Vita won't support PSone games at launch

Sony has confirmed that its upcoming Vita handheld will not be able to play PSone Game Archive games at launch.

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Arguably, one of PSP's greatest features was the ability to play PSone classics on it. We could play the likes of Crash Bandicoot and Final Fantasy VII on the go, and we were quite content.

Unfortunately, it appears Vita won't be able to offer the same... at least for now. Sony has confirmed that its upcoming handheld will not be able to play Game Archives at launch.

Sony Japan's website details the omission clearly. A translation from Andriasang reads: "It won't be supported at the time of the PS Vita launch." The lack of PSone support is curious, given the Vita's much more capable specs. Perhaps the Sony team ran into some snafus when attempting emulation on the new platform?

"Regarding future support, we'll share details later," Sony notes. We've contacted SCEA to see if we can unearth additional details regarding this omission.

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    November 28, 2011 7:30 AM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Vita won't support PSone games at launch.

    Sony has confirmed that its upcoming Vita handheld will not be able to play PSone Game Archive games at launch.

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      November 28, 2011 7:31 AM

      Hahaha. This plus the memory card pricing.

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        November 28, 2011 7:50 AM

        yeah wtf!

        I like the psp, its the best handheld I ever used for gaming, but sony is
        making dumb mistakes again

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      November 28, 2011 7:50 AM

      ..... what??? no colecovision support?? For the love OF GOD

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      November 28, 2011 8:02 AM

      I will be too busy playing Vita games to even care. And if I WANT to play PS1 games on the go...I have a PSP and 2 cell phones. I honestly don't see the deal here. How many people made a big deal about Nintendo dropping GBA support on the DS XL and 3DS?

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        November 28, 2011 8:27 AM

        One could argue that Nintendo dropped GBA support on the 3DS and certain DS models because it planned to launch those titles on the 3DS's virtual console platform rather than prevent gamers from playing them on new hardware.

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        November 28, 2011 8:50 AM

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        November 28, 2011 8:51 AM

        damn u a ceo

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      November 28, 2011 8:31 AM

      Sony is working on a long term irrelevance plan

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        November 28, 2011 8:54 AM

        Sony's ability to ruin everything that should be a unique, interesting selling point for their devices is fascinating to watch. They do it over and over again.

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          November 28, 2011 8:55 AM

          Beta was awesome lets do that over and over again forever

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      November 28, 2011 9:08 AM

      Modding community to the rescue.....?

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      November 28, 2011 12:26 PM

      The PSone was forever ago in terms of hardware. Did anyone really, and I mean really, expect Vita to support PSone titles? Show me that person and I'll show someone who needs to be admitted.

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        November 28, 2011 12:35 PM

        Considering PS1 games were supported on every iteration of playstation consoles, every PSP model, and even the latest Xperia Play phones, I did expect the Vita to play the catalog of PS1 games available on the PSN.

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        November 29, 2011 9:41 AM

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          November 29, 2011 10:15 AM

          You'll be fine then. You wouldnt have time for any new games anyhow considering how much time you guys spend on 10 year old games..

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      November 28, 2011 12:47 PM

      Sounds like a technical issue they still need to work out in the emulation that they don't want to push the release of the hardware back for.

      But yeah this is the end of Sony now.
      No PSone game support at launch is like shooting themselves in the foot.
      They won't sell any at that price without PSOne game support.
      This is a dealbreaker for everyone.
      Pre-order cancelled.
      Dead on arrival with so many mistakes.
      Etc.
      Etc.

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      November 28, 2011 1:07 PM

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      November 28, 2011 1:16 PM

      When they get it working I hope it will upscale. The hardware is powerful enough.

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      November 29, 2011 9:36 AM

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