Very competitively priced--but those celebrating Sony's inevitable victory over 3DS would do well to remember Nintendo aren't going to roll over without a fight. I'm betting there'll be a global 3DS price cut a month or so before Vita hits the markets, maybe in October. Add to that a Nintendogs + Cats bundle, I think.
And of course we won't know exactly what titles Nintendo will bring out for 3DS in Q3/4, but we will know that after Nintendo's conference. My biggest worry for both 3DS and PS Vita right now is that they're becoming too similar to home console experiences, and there isn't enough truly portable software on either system. There's no sign of anything revolutionary like Brain Training or Nintendogs hitting either system, and there's no clear sign Sony or Nintendo know how to respond to the App Store as a platform. There's a danger we've got two impressive machines fighting over a decreasing market space, and that isn't good for Sony or Nintendo. The reason the DS/PSP generation managed to explode portable games was because they provided new experiences for new customers. It's early days yet, of course, but both Sony and Nintendo need to act with more urgency.
As it is, I'm fairly happy with my 3DS, but will consider selling it if there isn't a good long term line up at Nintendo's conference. Vita is impressive but it doesn't have me convinced yet--I'd rather buy software for my Wii, 360 and will hopefully have several big games buy for my 3DS this winter. It's the same case with Kinect--why should I drop more money on new hardware when there's plenty of software coming out on systems I already own?
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