Screwdriver needed to open PS Vita game card and accessory slots

PSU writes: "It's good thing we have a flat-head screwdriver handy at PSU towers because without it we wouldn't have been able to open the PS Vita game cartridge and accessory slots that are nestled on top of the unit."

[Jio]

I'll keep one nail extra long just for this. The perfect solution.

[KeiserSosay4788]

That's what I'll tell my friends and family. "I don't have a coke problem! It's to open my Vita slots!"

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

@vitz3

That was an entertaining read XD.

[miDnIghtEr20C_SfF]

Just make sure it's on a nail, the girls wouldn't mind. Because the ladies don't like those rough nails!

[Blaze929]

lol...you don't need a screwdriver to open the game card slot etc. It's called using your nails. Oldest kind of slot cover style in the book.

[pc_masterrace]

Can't wait to pick mine up

[AscendantX]

Those port doors will soften out after a couple of uses, you wont need a screwdriver.

[tarbis]

Actually, they're already soft

[metsgaming]

These kind of slots are nothing new get over it.

[ronin4life]

Some are hard to open, and some are not. It is hardly worth troubling oneself over.
I completely agree.

[ps3dude44]

nice and sturdy

[Optical_Matrix]

Nice try. I've used my friend Vita plenty of times and even with my short nails taking games out/putting them in isn't a problem at all. Straws....stop grasping at them.

[ronin4life]

...it is a PlayStation focused site. Why would they complain in order to make a PlayStation product look bad?
Although, the title is misleading. I would hardly consider this news or anything worth focusing on anyway, and it doesn't seem like they are trying to make it out to be a big deal.

[LOGICWINS]

Let them see what they want to see. Either way...PSU gets hits.

[GraveLord]

Someone is exaggerating.

[Tomonobu Itagaki]

I don't see what's wrong. I use a sledgehammer in order to switch on my Xbox 360, sounds pretty normal.

[ronin4life]

...is that really you, Itagaki?
If so, when is Devils Third coming out?
@below reply:
Not really, though I should. You mean "seven falls, eight getting up", right? Forgive me if I'm wrong, I'm not really good at Japanese...(I had heard of that proverb before, but I still had to look it up to make sure I was remembering the same one.)

[Tomonobu Itagaki]

Is that really you, ronin4life?
If so, do you follow the shichi ten hakki proverb?

[ronin4life]

Ouch, who gave us the "disagree"? Guess I should have stayed OT. Sorry.
Ok, how about this: if this were an actual, existing problem in any scope, we would have heard more of it after the Japanese launch.

[TheGamingArt]

This article has already been posted. The title is also miss leading.

[kaveti6616]

I needed to buy a Torx screw driver head in order to take apart my PS3. It was a harrowing experience.

[Foxgod]

Must be bull, because theres clearly a little crack visible in those slots where you can put your fingernail.

So unless you bite your nails for some reason, you should be fine.

[1Victor]

well I'll have my atomic laser screw driver handy in pocket

[pythonxz]

Better yet, a sonic screwdriver!

[brettyd]

damn really? thats a deal breaker for me..

[Abriael]

"*I* had trouble opening the slot on *MY* Vita, hey it's news!"

Seriously what some would do in order to get some hits nowadays...

[LOGICWINS]

Whats even funnier is that its working. 130 degrees and counting.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

You do realize you are contributing to the degrees as well?

I find that pretty funny.

[Hicken]

Of course he realizes it. That's the only reason he's doing it. That way it gets more time in the spotlight, and more people get the chance to bash the Vita. It's all in the hopes that LOGIC will win.

[ziggurcat]

oooooh.... so *that's* why the vita is "doomed"...

[Tony-A]

I know people have emphasized that the slot doors are a bit fidgety to work with, but I realize they don't make a huge deal out of it (aside from smaller gaming sites), probably for the same reason I don't. I think we would all prefer to have to work a bit to open it up than to have it loosely flapping around in the air and allow dirt and other particles in the compartment.

Just a safety precaution by Sony's manufacturing team, I presume. Better to hear stories like this than the opposite of the situation.

[tethered]

This is a lie!

[archemides518]

the more i think about it, the less i am interested in swapping cards in a portable system. so now i decided i'm just getting a 32gb card and downloading all my games (at hopefully a lower online price)......with the exception of uncharted. that's because i already had it pre-ordered for 39.99, and also i can just permanently keep it in the vita card slot, and it's like getting an extra 3.3gb of memory space free.

[MasterCornholio]

Strange how the article makes it seem that you would have to use a tool that could potentially damage your device in order to replace the cards

A creditcard or your fingernail will do but using a screwdriver not only is it unnecessary but it's stupid as well.

XperiaRay

[Bathyj]

I need a screwdriver just to get out of bed in the morning.

[MasterCornholio]

I used to need a screwdriver just like you, but then I took a bottle of jack. With lots of bacon.

Lol

XperiaRay

[Bathyj]

Jacks good for afternoons, or late mornings, but I like the OJ first thing.

Its good to stay healthy.

[tarbis]

My thumb's bigger than that person's thumb in the picture and had just recently cut my nails. But, I had no problems opening the ports whatsoever, even the smaller memory card port was easy for me to open.
I strongly think that he just have a terrible eyesight.