<P> Software for the PlayStation Vita is distributed on a proprietary flash memory card called "PlayStation Vita game card" rather than on Universal Media Discs (UMDs) as used by the PlayStation Portable . The size and shape of the card itself is very similar to an SD card . 5--10% of the game card's space is reserved for game save data and patches . The PS Vita is incompatible with standard memory cards, such as SD cards, and instead stores data on proprietary PS Vita memory cards, which are available in sizes of 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB . A maximum of 500 applications and games can be stored on the device at a time, regardless of data storage available . When the limit is reached, applications or games must be moved or deleted in order to access those beyond the limit . </P> <P> All games developed for the PlayStation 4, with the exception of games requiring the use of special peripherals such as PlayStation Camera, are playable on the Vita through Remote Play . With the use of a Vita, PS4, and PS4 game, this allows a PS4 game to be run on the PS4, but its output transmitted to the Vita, with the Vita being used for the controller input, and the image and sound being transmitted to the Vita's screen and speakers instead of a television . The end result is similar to what a Wii U console does with its GamePad controller through Off - TV Play . The Vita technically has Remote Play functionality with the PlayStation 3 as well, though very few PS3 games supported the feature due to limitations with the less - powerful PS3 hardware . More PS3 games are available for streaming on the Vita through Sony's cloud gaming service PlayStation Now, though they are streamed over the internet in the form of cloud computing rather than directly from a physical PS3 console . First implemented in 2014, the service was announced to be discontinued on the Vita on August 15, 2017 . </P> <P> A revised model of the Vita was released in Japan on October 10, 2013, in Europe on February 7, 2014 and in North America on May 6, 2014 . The revised model, officially called the PCH - 2000 series and commonly referred to as the PS Vita Slim, is 20% thinner and 15% lighter compared to the original model . While it largely maintains the original's overall structure and layout, the original's OLED screen has been replaced with a lower - cost LCD display . The model also roughly added about an extra hour of battery life . The newer model also comes with 1 GB of internal storage memory, although it is not possible to use both the internal memory and memory card concurrently . Upon inserting a PS Vita memory card, the system will offer to copy the existing data from the internal memory to the new card . This model has a micro USB Type B port, which can be used to charge the device along with any standard micro USB cable . The model was released in six colors in Japan (white, black, light blue, lime green, pink, and khaki), although it was only released in black and light blue in North America and Europe . </P> <P> The PlayStation TV is a non-portable variant of the Vita; instead of featuring its own display screen like a handheld video game console, it connects to a television via HDMI like a traditional home video game console, and is controlled though the use of a DualShock 3 or DualShock 4 controller . Due to the difference in controller input between the Vita and a DualShock controller, Vita games that are dependent on the system's touch - screen, rear touchpad, microphone or camera, are not compatible . It also shares the Remote Play and PS Now functionality of a regular Vita . The system was released in Japan in November 2013, in North America in October 2014, and in Europe on November 14, 2014 . The device did not fare well and had a short retail shelf life in North America and Europe, where it was discontinued at the end of 2015 . </P>

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