But what if you've never used a Vita? What does it actually do?

Well first and foremost it's a games machine, and while the games available are rarely referred to as blockbusters, there are some absolute crackers now available. The aforementioned Tearaway is an absolute must-play - little wonder when you consider it comes from the studio that created LittleBigPlanet (which is also out on Vita, by the way). Indie title OlliOlli is the best skating game since Tony Hawk last "made" a good one, and if you've never played the brutal and brilliant Hotline Miami, the Vita is the place to try it. There's also now a pretty huge catalogue of old PS1 and PS2 games ready and waiting to be revisited on the road.

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Then there's Remote Play, which lets you take complete control of your PS4, including playing your PS4 games on the Vita. If you're not too far from your PS4 the connection is direct and practically seamless. A little further away but still in your house and the connection will go through your router, but as long as it's a half decent one only minimal lag is introduced - as long as you're not playing competitive Call of Duty it's absolutely fine.

Best of all, you can control your PS4 from anywhere else in the world, too - as long as you've got wi-fi internet access. Performance varies wildy depending on connection quality, but we have played Assassin's Creed 4 from a coffee shop and it was completely awesome.

Aside from that there's a whole bunch of apps that you're probably not going to use much, such as Google Maps, email and a camera (the sensors really aren't good enough to bother too much with). Frequent flyers will undoubtedly make use of the video section of the PS Store, though, which has an ever expanding catalogue of movies and TV shows your flight-shortening pleasure.