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Life as a PlayStation TV owner can be pretty frustrating - especially when a vast array of mobile Vita titles that should work just fine on the under-utilised micro-console fail to load at all, blocked by their lack of inclusion on Sony's whitelist of approved titles. Now, a new exploit from a hacker known as Mr Gas changes everything. By sending yourself a couple of specially prepared attachments and opening them within the Vita's email client, PlayStation TV should - in theory - allow you to play any of your existing library of mobile Vita titles.This is especially cool owing to the way that the system's bespoke memory sticks work - they can be freely exchanged between your Vita mobile and PlayStation TV, so you can play any game on the move, then move the stick to the micro-console and continue playing on the big screen. So for the first time, you can play non-approved games like WipEout 2048 and the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection on your handheld, then continue playing them at home on the big screen.
Of course, it is worth pointing out that for many games there is a perfectly good reason why they are not included on the PlayStation TV whitelist. Take Uncharted: Golden Abyss for example - there's an area of the game where the Vita's camera is required, and obviously PSTV lacks this functionality. But at the same time, there are a vast range of titles where touch is used sparingly and Sony has since added emulation functionality - the Dual Shock 4 controller's touchpad emulates the front-panel touch input, while analogue sticks can be depressed to bring up an on-screen pointer that does the job with the older Dual Shock 3.
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