

The beautiful, sleek, underloved and underappreciated PS Vita. But, like my family tree, there’s a cigarette burn over a certain member of the family. But PS1? PSP? That’s been the dream for a long time, and while many will have made do with dodgy emulators on their phones (PPSSPP is actually amazing) the time for Sony to embrace its history has finally come. Granted, we’ve had some compatibility with PS2 games on PS4 with a very small selection of emulated ports. Four tiers, actually, if you count the territories that aren’t eligible for PS Plus Premium – they’ll get PS Plus Deluxe instead.

PS3 games have been available without the need for a DualShock 3 for a number of years thanks to PS Now, which, as of June 2022, will be no more as it’s being rolled into PS Plus and its new three-tier model. Sony’s announcement that PS Plus is getting a revamp came with the news that finally, PlayStation players would be able to dive back into the extensive PS1, PS2, and PSP catalogue. Why? Why do you hate the PS Vita so much? What did it ever do to you, aside from not selling as well as the Nintendo DS?
