The PS Vita is the successor to the PSP (In the same way PS3 is the successor to PS2). What’s the difference between a PSP and a PS Vita? UMD movies (like you can even find those) are region locked.
Games are not region locked on the system. The PlayStation Portable (or PSP) was released Maand marked Sony's first entry into the handheld gaming market. PSP revisions from top to bottom: The 1000, 2000, 3000, and Go models. A total of 275 games will be available for you to play. Sony has just released a full list of PSP and PlayStation Mini games that are compatible to play with on the PlayStation Vita. … so…we in the us can get a japanese game… Can PS Vita play PSP games? Sony has confirmed that there will be no region coding on any psp games (see our march 2004 coverage), meaning a game released in japan will happily run on a u.s.-release psp.
