Well as long as their is a good launch lineup then a lot of gamers will be willing to fork over the cash.

Software is going to determine the victor in this battle..not the price

Can we wait for the thing to be released before we call doom please?

Nay we can't, in the same sense as the Wii and WiiU we must say doom until we are proven wrong. Even after being proven wrong we must make up a reason that this inanimate object defied our predictions and never admit to our mistakes. So to put blunt IT'S DOMED also somewhat DOOMED!

well said.

Honestly I don't think Sony could slash its price. The product they have must cost more to manufacture then 3DS and Nintendo said it was barely turning a profit at 250$ now at 169.99$ Nintendo says it will be loosing on every unit sold, that is not something Sony wants to do again. Nintendo is getting desperate and worries that Sony and other devices will kill off their handheld market share. But Sony never was leader and they are in no rush to loose money yet again.

I think the Vita is an expensive handheld and it costs alot to manufacture. Sony isn't about to loose money on every unit just because Nintendo bit the bullet. However I bet if 3DS takes Vita to the bank this winter their tune might change. Obviously they are concerned about how cheap 3DS is now. But they aren't willing to cut price for good reason.

I wonder how Sony will deal with the pressure if Vita crashes at launch this winter!

My sisters and mom play farmville. And their friends.

And the doom-o-metre swings from Nintendo to back over Sony again...

Well quality counts,  PSP would sell very well and one of the reasons why it would was because it had one huge franchise coming to PSP...GTA!!
153 games sounds only on paper (or on forums =p) as an advantage.

Ha, I remember a post I said three days ago, posted in a 3DS doomed thread here.

Well, looks like this is it. It's Vita's turn.