PTE52: Playstation Vita - Two Years On

[wakka]

So much Vita love! It's certainly gained some mindshare on here in the last 12 months.

I love mine. Great piece of hardware with some really fun games. Not the broadest or richest library but it's certainly one that suits me.

[Colin]

For me it's the best handheld console there's ever been, as it's the only one I haven't just thrown in a cupboard after a week. In the last year I've completed loads of games on it, something that I don't generally do on any system these days.

[Brad]

It doesn't work anymore.

Really? I use US Netflix (via unblock-us) and that works fine. UK Netflix definitely used to work.

Anyway, the thing to do is to set your vita up as a US one, download netflix, backup the netflix app to PC, format vita and set up as U.K. and then restore the Netflix app.

[J0e Musashi]

It only works if you already had the app. The Vita will no longer start the US Netflix app under anything other than a US account. A recent update was designed exclusively to stop people doing it. It was the first thing I did when I got my 2000 last Saturday, so this is how I know.

[J0e Musashi]

If anyone is running a Japanese account, Dragon's Dogma Quest comes out on Thursday. It's free-to-play. If it's anything like the first game, it'll support English text.

[Brad]

It only works if you already had the app. The Vita will no longer start the US Netflix app under anything other than a US account. A recent update was designed exclusively to stop people doing it. It was the first thing I did when I got my 2000 last Saturday, so this is how I know.

I'm confused. My Vita is bang up to date and this still works. Maybe they updated the actual Netflix app?

EDIT: I guess you meant the app was updated. I see. So, I could send someone my backup and they could install that?

EDIT EDIT: Why isn't there a UK version anyway? WHY!?

[J0e Musashi]

Send someone your backup of what?

[J0e Musashi]

When the hell did JSR come out on Vita?

[Brad]

Send someone your backup of what?

Netflix I guess. How did I do it previously?

[Dogg Thang]

When the hell did JSR come out on Vita?

Ages ago, and it's awesome.

[kryss]

Yeah, was cross buy so I've got it myself too, haven't fired it up yet of course.

[Dogg Thang]

Hmmm... are you sure JSR was a cross buy?

[kryss]

Was for me. Bought it on release for PS3 and was able to download it after getting my Vita. The PS3 one was on PS+ but not the Vita one.

edit: apparently not cross buy...I'm confused.

Okay, it WAS free for PS+ in Nov 2012.

[Strider]

Love my vita. I have 39 physical game (just got the le of Ys) and around 30 digital games. It's an amazing system with a fantastic array of titles covering all types of genre. Probably one of my favourite handhelds.

[DeathAdder]

I love mine. I think it will be derided as a massive failure in future, but I don't care about that.