Sony Details PSP to Vita Game Transfers

Tutorial follows confirmation of no UMD Passport service in the US

Humberto Saabedra
February 09, 2012 4:56pm PST (2/9/12)

Following yesterday's confirmation of no UMD Passport in the US, Sony's Playstation Blog has detailed how PSP game transfers to the Vita will work ahead of the portable consoles launch later this month. The tutorial confirms that PSP games can be purchased directly from the Vita via the corresponding storefront over Wi-Fi or if they are already purchased and stored on the PS3, they can be redownloaded to the Vita from the console at no additional charge.

 PSP to Vita Transfer

 

275 games are currently supported on the Vita with more on the way. The current list as it stands can be found below:

 

PSP Titles
101-in-1 Megamix
300: March To Glory
The 3rd Birthday
Ace Combat: Joint Assault
Adventures To Go!
Alpha Mission II
Archer Maclean’s Mercury
Armored Core 3 Portable
Armored Core: Last Raven Portable
Armored Core: Silent Line Portable
Art of Fighting
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines
Baseball Stars Professional
Blade Dancer Lineage of Light
BlazBlue Portable: Calamity Trigger
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
Blazing Souls Accelate
Bomberman
Bomberman ’94
Bomberman Land
Bomberman Legacy
Chameleon
ClaDun x2 Cladun: This is an RPG!
Class of Heroes
Corpse Party
Creature Defense
Crimson Gem Saga
Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower
Daxter
Dead or Alive Paradise
Dirt 2
Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
Disgaea: Infinite
Dissidia 012 [Duodecim] Prologus: Final Fantasy Dissidia 012 [Duodecim]:
Final Fantasy Dissidia: Final Fantasy
DJ Max Portable 3
Dragon’s Lair
Dragoneer’s Aria
Dungeon Explorer
Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts
Dungeon Maker Hunting Ground
Dynasty Warriors
Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2
Dynasty Warriors: Strike Force
Eye of Judgment
Legends Fading Shadows
Fatal Fury
Fate/Extra
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Gladiator Begins
God of War: Chains of Olympus G
od of War: Ghost of Sparta
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Half-Minute Hero
Harvest Moon: Boy and Girl
Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley
Hoard
Hot Brain
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon
Jikandia: The Timeless Land
Justice League Heroes
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
The King of Fighters ’94
The King of Fighters ’95
Knights in the Nightmare
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend
League Bowling
Legend of Heroes, The: Trails in the Sky
LEGO Batman: The Videogame
LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
Lord of Arcana
Lord of the Rings, The: Aragorn’s Quest
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
Magician Lord
Major League Baseball 2K11
Mana Khemia: Student Alliance
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
Metal Slug
Metal Slug 2
Metal Slug Anthology
Metal Slug XX
Military History: Commander: Europe at War
Mimana Iyar Chronicle
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
MX vs. ATV: Reflex
NBA 2K10
NBA 2K11
NBA 2K12
NeoGeo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting Neutopia
New Adventure Island
No Heroes Allowed!
Patapon 2
Petz Dogz Family
Petz Hamsterz Bunch
Petz Saddle Club
Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle
Pool Hall Pro
Power Stone Collection
Prince of Persia: Revelations
Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?
Puzzle Guzzle
Ridge Racer
Riviera: The Promised Land
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown Anthology
Samurai Warriors: State of War
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
Shock Troopers
SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Tactical Strike
Soldier Blade
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Super Sidekicks
Super Star Soldier
Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Tekken 6
TNT Racers
Tokobot
Tom Clancy’s Endwar
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Predator
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Essentials
Tron: Evolution: The Video Game
UFC Undisputed 2010
Ultimate Board Game Collection
Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins
Valhalla Knights
Vertigo
Victory Run
Warriors of the Lost Empire
Warriors Orochi
Warriors Orochi 2
What Did I do to Deserve This My Lord?
What Did I do to Deserve This My Lord? 2
Wild Arms XF
World Heroes
World Sports Competition
Worms: Battle Islands
WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011
Yggdra Union
Ys Seven
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Z. H. P.: Unlosing Ranger Vs. Darkdeath Evilman

 

The blog post also has a walkthrough on how to redownload supported PSP games to the Vita.

Humberto Saabedra is the Editor-in-Chief of AnimeNews.biz, PhoneNews.com and an occasional columnist for Ani.me. He can also be found musing on his favorite 2D girls at @AnimeNewsdotbiz.

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2/9/12 by indos18
i know i'll prolly buy one of these, i just wish i could copy my UMD's to it too :/
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2/9/12 by munchthis
thats a pretty decent selection of older games there, but what's "od of War"?
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2/9/12 by MisterPercy
They meant Rod of War. The life and times of Rod Stewart.
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2/10/12 by Cavall
Part 2 of "God of War: Chains of Olympus G" obviously.
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2/9/12 by Cecilthedarkknight234
well at least corpse party is on the list since it's one of the few digital games I do own.
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2/9/12 by Hokage_4
Most of the games I own aren't even on the freakin list.
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2/9/12 by Cecilthedarkknight234
opposite for me.. i own 90% on the list.
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2/10/12 by rmiyashiro
For me I have a dozen on and a dozen (see below) not on the list. My top 2 games are not on the list but are popular enough that I have hope. Almost all my RPGs like Persona, Final Fantasy, Lunar and Ys did make the list, so my Vita will be a RPG machine.
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2/9/12 by OarengeAeyt
I have a Vita 1st edition bundle reserved at GameStop, but I'm changing to the Launch bundle, as it comes with a larger memory card and I don't care for the case or the game.
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2/10/12 by rmiyashiro
Agreed, 4GB is enough for a couple of games, and rumor has it that the PSN versions of games are cheaper. I also preordered the 32GB card since they did run out in Japan at launch although I wish they would have released a 64GB card even if it ran closer to $200.
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2/10/12 by Mitsukakex
Dissidia 012 [Duodecim] Prologus: Final Fantasy Dissidia 012 [Duodecim]:
DJ Max Portable 3
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

is all i needed to know =D. i never bought any of the games seeing how my psp had cfw. but with my vita i will do no wrong and buy the games i loved to death and that list will carry on what i love <3.

my question is now, are all those games able to be bought over the PSN and played on the Vita?
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2/10/12 by rmiyashiro
Wow no Kill Zone, Little Big Planet, Valkyria II, Pixel Junk Monsters, Loco Roco, Jeanne D'Arc, Patchwork Heroes, Savage Moon, Partapon 1&3, or Puzzle Quest. Granted I can easily fit these on my PSP's16GB card if I dump the rest of my games on my Vita's 32GB, so I will not need to swap games on and off my 2 systems, I still would love to see all my PSN titles on the OLED screen. Surprised about Kill Zone and LBP since many people own them from the 2 free game promo earlier this year. Valkyria and Jeanne D'Arc are both too awesome and are my favorite games along with the Patapon games for the PSP. I really hope to see this list grow over the next few months having invested in so many titles over the past few years.
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2/10/12 by SecondLife
Counting down the days until the Vita is released in Aus!!!
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2/10/12 by iSiege
No Peace Walker?!? :( Bah!
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2/10/12 by JediPrime
Wish they would have just had the service, but I am waiting on this just like the 3DS.

I played a demo of it at a local retailer and it is beautiful (screen size, colors, touch control)...just too darn expensive when you factor in memory and such.
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2/10/12 by TurboTaco
Wait? People were actually worried it wouldn't be backwards compatible with the digital copies of psp games? I know we get some head scratchers from Sony but they be dumb not to at least have so it can play those old games you downloaded.

Although now that this is confirmed the question is: what about all those PS1 games that had to be changed for the PSP?
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2/10/12 by Tld4
I might actually but Vita if this is the case. The only reason I didn't pre-order are the games. There were only few games that are available before this and if you ask me they look crappy to me. *no offense intended*
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2/10/12 by xanxa
I was all excited to buy a Vita at launch, but the closer we get the more disappointed I've become in the system. I don't download games, I only buy physical media so not having a way to play my UMD games on the Vita, even for a price like in Japan, is almost a deal killer in itself. Add on the way overpriced memory cards (I'll wait for a third party to cut the price in half) and no launch games that really interest me, and my excitement in the Vita has become DOA. I'll wait for a second gen version, I bet that one will have a mini HDMI out port like this one should have had.
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