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I'm going to go against the flow here and say that the PSV does not have a "lack of games" as is the common perception.

I pre-ordered and played for the first year (some great games for the first year of a new system) and eventually stopped using it since I don't really play video games in public when I have some time to kill.

But after the PS4 launch, I had reason to pull it off the shelf again and I can definitely say without doubt that there are far more games for the PSV that spark my interest that I have time to play.

Cross Buy (haven't been seeing much of this lately), Remote Play (fantastic with the PS4) and PSN+ all make the Vita well worth having if you own a PS4 and are a PSN+ subscriber.

BC is another good reason if you like PSP and PSOne games. They look and play better than they did on the original hardware.

As a standalone system... it's still the best handheld gaming device I've ever owned, but the reality is I just don't have any need to carry a portable gaming system with me anywhere. I have an iPhone, and while the games aren't of the same caliber of the PSV's best offerings, that doesn't really matter since the amount of time I spend playing mobile games is usually measured in single digit minutes per day, not hours.