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teigaga on 29 June 2012
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happydolphin said:
teigaga said:

Why would anyone be offended, Its not personal. Ultimately the value is in the games, so as long as you enjoy the games on the platform thats what matters most. But as a fan of gaming I want the Vita to succeed because I think it will be better for games.

I do believe the PSVita provides developers more creative freedom (even without the rear touch pad which I think may be a gimick) partially becuase when working with the system they don't have to compromise as much, and I feel the control scheme is more complete and cohesive but of course this just my preference. But the initial comment was simply to back up the arguement that the quality fo the Vita's hardware may be preventing some people (like me) from picking up a 3DS just yet. Of course if the Vita's lineup doesn't improve and the 3DS continues to gather more 3rd party support, then I'll buy a 3DS XL this christmas instead of the PSV. 

@bold. I just disagree. There is more creative freedom with two screens and a stylus-enabled touch pad in my opinion, personally.

You can flip the 3DS to act like a book, you can draw, you can point and shoot. With Vita it's all about the fingers. Big difference.

With the disparity between the 2 screens, the top being 3D, larger/widescreen and higher res, the bottom is now reduced to sublimentry duties like menu management and maps. Its still usefull but I would trade it for a 2nd stick and more power.The other features are unpractical: I think pointing and shooting with the second screen is awkward I've played both metroid hunter (ds) and Kid Icarus and I'd much rather a 2nd anologe stick. The 3DS/Stylus can draw in more detail then the vita and its screen but again I personally don't see a practical use for it other then Scribble naugts (which could still be done on vita, just not as well).

You could also use the Vita as book, it also has gyroscope for it to sense orientation, it has a larger screen and using the mutliscreen to maniplulate zoom would be more comfortable on the Vita. Remember that only the small ds screen is touch and that they are both different sizes, that would make for an awkward book. But thats no related to gaming.

Anyway some games will lend themselfs more to one system than another and I accept that people's preferences will vary, the 2nd screen in Zelda OOT3D is especially convient.