Will the launch of PSV affect PS3 sales in Japan?

[Michael-5]

MARCUSDJACKSON said:

i take it you didn't watch gamescom and the Resistance burning skies demo. mostly (98%)all of Vitas games have differnet gameplay mechanics. PS3 and Vita will be one in the same for 30% of there games but the rest will differ so drasticly. take a look at M.U.G.E.N.S official vita thread or wait for some gameplay vid's.

long  thread short only time will tell.

I avoided most of gamescon because I don't want to know too much about my favorite games. Most of the features I know about the Vita are from E3, and in the demos they showed there, I don't feel too much was different.

Other then touch controls, what differentiates Vita from PS3? Social Networking, big whoop.

I agree with you most games will likely be different, but the difference between Sony handhelds and console games is much greater then Nintendo's IMO. PSP's biggest games are MGS, God of War, some Final Fantasy JRPG's, and well basically scaled down PS3 games. Daxter and Jeanne d'Arc are a couple of the unique PSP games.

Not trying to bring down Sony handhelds, but don't most people view PSP as PS2 Portable? How is PSV different from PS3 portable?

Not to sound like a fanboy, but with Nintendo, the 3DS isn't anything nearly like a Wii portable, and the DS is nothing like the Gamecube. Except for a few remakes and ports, Nintendo's handhelds are drastically different then console games.

This is why I suspected PSV to hurt PS3 sales, at least for Japan. I view the PSP as PS2 Portable (with some PS3 IP's), and PSV looks no different if you asked me.