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throatmuppet

Elise

*late at night. Pacing up and down the halls* The Vita was so close. They almost had it. It should've been the greatest handheld ever made
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throatmuppet

Elise

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Lose the rear Touchpad. Use the R&D budget and extra space for more battery. Lose the memory sticks and go with microSD. Make the SDK freeware. It would've been perfect man. Never would have been topped.
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throatmuppet

Elise

Reply to @throatmuppet
It's so close bro. One, two more iterations and they would've had it.
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throatmuppet

Elise

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Oh and lose the proprietary charger
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ghost_bird@weirder.earth

Sophie Jane

Reply to @throatmuppet

@throatmuppet I’d be okay to keep the memory stick if we could lose the weird skeuomorphic OS instead - but otherwise, yes

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throatmuppet

Elise

Reply to @ghost_bird@weirder.earth
@ghost_bird the UI has aged poorly compared to the XMB and could use a redo, but it mostly works. The memory sticks were always expensive compared to SD Cards and even at launch it was pretty clear that the sticks as a platform weren't going to stick around.
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ghost_bird@weirder.earth

Sophie Jane

Reply to @throatmuppet

@throatmuppet True, but I’m pretty sure Memory Stick to MicroSD adaptors were a thing

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throatmuppet

Elise

Reply to @ghost_bird@weirder.earth
@ghost_bird they are! I have one in my old Sony point-and-shoot. The trouble is the variant used in the vita is so small even MicroSD cards can't fit in the slot. In the time since the homebrew community has circumvented this (https://www.cfwaifu.com/sd2vita/) but it requires custom firmware.
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