What do you mean by wii u like gameplay? The vita can be used as your tv screen for your ps3 so to speak. It is called remote play and although you cant play games using it just yet, I can confirm that it works amazing well. i was downstairs on the couch with my vita browsing through my ps3 and watching movies while my ps3 was upstairs. 

I also accessed my ps3 from work on my vita and was able to use the xmb and download content from the ps store no problem. 

Don't be silly... this stuff is so outdated



I'm gonna use my iphone to control my ipad which controls my Apple TV which is connected to my TV...

ROFL

It's looking like what the Wii U is doing is considerably more advanced than simple remote play. The first and most simple tech example shown was the golf game where the wii remote interacted with the Wii U controller and the TV screen.

Not to mention the core functionality of the Wii U will be built around this interface, and the PS3 is clearly not. All interactivity between the controller and the system on the Wii U will be part of the core functionality and core interface experience; and not just a tacked on feature.

May as well bring graphics into this. PS Vita and PS3 can't hold a candle to the WiiU's Radeon HD 4870 tech.

Watch the video from the source. It showed Marvel vs Capcom, which lets you use your Vita as an "optimized" controller.

Being able to remotely access your console is just one of the features, and it has been done ages ago on other devices such as the PC (didn't the PSP already do this?). But adding a second screen to your setup adds another input/output to the game. It can be a asymmetric, coop/vs, map, inventory, zoomed image... whatever you can think of. Look at the DS or the WiiU demo's for more examples.

Not that bothered about this but would love it if I could use my Vita as a PS3 controller, with the shoulders mapped to the touch screen or something.

Really don't see this ever coming through as a big selling point though.

PS3+PSV bundle at $400 when PS3 drops to $200?

remote play is information transfer, and whats happening with the vita/ps3, wiiu, apple products, and all the other stuff youre listing has been happening for years in the same capacity that its happening now, but now we (as in our society) is getting speeds fast enough for regular consumers to take advantage of it. the vita, wiiu and apple devices will all be using the same concept that is at least 11 years old (probably much older as it was standard on all windows xp devices

again, it has been 11 years since this tech has been widely available, its only being widely applied now because higher network speeds are becomming more common. at its core its just information transfer, and  both of them, will be sending that information at the same speed - both will be able to do the same things with it. neither will be better then the other, its a very simple thing to do, many people deal with this kind of networking when theyre being introduced to the topic.

Stating the obvious there mate. well done.