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ithis on 09 February 2012
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Rainbird said:
ithis said:

- Fine, my bad, I carelessly assumed based on the iOS devices and Samsung tablets I have seen.

But I see this as a special games device, with it's special place to be in with it's cable and things too.

In this light, the "quick 10 minute gaming fix on the comute" aproach is far from the relevant one (and I do believe that there'll be many small, cheap(ish) quick loading games to satisfy the caronish pig killing instincts of young professionals on the bus), and being able to get a good half of hour of Wipeout on the train or a coule of hours a day in the afternoon while the wife uses the TV for something else is worth the 30 second loading times and the 4 second turn on time. It's not like you need to turn the device on every minute. It might even be good for us, teach us a little patience.

- The multitasking bit still bothers me the most, since I don't have and don't intend to get a smartphone, but I do intend to get a Vita and I would like to use that for gaming and browsing "at the same time". I hope they can fix it, but if it's a deep OS thing (which would be really stupid), they might not be able to ... 

Just FYI, the 3DS actually uses mini USB as well.

Anyway, about your gaming point; We have yet to see what people are going to be doing with their Vitas, so calling the 10-minute-game-sessions approach irrelevant is presumptuous at this point. And while load times and startup times are small points against the Vita, the real problem is that people should want to use the Vita for 10 minute gaming too. As you said, the games are going to be there to support it, but if the Vita doesn't do it well enough, people will turn to their phones instead.

Outside of that, long load times and startup times are more acceptable, though still a small nuisance, so getting your WipEout on is still worth it.

And the multitasking could be a painful point as well. I hadn't considered people might be using the Vita as their primary device for browsing the web, gaming, etc. on the go.

I tried to look up that 3DS information really quickly, but either I suck at searching, or the info is not easily available.

I ment "not the most relevant" or less relevant (if the thing supports comarison).  And yes, I bloody hope the Vita can do quick loading small games better than anything so people that want to do those can.

I don't see the value in these expensive smartphones. I'm not for much music on the go, nor movies. I can use a calendar and the ability to take notes, but I can have those on (much) cheaper phones. I am for games hoever. So between an expensive device that does games porely, or a less expensive one that does games excelently my choice is clear.