# Could the hardware for a 6th or 7th generation console fit into the controller

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 17, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-hardware-for-a-6th-or-7th-generation-console-fit-into-the-controller/722789 "2015-06-17T21:31:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-hardware-for-a-6th-or-7th-generation-console-fit-into-the-controller/722789/21 "2015-06-24T21:40:12Z")

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> [@ebb](#):
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> It seems like the simplest way to get something like this would be to just add an HDMI out to something like a PS Vita or Gameboy. I’d be surprised if that sort of hack hadn’t been done before.
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> The clear advantage here would be having a portable game system that you could also use with your big screen when you happen to be at home. That seems to be the selling point of the device mentioned in the OP.

Looking into it, the PS Vita is more powerful than the PS2, not as powerful as the PS3. I have no idea about the gameboy.

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