Sony’s still got the PlayStation Vita on life support, despite it ceasing to manufacture the handheld. The platform holder has released firmware update v3.71 for the system today, which fixes an exploit named Trinity currently being leveraged for homebrew. According to the modding scene, it’s still currently possible to spoof the system software in order to connect to the PlayStation Network, but that’s an issue which is likely to be plugged.
For those of you using the handheld as it was intended, you’re not going to notice any changes with this firmware update – as you’d perhaps expect. It’ll be interesting to see how long the company continues this battle with hackers – presumably it’ll have to move on eventually.
[source vg247.com]
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They may as well give up. The hacking scene certainly isn't going to. Sony would be better off using those resources on something else. lol
Time for everyone to bump up their spoofed version by 0.01! This’ll only drive prices of used 3.70s up.
When you stop all support everything should just go freeware. I only put about 10hrs on the OLED Vita I bought for second screen. Sony or the PS4 games never did anything to support second screen in 2013 so I just packed away.
So the people using the micro SD card adapters instead of the official memory cards can’t use the store until they find a way around this patch.
This benefits Sony how?
Most stable console of all time!
I'll be dusting mine off today for its yearly use. For the last few years I've only used it while abroad on holiday, just don't get the Opportunity otherwise. I always find a game to get into though. I have the 64gb memory card and with all the plus games and the sale games I seemed to buy even though it has never been used much I have over 80 games most of which I've never played.
@Ryall Seriously? It’s not even as if the memory cards are sold by Sony at this point, they’re all second hand or dead stock! Oh man, guess I’m not buying any more Vita games, I use my SD2Vita to hold all the games i’ve bought.
I'm closing on 200 Vita games and not slowing down yet More stability is always welcome.
How about, I dunno, putting a patch that lets the PSTV play all PS Vita games, as well as letting the vita play all PSP and PS1 games. There's no reason to block it, the day that all games downloaded proves the system can handle it, and it could get a couple of pity sales for literally just clicking that unlock button...
If Sony truly wanted to kill off the Vita all they have to do is make a successor to the vita and allow older vita game cards to work on it, allow all past digital purchases to transfer over, and allow micro SD cards to be used as well.
So many current vita owners would hop over day one no questions asked, plus it would mean hackers would have to start from scratch again because newer games would be Gen2Vita exclusives.
Tbh I actually believe a second gen vita would crush the Switch, the only it would suffer from is lack of first party support and Sony's obsession with censorship.
How does this keep the Vita alive?
It's a plug to protect their revenue, no benefit to anyone other than Sony.
@Link41 hah what a cuck!
@Link41 You moron, its not a 'Stability' patch. If you need this explained just quit gaming and go make reaction videos.
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