The PS Vita hasn’t been doing too well recently; we’ve had a ton of games release and it’s been a perfectly serviceable option for remote playing PS4 games when the other half wants to watch Ru Paul’s Drag Race.
The design of the Vita is top-notch, though the absent R2 and L2 triggers have become an annoyance as we use the device for remote play, PS Now and the like. The biggest problem (in our eyes anyway) is the expensive propriety memory cards. The obscene prices have always been an issue with PS Vita owners and have probably put off many a would-be buyer. But did you know that the prototype console originally had a proper SD card port? Yes, it did.
It also supported HDMI out support that allowed the PS Vita’s screen to be mirrored on a television set. This is a feature that most PS Vita owners have been wanting since the device first released a few years ago, but instead we got the underwhelming PlayStation TV.
Of course, this was just a prototype version of the console and, as you can see in the video below, it looked a lot different from the console we hold in our hands today. It actually resembled the PSP Go in that the controls could slide up and down from the bottom of the unit. Whether this was a close final form or a very early prototype isn’t known, but it’s interesting all the same.
A new video has been posted on YouTube showing off a prototype version of the console. It’s an interesting watch and shows what could have been, so head on below and give it a look.
[Update] The video has now been set to private. Why? No idea. If you didn’t get the chance to see the video, it was basically a prototype of the PS Vita that closely resembled the PSPgo. The bottom of the device had the controls slide out and underneath there was a port for SD cards, HDMI out and the obvious power socket.The prototype still had a touch screen and ran an early version of the PS Vita’s operating system; so all icons were bubbles that could be tapped, moved and so on.
via: NeoGaf