>>136726
You are completely unaware of anything on the Vita.
The Vita's hacking scene allows one to bypass the cartridge issue on the slim versions, and only requires a 4 GB card minimum on the OLED versions to start (which can often be included with the Vita by many sellers), then use an adapter w/microSD and you're fine.
its also fully able to pirate all of those games in question without issue.
>For improved hardware like a CPU actually built for gaming as apposed to the cheap notebook tier shit Soyny and Microcock have put into their consoles in the past
The Vita isn't a console like the others, its a handheld, and it was powerful for its time and constraints. It was plenty built for gaming. We're literally discussing a popular game on the platform that was ported to PC for a reason. It had plenty of developers on it and was the main system of choice for JP devs of the last generation until they were forced unto the PS4 (and now who are mostly moved unto the Switch), making games ranging from Atelier to Dungeon Travelers to Dragon's Crown to Senran Kagura to Neptunia and so on.)
In terms of "improvements" its very dubious to me. The raw hardware running underneath is technically more powerful, sure, but the build quality and ergonomics of the thing look absolutely awful on top of it being oversized. The joysticks appear stiff and awkward (along with being in a bad location on the device), the screen appears mediocre and the resolution unimpressive, the face buttons look very cheaply made, and the plastic body looks like total chinkshit, especially compared to the Vita, on top of it being heavy and the dual touchpads being an awful gimmick to have.
>You could hypothetically buy one and just use if for office work if you wanted to and it would perform well for it's size.
You would have to be retarded to do so, its utterly inferior to a laptop in that regard, and its not far from the price of a decent one at that point which
would have everything you'd need as a default with minimal hassle.
>And non of it will ever be manufactured again where as with the Steam Deck will have a long life outside of Valve/Steam support should that company go out of business tomorrow for whatever reason because of their open and consumer friendly approach.
How does that work? Those parts will not be manufactured after a certain point like any other company. You're delusional if you think the Steam Deck will somehow have "infinitely long" support. You can't "build your own steam deck" or anything like that.
>the batteries will dry up someday
irrelevant if you prepare enough, if the Vita lasts me another decade and a half (which I'm confident it will, maybe longer but at that point the Vita will probably be less relevant to my actual life), that's more than enough considering no hardware is meant to last forever.
Speaking of batteries, your Steam Deck has a lot more battery issues than the Vita. At 2 hours battery life for any demanding games, once it degrades even a little its pretty much at unacceptable levels in terms of life, and the battery is quite difficult to remove and replace, on top of voiding your warranty on the thing if you do anything of the sort.