The PS Vita game dumping tool, known as Vitamin, has just been leaked and is being tested and, so far, confirmed to be legit.

I am personally testing it by dumping one of my game cartridges (Gravity Rush) as we speak and everything looks good so far!

Needless to say, expect a huge surge in PS Vita sales (if you can still find one!) on both new and used units, as well as price hikes in the already notoriously expensive Sony Vita memory cards.

As a side not, please do not attempt to run this tool yourself until developers can confirm it is safe! It -may- brick your device!

 

[Deleted-379826]

What does that mean? I'm asking because I seriously don't know.

I thought he seriously meant it!

 

[sj33]

Major tom confirmed he was part of team freek so no brick code

It does seem like the leaker has created some unnecessary drama and bad feelings.

I'm pretty apathetic when things get leaked that people are sitting on and don't intend to release because ultimately people benefit from the leak. However, with something like this which was intended to be released pretty soon anyway and someone just decided to throw a cat among the pigeons, it seems needless. We're also now unlikely to see any further updates or improvements to this.

Still, as a technical achievement in itself this is important.

 

[gudenau]

In before brick code for a few specific games.

 

[Deleted User]

Really glad that this leak happened! I will hopefully get round to dumping some cartridges today, as it looks as if you can do that with Vitamin...

Quick question; are people already contributing more games now? Can anyone confirm that?

 

[Raul ortiz jr]

Following

 

[Pandomia]

Really glad that this leak happened! I will hopefully get round to dumping some cartridges today, as it looks as if you can do that with Vitamin...

Quick question; are people already contributing more games now? Can anyone confirm that?

Don't use the leaked version. There is an official version coming out soon. The leaked version didn't work for every game anyway, there were a ton of broken games.
https://twitter.com/theflow0/status/770493405948481536

 

[Deleted User]

Don't use the leaked version. There is an official version coming out soon. The leaked version didn't work for every game anyway, there were a ton of broken games.
https://twitter.com/theflow0/status/770493405948481536

Yeah, I was already aware of that. I just followed TheFlow on Twitter just now to watch out for that said new release. ^^

 

[storm75x]

I wouldn't even be surprised if this was secretly done by Sony themselves to boost the sales.

 

[sj33]

Yeah, I was already aware of that. I just followed TheFlow on Twitter just now to watch out for that said new release. ^^

I completely missed the fact that there's also a new version of VitaShell.

 

[Greymane]

shenanigans, may it be fun for all. But mostly for me since i like shenanigans.

 

[leon315]

This is the end of PSdead, shall we call it PS zombie now? Cauz as a console it's already dead, but it was resurrected forgetting all 3rd parties' support

 

[LooneyElsa]

The only problem is that clueless people who don't block dns are forced to update. I hear it even minimizes your game and forces you to update. Also downloads the update while in sleep mode and then has this notification with a hidden cancel button. So you won't find a used vita on 3.60.
Suck Fony, it's such a scamaz.

Spoiler

 

[Deleted-355425]

The only problem is that clueless people who don't block dns are forced to update. I hear it even minimizes your game and forces you to update. Also downloads the update while in sleep mode and then has this notification with a hidden cancel button. So you won't find a used vita on 3.60.
Suck Fony, it's such a scamaz.

Spoiler

It doesn't force you at all.

 

[Foxi4]

It's a bit of a shame that this came out before the PSVita was officially discontinued, but now that it's out, there's no point in crying over spilled milk.

This is the end of PSdead, shall we call it PS zombie now? Cauz as a console it's already dead, but it was resurrected forgetting all 3rd parties' support

The console's getting monthly releases, it's far from "dead", however it's not a popular platform.

I wouldn't even be surprised if this was secretly done by Sony themselves to boost the sales.

Are you implying that they make money on hardware sales? Most revenue comes from software sales.

 

[Vappy]

Are you implying that they make money on hardware sales? Most revenue comes from software sales.

And proprietary memory cards, which I'm sure they'll see a small jump in sales for as this becomes more well know.

 

[Foxi4]

And proprietary memory cards, which I'm sure they'll see a small jump in sales for as this becomes more well know.

Now that this is out, hardware hackers will have a reason to RE the memory cards again.

 

[Onepunchbruh]

Time to buy 64gb vita card.

 

[Vappy]

Now that this is out, hardware hackers will have a reason to RE the memory cards again.

Fingers crossed. Five times the cost per gigabyte compared to MicroSD cards is ludicrous. You can even get a 256GB SSD for less than a 64GB card.

 

[Shadowfied]

The only problem is that clueless people who don't block dns are forced to update. I hear it even minimizes your game and forces you to update. Also downloads the update while in sleep mode and then has this notification with a hidden cancel button. So you won't find a used vita on 3.60.

During all my time here, I've never seen anyone make up so much bs about a console in one post.

 

[sj33]

Where does the forced update story keep coming from?

The Wii U forces updates in the background. The Vita doesn't.