Reviewers divided on American version of PlayStation Vita

[Arius Dion]

blkfish92 said:

VGKing said:
"With both phones and laptops creeping up on the traditional turf of the computer, the Vita feels uncomfortably without a place that makes sense, falling short of either side — it's not out-phoning your phone or out-consoling your console."


Well the 3DS seems to be doing fine so Vita should have no problem.

Exactly, though I do have my worries, I'm very confident things will work for the best.

I like the optimism, and while I am completely indifferent on Vita's success or failure, and looking at things as objectively as I can, I'm not sure I'd be so confident things will work out for the best with this handheld. I see many of the issues that hurt PSP coming back with a vengeance with Vita. Games with limited appeal for one, and also the whole idea of putting a PS2 (Sony's most successful console ever) experience in your hand didn't save the PSP from last place. And now the Vita promises PS3 (Sony's least successful console ever) like experience in your hand.

The handheld experience is different than the home console experience and consumers know and expect that. Secondly, the price of admission, the price of memory cards, the price of games, I mean this thing is expensive. And while tech heads may be wowed the regular consumer might not be.

Anything is possible, but honestly, I'm not sure things will be so rosy for Sony with their second handheld endeavor.