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Greg Miller asks, “Where did we go wrong with PlayStation Vita?”

and Yoshida replies, “Well, there are multiple reasons why Vita didn’t work.

Someone holding a PS Vita.

It worked in a way.

People loved playing games, especially indie games, on PS Vita.”

But, just loving its games wasn’t enough, unfortunately.

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“Several technical choices we as a company made weren’t good ones,” Yoshida continues.

“One of which was the dedicated memory card.”

There were more cost issues, too.

A player standing alone in a sandy landscape during Journey, one of the best PS3 games.

Oh what could have been.

Well, now we know why the Vita never got the life it truly deserved.

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PlayStation

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Nintendo PlayStation

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A screenshot of the upcoming PS5 game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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