Didn't CNET give the 3DS 3.5/5 back when it was $250 and had a poor launch library?

It is a poorly written review... when you complain about the battery life - yet admit that it is on par with the competition, expected games to be $1, estimate the price at 300 pounds (its 270 pounds at GAME for Vita+Unchrted:GA+Memory Card) vs. 120 pounds for the 3DS (its 140 pounds at GAME) and write your review like its trying to compete with smartphones - well what do you expect the verdict to be.

The review should of compared it to 3DS where the battery life is on par, game pricing is fairly competitve (with the expection of Uncharted), and Vita has a price disadvantage (SONY should of aimed for $199 USD for the WiFi, maybe less RAM / weaker CPU + no sixaxis would of got them there).

The size of it does worry me somewhat, as I have quite stubby fingers... I fear that using the touchscreen/rear touchpad may prove to be uncomfortable. I'm certainly going to have to spend a lot of time with this thing, before I even consider maybe potentially putting it on my meh-list.

(Not the biggest fan of handhelds, but this thing looks flashy... I was suckered into the flashiness of the PSP, too, and never played it).

No - they gave it a 4.0/5

... Are you aware that you are complaining about a poorly written review yet clearly haven't read it properly? The review says £300 with a COUPLE of games. You then retorted that with only one game, it would cost the price of one game less. He also states £120 for the 3DS at Amazon, so you checked GAME???? Although it seems prices may have changed a little as currently the 3DS is available new on Amazon from £125. Then the reviewer notes that the games for 3DS are about £20-£30, which is right bar a few exceptions. Although these seem to be unreleased games. So he is saying you could get a Vita with a COUPLE of games for about £300 and a 3DS with a couple of games for £160-180. Which is a pretty much right, it would depend on the games you got. 

He also very clearly does compare the PS Vita battery life to the 3DS battery life. 

Honestly people are being way too harsh on the review. CNET isn't aimed at just gamers. So they reviewed it from the point of view of a casual user. Someone who would compare it to the iphone and 3DS etc. The review makes it pretty clear that if you are a core gamer then great, but if you are a casual gamer then it really isn't worth the investment. It's pretty hard to argue with that logic when nearly all consoles sell the first few months to core gamers and then when they get price drops etc spread wider. 

They complain about portability and price, yet the Ipad which is the size of a computer screen and costs at the least 500 dollars is perfectly acceptable. lol Whats with the inconsistency? Almost everything they complain complain about the vita is the exact same problem tablets have.

I like some of the detail that the review went into, but as others have mentioned, they should try to at least be SLIGHTLY less biased.

Continue comparing it to an iPod Touch, when the 3DS wasn't compared to that. Continue mentioning how expensive it is, when nothing was mentioned about the 3DS original price. Complain about the battery life, when I swear I have seen things indicating it will last a similar amount of time to the 3DS. I'm not certain, but was the battery life of the 3DS complained about?

I'm not saying it deserved a 5/5. Clearly it has some issues with it. But a 3/5? They either need to rewrite the 3DS review or rewrite this one, because they should be getting compared to each other throughout the review.

I used GAME because they usually sell products at the RRP, while amazon often discount various products... if i used Amazon its 280 pounds for Vita+Little Devients+ Ridge Racer + Memeory card vs. 135 pounds for 3DS at the time of this post. Not too much of a difference there.

I still think its rediculous to quote prices when you using a high estimate for one product the lowest for another. The price difference between 3DS and Vita without games is ~80 pounds, then games can usually be found for about the same price as 3DS games (with the exception of Uncharted). 

What a worthless review. Poor for many reasons, especially, as said above, bc they seemed to forget its a gaming device. Oh and the comment about expensive games and better/more/cheaper ones on iPod. Ridiculous, unintelligent statement. Vita is darn near console quality with its games, so u can say the same thing about ps3/360/Wii. Vitas been praised for having arguably the best laungh lineup in console history. Guy just seemed biased against Sony or something. Unreasonable review imo.

Well, it shouldn't be compared to any tablets, because they are in a completely different league.