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PS Vita almost had Switch-like capabilities, says former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida


Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida has discussed why the company's PS Vita handheld didn't sell well, stating Sony …

Shuhei Yoshida's First Interview After PlayStation - Kinda Funny Gamescast Watch on YouTube"There are multiple reasons why Vita didn't work," he said. Additionally, the Vita dev kit had a video output to allow the handheld to connect to screens, but this was removed for the consumer release. Still, PlayStation's legacy, said Yoshida, is providing cutting edge technology at affordable prices, so there was never a discussion of combining efforts into a single piece of hardware as Nintendo did.

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