"Not in terms of volume -- you'll never see it get within spitting distance of the iPod touch's library, which is tens of thousands of games strong."

Uncharted Golden Abyss says: Quality > Quantity

I hope it does well. But I have a feeling in this day and age of smartphones and tablets that vita won't do very well at all. Unfortunately I think it'll do less than psp but I hope im wrong.

Are they seriously trying to compare and downsize console games to the cheap £1 mobile games on android or ios?

Anyway, I will agree with them on one point, the price, its way too expensive. Not the console itself, but with all the things like a memory card and games (Uncharted should not be £40, its just wrong) combined together costing upwards of £300 is quite ridiculous. I think I will wait a while for the price to go down before I think about the Vita.

It's used so much, it almost seems obvious.

and the high price of console and games means that all but the most hardcore gaming nuts would be better served by something like the iPod touch.

Hardcore gamers want buttons which the ipod touch don't have.

Why compare the Ipod touch with other portable gaming devices?  because while the Ipod touch is mainly a dedicated MP3 player it does other task and does it well, an overall muti-media hub..   its a great device for what it is.

I understand the Vita is mainly for gaming but in these days portable devices are becoming an all around multi-media, utility devices..

Vita as a gaming device is great for what is meant for, but as a multi-media device is mediocre at best (cheesy).

The Vita has a QUAD core cpu combined with a GPU workhorse can outdo any smartphone (nexus, iphone 4s) Mp3 (Ipodtouch ),tablets (IPad2) yet these portable devices do other things and do it better.

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Console is no way bulky, Sparta I say!

After reading the article I came to the conclusion that the person reviewing this devise was not looking at it like a gaming console. It also compares it consistently to the ipod touch which is a poor comparison. I think that they had the same person review this as they have review smartphones and mp3 players.
With that in mind some of the complaints about the vita are accurate. The price for games can be expensive, but it is a console not a smartphone. Comparing the vita games with that of the apple store is a abomination. Whoever allow this section to be processed needs to have gamer do the reviewing for game systems. Of course the ipod touch/ipad has more games, but they are not of the same quaility. Games for cellphones/tablets are small games. It is a completely different market and comparasion. A better comparaion would be to that of the launch of the PSP, DS, and 3DS. I also completely disagree with the arguments on the size and the battery life of this devise and think it is better than what they portrait it to be.

Size
A more accurate review would know the size of the vita can be a good thing to simulate a control and to be able to have your hands around it so they will not cramp very much. Also comparing ipod games to vita games is a preposterous. Its as bad as comparing harvest moon to farmville as some people do. There is no comparison in size or quality of game.

Battery-life
The battery life is not as bad as stated in the article. Once again they are trying to compare this to the battery life of a tablet or a mp3 player. Which if listening to music its battery life is ~9 hours, for video ~5, and for gaming ~ 4.5 hours. With the hardware within the system that is not a bad battery life. Especially when you consider the power of the screen and the power behind the system.

Vita Cons
-Non Removable Battery (Batterys do die and this makes it difficult to buy a spare or third party battery)
-Game Price (I think that digital games should be cheaper since it does not have to go through production, also there should not be a surcharge for "premium games. Its ok that all the vita games cost ~$40, but games like uncharted cost $50 is not fair to the consumers)
-Proprietary Memory Card ( Sony is just trying to make cash on this aspect instead of using a basic SD card. This and their battery locked is a prevention for the user to not hack it. Its the price the consumers pay for their "security")

Overall whoever wrote this review I would rate a 2/5. They are trying to write out of their element, and needs to compare items to the proper source. You are comparing a gameing device to a smart phone. They need to learn more about the product they are reviewing before reviewing it. I would never review a product without knowing, and comparing it to its predisors. Next they will compare the new xbox, wii, and playstation to a tablet in terms of gaming power and game archive.

Not a good start for American Reader... And after Psp there...

Lets hope this beast sells!

Releasing at the same price as 3DS, which got 4/5 on CNET while price was never mentioned in the "Bad" section, and apparently iPod touch's amazing game library couldn't touch 3DS at launch but it slaughters Vita.