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superchunk on 07 March 2012
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Solid-Stark said:

Nice specs all around imo. Seems like PSVita has a better CPU and they both tie with the GPU (Assuming iPad has PowerVR SGX543 MP4). iPad takes the total RAM available, and pwns the Vita in screen specs. The only thing the Vita holds is the OLED tech.

I think your not doing a good comparison, superchunk. The Vita is a dedicated handheld, so a "Vita phone line" wouldn't sell anywhere near even PSP levels in a given number of years (Look at other Sony phones), in addition that, imo, people don't go to Gamestop, or any other store, to buy gaming phones (or phones to use for gaming); I mean who says "I'm tired of my DS, I'm gonna go buy an iPad, or G-Nex, or even an iPod Touch.

In regard to it getting outdated, that's the "disadvantage" (if you will call it that) that consoles have. Not just portables but home consoles too. The 3DS will likely be around 4 years from now, and no one is claiming it's outdated because it looks like the Wii (sales would show that); same goes for the Vita.

Personally, I wouldn't have bought a Vita phone, because it would be too expensive to start off with (contract) and then knowing every year after, a newer, "updated tech" Vita phone will keep releasing.Same thing that keeps me from buying a tab. I'm still rocking the first gen ipod touch and I refuse to buy a newer one because a newer will come out the year after (Tab wise, it's specs relative to updates)

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Pricing. Imo, for what it does, $310 is a good price for a Vita (Wifi + 16gb card). If you want to put it in the same market as tabs, then it can only get compared to an equivalent 16gb tab that's weaker in hardware such as the  $399 Galaxy Tab 8.9. Vita would only seem more enticing now. Keep in mind that Vita will only get cheaper as time goes, and will be supported longer than last years Galaxy Tab.


I think people need to take my arguement of vita-phone as an out of the box type of thinking.

For generations, home consoles were just that, gaming consoles. Nothing more or less. They did none of the same features as PCs at all. However, they provided overall a better gaming experience and that resulted in their rise to the top of gaming.

This gen that all changed. MS and Sony both pushed, not gaming consoles, but media centers with a strong gaming focus. Nintendo tried to continue the same old path, but it also began adding strong media entertainment support towards the end of this life to a lesser extent and we already know from 3DS and WiiU info that Nintendo will continue to move in that directions.

We also have seen the Windows8 previews and its strong integration with Live as well as Xbox360s move to being a Metro style device.. all this points to one thing. MS will strongly continue the push of the gaming console being nothing more than a PC with strong gaming applciations. Sony will also follow suit as they stated that was their goal back in the PS2 days.

Mobile gaming is no different, just its coming from a different angle. At home, gaming consoles are moving to the PC market and dominating due to their traditional place in the front room. However, in the portable world, smartphones and tablets are moving into the gaming space. This is already happening and will be at par with console games by next year easily.

My argument is Sony should have been like MS. MS never entered portable gaming because it new it would move its phones/tablets etc into that market with Windows8. Sony should prempt that move with its own strong Playstation brand by moving gaming console into the phone market. Vita as well as Experia Play starts that but, its far too weak of a move. Play was too low end and has not Playstation library support. Vita should at the very least have Android running along with its Playstation stuff so it could at least be a full tablet like device. But, in reality it should have went full circle and just created the phone I described.