according to benvtrigger (he's got the gamestop, america intel) assassin's creed will the be best seller of all upcoming vita titles.

That really all depends on what kind of game the developer wants make. As far as presentation goes, the PSV game doesn't have to be sub-par.

I understand what you mean, but with a game like COD the precision is important so lower detail is a factor for enjoyment. I understand that the resolution is acceptable because of the screen's size (it's a quarter of an HD screen), the detail is still lesser than the HD twins. That can affect things like shooting at a distance and seeing small objects, and having a clear vision of the objects on screen, especially when the resolution is right but the detail isn't quite so.

Next, I was constantly told that games like AC needed the better processing power to have more characters on screen and a high level of AI. Aparently the Wii wasn't capable to offer that experience. Can the Vita? And if not, why would people buy it and not the Wii? Honest questions.

That's a bold statement. If Call of Duty is supposed to be Vita's saviour, then I fear for what kind of numbers it'll achieve. Of course if he's talking about current status based off of pre-orders, then I understand.

Well, I've never developed for the Vita or Wii but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Vita could handle a game like AC better than the Wii.

Wii has 91MB of ram total vs PSV 512MB (128MB VRAM)
Wii has 729MHz single core processor vs PSV 4-core which I can't find exact numbers on but can be anywhere between 800MHz to 2Ghz and carries the same cache sizes)
Everything I can find suggest a similar difference in GPU's between the two systems that appears between the two in CPU specs

In raw horse power, the PSV seems significantly more capable than the Wii.

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Fair enough.

It still falls short of the HD experience, how will consumers react to that? Will the loss in detail and processing power that leads to lower dev costs lead to a loss in the experience? In the end that's the bottom line.

We'll just have to see how AC:L turns out and is received.

Yeah I actually agree with this. It seems to me that all the Japanese devs have moved on to the 3DS since it has become established in Japan. Plus the 3DS is doing okay in the west as well so localising some of those games here is also a good option. On the other hand the Vita never really caught on in Japan and western sales aren't that good either. So it seems only the western devs are supporing it.

This is quite surprising given the PSP was pretty much carried to whatever success it had by the Japanese devs. Maybe the games just cost too much to make and there's not enough payoff as of yet.

Ttach rate is pretty good for vita. Uncharted has a 25 percent attach rate without pan sales. And I think the general idea is that big games will move hardware. Nobody is expecting ac to sell 2 million the first week.

well, if you think about it it sort of makes sense.  proprotionally CoD has done much better on 360 than ps3 while AC has done better on ps3 than 360.  if we assume that vita owners are primarily ps3 owners then AC interest kind of makes sense.

..but anywho, it's not my bold statement.  but benvtrigger is someone i personally trust.  he's been pretty good at calling sales in n. america so far.