Sony PlayStation Vita 2000

Advantages: She finally hacked. That is all. Now you can run games for Vita (and even homebrew, that is, all sorts of emulators and software). For this you can forgive all the flaws. About the technical merits all have already written to me.

Disadvantages: Very expensive memory cards, which are no longer suitable for any devices. The inability to downgrade firmware. Hack does not yet support the launch of images of games PSP and PSone.

Comment: In general, I wrote a review to please the current and future owners of the console with the news that it was hacked. But only firmware 3.60 has been hacked. So you need to upgrade to it from any older version (via PC). Do not even think to upgrade to 3.61, there will be no way back. For details, run to the w3bsit3-dns.com forum and read everything carefully. Hacking is not as simple as with psp, but nothing particularly complicated. Good luck to all!

Advantages: Holds a charge for a long time, does not heat up, a bright screen, a lot of games. Cool ps3 / p4 game function with Vita.

Disadvantages: Games are expensive, but it depends on what to compare)

Comment: Beautiful, cool and very convenient thing to play, especially if you have friends who also have Vita)
P.S. I wanted to add that the game with the PS3 supports only a couple of games, so keep this in mind. With PS4, all games are launched, and Wi-Fi is also not needed - the consoles themselves somehow connect with each other.

Advantages: - Very thin and light.
- Stick! These sticks! And also almost a complete set of buttons of the standard gamepad. Touch control on smartphones has not yet compared in accuracy and convenience with the console.
- Great games. Many complain that "no games", and I do not really understand why. Borderlands, Child of Light, Tearaway, very cool PS2 games (Persona, MGS, Final Fantasy X & X-2) - it's great to be able to play such games, and not another fun farm with donat.
- Holds a charge for a long time.
- Convenient store games.
- You can turn off the console at any time, and then continue to play from the same place! On phones there is always the possibility that the game application will be unloaded from memory, and something will not be saved, or you will have to download the game again. There is no such problem, and it is very cool.

Disadvantages: - Anyway, the console needs a cover: if you put it in your pocket as it is, it’s very scary for sticks :(
- Sony will no longer release big games on this console. And very vain.
- An expensive memory card (the bundle includes a rather small one, and a 64 GB card costs almost like the console itself).

Comment: Definitely recommend to buy, but only to those who really love the game (and understands that they are worth the money). In spite of everything, there are a lot of good games, but the push-button control is incredibly convenient compared to smartphones / tablets.

Advantages: GAMES, compactness, good autonomy, interesting gaming opportunities, on a large scale, versatility and functionality.

Disadvantages: The back panel can be scratched, the sticks could have some kind of texture for clearer finger control, prices for memory cards (in their own special format), dust can get into the keys of the cross, the presence of some restrictions in terms of the size of games, not the most willing development consoles from the company.

Comment: Before buying, I wondered for a long time on whether I need this prefix or not. You need to clearly understand what you want from it and what you can get. I took it because of the lack of really high-quality and large game projects on mobile platforms, besides I was very excited to have my favorite games with psp with me and at any convenient opportunity to nostalgic. Killzone: Mercenary, LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Mortal Kombat, Gravity Rush and a lot really shows that this prefix is ​​capable of much, but still it doesn’t leave me feeling that this prefix could be much more capable if it had slightly better specifications in terms of iron. But in general, it turned out very nice and good console, I recommend to buy !!!

Advantages: 1. Stylish design
2. Slim model
3.Goodly keeps battery
4. Touch Screen
5. Rear touch panel
6. Nice sound and animation effects in the system itself.
7. Front and rear cameras
8.Wi-Fi
9.Bluetooth

Disadvantages: 1.Display, even with a small sun or light, pictures are invisible, but you can see your reflection. Small viewing angle
2. Non-standard USB flash drive, it was possible to make a microsd
3.Little memory, only 1 gb
4. A weak sound, like 2 speakers, there is not enough bass.
5. Dear games.
6. In any case, some children's games
7. A few useful applications, in the phone, and then more and you can download. (I did not find the application, in my opinion only the games can be downloaded)
8.Grafika so-so, I thought it would be better.
9. The front and rear cameras are of poor quality, better on the phone.
10.Flashka expensive, if you take on 64, then its price in half the console
11. There is no vibration, as in the Sony joystick.

Comment: Do not buy the console with the proposed games. Presented with games Adventure. There are only 2 standard games. The rest is for children 5 years old. It is better to take a bare console and upload it yourself. It is bad that there are no L3, R3, L2, R2 buttons with them it would be much more convenient to play, even if the console would be a bit thicker.
Despite this number of flaws, in general, satisfied with the gift. On lover

Advantages: Ergonomics
Physical buttons

Disadvantages: Own memory card, stands as half of the console, this is utter nonsense
Video support only format mp4
A very narrow circle of games, and 90% of these games use only 20-30% of the console's potential, which is very depressing
You can not transfer saving to the PC, only games and only through the cloud
Very little memory 1 GB of internal memory in 2015 is about nothing
Sony promises not even 50% fulfilled
Prices for games are just hellish.
On Windows, you can buy a Rayman Origins tablet for 399 rubles, while in PlayStation Store the same game costs 1,499 rubles. Well, this is generally in no framework, it is better to take a tablet on Windows with the same price and buy games for 300-500 rubles, than to take the Vita + memory card and take 1 game for the price of 4-5 ..... The utter utter stupidity.

Comment: In no case do not buy Vita, you will regret more than once about the purchase, and spend money just hellishly a lot at the moment it was spent about 35 thousand rubles, and this is only for games ....Games do not realize 50% of the console's potential, and in most cases there may be curved ports from large consoles.

Advantages: - light and thin, comfortably in the hands (compared to Vita 1000)
- it is very convenient to play (do not compare with all phones)
- at the moment, decent content and constant discounts in the PSN store
- really increased autonomous work in comparison with Vita 1000
- convenient menu and settings
- constant firmware update.

Disadvantages: - very sleek and non-scratch resistant body
- the console was originally from the exit of the first Vita with obsolete iron, and now even more. Against iOS and Android, the resolution of 500x300 looks miserable.
- high price for games
- in Russia, officially, most retailers sell black, almost all white - gray imports.
- warranty for a whole year

Comment: I will say right away. I had three PS vita of the first generation. He took and sold as new and passing games. Therefore, I had something to compare. Slim after bbw, it's like the 5th iPhone after 4K. Lighter, thinner, nicer materials. The feeling of a premium product, which lacked a fat one. The only rollback is the screen. It is pale in comparison with OLED, but you get used to it in a week. The built-in 1Gb of memory does not give anything, in fact, you still need to take a card, and at least 16, since 1 game is on average 1-2Gb.
I advise you to take it without 3G, I have never used it. There was not much time to play, but the hits passed, and then successfully sold. If anyone is interested in what to play, as they say, must have: Killzone Mercenary, Uncharted Golden Abyss, Call of Duty BO, NFS Most wanted, Borderlands, Mortal Kombat, Soul Sacrafice. And the rest to your taste. I advise you to do as I do - take it cheaper on Avito, play and sell without loss.

Immediately I say, take the cheapest, but the film on the screen. Very quickly scratched.
Maybe I will ever take it when hacked, I don’t really want to take games of 2-2.5k rubles. and left hacking under PSPPSX games is trash, and for the gift is not necessary.

Advantages: Excellent display, bold design, support for heaps of console games, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, YouTube, memory cards up to 64GB, gyroscope, two cameras, etc.

Disadvantages: The rear sensor is quickly scratched.

Comment: He took over 8K with Borderlands 2. Prior to this miracle, he had only PSP (which, incidentally, was very good). Immediately after the first power-up, I realized, I bought it for good reason. Immediately pleased with the clear display. A menu appears immediately with settings for time, language, etc. After that, throws it to the main screen, they say, do what you want. I really liked the visual effects, as well as the design. Immediately I will say that both the lock screen and the main screen are configured. I liked very much that you can open several applications at once (!) As well as quick settings for Wi Fi Bluetooth, brightness and music. Sony did not go far from the PSP, so here we see the familiar browser with a couple of buns, settings, music, video, photos, etc. The design has changed a lot. By the way about the design, the console of this model is very light and thin, it is pleasant to hold in hands. In games, it consistently knocks out 20-30 FPS, which greatly pleases. For me, this console is a good experience, after the PSP I can not get enough of it. Take, you will not regret. From myself I will say that the console is MUCH easier than these smartphones

Advantages: The design has changed a lot for the better. Excellent build quality, nothing dangles and squeaks. Weight decreased, thickness decreased, buttons became more convenient. The battery holds perfectly. You can charge it now with any charging from a smartphone with micro usb output. The fingers are less likely to touch the touch panel in the back, changed the location slightly. Works smartly, does not hang. It is quite convenient to watch YouTube (if the smartphone has sat down or is not there, it is still more convenient from a smartphone) Remote Play from PS4 works perfectly smoothly and with the same graphics.
PS. If anyone suddenly doesn’t know, Remote Play is an opportunity to connect to PS4 and play those games that are on PS4 from whit (controlling it) or from a smartphone (controlling joystick) without losing graphics and with minimal delay.

Disadvantages: The main drawback is the display. The screen has become much worse, whitish, with poor viewing angles, after a normal smartphone it catches the eye very much. Menu ugly, cheap cartoonish gives. Buttons L1 and R1 is generally a failure. I will explain. I turned on remote play with PS4, the game destiny. L1 sight, R1 fire. So, when you click on L1, like a click, the character then takes aim, then no. Or you hold L1, and the view starts jumping from the aiming mode to a simple view. Because the L1 button must be pressed and held very firmly and pressing hard with your finger, this is wildly annoying. Whether I have a marriage, or all the consoles are so made, I do not know. Check with the purchase. The sound chip is mediocre, in the same headphones the smartphone produces a sound much better.

Comment: I bought it in order to just get acquainted with the system and try remote play, as well as take on trips, and if you like it, leave it. But there are very few good games on the system itself (3-4 items), and they are at an inadequate price. The screen is terrible. The sticks are far from convenience, the low smoothness and accuracy, the fingers slide, with a less or less difficult situation in the game you will be killed very quickly, the control and aiming is twice as slow as with a normal joystick. Plus on such a small screen and with such indistinct buttons L1 and R1 Remote Play is anguish. As a result, I danced for 6 hours with a tambourine and screwed my Sony Xperia z ultra to the PS4, with an excellent bright display of 6.44 inches. On such a Remote Play screen, it makes sense to play comfortably and everything is perfectly visible. In general, my opinion is absolutely useless device, which even with the PS4 does not make sense to use, let alone separately. Now, if Sony gave the opportunity for some kind of subscription to play games with PS1 and PS2-prices would not exist. And so I do not advise, discarded money. I handed it back to the store, since there is such an opportunity in one of the Moscow networks.