price because

>muh costs from importing

>>13767851

I wonder if there will ever be a console maker that doesn't go full prude on nudity/sex scenes?

In the past it could be rationalized because physical sales were the bulk of their profits and retailers refused to carry adult/unrated rated video games movies and books with the same or worse themes are ok though, seems to be specific to video games I wonder (((why?))) but now that digital is actually taking off and DIGITAL GAMES DON'T NEED TO BE RATED TO BE SOLD (unless you're Sony who is apparently going full retard) they have no reason to not just have a sequestered section of the store that has the content that is too lewd for virgin eyes or whatever their excuse is.

Not only that, online retailers don't give a shit about adult content either and they make up a large portion of the market and could actually sell the physical "lewd" games so currently the only excuse is

>waaaaa not sex on my Christian console

>>13761330

>If there was a product that somebody in Japan wanted to buy from the US would it be more or less expensive than a domestic product?

Can't speak on other goods, but because of the distorted mutant of a microcosm that is anime sales in Japan, a lot of fans will regularly import western published variations on them because they're cheaper. This is also why Aniplex refuses to allow other publishers to push their overpriced goods—they want to control the flow of revenue nationally and internationally. You want Fate/Zero or Megukas cheap? Tough shit know your place silly gaijin/countryman commoner.

>>13760269

Had I a contact in Japan like that, I'd never spend exorbitantly ever again. But the one I knew was a manic retard who wigged out about shit and thus wasn't worth trying to conduct business through.

I miss bus anon and his offers.

>>13767819

On a scale of KEY to…well, shit. I've never actually run across an eroge with jaw-dropping good lewd scenes. KEY is the worst, however. It's the one time I'm actively glad their rereleases are all ages.

Utawarerumono sits somewhat average, nothing to write home about. No voice acting. and you don't get to nail Aruru, for the curious. Tiger bitch was the worst, but that's because she's a thot through and through. I hate her character. Everyone else had charm and there's plenty in the game that's genuinely hilarious or heartfelt but still hilarious.

And it's not lewd-centric. You play for the plot, not the smut. Until you get to Sorty 32. Then you just fucking die over and over again.

>>13746295

TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE

PLEASE

wakemeupinside.jpg

If not, they might as well put Undertale in this forsaken system.

>>13770813

So, anon, where did Jill touch you?

>>13770813

Also, Undertale is coming to the Vita. Was confirmed a long time ago.

>>13770590

>there is no explanation as to why it kept it's price other than

>because digital

That's my point though, digital is a shitty thing that no one bothers with for that reason.

>>13771317

Digital itself isn't really the problem, it is the companies that use it.

Console manufacturers and publishers use it to get a bigger cut and use the

>LICENSED ONLY

bullshit to hold people hostage to a particular platform

Devs use it to release shovelware, it's cheap and ok because

>It's only $10 it may as well be a McBurger meal don't complain that it isn't AAA I'm just an indie dev.

(((localizers))) use it as a way to release shit they know has some audience and put zero actual effort into. Yes, "learn moon, it's better, etc

I would say the price staying high is just a side effect of those problems. Physical games have to compete between retailers, digital games on console only have one place to get them.

>>13758268

I hope they kept hard mode hard. Ut2 and ut3's hard mode were jokes.

I remember the battle in middle PIC made me hide my whole team in an alley in order to avoid butt rape.

Just Crypt of the Necrodancer lately, and waiting for PSVSD to restock.

>>13770813

Step 1: 3.60 + HENkaku

Step 2: Now Undertale is no longer compatible!

>>13771926

>Digital itself isn't really the problem, it is the companies that use it.

Which is what defines it, really. You might as well say "It's not Communism that's the problem, it's the people who used it"

>Physical games have to compete between retailers, digital games on console only have one place to get them.

Exactly why physical is better.

>>13773529

>Which is what defines it, really. You might as well say "It's not Communism that's the problem, it's the people who used it"

It's what defines it on consoles. On PC where digital distribution took off years ago other than a few retards who need their own storefront for their special games there is competition between digital distributors. Even with the special idiots they tend to drop prices quickly and have sales early on.

As with everything, service improves and prices drop faster when there is more competition. That will never come to digital storefronts on consoles because they own the entire ecosystem.

>Exactly why physical is better.

Physical is also better because, as much as they can try to claim they've only sold you a license to a game, you own a physical disk/cart that has the game data and even if they ban you the cart doesn't suddenly stop existing.

>>13773686

>It's what defines it on consoles

Which is where games are - PC is basically just a foreigner only thing.

so why is Bastion as "pre-order" on play-asia?

is play-asia doing phisycal releases?

https://www.play-asia.com/bastion/13/708fcv

>>13778320

Fine, replace "Communism" with something else - tie-dye fashion, for instance. The point still stands though to begin with, if video games aren't just as if not more important to you than failed political/economic theories, I don't know what the fuck you're doing here.

So Demon Gaze 2 is getting a global edition like the first game where it comes with the DLC and both dual audio and text. Not confirmed but they're assuming that the translation they're using is the same as the NISA one.

http://archive.is/wBqgF

Anyone know if the translation for this game is fucked or not? First game was fine but I don't know about this one.

>>13781261

>Anyone know if the translation for this game is fucked or not? First game was fine but I don't know about this one.

It's still NISA, regardless. Doesn't that say enough?

It does raise an interesting point though. If I purchase the definitive edition straight from nippon, but it uses NISA "translation" in it, then surely through the power of licensing and other bullshit, that'll still be supporting NISA, right? I rather doubt Experience would do a Western release through NISA, and simultaneously do an in-house translation for this Global Edition release a mere month later, so it has to be NISA text in it. This is quite troubling.

>>13774807

Why didn't the regions line up? Both Japanese uta2 and uta3 should be patch into English.

And only one of each of your items carry over. Which is still quite nice.

>>13781363

You could just buy the original game instead of the Global then

Foreword: This does not allow playable 3.61 games. Right. Mildly interesting development. It's now possible to do game decryption on a PC. You still need a Vita for getting the klicensee but the rest can be done on PC. At present there is a requirement for some online service though, not sure why it was done like that.

https://github.com/motoharu-gosuto/psvpfstools

It is possible to decrypt 3.61 games with it but that was already possible with VitaShell, and that's not enough to make them playable, for whatever reason. But, if they're able to rewrite parts of the DRM system externally that's good news for future emulators or hacking.

Besides that, just more Jet Set Radio for me. As clunky as the game feels I appreciate having more direct control over my movement than say, modern Sonic games compared to the earlier 3D ones. It's fun and presentation-wise it's top-notch.

>>13786205

>>13786544

PFS Decryption was already possible on the vita, this is just a PC tool to do the same. You can read on the main page why the F00d service is used.

The assets of higher FW were previously able to be decrypted. That's how a few games released later were given Frankenstein copies using the JP eboot with the English assets.

It's the eboot that needs to be modified or read in a way that it can be used on 3.60.

>>13786683

>You can read on the main page why the F00d service is used.

What I don't get is why it has to be online like that. Maybe they'll upload the site's sources later though like they have for the HENkaku browser entrypoint. It's a worry having it only available in a single place like that, particularly as a way of future-proofing the decryption part.

>It's the eboot that needs to be modified or read in a way that it can be used on 3.60.

That's my answer, thanks.

I recently got a PCH-1000 Vita with 3.60 and HENkaku 7 installed, and I have several questions:

1. Are there any downsides to updating to the latest HENkaku? If not, do I just follow the update instructions on their site?

2. Should I install ensō? This already has Offline Installer and Adrenaline installed, will installing ensō break those?

3. Is it safe to factory reset? Will I be able to just install all this shit again without any problems?

The Vita still has the previous owner's PSN account tied to it, if that affects anything.

>>13789158

>I recently got a PCH-1000 Vita with 3.60 and HENkaku 7 installed, and I have several questions:

>1. Are there any downsides to updating to the latest HENkaku? If not, do I just follow the update instructions on their site?

No, yes.

>2. Should I install ensō? This already has Offline Installer and Adrenaline installed, will installing ensō break those?

Yes. No.

>3. Is it safe to factory reset? Will I be able to just install all this shit again without any problems?

Only if you backup your saves and activation files. Yes.

>The Vita still has the previous owner's PSN account tied to it, if that affects anything.

See above. Activation files are nice to have.

>>13790010

Thanks. Are activation files tied to the PSN account? Could I use my current activation files with a new account or with none at all?

Does the Vita have a hard game limit problem like the 3DS does?

>>13793420

The Vita allows up to 500 apps as of 3.10. You'll have a more difficult time keeping 500 apps on one card.

Might try switching around the in-game video ads in AT2, if it's easy to encode the things. I'm getting a bit sick of the built-in ones. Any suggestions?

>>13793420

Yeah, the SD cards. But to give you a serious answer, it depends on your firmware. Old versions have a limit of 100 bubbles, but as of 3.10 the limit is 500 bubbles.

>>13793483

>>13793479

Well the homebrew guide says that there's an app that lets you use normal SD cards and I'm planning on getting a 128gb so size shouldn't be a major problem, should it?

>>13793493

You'd need to be on 3.60 if you haven't read that far yet.

128gb is fine and you most likely won't reach the limit unless you dl a shitload of shovelware or tiny utilities. Full games tend to be anywhere from 2-6GB so you won't even really reach the old limit unless you try intentionally. Although I believe there is homebrew to make bubbles for ROMs/emulators so you could hit the limit with that.

>>13793502

Thanks.

>>13793493

You shouldn't hit the bubble limit. Unlike 3DS you'll generally use a single bubble per emulator. The exception is if you're using shortcut bubbles for PSP or PS1 but that's optional, and CD-based games eat into storage much much more than 3DS injects do.

As for storage limits, that depends on what games you're into, most are at least 1GB, and some have a lot of space-consuming video in them. Localizations have an added sin tax if dual-audio. Normally people play cartridge copies to get around storage issues but that's not something you want to do with an SD2Vita.

>>13792513

Thanks. I'll probably put off the reset for a while.

This week on PSN

DT2 for 9$

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0005-PCSE00693_00-DUNTRAV2VTRLATMS

>>13797923

>NISA

They're just working as the LE distributors? They can't possibly have gotten rights to ruin them again, right? I thought we were out of the Berenstain universe.

>>13798031

If it's being sold on the NIS America site, then it's been cucked.

>>13798134

>>13798031

I only see the LE on the site, so they're probably just distributors. Is the west going to try to push the switch as the new vita? I feel like we're going to get less and less vita versions but more switch and steam versions.

>>13798331

Switch is the new Vita.

>>13797923

I wouldn't even pay for it even if there was a physical vita release. I'm never giving a dime to NISA

>>13798031

I would assume it's the usual: TK is publisher, but instead of making their own storefront for limited editions, moose off of NISA's store instead (causing a conundrum for those that want to support Gust's works but don't want to fund NISA's continued existence. At the very least, I would assume since it's PS4 and Switch, it's getting a standard physical retail/online release, unlike the Gust's Vita games which were intended as digital only here, and of which a handful got limited physicals.

>>13798349

>Switch is the new Vita

For normalfags maybe. As much as people like to pretend the Switch is portable a tablet with 6 hours of battery life and "detachable" controller pieces is the opposite of portable unless you are a faggot with a messenger bag.

The Switch is only even successful as a portable because there is zero actual competition in the space. The best thing Sony did for the Switch was announce they weren't making a followup to the vita because now Nintendo doesn't need to make a new handheld, they can pretend the Switch was supposed to be the handheld and home console the entire time even though they've insisted that wasn't the case they were doing a test run to consolidate their hardware lines. Since it was successful they don't need to make a new handheld.

>>13798134

>If it's being sold on the NIS America site, then it's been cucked.

If it's being sold on a Nintendo console it's cucked. NoA is obsessed with its child friendly image to the detriment of releases over here.

>>13798819

It's very strange that, with how niche most of TK's releases are, they don't know how hated NISA is or just don't care. I can't tell which is the worse option.

>>13798914

I'm honestly wondering if they have some sort of standing deal with NISA, where even if they have since realized they've lost potential money rom fans due to using NISA, even for distribution, they can't just back out. Though, I suppose even if taking notice was the case, the sheer mount of people looking to get in on scalping makes up for the lost sales anyhow. Honestly though, there's clearly an audience for Gust's games here in the west, and TK has kept on bringing them over (or at least attempting to persuade Gust, in the case of Ciel Nosurge not coming over), and where I live PS3 copies have been plentiful despite Atelier and Ar Nosurge being pretty niche, even for JRPGs, and yet they apparently don't think there's enough audience to warrant doing standard retail/online releases? It's rather odd, especially when other companies like XSEED and (for better or worse) NISA have been more than happy to offer the option for various games.

At the very least, NISA can't handle the scripts or content of Gust's games anymore, but even using them for distribution is understandably an issue. Either you get stuck with digital release having infinite availability (as long as the game and service are offered, anyhow) that eats up a lot of memory card space, pay more than a regular release would cost to get a physical copy while giving NISA a percent of the profits, or deal with aftermarket scalpers hocking the limited physicals at increasingly horrid prices as time goes on.

>>13799165

you fell for the caligulafag shilling. wew

but yeah get TX on PC, we all know not a single one of us play our weebshit outside anyway.

>>13799026

>I'm honestly wondering if they have some sort of standing deal with NISA

It wouldn't surprise me if they did but there are very few contracts with no outs or some sort of

>as long as relationships don't change due to external sources

They may face a penalty or a "final" release but if they wanted to they could most likely get out. I'm guessing it's more of an easy way to get what amounts to nearly free money with little effort on their part.

I wouldn't mind if they did a physical release through IF or something like that if they just really were against doing it themselves I just don't want to give NISA money. It extends their ability to fuck up decent games. I'm also certain this is why they release one non retardedly fucked game every once in a while, that funds them the rest of the time because fuckers hear "Oh, NISA didn't fuck up a game one time? I BETTER SUPPORT THEM." Then they can go on destroying other games.

>>13799165

I think a lot of the hype came from people seeing

>the guy from the first couple Persona games

without realizing a game isn't two or three people.

>>13799613

>that funds them the rest of the time because fuckers hear "Oh, NISA didn't fuck up a game one time? I BETTER SUPPORT THEM." Then they can go on destroying other games.

Considering the rather blatant shilling for the new Yomawari around the board, and how "it was handled be NISA-Europe so it's fine and you should give NISA money for it even if you live in burgerland", that wouldn't shock me.

>>13799635

>Considering the rather blatant shilling

It seems so weird to shill on a website that probably sees just under 15000 users on average.

>NISA-Europe

Other than a website for European customers to buy from NISA and a twitter I can't find them listed as an actual company anywhere, even as a subsidiary of NIS. This leads me to believe that, if anything, they are a shell for NISA to release shit in Europeland without paying import/foreign taxes or whatever. Which means they're the same goddamn people fucking up (((localizations))) with a different coat of paint.

>>13798914

>If it's being sold on a Nintendo console it's cucked. NoA is obsessed with its child friendly image to the detriment of releases over here.

Has nothing to do with being on a Nintendo console in that case, it's the fact that it's the NA/EU version instead of the actual game.

>>13800079

>It seems so weird to shill on a website that probably sees just under 15000 users on average.

And yet they do it constantly, hence why there's so many who push garbage like MonHun World here.

>>13800079

NISA Europe is just a shell that the shills came up with as their final defense to get people to buy NISA trash. They’re that desperate.

>>13801169

Good thing the conversation was about NISA releasing something on the Switch in the US which involves NoA sensibilities or your statement would be relevant. It's too bad you're obsessed with letting everybody know how superior feel speaking Nip on an English speaking imageboard, when you aren't being an insufferable cunt you actually have somewhat interesting points to make.

>>13801342

I suspected that may have been the case when they thought it was a good idea to name themselves what amounts to "Nippon Ichi Software America Europe". It was somewhat confirmed by looking up the company and noticing they have no presence outside of being an arm of NISA. It's apparently working if people are defending them as "Not actually NISA".

>>13800079

It certainly does feel strange, given how NISA has stayed as "NISA" even when publishing games for other companies in Europe, instead of opening "NISE".

Looking to emulate SNES/GBA/nds on the vita. Are the PSP emulators still running better than the native vita ones?

>>13802299

I have not found any problems on the SNES and Mega-Drive emulators.

>>13801845

And again, my point was that by definition, if it's on NISA's site, it's cucked.

>>13802299

>NDS

Not happening mate. Get a 3DS and flash card.

>GBA

Pretty good on VBA Next, haven't tried MGBA yet, there's a standalone too not just the RetroArch core.

>SNES

SNES9x 2002 is necessary for some games to run at full speed, but has ZSNES-tier sound. 2005 can work for some of them.

>>13799231

Speak for yourself, I do it, at least for the tamer weebshit.

>Haven't played my vita in awhile

>Plug it in to charge

>Won't charge

>Thing is completely dead

I guess i'll go fuck myself.

>>13805089

>Get the bright idea to plug into my pc and it works

Okay.

>>13806734

The general recommendation is anything Vanillaware but what are you into? Check the OP chart for ideas although some of them are crap. It also depends how easy it is for you to get Vita games.

>>13806734

Super Robot Wars - the Z3 duology is great, and V is amazing.

>>13805094

Is the voltage/ ampage is too high or something it don't charge.

Which pisses me off because my battery banks won't charge my vita.

>>13806803

I like RPGs and waifu simulators. Anything that has both is a plus.

https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/931259723021803520

I finished Akiba's Beat. It was a pain. The game crashed twice. At some point, the mascot character bitched while the Madoka expy was getting gangraped by a boss fight. Tsundere was best girl but she's got less depth than the rest of the cardboard cutout cast. Most combat boiled down to spam skills and chug skill pots with the occasional weakness. Boss fights are damage sponges. The story fell flat when the flip flopping started. Not even going to do post-game content.

I will play more Trillion later. For now, I just got Mary Skelter and I'm really enjoying it so far. I could've gotten Demon Gaze 2, I played the first one but the MC here looks underaged and I would rather play an M-rated game for now. I am a shamefur edgelord.

>>13639011

>ever giving NISA money

Please kill yourself

>>13811409

Can't actually play Beat, but I'm afraid to even look at it given that AT:UU is one of my favourite games, as deeply flawed as it is. I'm presently replaying that, and also tried encoding the Nico Nico Douga medley #2, it's either too large or too long and just shows a dead monitor in-game. I'll have to trial and see what the actual limits are. Too bad too it's not possible to add arbitrary videos to the list, only the existing ones can be replaced.

>>13808054

Mine's got a 1A and a 2.4A port, that must be why they even do it.

>>13812551

Your ISP must adhere to RFC 1149.

Anyone find the D-pad on this thing a tad overrated? I'm liking my Vita a lot but I simply don't understand the hype around its D-pad.

It's fine. Functional. But nothing exceptional.

>>13812854

I liked the PSP dpad better since I have giant fingers.

>>13812902

Same here. I found all the buttons on the PSP 3000 to be extremely comfortable, whereas the Vita's face buttons practically maim my right thumb. I don't know what was the point of putting them in a concave area because there is no way my thumb is going to rest comfortable in that little indent.

>>13797923

>Atelier is back in NISA's hands

Fuck this gay earth.

>>13817320

It appears they are only the distributors of the physical collector's edition.

>>13817320

they are the LE distributors. they have always been I think.

>>13817320

>>13817342

The only recent time NISA hasn't touched an Atelier game at all was Firis because it never had a LE.

>>13817341

>>13817342

I was dead-tired when I saw it and acted as a dumbass. All the same, still won't go fishing for this one. Think I'll leave my Atelier buys from here on in in Japanese, only.

>>13817342

Prior to Atelier Ayesha PS3 (which was still caught in the rights transfer), NISA was the western localizer for every game in the series up to that point (which is like 10 games, including ports). You're right though in that they haven't touched the script/content of the Plus versions on the Vita, and have only been allowed to handle physical distribution.

On a related note, they have still tried to milk what they do still have, in that they have a PS3 bundle of all the Arland games, but anyone that plays that way is stuck with basic Rorona because they couldn't include the Plus version the PS3 saw instead (Rorona Plus being after the series switched to TK).

What ad-hoc game should I play with a casual?

Tried edf 2 and he didn't like aiming with r stick. Tried freedom wars and he thought there's too much reading. Tried gundam extreme vs force and we both decided the controls were clunky poop.

Thinking of trying lumines next.

Too bad vita retroarch doesn't support netplay…

>>13830448

Ended up having fun with virtua tennis 4, metal slug 3, and puyopuyo tetris (I can't believe tetris ultimate didn't have ad-hoc. ubisoft a shit), and sonic all-star racing.

Also couldn't believe motorstorm didn't have ad-hoc either.

Tried wipeout too but we didn't quite get the game.

UMVC3 but it was too one sided.

>>13836702

>UMVC3 but it was too one sided.

Which one of you was total trash?

>>13836739

me.

Has anyone completed Mary Skelter's Underground Cavern? I cleared the dungeon and the cutscene for it had a doorway showing another jail tower. No further explanation was done outside of the characters starting to believe that the rest of the cities out in the world were engulfed by jails. So, uh, is there any further development on that or did the game just decide to end it there?

Sophie > Rorona >Totori >Meruru > Escha

https://gematsu.com/2017/11/romancing-saga-2-ps-vita-consoles-launches-december-west

>no Ever17, Toradora Portable or Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro na among the VNs that were available on the PSP (either on the japanese PSN store or ported on vita)

>no Boku no Natsuyasumi 1 or Kenka Bacho 1 Portable either (although the other titles from the same franchises are available). No Valkyrie Profile though. And no Densha de Go Portable.

It's great otherwise to have the PSP/PS1 classics (Gachitora, Summon Night, Vagrant Story, the Nippon Ichi Software and Falcom titles, Growlanser & Langrisser, I.Q., Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3, etc). Would have definitively liked more Vita ports from the PS2 era though, such as GrimGrimoire (as it's the sole Vanillaware title not available on the handheld), Akai Ito & Aoi Shiro two excellent yuri VNs, the other Growlanser games that werent ported on PSP and a couple more of niche titles.

On the hand, the Vita is still getting an Utawarerumono enhanced port from the PS2/PSP version, and Doukoku Soshite which is also another enhanced port, of a a mystery point&click/VN from the Sega Saturn. So I guess it's still answering a bit to my wishes.

>>13844269

In Japan, yeah.

>>13844459

>Escha that far down

Your tastes a shit, my good sir.

>>13848576

>It's great otherwise to have the PSP/PS1 classics

Speaking thereof, anyone had experience getting JPSN games on their PSP, not-pirated? I have yet to run into a game that doesn't play on my Vita, but at the same time I want to be prepared, have the memory space for my PSP, but as you all recall Sony shut out PSP support earlier this year.

https://www.videogamesplus.ca/specials.php

Some vita games deals

>>13854958

Used systems sold to Gamestop or the like will most likely be wiped/updated.

Amazon is a tossup on used/refurbished systems.

PSTVs new are decently cheap and are all hackable due to them being discontinued if portability isn't a problem for you.

Your best bet is probably going to be buying an unsealed US bundle or an unsealed US vita taking special care to make sure it is a produced FOR USA/EU Vita, JP still has new models coming out and those come with 3.61+ only

>>13855024

I don't think I want to try my luck with these things again. Is there any possibility of a new exploit at all in the future?

>>13855036

Probably not due to the low interest from actual devs. and tomorrow 3.65 to prove me wrong

Buying a new American Vita or bundle is a sure thing, as long as it is new.

>>13855138

Oh, I thought there was some drama or something involving hekaku. I guess I'm just going to lurk in these threads forever.

>>13855182

There is drama involving henkaku, it's made by a bunch of dramafags

>Few months ago vita was stocked in most stores around

>Look at all my local stores recently

>They all got rid of the vita and 1 only carries them used

Figures the vita goes when I get interested. Hopefully amazon can help.

How do I transfer all my data from the memory stick to the SD2VIta card?

>>13858159

Assuming the SD card is formatted correctly, literally just copy-paste everything. It's super-convenient.

>>13857318

I'm already terrified when I'm homebrewing shit on the software level, if I did it on the hardware level I'd probably have a heart attack.

Newfag to Vitas here, I'm gonna buy one for Black Friday most likely.

Is it worth using the SD card adapters out there (and are they legit), or are the Vita memory cards worth it? What are the best games for the system in terms of shit like JRPGs, SRPGs, ARPGs and whatnot? Anything with a great story is appreciated

>>13858322

It's not too complicated. No soldering or anything like that, just be careful. You just need to get the correct board for your Vita revision (lower edge sticker, it'll be something like PCH-XXXX).

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/PlayStation+Vita+Motherboard+Replacement/8115

>>13858348

The official SD cards are expensive pieces of shit there's a good reason they're universally reviled. I'd say it's totally worth using an adapter even with its disadvantages. Be aware that you must have a hackable system to use any alternate storage. Refer to hack pasta for details, and disadvantages.

>>13857498

lukiegames usually has them for breddy cheap, got mine for a hundred buckaroos half a year ago or so

>>13850586

You'd have to transfer the games onto your PSP through a PS3.

>>13858579

holy shit these dudes have good deals, thanks anon

>>13858417

I'll keep that in mind anon.

>>13855036

If you have a OLED one you should just buy a mainboard from aliexpress. Cost me 22€ with shipping. Swapping the mainboards was easy and you can always switch you vita to 3.65 to play new games if you really want.

>>13859045

Speaking of mainboard swapping, has anyone ever tried putting a 3g board in a non-3g shell?

>>13858831

Gonna test this if I can with Tales and let y'all know the results. My issue is that I dunno if cross-account uploads are possible (read: bought Tales of Phantasia on my Japanese account, only have Eng account on my PSP).

How possible is it to replace a Vita's battery? Mine's charge is starting to go.

>>13863607

Simple. You just open it up, remove the battery, and put in another one.

>>13863767

Is this the right battery for a 1000? Near as I can tell Sony's site doesn't actually sell the battery itself, so want to make sure I buy the right thing https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B013JPJ3M8/

>>13863371

>softmod

I don't want to pirate my games anymore, so unless there's a softmod to tie two accounts to one PSP, it's not an option.

>>13866793

Have you considered using softmod capabilities to only use things you legally own? You aren't required to pirate games just because it's possible.

>>13866793

Accountswitcher lets you flip between multiple accounts on the same memstick.

They're a bit clunky since sony made it as hard as possible to implement.

>>13866821

>they're

what I meant to say was "it's".

>>13865208

I'd translate the page and read the reviews. I'm not sure what exactly the battery looks like, but the model number seems to be correct.

Is God Wars supposed to have these long loading times?

>>13866821

Something I'll be looking into when I have more holiday time. Thanks.

>>13873747

Moe Chronicle?

>>13873774

Thanks for the help, dude. It may be what I was looking for. Do you know of any other monster girl games for the vita?

>>13873829

The prequel card game, Monster Monpiece, and the two sequels to Moe Chronicle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Monpiece

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moero_Crystal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genkai_Tokki:_Seven_Pirates

As far as I'm aware only the first game got an "official" English release That you should pirate or buy a JP copy because it got cucked but Moe Chronicle and Moero Crystal got Asia English releases. The 3rd, as far as I know, isn't available in English.

>>13873859

>That you should pirate or buy a JP copy because it got cucked

They fixed the censoring with the PC/Steam release. At the cost of being able to play competitive—not that that matters, given how quickly multiplayer tends to die on niche games.

Likewise, Moe Chronicles is also on Steam, also uncensored, and I have no clue as to whether the game is still in hilarious ENGRISH or not. It SHOULD be on sale, though—IFI was doing a full week sale for Black Friday before even the Steam sale.

>>13873885

>At the cost of not being able to play competitive

fix'd.

>we're still using the cuckchan chart

>which includes games ruined by NISA like the new Danganropa and Ys VIII

>not only that but its huge and includes series games regardless of quality differences between them

we should create our own chart next thread

>>13873915

Not against it, if only because it'd spark some game discussion. Hadn't seen that in a while. Hell, I'd like to hear justification on the Vita Uncharted game, if any exists.

>>13873915

>we're still using the cuckchan chart

>we should create our own chart next thread

Are you that same fucking retard from the 3ds thread who insists that their chart is shit because it came from cuckchan, even though his proposed "replacement" is literally the same shit? Or are you the moron from previous threads whose idea of a great chart is nippon-only titles with massive fuckoff screenshots and zero little-to-no textual info?

Same person?

>>13874035

Do me a favor and let us know how Asterisk War plays, anon? I haven't heard a single thing about it and I'm curious since haremshit almost never gets localized, and AW was a kinda/sorta passable series.

>>13874090

It's mostly a sim with VN elements, like Trillion except worse. I never watched the anime it was based on. You either play as the show protagonist or make your own OC donut steel student. It's very repetitive and I don't recommend it. You basically play through the Phoenix Festa Arc with the waifu partner of your choice and then the game just stops. I would probably enjoy it more if I actually knew about the characters and setting. The game assumes that you're familiar with the source material.

>>13874029

>most of the thread contributes to the chart

>actual discussion is had

>except for 1 screeching autist in the first thread who was a shitposter that had nothing to contribute except for defending FE Warriors and Federation Force and its ilk

Lad I have the archives if you want to keep going. More importantly we have cut the number of games that will be on the chart by a significant amount already. There were over 350 on the cuckchan chart.

>>13874152

is there at least lewd? I was hoping it was at the level of SAO games since I hear those are passable fun and juicy lewds.

>>13874199

>Revisionist history

>Because he got blown the fuck out by multiple people telling him his edits were insignificant tripe

>I have archives

A strong bluff, but I was there so I'm not falling for it.

Your edits are asinine and simplify down to >muh opinions. Your chart is redundant, and this will never ever change so long as you ripoff the format. I will remind you, yet again you illiterate retard, it's not a recommendation chart.

>>13874199

The cuckchan charts for most systems tend to literally just list any game a system has.

This chart would probably be better if it was limited to 10-20 games that are good examples of the vita's library plus upcoming releases. It isn't really a recommendation chart currently, just

>here's literally everything on the vita now and in the future, good luck going through it for recommendations

It has mostly the same problems cuckchan charts have but is arguably better because most people do own the vita for weebshit.

If you want to create a recommended games image it should be separate from the chart that currently exists solely because it isn't a recommended games list. Good luck trying to get consensus on "recommended" games, it will be a shitshow as it was previously.

>>13876019

>Just flag the games that are highly recommended

Flagging recommended games on the current chart would help the one that currently exists.

> A chart [10-20 games] that short is worthless.

Lots of focus on the ten side rather than twenty when it wasn't supposed to be a hard number from the start, just a suggestion. There aren't a ton of different genres to cover on the current chart anyway, thirty or so games would be three to four for each genre barring any overly specific genre arguments plus any upcoming games. The idea of a recommendation chart is to showcase good games for the system. Can you honestly say the NISAfied version of Danganronpa is something you recommend/a good example of the decent games on the system?

The issue with the current chart is that it seems to be too scattershot. The first half seems to be a library view of the system, then halfway down it becomes a recommended games list even though the top and as somebody in this thread claims seems to not actually be. After that it becomes an upcoming releases list then becomes an import information section before going back to a release list before ending with another section that is definitely labelled "recommendations" but has even less information than the rest of the chart about why they are recommended or what genres they fall under.

So even if the current chart isn't cut down it probably should be split up and reorganized into a releases/import list and a recommendation chart.

>>13876019

>Also the reason the last chart maker went nowhere was because of poor layout and being too stringent on game quality.

I was starting to make a new one, taking into consideration the criticism in regard of the poor layout and visual in general. I ended up putting it on a hiatus for a while, due of my situation (and also because I simply just forgot in the end), so I apologize for the lack of response and update.

So far what I plan with the new chart is to classify games by genre (action, jrpg, rhythm, platform, visual novel, puzzle, etc), giving info on the memory space of the games & patches (based on jap versions mostly though, except for the few western games & edf2/mgs/akiba trip 2). And finally, giving just a single game picture & a small description per game.

>>13878296

>giving info on the memory space of the game

Why not just link anons to this instead of putting in all that shit? It'd be a lot of work and it would be incredibly easy to burn out on making the chart.

archive.is/bzQAu

Should I get DT2 or Demon Gaze? DT2 apparently has more content and polished gameplay but Demon Gaze has Pinay.

>>13881980

DT2. Easily. Demon Gaze always goes on sale, anyway. Also

>NISA

baking the new bread

>>13882021

Thanks, I'll be getting DT2 then.

>>NISA

Was going to buy Demon Gaze used. NISA wouldn't see a cent.

hey.. who made this one?

>>13882094

at least copy all the links from op

>>13882098