The PS Vita is the ULTIMATE EDC Console
The PS Vita is the ULTIMATE EDC Console
PS Vita gaming in 2025 is AMAZING! I’ve been using it for a month now, and here’s my thoughts vs the original psp and more!
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📼 Timestamps :
• 0:00 – I’ve been taking this everywhere!
• 0:35 – IT’S SO WEIRD
• 2:36 – Let’s talk mods!
• 4:05 – Games I’ve been playing
• 8:10 – Ps Vita Camera and VLOG!
• 10:13 – Things I didn’t like…
• 11:37 – Just use an emulator / It’s just another screen
• 13:45 – This really is the best edc console
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Excellent – I knew the VITA would absolutely solve the problems you had with the PSP
Yup… I’m also on board for you to try maybe first a Nintendo DSi XL and then a New Nintendo 3DS XL.
There it is!!
I would love to see you embark on this new retro video game adventure. I would love to see some Nintendo 3DS!!!
i have both psp and psvita, it’s the opposite for me , i use PSP more.
dropping this on the switch 2 launch week is diabolical! ahahaha <3
Still game on my blue ps vita every now and then. I use backbone on my s24 ultra but gaming on my vita is just nostalgic. Didnt get the portal but i would like for sony to make a legit portable gaming system again. Ive tried the portal and it was nice but that vita was perfect for just throwing it my purse and just go
Completely agree! I usually carry some kind of handheld with me in my small sling bag to keep me off of IG/Facebook – it feels so much better to really make progress in a game you’re enjoying than go into automatic scroll mode which is, unfortunately, way too easy to do. The Vita beats out my Retroid 5 and Miyoo Mini (and other 15 random ones I’ve amassed) because it delivers on everything you would want out of a sleek little handheld. In particular, mine seems to survive in standby time for months if it doesn’t get touched so you don’t really have to fret battery life if you’re going on a little trip. Love the videos!
Great video, Tom! The Vita was absolutely ahead of its time and is still keeping up! Crazy to think it has an OLED display too…in retrospect, I wish I had gotten one back in the day.
I think the only real reason to mod a PS Vita is to open up the PSP and PS1 library because it was built with that compatibility in mind whereas once you start putting emulators onthere you start to get the same issue you had with the Miyoo mini+.
The other question is… if this is for EDC, why not just your Switch or even a Switch Lite? They’ve got the nintendo online emulator apps.
3DS next?
Another absolute banger. Loving the gaming content lately. Especially loved what you said near the end about getting inspired by gaming in your art. It shows, and it’s better for it.
I know you’re going for older tech, but I would really love to see how a Switch 2 fits into your EDC (assuming you can get your hands on one). What you think the pros and cons are. You’ve got a unique perspective that I appreciate. Either way, following this journey, and enjoying it a lot!
A PS Vita thats not hacked 😂😂
Aside of good port from the PS2, the Vita is plagued with smartphone ”games” and anime shovelware.
When I played gravity rush I guess I glossed over the upgrade system so I played through 80% of the game without a single upgrade… I was getting so mad at some of the bosses. When I discovered upgrades it was a whole new game haha so I recommend leveling your character 😉
While you were shooting content for this vid I was playing Persona 4 on my modded Vita nonstop 😂
Love the content but when we getting an Air pods pros review ?
Yes I would love to see a review of the retro emulation handhelds. I think some of them could possibly be even better than the psp and vita, but as you said you have to resist that temptation to keep tinkering with it.
Yayy we have the same model in white too!! 🥹🤍✨ This Vita is just so gorgeous!! It’s basically my Killzone Machine, and most of the time I play Virtua Tennis 4 and YsVIII. Gravity Rush got my arms all tangled up! 🤣 Tearaway is so enjoying!
He finally did it!
the vita’s battery life is absolutely insane if you think about its standby time. i’ll charge it, not touch it for 3 months, go to use it, its at 70%. its amazing.
Love the content but Air pods review when ?
Has to be a ds or 3ds next, I’ve been using a 3ds to replay pokemon games lately
I had the oled once, it was beautiful. I regret selling it till today 😢
You’re so cool mate!
Anyone know where one might find the pixel art keychain thing?
No homebrew titles whatsoever? You can do better than this Tom 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Dude I am GENUINELY thinking of getting one of these, there’s no other portable console that really catches my eye besides this one that I have been hoping of buying one day, of course I could get a steam deck, but it’s 400+ dollars, and I could get a switch yeah, but it’s also 300+ dollars, even if I got a steam deck I already have my gaming laptop, the ps vita has always caught my eye because it definitely seems lighter and I just love the design, should I buy one??? I’m skeptical.
If only there were devices where you could play all these games and much much more, with better screens and upscaled resolutions…I think that would be closer to the "ultimate EDC"… Some sortof device that emulates retro games? 🤔
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PS Vita Slim is my EDC handheld!
Love the Vita. Is great to pickup and play and just unwind. Also got the PSTV, it’s weird but i love it 😀
So weird to me how you choose this over a Retroid Pocket lol
I have vita and a steamdeck and i find myself using vita way more simply due it it being small enough to fit in my pocket
You should check out Frobisher Says.
I wish Sony would return to the PSP/PS VITA. They should make a new model or re-release the old ones and update the firmware. They could overhaul them to better fit the PlayStation ecosystem they’ve always been chasing. And while we’re at it, bring back PlayStation Home! Redo that too.
0:12 as an American, I absolutely thought for .5 seconds that you were filming and playing and driving all at the same time.
A couple of game recommendations for the Vita:
Odin Sphere: It’s a Vanillaware game, which is its own seal of approval at this point, I think.
Lost Dimension: Neat little strategy RPG game with a traitor mechanic.
Iconoclasts: Very good indie puzzle platformer.
Absolutely love this video man. 10/10!
Didnt know Vita was so cool and had so many unique features 😊
the slim last me 4-5 hours but damn i gotta say that white oled is a beauty
Great to see this videos, it seems we all convince you after your last PSP videos to give a Vita a try, glad you enjoy it 🙂. You can see we weren’t wrong in our recommendation 😉
9:08 what watch is that?? looks nice
They couldn’t implement the l3 r3, so they implemented the back touch. It works really well with remote playing the ps4 and even better with the hori grip accessory.
I bought a USB-C adapter for my vita. So I can charge my Vita with USB-C because I don’t want to open it up. And I don’t have to change the original hardware. They make them for PSP and the 3DSXL as well.
I’d you don’t own one the Odin 2 mini really loooks and feels like a ps vita. But with the versatility of being an android emulator
Gurl 😂 plz , just give us ur switch 2 video and include the ipad pro 11 love ur vibe as always
You absolutely smashed it with this video! It was so fun, and I loved the vlog in the Vita-cam. Well done!
What you think about the Less portable Handhelds like the Steamdeck and Switch. Would you take them on Trips. Because that feels like something i would leave at home.