Also could only play games that were explicitly whitelisted. Made sense for some games that required hardware the PSTV didn’t have like Tearaway which required the camera for stuff, but some games that worked perfectly fine with just the gamepad controls didn’t end up whitelisted and couldn’t be played until modders developed a custom whitelist
It was just a PS Vita that wasn’t portable and plugged into your TV, quite literally. It used Vita cartridges and had the same Vita UI on your TV.
Also could only play games that were explicitly whitelisted. Made sense for some games that required hardware the PSTV didn’t have like Tearaway which required the camera for stuff, but some games that worked perfectly fine with just the gamepad controls didn’t end up whitelisted and couldn’t be played until modders developed a custom whitelist