SaviorX said: LBP? Look at what happened to it on the PSP the first time. 22 LittleBigPlanet (PSP) Sony Computer Entertainment, Platform 0.47 0.01 1.14 1.63 It was not even part of the Top 20 Best-selling PSP games this generation. On the Playstation 3, LBP1 sold about 4.5 million with LOTS of bundling and promotion, while LBP2 has been out around 4 months and managed 1.3m. It will struggle to reach 2.5 million especially without bundling. I would not bank on this series being what sells the Vita.

Did you ever play LBP on the PSP? It was terrible, like a cheap console port. And anyway, 1.6M on the PSP (And whatever it did DD) is excellent these days

I think as a launch title, it's quite strong. The series has done almost 8 Million, so as a franchise it's very well established. Obviously there will be others to go along with it, but it can be a good title for all audiences and shows the NGP's many control aspects. We might even see Gran Turismo ready for launch (As doubtable as it is).

Knee jerk response to what is indisputably a lull/dead space in compelling 3DS software releases.

Since Nintendo shipped the 3DS without many of the basic functions and services (browser, DS/3DS shop, video player, etc.), the 3DS is in effect a $249 DS that also plays a very limited catalog of 3DS games. 

Until Nintendo starts shipping some of what should be given sellers, it's pretty short-sighted to imply it's already dead, but people will say what they're going to say. 

You don't actually need AR Cards to get 3DS AR type games to work. Those actually work off the exact same technique used by Eye of Judgement for the PSEye with the exception that AR Games works on image recognition whereas Eye of Judgement worked off character/symbol recognition printed on each card. Using pre-established symbols and images just makes it considerably easier for the image recognition code to do its function. 

I'm pretty sure the AR Cards were just some idea someone who was really fond of Pokemon card games insisted on implementing into AR Games. Cards are fun and all if you're into that, but having to pull cards out every time you want to play a video game on the other hand is not. 

It's all in the implementation basically. SCE has already showcased some interesting looking concept videos of AR applications; we'll see how the finished products actually turn out. I'm actually cautiously optimistic that they won't be little more than just portable Eye Toy/PSEye mini games. 

Thumbs up from me too!

i cant wait to get my hands on one.

cant believe the amount of trolling either, it's not in sony's power to announce the 3rd party games if they dont wish to reveal them yet. i guess some people are feeling the hitch after the price announcement.

You guys saying the vita needs a big system seller are making me lol.

Well, "required" might have been a strong word, but Sony are still the first to showcase AR technology that is stable enough to work without "cards" of some sort. I'd assume that if Nintendo were able to do something similar, they would, because carrying around these cards seems like a major hurdle in making AR games equally as portable as other games on the platform.

Either way, the tech Sony shows here, is way ahead of anything I have seen Nintendo do.

Primarily the ram.  It should have at least 1 GB but latest rumor was 256.  256 is more tolerable with a 250 price point.  However, I would definitely prefer better specs and higher price point personally.

GAME now have the uk prices up
wifi = £229.00 or $379.00
3g = £279.00 or $458.00
http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?s=vita&x=0&y=0

Pretty shitty prices consideing a straight conversion of the US price would of been £150. Not sure Sony can justify charging Europeans an aditional 50% to the US.

If those numbers are that upon release i expect it to bomb hard. Especially with the new Nintendo console around the corner. If that comes out with a good line-up at launch i can see many skipping Vita and just getting that. £279 for a handheld is an awful price. Could almost afford a PS3 and a 3ds for that...

Im certain we'll see a $50 price cut on 3DS prior to Vita launch to be competitve for the holiday season. Which of course, is a good thing. Competition keeping price modest, kind of reminds us of the drop in price for PS3 over the years. =)