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Here's how I view the Vita TV (henceforth VTV). As a $100-200 (the extra $100 is the controller + mem card cost) console that just happens to also play PSV games. 

A large part of its library are PS1 and PSP games. Admittedly a significant number of games available for the PSV are portable games, but I'll argue that quite a few of the features that people want with portable games are things people want with their home console gaming experience.

More significantly though are some of the other features of the VTV. For instance, apps. Did you know that a significant number of time on last gen consoles (PS3/X360/Wii) is spent NOT playing games? (source) PS2/PS3/PS4 games. It is a companion device for the PS4, just like the PSV, which means you can cross play and also remote play whatever your PS4 can handle. Which means even more console games available for the VTV. Of course this a limited feature in that you can't be playing on the PS4 while using it to stream to the VTV. However, it is an interesting feature.

It doesn't _have_ to fragment the library. Games should never be developed for the VTV, only ever for the PSV. People buying the VTV should be expecting to play Indie games, short burst games, etc. Not long involved RPGs or shit like skyrim, even though they _could_ potentially play those games on the VTV.

Truth be told I don't know if this will sell at all. But to me it seems rather neat. I will probably get one as a companion to my PS4 so other members of the family can use my PS4 when I don't.




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