How does cross platform play work on the vita

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The Vita has outlasted the 3DS. But, on balance, Sony has arguably done more to make it an attractive device to own than any other console in its history - or anyone else's history for that matter. You only have to glance at how much The Big S is giving away to PS Plus subscribers to realise that owning a Vita is a bit of a no-brainer.

And that's only part of the story. What's, perhaps, more compelling in the long run for industry watchers and console consumers is Sony's various cross-platform initiatives: Cross Play, Cross Buy, and Cross Control. Judging by the number of people who claim never to have heard about any of those three initiatives, you could say that they are still very much in the 'soft launch' phase.

With that in mind, we thought we'd check out whether Cross Play, Cross Buy, and Cross Control are living up to their potential. Your progress in a Cross Play-compatible game is saved to the cloud, and, therefore, you can pick up the game at home or on the move and carry on from where you left off.

With Cross Buy titles - of which there are an increasing number - you can, meanwhile, say, buy the PS3 version and download the Vita version free of charge. These Cross Buy games also benefit from the Cross Play features.

Another select bunch of titles make use of the lesser-known Cross Control feature, where you're able to use the PS Vita as your controller for the PS3, complete with all the touch functionality that brings. Over recent months, we've had a chance to put a couple of dozen of these Cross Buy, Cross Play, and Cross Control titles through their paces to find out how the systems work, and whether these initiatives live up to their 'revolutionising' promises. Although Sony's Cross Play initiative grants you the freedom to sync your save game in the cloud, this doesn't always mean you get the other version free of charge.

A handful of Cross Play titles released to date require you to buy both versions if you want to be able to pick up your game from where you left off. While this might sound slightly mean-spirited, all of the games that this applies to were cheap to begin with.

And in some cases, the Vita version followed a long time after the PS3 original. In Sony's defence, then, it's not like having to shell out for a full-priced release twice - that would be unwise.