More at Joystiq:

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/playstation-vita-launches-globally-by-end-of-2011-starting-at/

Thats amazaing!!!

its over...3DS move along you have been owned

GAME SET MATCH SONY

I would personally wait for Nintendo's conference before claiming victory... :/

If little content is there/no addressing 3DS issues, go crazy. :)

Well, I'm impressed. Nintendo will have to announce some real games if they want to sell the 3DS now, instead of some remakes and demos.

Is Sony making money from hardware this time for Vita?

Yes! Day 1 purchase baby!

$249 entry price... Shocker!

I'm ordering the $299 SKU as soon as Amazon has pre-orders up.

Already predicting a 3DS price drop to $199 for the holidays. Also predicting a few threads about how SCE pricing on the Vita will "bankrupt" them since they can't sell their uber handheld for so little.

Lastly, I'm predicting an iSuppli BOM breakdown of the device to be closer to $200 for the base model rather than the $300 I had initially anticipated back when the initial specs of the device were released.

if nintendo doesnt annouce something incerdible and fix its online service so that its not stuck ten years in the past im trading it in. The Vita seems to be a much better value at the moment, come on nintendo, dont let me down