PlayStation Vita Wi-Fi model Neon Orange (PCH-2000ZA24) Japanese Ver. Japan Import

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  1. Joshua Simpkins

    Neon Orange PS Vita Slim (PCH-2000) Review

    Grab yourself a tasty beverage, sit back and relax while reading my review of the Japanese Import Neon Orange Sony PlayStation Vita Slim (PCH-2000).Pros:-Build quality is phenomenal! The unit feels sturdy in your hands and has just enough weight on the handheld to not feel “cheap and flimsy” like some may think, due to the systems noticeable weight reduction as well as overall thickness. The neon orange color looks amazing in person and commands attention of onlookers around you when you play your PS Vita in public. It screams “I am a gamer!” I even had a few folks ask me “What new phone is that?!” They thought it was some sort of new hot phone on the market apparently. The buttons on the unit feel more tactile and responsive as well as the “select and start” buttons are far easier to press now that they are more protruding from the system vs the same button layout on the older PS Vita original launch model which were almost flush with the system face. The notification lights have been removed from the “PlayStation” button and instead are now two LED indicators on the top of the system near the game port. One always stays lit green while the system is running on a full battery, and turns orange when charging. The other flashes blue intermittently if a notification is received while you are away from the home screen and in an app. The reduced size of the rear touch pad is awesome! More room on the back of the system to rest your fingers with far less accidental activation of rear touch pad commands in games that use the rear touch pad as a control method. For gamers like myself with much larger hands? (I wear a 2XL glove size) this is a most welcome upgrade. Expect longer hours of gaming time as well since the this new PS Vita Slim has been reduced in size and is substantially lighter in weight and easier to hold for longer periods of time.-Charging and Battery Life: This new slim model PS Vita now features a Micro-B USB charging and data port at the bottom of the system instead of the proprietary charging and data port of the older original PS Vita model. Charging times from a low battery vary, but here are some estimates based on my testing. Charging from a USB 2.0 port on a PS3 game console takes around 4 hours. Charging from a USB 3.0 port on a PS4 game console takes around 2.5 hours. Charging from the included wall charger takes around 2 hours. Again, those estimates are from my testing and your actual mileage may vary. You can also charge the system from a desktop or laptop computer’s USB port, a powered USB Hub, or USB portable battery bank. This new PS Vita system doesn’t appear to be very picky on the power source of your choice, just as long as it’s USB and outputs at 5v and 500mah or greater. The system takes advantage of “Smart Charging” power negotiation and can accept charging at up to 5v and 2000mah for a more rapid and less time consuming charge. This rapid charging does not cause the system to get hot, nor very warm for that matter and is perfectly safe for the handheld. This new PS Vita Slim also makes an extra 1 to 2 hours of useable battery life while playing games on the system over the older original model. (Pro Tip: Switch off “Use Wi-Fi in power save mode” in the power options to increase wireless transfer speeds, but take a small dip on battery life, which is negligible at best. The wireless transfer performance increase is far worth it, in my opinion.) The new LCD screen on the device doesn’t display colors quite as beautiful and natural as the OLED screen of the original model, but in all fairness, for the amount of energy savings the LCD screen saves and adds to game time from battery? It’s a worthy trade off in my opinion. Also, if you’ve never seen the original launch model PS Vita in action, you won’t even notice the quality loss difference from OLED to LCD. Less contrast and color saturation on the LCD is all, but again, the additional added gaming time from battery makes the LCD panel worth it!-Game Library: This PS Vita slim unit as well as ALL PS Vita handheld systems in general are region-free in regards to game card and PSN digital library compatibility. This system plays ANY game from ANY country, no matter the language barrier. (Pro Tip: Asia (Hong Kong) “English” physical game card releases are more often than not fully localized for the English language in regards to subtitles, menus, and sometimes even spoken language in games. Consider ordering these titles to pad out your game library with physical game cards if that’s more so your style vs digital downloaded games. A good source to acquire these games is from Play-Asia or even from Amazon. Limited Run Games is also another company to look into for physical PS Vita game cart releases of downloadable digital only titles from the PlayStation Store)-Community: For ALL things PlayStation and PS Vita, check out the following websites; “Kinda Funny” (PS I Love You XOXO) with Greg Miller and Colin Moriarty as well as “PSNation” with Glenn Percival and Josh Langford. They are the kingpins within the PlayStation community IMO. Both the site’s staff and community at those websites are very knowledgeable, intelligent, and are PlayStation and PS Vita lovers, fans, and enthusiasts. At these websites and their respective podcasts, you’ll find tremendous love and support for the PS Vita handheld and all things PlayStation. Not even on the official Sony PlayStation blog or website will you find this level of love, dedication, and commitment to the PlayStation and PS Vita.Cons:-System Storage Memory: The system only has 1GB internal flash nand memory useable by the end user for save games, game patches, and downloads. My advice? Completely disregard this ridiculous low amount of memory and purchase a PS Vita memory card at a larger capacity ASAP! (Note: Installing a memory card into the PS Vita will disable the 1GB built in system storage memory and that memory will no longer be accessible by the end user. You are given the option to transfer all of your content from the 1GB storage to your memory card, so there is no need for a backup/restore procedure upon initial storage memory upgrade of your handheld) Unfortunately that is another con to be noted. PS Vita memory cards are crazy expensive beings that they are Sony proprietary technology. So be ready to open up your wallet again.-LCD Screen Display: The screen is definitely large and high enough quality to display games in near HD quality, but the resolution is only qHD at 960x544p and 220 ppi. Which isn’t the worse image quality on a 5 inch 16:9 LCD panel, but is definitely worth noting the visual dip in quality vs. screens we are use to looking at daily on our smartphones. Overall brightness is another issue with the LCD screen on the PS Vita Slim. Is the system playable outdoors in daylight? Forget about it! The screen might as well be a mirror. Okay, so what about on a cloudy overcast day or playing outdoors in the shade? Nope! Still not happening. The screen not only doesn’t get very bright on the highest brightness setting to begin with, but brightness is actually forced down by the system’s firmware / game software to dim to around 80% brightness level when you start most games on your handheld. To sum it up, this system can’t be played outdoors in the daylight, plain and simple. A very unfortunate situation for sure.Other Thoughts: Beings this system is a Japanese import. The “X” and “O” buttons are inverted for accept and cancel commands vs button command configuration on a NTSC: US/CAN (Region 1) PS Vita system. This inversion typically only applies to system level commands and doesn’t effect game controls while playing in game for most games. The system’s initial language is in Japanese by default, so upon first boot or fresh set-up / system restore, you will have to scroll all the way up towards the top of the language list to select “English” or whatever language you prefer.Conclusion: By in large, I highly recommend the purchase of this handheld gaming device. Whether you are a PlayStation fan or you are just looking for a portable handheld that has graphics and performance nearly on par with a PlayStation 3 game console and has an amazing game library of several hundred PS Vita games to choose from. (Not failing to mention even backwards compatibility with several hundred PSP and PSone video games) There are really amazing, high quality, and AAA production games to choose from as well on the PS Vita. There are virtually no shovelware and low quality “free to play” game titles like you will find on your smartphone’s App Store today.[Overall Review Score: 4.5/5]

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  2. Joshua Martell

    Beautiful color, perfect condition. ?

    After much debate and Reading almost every review from every seller and color of the vita, I decided to go with this orange import from Japan, and I am beyond impressed! Some of the reviews mentioned that the products looked refurbished or were used previously but mine came in pristine condition and the box was in beautiful shape with all of the original paperwork and plastic! I think I’ll buy a second just as a back up since they’re not making them anymore ha ha!

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  3. Glenn Hatt

    Such a waste of a good idea.

    I can’t believe I never ended up getting one of these sooner. Sony had such a good concept in this little portable gaming system. The graphics were leagues ahead of the 3ds and it had the ability to stream your PS4. This combined with the PS4 is basically the Nintendo Switch years before Nintendo decided to do that. There are limitations obvious, wifi mostly, but the idea is so great I wondered how it failed. Then I remembred Sony is Sony and they basically strangled the best idea they had in years to death out of their own stupidity. Marketed it terribly, and understocked the digital store. There are propriety memory cards and charging cords (as far as I can tell, it’s not a special port like the DS, but it seems to need the box). The libary is pretty limited, with Persona 4 Golden being the best game on the system. It’s just sad, but that’s what I expect from Sony now.

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  4. The Omega Man

    Bought a second one… just in case. [~_^]

    Quick review: I love it. I love the color. The X and O buttons being “switched” on the interface screen is not an issue. It’s a VITA! Overall, it’s awesome!!!Now, here’s the reason I bought this. I purchased the Borderlands 2 Vita bundle and I ordered this one so I could have a second one, but also because all of a sudden Vitas are becoming a ‘rare’ item when you search for them here on Amazon. The original regular US black Wi-Fi version; gone. The BL2 bundle; gone. All that’s left are the Japanese import models and the refurbished ones. I know Sony has discontinued the Vita, but I figure I better get another one before they ridiculously go up in price or are gone.

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  5. sulhee’s daddy

    I fell in love with the psvita orange color

    I bought this instead of blue. Blue was out of stock. I was worried about this orange color because it seemed a bit childish, but the moment I first saw it arriving, I fell in love with the psvita orange color. It is really perfect design and color. Finally I apologize for my English.

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  6. Jaden

    I love it.

    Its has a matte finish and as most screens smudges easily. Work fine had no problems with set up and as all jap import vitas the x and o is reversed.While I know the Vita is mostly dead in the US (there are still a few games still coming) but thats fine with me and part of the reason in bought it, I love the games I can get for a lower cost than when they first came out and any games overseas too. And with remote play I can play ps4 games away from the tv.Update: Still going strong still loving my Vita. Been doing remote play as much I play on it no problems. -29th September 17

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  7. Gabby

    Not a New Console, It Isnt Even a Functional One

    The console arrived quickly, but the box was badly damaged and upon opening it, the charger was unwrapped, telling me that the product wasnt new, but pre owned. If I wanted a refurbished model, I wouldn’t have paid the new console price.Then while setting up the console, the screen flickered off and on and began to click things without being touched. Then, the joystick was drifting. Then, the d pad wouldn’t work after being woken up from sleep mode. So not only did I receive a used console after purchasing a new one, but it wasnt working. Dont even bother buying one of these expecting it to be new.

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  8. Booger Bear

    Overall I would rate 9.9 out of 10 or if you prefer, a percentage point away from a 5 Star Review

    This is actually the second Vita I have purchased. I bought this to accommodate my Vita game library as I also own a PS TV. With expanded memory cards one 32 and two 16 gigs I just jump between systems as I don’t have to take memory cards in and out. Comparing it to my original Vita the feel is practically identical except that I feel the X. square, triangle and circle buttons feel stiffer but then again it is newer. I won’t lie one of the selling points for me when I decided to get an extra Vita was the color. This color does look better in person then it does on the net. Additionally I get the same responses from tactile stimulation to the system using the touch screen and touch pads on the back as my original Vita. In short, the quality is good and unless you game like a maniac or try playing while bungee jumping, the system should last ages for you. By now everyone should know the Vita’s Achilles heel which is the memory cards and the systems lack of memory storage. I won’t got into that topic as other reviews have touched on this topic. Do remember that you can stream off the Vita, use it to play PS4 games off the console by linking them (you will have to have the PS4 on), you can link it to your PS3, use your PS3 as a back up storage for your Vita or in short just use a Vita as a extra PS4 controller. I will address one last thing because I am not sure you as a buyer feels confident with buying a system labeled as Japanese as there are still US Vita systems available. You only find color additions from Japan as they still appreciate the system and what it has to offer. So what is the difference other then the color? Some people have mentioned this, yes the X button will be to cancel and the circle button will be to enter. You will also have to set your language to your preference and truthfully after that, there isn’t much else. All you have to do is go through the settings for any additional changes you want to make. Lastly, I will comment on this; the power cord I received from my purchase here is no different from the American version. I will say this is my only “red flag” that makes me question this order. Not taking away that the system works fine but the Japanese versions of the console has a power cord that is not compatible with our plugins so typically you would have to buy a additional power cord unless you already have one like me. Still this my only concern and you can reference this on the net that they come with a different power cord and not just take my word for it. I took a picture of the box before I opened it compared to my US version. I was disappointed to see it was not sealed as the US version originally was but as you can also see it is packaged nicely after opening. The price offered here persuaded me to buy it versus another place from Japan which I have bought from and considered getting my Vita there (Solaris Japan). You have to consider exchange rates along with shipping. I just wanted to try and give you the whole story to help you decided if you want to make this purchase or not. It plays fine and tech wise I see it does just as fine as my US version. I am however very particular about my things and still wonder why the power cord is a US version when this is supposed to be a Japanese version, has a brand new listing tag on it but does not have a product seal you have to remove to open the box. So that is it and I hope in some way I might have helped you with making a solid decision. Thank you.

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  9. lil_review

    Most of the Units Seem to be Refurbished

    Please note that my review is not a critique of the Vita’s functionality. It is a great system that’s built with all the quality that you expect from Sony. With that said, most of the Neon Orange PS Vitas that are being sold here as “New” are in fact refurbished. The systems themselves are in pristine condition, but to say that they are new is an outright lie. Keep in mind that I have ordered systems from two different sellers, so I suppose your mileage may vary.Both systems I purchased had worn down boxes and manuals. Moreover, the systems came with a firmware of 3.67, which was PS Vita firmware released in 2017. Sony stopped manufacturing the Neon Orange PS Vitas at the end of 2015, which means the firmware they ship with should not be above 3.60. Also, one of the Vita’s I got had visible wear on the serial number sticker at the bottom edge of the unit. This sticker usually begins to wear away with normal use, due to the natural moisture produced by your hands while gaming.Once again, your experience may vary, but just keep in mind that you will most likely end up with a pristine refurbished product when purchasing these units. If you don’t mind that and want a rare color PS Vita for normal use, then buy it by all means. But for those who are looking for a factory new unit for installing custom firmware, I think you are better off contacting Japanese vendors who keep their stock in hand. I messaged a ton of sellers in order to determine the firmware of their units, but no one could verify as they all kept their stock in storage units/fulfillment centers.

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  10. Nasty Jay

    Decent deal

    Better than gamestop! Came with everything but a memory card and games.

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