You are talking strictly on opinions actually. For a lot of gamers Gravity Rush is a incredible game but for others the game is really bad, same goes with Uncharted, LBP, Sound Shapes, etc. You can't say those people are wrong because that's their opinions, for them the games are simple not appealing.

I think others have addressed why the PSP succeeded in spite of its launch price. The rampant piracy and emulation that took place on the platform. Created a more viable platform, because the portable basically became a one time charge kind of affair. The price was easier to swallow when the platfom basically came with a infinite supply of free games. It isn't like it is a unknown phenomena either. The exact same thing happened with the 64DD. It caused a explosing in N64 sales in Far East markets, because it made the platform easier to run pirated games on.

Consumers in those markets could hardly afford to buy a N64, and pay fifty dollars for each additional game. They however could afford to buy one, and a 64DD with a pirated disk that contained a hundred games. In the end it may have hurt software sales on the platform marginally, but it did probably move millions more consoles then would have sold otherwise. It is basically the same story with the PSP. I know a number of people who own a PSP, and not one of didn't use it to pirate games, or run emulators. That was always their sales pitch for the device anyway.

Your second comment is entirely subjective, because one mans garbage is another mans treasure. Beyond that though most of the technology you are probably thinking about is far more utilitarian then a portable gaming device. Tablets, Laptops, Smart Phones, and other such devices. Can do games, and a hell of a lot more. To you the Vita may be worth it, but it is hardly the jack of all trades that so many other devices are. Like it or not there is a reason that swiss army knives sell better then bowie knives.

As for your last comment I am in complete agreement. My point isn't that the price point is the only issue. It is just the salient issue, because it is the first one that a prospective customer must contend with. If people are getting scared away at first glance by the price. Then they aren't even going to weight the pros and cons. In this case the price is disproportionate to the need.

Exactly. I want that Super Mario killer app for my vita. It's not for everyone, many people consider Gravity Rush and Uncharted some of their favorite games. But I think for the majority, Vita owners are stil waiting. MAYBE, Killzone Mercenary will be that game.