The PSVita was built in Challenge to the Smart Device function of Remote Access

[joeorc]

d21lewis said:
Okay....what? This article makes it seem like Sony is poised to succeed with the Vita as more than a portable console while the overall best selling console of the last few years is doomed. I'm sorry. I can't agree with that at all.

And even if the dedicated portable market were to dry up, what makes the author think Sony or the PSV is a viable option for consumers? It's a battle that Sony has lost before it's even started.

while i can see what you are saying, I really think you are still not grasping the real point's on exactly why this is not about the 3DS vs the PSVita, This was about The PSVita built against the Trends in Remote Access, of Mobile connection to Hub's with your content being accessed anywhere! You can Take the 3DS out of this part , because unlike the PSVita,  the 3DS was not directly designed for this. While the PSVita is.

Example: the fact you even pointed this part as your response, is why it seems you are missing the over all picture of the PSVita, of how its designed not as "just for being a mobile product" that's the Point the PSVita is not just a mobile product, it was designed as Hub extender. why do you think the PSVita TV is already put on the market. you do not produce that over night, the very fact that Sony had day and day Playstation Suite on the very day of the release of the NGP or IE: The PSVita, Means they were not just looking at the Mobile market as the way they looked at it durring the PSP, WHY DO YOU THINK THEY INVESTED INTO rEMOTE PLAY SO MUCH? the trends for remote Access are there, they have been for a while.

"This article makes it seem like Sony is poised to succeed with the Vita as more than a portable console while the overall best selling console of the last few years is doomed."

Think of it this way, why would you even need to Concentrate, on looking at it as "just a mobile game system" when as a platform it is at its very core, can extend all your living room console systems Games to any room of your house, or through the internet anywhere.. the Sling Box , Uverse Time Warner. The fact that Sony started with the 1st PSP and the PS3 and the PS4 Games can kick to the PSVita and the PSVita TV. to any room, or throught the internet. Take your games in your archive on the go anywhere.

the fact out of any handheld device , name another that can run games of advanced graphic's as well as the PSVita remotely from a hub to a mobile device and play it through the internet as well as what the PSVita or PSVita TV can for Games. The only other Handheld that even comes close is the Nvidia Shield, and even than it does not have 128 MB of dedicated Ram set aside for its GPU. that means in very Blunt Terms, the PSVita GPU is the same GPU with higher clock rate and is the same as the iPad III's GPU but the PSVita has 128 MB of ram set aside for it, now even in the next 3 to 4 year's, do you see Nintendo or any other company making a handheld with that much ram set aside for that handhelds GPU. even on smart phones or Tablets? 

Im pretty sure there will not be.

Because its going to cost quite a bit more, than the PSVita, and most likely not have the resources invested in to Remote access that Sony has invested into, it's like Microsoft's where they invested into Kinect, when it comes to remote Access, Sony is clearly the leader in investment into remote access Hub extension for gaming right now , because they have clearly concentrated on it, would you agree with that?

Adding in Gaikai to that Mix, is why challenge Nintendo directly head on, when the cost's to do so would be less market share for more cost's of investment, than when pretty much all PS4 Games 1st party or 3RD PARTY by default will be playable on the PSVita or PSVita TV anyway. thus DO YOU REALLY THINK 3rd party are going to expend more, money on investing into the PSVita as if it was a handheld or as a PS4 extender?

when the cost's of not just team Size, is large but also expense in time 12 to 18 months on a single Game.