Seriously, now that I've had one for about a month I can't say enough good things about it. It's actually a little shocking to me that it has been selling so poorly. And this is coming from a guy that for the past decade has been an unaplogetic MS/Nintendo fanboy. I've spent years trolling VGC on multiple accounts, having been banned at least 10 times or so for Sony bashing signatures/threads, and now I find myself having dropped close to $700 on my Vita, memory card, and games for it over the past 30 days.
I am man enough to admit that I have been foolish in my ways over the past decade, and I am sad that I've been missing out on so many great games/franchises! The Vita has helped me see this.
It's a beautiful piece of hardware. I love everything about the design, from the screen size and resolution, to the dual analog sticks, and the way it feels in my hands. Of course, it's the games that have really swayed me. I originally bought it with the intention of playing only a couple JRPG's to kill time at work as I've been stuck on fire watch for over a month while the company I work for is having our spinkler system replaced, and had grown bored of all my 3DS games. I quickly found myself sampling games from every genre, and every era (the back catelog of games avilable on Vita is just awesome). Now I can't stop spending money! It's almost an addiction. I feel like I need to get caught up on all the awesomeness I've missed out on by avoiding Sony products in general for so long.
I'm not going to sit here and say that Vita has better games than 3DS because it's purely subjective, and the 3DS has some really amazing games that I've enjoyed immensely, but i can say that the past 30 days has been one of the most enjoyable stretches of gaming I've ever had. I've been playing FF X HD, LBP: Vita, Killzone: Mercenary, Disgaea 3, and Sly Cooper:Thieves in Time (This game is fucking incredible. Why does this franchise get so little love? All I ever heard about from Sony fans in the past as far as platformers go was Jak and Daxter, and Ratchet and Clank. Sly Cooper never even seems to get mentioned and it's awesome!). I've fallen in love with every one of these games. This little handheld is going to keep me occupied and happy for a long, long time! I also grabbed a ton of PS1 classics (mostly JRPGs).
Having said all that, why the hell is the Vita selling so pathetically? Is it simply a price problem? Memory card price more specifically? Piss poor marketing? Whatever the reason is, it actually saddens me a bit to know that if it keeps selling this poorly Sony might just give up on it sooner than later. I hope that it isn't the case, because the Vita deserves better. Anyone who doesn't own one or anyone who is like I was and has been neglecting the Playstation brand would be doing themselves a huge favour by getting a Vita, in my opinion.
That is all!
Oh, except this. Being a fanboy of any kind is actually pretty ridiculous. I missed out on so much! This goes for everyone. If all you play is Sony games, you're missing out, too. Go expand your gaming horizons!
