Buying a used PS Vita, anything I should know?

As the title says, is there anything I should know before buying it? If I buy it it comes with a 8gb stick.

Nice I would recommend mortal kombat and Uncharted and some ps1 games

If you can, get a warranty. That way, if it dies on you, you can either get another used PS Vita or get that one repaired. I've been a little wary buying used video game hardware. I'd rather just get it new.

Maybe get a receipt with the serial number listed just in case it's been reported as stolen.

There's a built in series of simple games that you might want to try out to make sure everything works.

It'd try the camera and mic out as well.

Also I'd look for dead pixels - you can select a white background (press anywhere, select square on bottom right corner to change background colour).

If a trigger is tight and squeaks, you can fix that by loosening the trigger screws.

As the title says, is there anything I should know before buying it? If I buy it it comes with a 8gb stick.

Easyle

Personally I don't buy used hardware. You never know where it came from and how the previous owner treated it, and I'd rather not deal with the headache that comes with dealing with someone else's problems. So I buy new (hardware) when I can. If I can't afford it, I save until I can. I'm a pretty patient person so I tend to wait for big holidays or events (Black Friday) where you can usually score stuff at discounted prices.

What I would recommend (as someone else already pointed out) is to buy a warranty if you must buy used. You may never have to use it, but if you do, you'll sure as hell be thankful you got it. Good luck ;)

as for the recomended gaming purchases, Gravity rush and luminus are good choices. while not awesome, uncharted isnt bad. there are some good ports of ps3 games on the vita like the metal gear collection, disgaea 3 and ninja gaiden sigma, but if you already own them elsewhre, you wont be missing much. if motor storm RC is still free on the psn right now, you should pick that up.

Alright here is the auction I won: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/140843405527?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Anyone have suggestions for games? Thinking about Resistance, but I heard its bad, I want to get Resistance PSP on there, but for some reason the multiplayer is disabled in the PS Store version...Easyle

Resistance isn't that bad. The online is limited, there's not much to do, but it's pretty fun. It takes a while, well for me at least, to get used to the controls. It just feels weird. Had to play with the Vita laying down. I paid $20.00 for the game I'd be leary to pay more.

While not rated very high, I've had fun with Aphalt Injection and Little Deviants.

A great game to download is Pinball Arcade, if you like pinball. Once you buy it, you get it for your PS3 an Vita. All the add on tables are great fun as well.

Pure Chess is a decent chess game but it has no real online (mail play only) and you can't get an overhead view like you see in the chess puzzles in the paper.

So far I've got twelve retail games and I don't think one of them is worth full retail price - I've paid $20.00 or less for them and am content with that price. Not sure where you live but where I am WalMart, FutureShop, BestBuy, usually alternate their sales and someone usually has a Vita game on sale for $20.00, so just be patient and keep an eye out if you're on a budget.

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As the title says, is there anything I should know before buying it? If I buy it it comes with a 8gb stick.

Kravyn81

Personally I don't buy used hardware. You never know where it came from and how the previous owner treated it, and I'd rather not deal with the headache that comes with dealing with someone else's problems. So I buy new (hardware) when I can. If I can't afford it, I save until I can. I'm a pretty patient person so I tend to wait for big holidays or events (Black Friday) where you can usually score stuff at discounted prices.

What I would recommend (as someone else already pointed out) is to buy a warranty if you must buy used. You may never have to use it, but if you do, you'll sure as hell be thankful you got it. Good luck ;)

[QUOTE="Easyle"]

As the title says, is there anything I should know before buying it? If I buy it it comes with a 8gb stick.

Kravyn81

Personally I don't buy used hardware. You never know where it came from and how the previous owner treated it, and I'd rather not deal with the headache that comes with dealing with someone else's problems. So I buy new (hardware) when I can. If I can't afford it, I save until I can. I'm a pretty patient person so I tend to wait for big holidays or events (Black Friday) where you can usually score stuff at discounted prices.

What I would recommend (as someone else already pointed out) is to buy a warranty if you must buy used. You may never have to use it, but if you do, you'll sure as hell be thankful you got it. Good luck ;)

If you are a LBP fan, then you need to get LBPV! Only 1 week left, if you live in EU that is. Otherwise 2 weeks for US.

Buy Some Quality games that have alot of replay value, I would avoid Uncharted waste of money IMO, and while Gravity Rush is awesome after a playthrough or two you will get bored. Wipeout and Soundshapes are some decent choices, LBP Vta should be a decent purchase if more people make awesome maps for it.