When you say "multi-year investment" are you referring to the need to take out a multi-year loan to pay for the console and needed extras to play games? Or is that just some silly term you thought sounded smooth and seducing.

Edit, I'm a fool. You didn't write that bit. Doesn't seem very proffessional to be honest Forbes giving a personal opinion but the marketing bullshit makes sense. My apologies.

#1.) I didn't write it.

#2.) Yes, I agree with it. I had a PSP and I can assure you that without the 2nd analog stick you can not support all genres properly. With the Vita and it's plethora of control inputs I don't see it having issue running anything you could find on home consoles. Unless of course you bring in Kinect/Move/WiiMotion games, although in return it can run games that those can not.

With 3DS I guess you could do so with the Circle Pad pro, but unfortunately that is a peripheral and not present on all 3DS units, so it won't ever be utilized properly. Pretty much the same exact problem PS3 + Vita has when compared to the Wii U and it's tablet controller.

Vita is pretty much a home console in your hands. It truly is a wonderful device.

It can easily back fire on Sony. Especially with clunky controls due to no "actual" controller. It is double-sided though, some people do want it and a lot don't. I'm hoping the 3DS will have all of those niche titles like the DS. They were really interesting.

Edit - Saw your edit .

When they say "Multi-year investment" I am sure they mean that the Vita is a good use of your money if you want to buy a gaming device that will last you a few years. The reasons they use for this is that it is very well built and that it's large amount of gaming and control inputs will allow developers to create all sorts of games over the coming years.

The 3DS though is just as worthy (better in my opinion) handheld system. It has a perfect amount of games and perfectly fine controls. It works perfectly overall. Also you need to read my other post to see my view on that. ;)

The controls on Vita are NOT clunky at all, they are excellent. Troll harder.

Well it is very small segment of the market. Infact it makes me consider the device twice combined with the longitivity of the device in relations to games I care about, if it wasn't  for the fact that I am planning on getting a lot of niche PSP JRPG as well as Vita niche JRPGs. A lot of PSP titles are in the store.

I just hope to god I never have to use the backtouchpad ever, similar to my opinions of sixaxis on PS3 controller.

I would also love the device if it eventually had a cable connecting to TV, as I don't see myself using it on the go...(kind of big for my pocket). Similar to how I play PSP games.  

Everything they say in the article true, the vita is a long way ahead of the 3ds with the console experience. with 1 analog stick, 2 screens DS game dont play anything like consoles. The vita plays identical and even looks close to playing on PS3. I know that hurts some ds trolls here but thats fact. Especially with Online and cross play, the vita ia miles more advanced then DS.

I had a PSP and I know the hassles of not being able to control the camera. It was one thing that made me unable to play Birth By Sleep.

I want a 3DS with a 2nd circle pad. No, I won't use that CCP as I don't like how it looks, plus I don't like that it causes the 3DS screens to be off-center. Although I believe that other that that it is a great device and I will be picking one up eventually. Maybe once it gets a bigger JRPG library. I don't care much at all for Mario these days. More of a Pokemon guy myself, due to it's old school JRPG styled turn-based combat.

I also greatly disagree with it being a better device for home console gaming on the go. The fact that it doesn't have that 2nd stick standard already throws a big monkey wrench into any argument you could try to bring since all games would need to be made originally tailored to using just 1 stick, which comprimises camera controls. Plus the PS3s online service, your trophies, etc... are already fully integrated into the device. The 3DS doesn't in any way bring your console on the go, while with Vita you have cloud features allowing you literally bring your console games with you on the go.

It was one of the HUGE complaints about the PSP. I was shocked when Nintendo didn't offer (2) sticks standard and am confident they will add it in a future revision.

They most likely will, but I do have to say, you don't seem to be complaining about Battery life anymore....what is up with that Euphoria! :P

(Sorry only nitpicking at somethings people said in the past about 3DS, but seem to ignore it with the Vita, and if I remember correctly you were one of the more vocal ones).