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MDMAlliance on 05 November 2013
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ganoncrotch said:
MDMAlliance said:

I disagree pretty strongly with the notion that the PS Vita was a far bigger change from the PSP than the 3DS from the DS.
Your differences with the PS Vita vs the PSP are rather weak.  2 Cameras?  The 3DS has the same difference with the DS.  OLED touch screen?  I think you should just say "touch screen" as OLED is being phased out.  Dual analog sticks?  The 3DS has a circle pad while the DS didn't.  An equivalent difference from the PSP (having a circle pad thingy as well).  A rear touch pad?  Sorry, but I don't see there being many uses for that.  It may be more innovative than 3D, but not by very much.
So, no... not really at all.  The 3DS hardware has a good bit more than what you think in differences to the DS.  The jump from DS to 3DS is big, while the jump from PSP to 3DS isn't as big, and there is no denying that there was a bit of a closing of the gap with (PSP vs DS) vs (3DS vs PS Vita).

There is 1!!! and I've found it... In little big planet you use the touchscreen to push blocks into place and gears into machinery but if you want to push the gears back out of the machines to stop them you tap on the back touch screen to push it back towards you and stop the machine :o Ok this isn't a game changer but it felt like a really clever idea the first time you do it. (said this 1000 times tho, vitas OLED screen attracts fingerprints far too much to want to use it during "core" games)

Rest of your post is nail on the head right tho. I was going to reply regarding the psvita being a game changer because it has double the analogue sticks of the psp whereas the 3ds has infinately more than the DS :D even has double that again if you picked up the Circle pad pro for Resi evil or MGS3d


I know it has some uses in some games, but I can't see it covering many games.  I mean, the 3DS' 3D is useful in games where depth perception is important, but at the same time, not many games will actually be drastically changed by that (same with the reartouch).  I would rate the reartouch about as useful as 3D on the 3DS, just a little more innovative.