Why PS4 won't be cutting edge, and neither will Xbox3 - or Why Nintendo might win next gen

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HappySqurriel said:

brendude13 said:

HappySqurriel said:

brendude13 said:

The Vita does not have top of the line hardware. I would say SONY did learn their lesson, before the 3DS dropped its price the $249 price point of the Vita was praised.

The PS-Vita's price was praised by the same people who thought $600 was reasonable for a PS3 and $250 was too much for a Wii ...

Essentially, people who look at these in terms of value as hardware rather than value as a system.

Is that unreasonable?

Yes ...

Packaging $5000 worth of high end PC components into a $1000 game console may be an amazing value on hardware but it is still a moronically expensive game console. In contrast, selling $200 worth of components packaged into a $250 console may be an awful deal on hardware but it is a good price for a console.

I don't see how it is, if people want more power then they can pay for it. $600 dollars for a games console is pretty ridiculous, but a $100 premium for much more advanced hardware isn't exactly bad value as a system.

Anyway, that doesn't even apply to the Vita so I don't know why you bought it up, $250 is a reasonable price for a handheld.