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Sony PlayStation Vita proprietary memory card ban

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The PlayStation Vita is a console developed by Sony as part of the PlayStation line of products.

Background

The PlayStation Vita, which released on the 22nd of February 2012, was a handheld console.

[Incident]

When the PlayStation Vita launched, some users tried putting a 32GB memory card in it to take advantage of its 1GB storage, but it didn’t allow the 1GB of storage inside to be used with the memory card. [1]

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References

  1. Fajardo, Mark (11 Oct 2013). "PS Vita Slim internal storage not usable with a memory card". Just Push Start. Archived from the original on 2013-10-13.


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