I’m pretty sure that’s the charging/data port I use with my USB cable! The official charger is wall-only. I had a car adapter wooooo? But having USB is amazing because my car has a bunch of USB power ports anyway, and then you can use power banks!
Sony has always pushed for exclusive formats that try owned. They had the minidisc when CDs were getting common, and pushed a Memory stick when CF/SD cards starred to pickup steam, on and on.
Some of the formats were actually good, but Sony had them utterly locked down to their own gear so they never caught on.
I think one obvious answer would just be a dock or something that would let you connect it and play on a TV or monitor for more screen space when you’re at home. Conversely, a powerpack/grip accessory would probably have gone over well with people who were frequently traveling with their Vita.
What kind of port is that? Looks like a weird type of eSATA
edit: Apparently it’s a mystery hole that was only on the PS VITA 1000. Probably an expansion/accessory port that never got used? https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/620272-playstation-vita/76035974
That’s exactly what it is
It is strange to not have any accessories that used it though. You’d think Sony would at least release some example add-on
But pirates found out it’s a USB port, and even managed to use it.
I’m pretty sure that’s the charging/data port I use with my USB cable! The official charger is wall-only. I had a car adapter wooooo? But having USB is amazing because my car has a bunch of USB power ports anyway, and then you can use power banks!
Sony has always pushed for exclusive formats that try owned. They had the minidisc when CDs were getting common, and pushed a Memory stick when CF/SD cards starred to pickup steam, on and on.
Some of the formats were actually good, but Sony had them utterly locked down to their own gear so they never caught on.
Yeah the UMD minidisks were genuinely a super neat technology and I wish they had been less restrictive so we could have seen more of them
Sony really dropped the ball with the vita, it could’ve been so much more. Although I have no idea what kind of accessory you’d even want to put on it
I think one obvious answer would just be a dock or something that would let you connect it and play on a TV or monitor for more screen space when you’re at home. Conversely, a powerpack/grip accessory would probably have gone over well with people who were frequently traveling with their Vita.
They did sort of do that, but as a standalone device - PS Vita TV