Is the 3ds really that much better than Vita?

[MikeRox]

JWeinCom said:
"Uncharted, Persona 3 golden, LBPVITA, both Rayman games, Killzone Mercenary, and soon to be Tearaway"

To justify the statement that the Vita's library is better than the 3DS, you list one game that hasn't come out yet, 2 multiplatform games (one of which is on the 3DS), two games that came out within the last two weeks (and one that came out today if you live in NA and a week ago if you live in Europe), and a post of a PS2 game. I love it.

I would counter with... New Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario 3D Land, Fire Emblem Awakening, Animal Crossing New Leaf, Kid Icarus Uprising, Etrian Odyssey IV, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart 7, Pilotwings Resort (very underrated game that's well worth the 20 bucks or less you can get it for), Nintendogs + Cats, Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, Final Fantasy Theatrythm, Rhythm Thief, Mario and Luigi Dream Team, and Shin Megami Tensei IV. If we're also including ports, multiplats, and non-existent games, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Pokemon X/Y, Monster Hunter 4, Star Fox 64, Ocarina of Time 3D, A Link Between Worlds, Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney 5, Mario Golf, and Smash Bros 3DS.

If you like the Vita's library better, that's fine. We're all entitled to our own opinions. But if you're trying to argue with any level of objectivity that the Vita's library has anywhere close to as many quality games as the 3DS, you've got no leg to stand on.

Metas would suggest that the game libraries are pretty similar in quantity and quality.

Personally I want the games that Vita has more than the games 3DS has. More than anything though, I want dual analogue. Do have a 3DS as well though for the exclusives that interest me (CastleVania/Mario platformers etc.) but when it comes down to playtime. I think the Vita has seen 10x more use since release than the Vita has since a few weeks after it's launch.

Horses for courses though. I prefer racers, the Vita has a good selection of them, whilst 3DS pretty much just has Mario Kart.

As for whether the sales are fair. I'm glad 3DS is doing well. The other outcome would have been iOS/Android dominance (1 analogue is better than none!) and it shows there is still a demand for portable gaming. I'm also a long time Nintendo gamer having grown up on the NES and SNES and tbh... their SNES offerings still being pretty much the best games ever for me (guess this is why I view the indie stuff on Vita as games? whilst most of this forum pretends they don't exist).

Vita? I think it's sales are criminally low, it's an amazing system with a fantastic software lineup (to say otherwise is to either be ignorant or bias, you prefer them on other formats that's fair enough, but the no gaemz DO exist), but Sony have brought a lot of it on themselves. I appreciate the need for proprietary memory after how screwed over they were by PSP piracy especially in the West, which killed software sales here, despite the very strong userbase. However if you're going to mandate them, don't then also charge silly money for them! They've also failed to market their best titles effectively. There are some games on Vita (that also happen to be exclusive) that no other platform currently offers. They just sent them out to retail to die and get buried under all the other releases on other formats.

Killzone has just come out. 3DS will never be able to produce an experience like this, iOS and Android have nothing available that comes close either, what do they do? Just release it with no fanfare whatsoever. This is why no one is buying your console. They think there are no gaemz, because you don't tell anybody there are games available for it.