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GameAnalyser on 16 March 2013
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Burning Typhoon said:
GameAnalyser said:
Munkeh111 said:
You still can't control them! It is pointless to have the PSP games without being able to control them, that is what sets proper handheld consoles apart from phones

They also claim that the iPad 4 outperforms the Vita graphically, which may be true, but it also costs 2x as much and you can't properly control the games

But unfortunately, as the site are very keen to stress, people like me are in the minority and most would rather cheaper and inferior games

Just incase controlling them bothers some of us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6I4nmYkogM

Wow...

So, what, you need 3 hands for that?  That doesn't make for something you can just pull out of your pocket and play.  The portability aspect of it is out the window.

I'd much rather have my vita around than a phone and a PS3 controller just to play PSP games.  Then, frame rate issues and a lack of real buttons.  Also, the thumb pad.

How does a phone even emulate a vita?  It needs a touchpad, touch screen and two cameras.  You're not getting all of that on a phone, and you're not getting buttons either. Nor two thumb sticks, nor everything else.  There would be some heavy compromises. (Last statement is for the OP in case you couldn't figure that one out.)

It's not that I completely shun how both the Vita and 3DS are unique in their features. That post was basically meant to show just how controlling games on the smartphones can have an alternative solution. You simply brought the portability thing into the discussion when it wasn't needed at all. Infact the rest of your statements.

The smartphones and tablets are already portable and does tons of other applications while trying its part even in the emulation segment. Of course, it'll be a matter of time when smartphones are good enough to produce Vita quality games with  portable accessories to control the games. Did you see that 360 style accessory for S4 Galaxy? And thus how things evolve with next generation of smartphones and tablets is an interesting thing to watch.