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PlayStation TV Microconsole - £29.99 instore @ Game

£29.99
Instore GAME18 Mar 16

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Entertainment

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Stefarno88

18 Mar 16

In stock at 4 of my 5 nearest stores.

The console has been discontinued, and most places are now out of stock, so it'll probably not get any cheaper than this for a new version.

-Plays the majority of PS Vita games
-Also plays PSP and PS1 games
-Supports PS4 remote play at up to 720p/60fps
-Includes voucher code for Worms Revolution Extreme, Velocity Ultra & OlliOlli

The console requires either a PS3 or PS4 controller, and if you want to download games you'll need to get a memory card - you can pick up an 8Gb card for around £10 if you don't mind re-downloading, but a larger size would obviously be better.

The trade-in value at CeX is currently £28.

Top comments

Stefarno88

18 Mar 16 12 #1

While some major Vita games are incompatible (Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Wipeout 2048, Tearaway) mainly due to use of motion controls, there are loads that it does support.

Some of the compatible games I'd recommend:

Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed
Amnesia: Memories
Atelier Arland Plus Trilogy
Bastion
Borderlands 2
Broken Age
Child of Light
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
Corpse Party: Blood Drive
Danganronpa 1(US version) & 2 & Another Episode
Dead or Alive 5 Plus
Deception IV: Nightmare Princess
Demon Gaze
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited
Dragon's Crown
Dungeon Travelers 2
Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable & 2
FIFA 14
Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD
Freedom Wars
Grim Fandango Remastered
Hatoful Boyfriend
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd
Helldivers
Hotline Miami 1 & 2
Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth 2 & 3 & U & Noire
IA/VT Colorful (Japan import)
Killzone: Mercenary
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Lost Dimension
Minecraft
OlliOlli 1 & 2
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines
Persona 4 Golden & Dancing All Night
Puyo Puyo Tetris (Japan import)
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace
Rayman Origins
Retro City Rampage DX
Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus & Bon Appetit & Estival Versus
Soul Sacrifice Delta
Steins;Gate
Superbeat Xonic
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment & Lost Song
Tales of Hearts R
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters
Toukiden: Kiwami
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Velocity 2X
Virtue's Last Reward
Ys: Memories of Celceta (US version)

Upcoming Compatible Games:

Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault
Assassin's Creed Chronicles
Attack on Titan
Danganronpa V3
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Full Throttle Remastered
God Eater Resurrection & 2 Rage Burst
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune vs Zombies
Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir
One Piece: Burning Blood
Psycho Pass: Mandatory Happiness
Shakedown Hawaii
Stranger of Sword City
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
Tales from the Borderlands
Trillion: God of Destruction
Zero Time Dilemma

hol666

18 Mar 16 7 #6

it's a great little box sploit by Sony's insistence of proprietary media, just like the Vita. should've used SD cards :disappointed:

chrisredmayne

18 Mar 16 5 #7

I never use mine but worth it if you don't have a Vita just for the free PS plus games

MBeeching

18 Mar 16 4 #13

Can I really justify buying one just for TxK?

All comments (93)

Stefarno88

18 Mar 16 12 #1

morocco1 to Stefarno88

18 Mar 16 #27

Good post - might invest in a few of these to try to drain some more value from the Vita. Only bought 3 games for it (Little Big Planet, Persona 4 and Tearaway) plus the PS+ games, looks like there's more quality out there than I realised.

Demtendo64

18 Mar 16 1 #2

Seen as this is a dead console, the price will soon drop even further especially with no more stock being shipped to Game. They will do whatever to get rid of the stock they have, so I'd wait.

Stefarno88 to Demtendo64

18 Mar 16 1 #5

Given that new stock is limited and it is only £30 - personally I'd recommend picking one up now if you want one.

ocelot20 to Demtendo64

18 Mar 16 #44

I looked for a few weeks for another PS TV earlier this month. This was before they announced they won't be making any more. No stock could be found online. No stores in my area had any stock since Christmas. I had to settle to getting a second hand one from CEX for £35 which was brand new from what I could tell. Console looked untouched and the free games inside had not been opened or redeemed.

I agree if there is any stock to be found they may lower the price down even more. But actually finding stock won't be to easy.

pcgamer2014

18 Mar 16 1 #3

The price can also go up since it will allow you to play PS Vita games without the Vita...

ed1980

18 Mar 16 1 #4

Sony are dropping this soon, already dropped in Asia i believe

hol666

18 Mar 16 7 #6

it's a great little box sploit by Sony's insistence of proprietary media, just like the Vita. should've used SD cards :disappointed:

chrisredmayne

18 Mar 16 5 #7

I never use mine but worth it if you don't have a Vita just for the free PS plus games

Elivercury

18 Mar 16 1 #8

Is the memory card for this a normal one or Sony one? I'm assuming sony given the referenced price of £10 for 8gb.

Am i able to just swap the one in my vita between it and this?

Tempted just to be able to play danganronpa on the big screen.

Stefarno88 to Elivercury

18 Mar 16 3 #11

They use proprietary Vita memory cards, so the 64Gb card is about £65-70...

I believe you can swap the memory card between Vita and PSTV as long as they're both set to the same region, but your icon layout will reset.

The European version of the first Danganronpa isn't compatible, but the US version is btw.

If you use the LAN port (or at least disable the default 'use wi-fi in low power mode' option), then it's pretty good now they added support for 60fps. Obviously, some games work better with added latency than others - you'll find a driving game much worse than a JRPG, for example.

pfitz112

18 Mar 16 2 #9

Anyone had any success playing Ps4 through one of these? What's it like lag wise?

jco83 to pfitz112

18 Mar 16 4 #10

The lag made it unplayable for me

delusion to pfitz112

18 Mar 16 1 #12

It's definitely laggy, I run steam link through exactly the same set up and lag is not noticeable even at 1080p.

Having said that I've played a few single player games and just about playable as long as it's not a game requiring fast reactions. And also use it to farm Gp on PES MyClub

nige182 to pfitz112

18 Mar 16 2 #14

Sony are working on an app for Windows for playing PS4 remotely. Given cheap Windows boxes will probably handle that app fine I would wait for that option (and see if they can keep the lag minimal) as most people say this is too laggy.

Begize to pfitz112

18 Mar 16 #32

I've tried a few different games and not seen any lag issues at all. My PS4 is hard wired on Gigabit ethernet to a switch in my loft with the wireless access point next to it. PSTV is connected wirelessly.

fleischyy to pfitz112

18 Mar 16 #33

Lag wise it was fine for me (fully wired cat6 network) but the colour and brightness of the image were way off making it unusable for some games as made them too dark etc

Istanbul_Kop to pfitz112

18 Mar 16 #34

It's perfect for some. It's unplayable for others. Don't think you'll know for yourself until you try it I'm afraid.

BigDaveuk to pfitz112

18 Mar 16 #49

I often use mine for PS4 with a wired connection. No problems at all works well.

MBeeching

18 Mar 16 4 #13

Can I really justify buying one just for TxK?

Futureshark to MBeeching

18 Mar 16 1 #23

Apparently the PS4 version is complete but in legal hell, so this will be your only chance to play on the big TV unfortunately.

http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/18/8244959/txk-cancelled-atari-playstation-4-jeff-minter

Rubisco to MBeeching

18 Mar 16 #52

That depends whether it will stop you justifying £349 for a PSVR just for their next game :wink:

aj_nu

18 Mar 16 1 #15

Anyone know if you can use homebrew apps and games like on the PSP on it?

bobinda to aj_nu

18 Mar 16 3 #18

http://bfy.tw/4onb

Elbandito

18 Mar 16 1 #16

There's some stock in my nearest local. Think Im gonna give it a shot for the spare tv:) remote play should be decent:)

wizza

18 Mar 16 3 #17

you can hack the playstation tv so all vita games are compatible, and also hack it to allow emulators etc, worth it for the money i think.

crazygoldfish

18 Mar 16 1 #19

ps tv is alright, not great.

Some games lend themselves well to it, but if you plan on playing cod or battlefield in another room then forget it.

If you don't have a good power line or ethernet connection to feed into it then forget it. Wifi for this is hopeless.

Stefarno88 to crazygoldfish

18 Mar 16 1 #22

Have you tried disabling the low power wi-fi mode? It's enabled by default and totally ruins wi-fi performance.

Futureshark

18 Mar 16 3 #20

If only Sony had made some sort of add on that you could have plugged in to the regular Vita to output to a big screen.

I believe one of the slots on the top of the original Vita had the potential to do this but Sony never followed it up.

Why Sony, why!

Gamer_U to Futureshark

18 Mar 16 1 #24

PSTV is essentially the PSP Home Console that they should've released years ago. I got it for PSP, PS1, Vita and retro games. It's a brilliant little box.

BubaMan to Futureshark

18 Mar 16 2 #35

The port is there but the Sony greed board decided they'd get more money by flogging people 2 consoles instead so they disabled it.
Proprietary formats, blocking 3rd party video services, PS Now instead of backward compatibility, etc - They need to take the top 3 levels of management out and shoot them :man:

Despite not using it much, I quite like the PSTV - streaming is workable (not for online shooters) if using it wired and it's nice to be able to play some games on it but I don't get why certain games still blocked after they implemented touch screen emulation and why there aren't many media streaming services / apps for it.

Gamer_U

18 Mar 16 #21

With the hack email trick it's possible that almost all work regardless if Sony allowed them or not.

I've got two PSTV micro-consoles with 3.20 OFW and couldn't be happier. :smiley:

MBeeching

18 Mar 16 #25

I know, it's such a shame. I had been holding out for a PC version but it will probably never happen :disappointed:

Gamer_U

18 Mar 16 #26

Unfortunately ? Thanks to people like you that PSTV has a bad rep.

Futureshark

18 Mar 16 4 #28

Hmm, it seems somehow I've upset the only rabid PSTV fanboy in the village. I was merely mentioning what a shame that TXK wasn't coming to PS4, so only way to play it on a big screen it via PSTV.

I wasn't dissing PSTV or TXK (a great game IMHO) my defensive PSTV loving friend.

Gamer_U

18 Mar 16 #29

Not really. PSTV already has a ton of bad rep but it's even worse when people are dissing it even more unnecessarily, troll.

badasschris

18 Mar 16 2 #30

I ahve one but never use it really as I have a vita and will just play ps4ect games when at home. A real shame they didn't give it its own UI and add catchup tv etc. I bet it would have sold much better if it could replace a fire stick or nowtv box and also play ps1/vita games

Tequila

18 Mar 16 #31

It's a decent device,if you want one pick it up,I doubt it will get any cheaper,since there are not that many of them out there.
I bought mine for the same price few months ago,and I'm happy,it allows me to play certain Vita games that I missed while I had a Vita.it's the cheapest way to play them.
for £30 it's definitely worth it.
for me it will always remain PS Vita TV,it's original name.thats what it is,Vita TV..PS TV??? who came with that dumb rename?

gamblor

18 Mar 16 #36

Apparently System update 3.50 includes this feature and is currently in Beta testing. Remote Play is already available for free using "Bluestacks" but I could never get that to work. Or pay for the "Twisted" software to do the same. I'll just be waiting for the 3.50 update.

aj_nu

18 Mar 16 #37

That wasn't really as helpful as you thought it was! If you noticed, I meant in the same way that the PSP was hacked, not the PSVita. On the Vita you cannot play backups. But I'm sure you already knew that.(_;)I suppose the PSTV is the same as the PSVita though, as it's basically the same architecture, from what I can gather.

IAmTheDude

18 Mar 16 #38

Derp question here but didn't even know this thing existed.

Ive been dying to play GTA ChinaTown Wars from the PSP on a big screen.

Had no luck with all the stuff for the PSP, using the normal Sony way or CFW.

It was always a small box in the middle of the screen not much bigger than the PSP.

Will this allow me to do this using full 1080?

badasschris to IAmTheDude

18 Mar 16 #39

it will fill the screen but it won't be 1080 it will be whatever the psp resolution is. Also you need to own the digital copy of the game

IAmTheDude

18 Mar 16 #40

Yup got a legit version of it on the account but really struggle with the small screens so wanted to get it on my TV somehow :smiley:

Might have to see if I can get hold of one.

Kanedaaaaaa

18 Mar 16 #41

Think I might grab one now. My nephew's always wanting a go on the PS4, and this way I can set it up for him in another room.

lyces

18 Mar 16 #42

Still available yes!

JohnCrichton

18 Mar 16 #43

Bought, offered preowned for £27.99 but risk of no game code so stuck with new.

Stefarno88 to JohnCrichton

18 Mar 16 #45

The online stock checker stated that they didn't have any pre-owned ones in stock, but they had several on display at £27.99 in my local store, so might still be worth checking rather than relying on that.

pigdog237

18 Mar 16 #46

Thanks for posting. I was considering using up some CEX credit to buy a 2nd hand PS TV from CEX for £42, so this is much better.

Anyone looking in Bristol - the website mentions "low stock" in Yate. I bought one around 2pm and there was one more in stock.

Now I just need to find a cheap memory card!

eltommo82

18 Mar 16 #47

this shows at £44.99?

Stefarno88 to eltommo82

18 Mar 16 #48

Instore price :smiley:

Darkeru

18 Mar 16 #50

Silly question, but can anyone confirm these play PS Vita games without a PS Vita. It's not for streaming it from a Vita, but actually plays the games itself?

westy90 to Darkeru

18 Mar 16 #51

it plays the games from the memory card that you insert. It can stream a PS4.

MBeeching

18 Mar 16 #53

Tempest would be fantastic on a VR headset, the web would be huge with incredible depth and particle effects.
PSVR is a bargain at £349, still got my eye on a Vive though.

crazygoldfish

18 Mar 16 #54

I ran mines off an Ethernet cable ran from my router to upstairs. Was fine for single play games like bloodborne or destiny. Wasn't so good when I played battlefield. The latency was a killer.

Blops 3 was a total non starter in my experience, maybe better for others. For 30 quid you can't grumble . I did actually vote hot, forgot to mention that earlier

Megacamz

18 Mar 16 #55

There should be zero lag, like, no lag whatsoever. Milliseconds if any.

JohnCrichton

18 Mar 16 #56

No they were in stock, the staff offered it to me and I declined.

jco83

18 Mar 16 #57

I only had Arkham Knight at the time, and the delay between pressing a button and the command happening on screen made it unplayable for me. I tried it both wirelessly and wired :disappointed:

steking84

18 Mar 16 #58

Is this any good to use skygo on..

JoeSpur

18 Mar 16 #59

This device is also great for trophy completionist wh0res who wanna get the multiplayer ones but have no vita-owning buddies (ad-hoc etc).

whitty_2k

18 Mar 16 #60

Why are game online prices different from instore? weird

stef_ware

18 Mar 16 #61

Lag can get quite bad. Half the time my games wouldn't even load if they were online games.

Jonnyblock

18 Mar 16 #62

Powerline?

RebTheRebel

18 Mar 16 1 #63

Vita games aside, there are some absolute classics on the PSP that back in the day I always thought would be great as full on TV games and all in all this little box let's me play my back catalogue of them. Playing games like Resistance Retribution, Medievil Resurrection, Peace Walker, Valkyrie Chronicles 2, Wipeout, The 3rd Birthday and Obscure to name just a tiny few on my TV was worth the money alone, then you have all the PS1 games you can play. The PSP games all look bloody great on the TV too incredibly considering they were made for a 4" screen. Then you have the Vita games like Killzone Mercenary, Freedom Wars, and Dragons Crown too that all look stunning. Best £35 I've spent on a gadget in ages, small enough to take away if you work away a bit too. Plus, if you're a PS+ subscriber you have all that to add too. Hot from me.

Schwarzenegger

18 Mar 16 1 #64

The lag is definitely noticeable, even when connected to the same router via ethernet as your PS4 via ethernet. That aside, it's still a great device, and at this price is a steal!

incited

18 Mar 16 #65

Shame there are none in the London shops my side of town and online is 44.99

BigDaveuk

18 Mar 16 #66

No cat 5

format

19 Mar 16 1 #67

one of the most impressive bits of tech i've bought, played with once and left gathering dust under my telly.

killzone : mercenaries looked extremely good in the 20mins i put into it before not playing it again. looking forward to not playing steins;gate on it as that's currently in my vita, being charged and updated for the first time in a year by which time i'll become distracted and play something else.

imagineS

19 Mar 16 #68

Downside of this...

1. Controller lag/delay when using DS4 controller
2. Controller needs to be synced with PS Vita TV or PS4 if you decide to switch which one to use. (fix: have two controllers).

Best games on this PS Vita;
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Gdfrench

19 Mar 16 #69

It doesn't appear to come with a controller, which can you use?

DocDock to Gdfrench

19 Mar 16 #70

either a ps3 or ps4 controller. If you've got one I'd say you're better off using a Ps4 controller as it's a better design, if nothing else.

JoeSpur

19 Mar 16 #71

PS2 controllers don't work?

Begize

19 Mar 16 #72

No, there's no port to plug them in

Noxia

19 Mar 16 #73

Same, awful device. I got it as a gift and sent back as I didn't realise you couldn't even play PS4 at 1080p.

satchef1

19 Mar 16 #74

Moving from an Xbox One to a PS4, game streaming has been one of the most disappointing things. Near flawless on the Xbox. Utter crap on the Playstation.

Annoying, as I'd have bought one of these and a smartphone holder in a heartbeat had it worked well.

hass123

19 Mar 16 1 #75

How do you make those?

dognobs

19 Mar 16 #76

Same using a GB lan setup shocking lag, I got this from the missis last christmas so I could play in the bedroom and leave the PS4 downstairs, I just move the PS4 now. Shocking bit of kit.

No SD Card (relies on sony's SUPER OVERPRICED cards)
Stupid Vita interface that works with touch screen not this!
Not all vita games work because they need touch screen or the pad at the back.
The lag is awful for example on COD you are dead before you see the other player.
Only 720p (I could live with this if it was not for the lag)

I only kept mine because it was a present and I was HOPING they would fix the problems.

JoeSpur

19 Mar 16 #77

Oh I see, wireless! How are they recharged then?

Dryosh

19 Mar 16 1 #78

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+charge+PlayStation+controller

IAmTheDude

19 Mar 16 #79

Managed to pick one up, its rare I ever do manage to grab a deal!

Bloke brought a couple out and saw that one was tagged as pre-owned even though it was a sealed unit. Bonus :smiley:

Darkeru

19 Mar 16 #80

Plenty in stock in Bristol at The Galleries branch.

cicobuff

19 Mar 16 #81

Thought about this, but seems pretty pointless a product if you already own a PS Vita...to top it off the hack simply is too problematic to keep active.

mboarder

19 Mar 16 #82

VITA TV - £30 - Controller PS3 - PS4 £30 - Memory Card with space for more than 3 games and a bit of media - £30 , £90 all in plus limited for vita games and high prices on games means this is simply not worth it in this day and age when you can pick up a cheap second hand console or tablet , Sony really got it wrong with the vita .

Stefarno88 to mboarder

19 Mar 16 #83

Well, if you have a PS3 or PS4 then you already have a controller, and if you mainly stick to physical games or don't mine re-downloading you can pick a 8Gb card up for £10 which would suffice.

cicobuff

20 Mar 16 1 #84

Latest firmware 3.50 coming in the next few weeks will have Windows and Mac OS support. If you cannot wait for that then there is already a third party app available called Remote Play PC (alpha) for £6.50

SparksAreFlying

20 Mar 16 #85

Got last one in Salisbury apparently they have been flying out

Gamer_U

20 Mar 16 #86

I appreciate all kinds of consoles which doesn't make me a fanboy whereas you're here saying "unfortunately only on PSTV" as if that's a bad thing. It isn't. Also, keep those tacky petty insults to yourself.

whitty_2k

20 Mar 16 #87

bought one yesterday and used it for a couple of hours tonight. to be honest I didn't notice any lag. worked really well for me. Didn't notice any graphical difference either

JoeSpur

21 Mar 16 #88

Exactly, different cases, not everyone is the same.

In any case, if you don't find it useful I have a feeling these will sell for £50+ on eBay by the end of the year when they are scarce.

Futureshark

21 Mar 16 #89

Try telling that to Jeff Minter. He sounded particularly aggrieved that Atari prevented his work from releasing to any other platforms. As much as I love my vita, i expect he lost out on many, many sales due to it being the smallest playstation platform.

I didn't even realise I was making any tacky, petty insults - Mr Poopypants!!

cicobuff

21 Mar 16 #90

It is a blatant rip off of Tempest, Atari have a right to be aggrieved. Admittedly it is based on the Tempest 2000 version which Jeff Minter also did, however it still is Tempest (1981). If it had been licensed and released as an Atari title as 'Tempest Remix' or something then fair enough. Whilst I appreciate Jeff Minter's contribution to the gaming industry compare Resogun and Defender and Tempest and TxK, Resogun has enough to deviate from being a blatant rip off.

Futureshark

21 Mar 16 1 #91

Indeed, you are quite right.
It's a shame Atari & Minter couldn't make some sort of agreement as it is the best version of Tempest I've ever played (including the mighty TempestX3 on PsOne, back in the day).

cicobuff

21 Mar 16 2 #92

To be fair, and also to Minter's annoyance he was banging on about Atari's Tempest X being released for the PS1, taking his Tempest 2000 port and it being sufficiently changed so that royalties did not have to be paid out...he has a point, but has not learned from it.

He knows the way the industry works, he has been in it long enough to know the pitfalls and get out clauses.

mboarder

22 Mar 16 #93

But see this is the point , If you already have a console then why would you buy this except for saving a bit of space ? It's just frittering money really when you could put it to some decent games for your PS3/PS4 , I thought this was a good idea at first though too until i realised that it's actually built to make things as costly and awkward as possible rather than portable and convenient , Even the PS store games are far too expensive for just downloads over physical media but most new games are starting to come out download only these days .

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