Everything you can do on a console, you can easily do on a mid-range PC, why have a console market? Lower berrier of entry!

Unless your HDTV can be carried around the house, into your car, onto an airplane, what kind of absurdity is arguing that mobility serves no purpose? 

Higher definition at the same cost, same ease of perception is better yes.  But higher definition is a much higher cost than just the hardware alone, the entire development process would be much more costly.  The fun factor in many of those games come via gameplay itself, not merely the fidelity of the sound of the number of pixels to portray the idea that triggers an emotional reaction.

On a smaller screen, the less detail you force feed he brain the easier it is on the eyes.  That same 3 hour HD movie with thousands of details on the screen is mich easier to uptake than if crammed onto smaller screen.  There is an OPTIMAL pixel count per given screen size that allows for sustainable viewing.  That big screen TV has far fewer pixels than your average monitor, if you crammed the same small pixels all over that giant screen, you get WORSE picture quality not better.  The same mobile game that is so awesome to play when blown up onto a big screen will be so jaggedy, it will easily distract your brain from following the visual portrayal to just the jagged pixels.

Mobile gaming, from the simplest repetitive addiction gaming to the more complex rpgs, allows individuals to play with no detriment to or from the surrounding.  If you are a loner in a bachelor pad, of course, set it up like you live in an arcade.  But if you share the big screen TV with someone who may wish to use the space, how are you going to ensure you are left alone?  Handheld machines come in handy, especially in a highly crowded, public transit intensive country such as Japan.

People that enjoy, buy and support mobile gaming are not "idiots" that foster mediocrity.  It's the complete lack of ability to see things from other than the tiny point of view that distorts mobile gaming's perceived value.  The irony of it is, the person arguing clarity overrides funtion lacks clarity in his logic.  Even a 720P high def or 1080i high def as seen on TV is already mesmerizingly clear.  There is actually a limit to granularity the eyes can perceive.  It's when you start with computer codes that try to emulate nature, no matter how fine you try, how many cell shaders, anti-aliasing, you get better graphics, but still fake fake fake.

Give me better gameplay over higher definition any day.  The fun from games of yesteryears have not faded with the passage of time.  Some of us miss those engaging memories.  It's too bad that an entire genration of gamers have been forced fed the HD BS and will take the same FPS year after year as long as "woah it looks totally amazing".  That's like buying books based on how awesome the print looks on paper.  

So, you can't use emulators on a nds?

Yeah, vita has no games all right..

Price:

$250 is just too much to ask for a dedicated gaming handheld.

iPads cost $500, but they do more than just games. iPhones play games, make calls and a multitude of other features.

Making a Vita phone would have also been a disaster. Not even an iPhone can last over 2+ hours when playing games. What makes anyone think gamers would want a gaming phone that taps out at 2 hours? Not to mention it's resources would also be tapped for the phone features nobody would want because why would you want a phone with analog sticks? It would be a frankestein monster.



Looking back now, they could have done without the back touch panel. That alone could have reduced the price by ~$30+ and allowed them to launch a WiFi model at ~$200 and a possible cut this year to $170.

What I have learned with my time using the Vita is that my fingers always rest on the back touch and if the game made any use of it I ended up getting annoyed because I would need to curl my fingers inwards just to prevent myself from touching it.


I think it was a mistake.

What Vita needs is a $170 price tag and games to cost between $30-$35, not an average launching price of $40+. Not to mention it should have used standard Micro SD cards.

Everything is just so expensive when it comes to the Vita. It's a real turn off.

Other than that I actually think the software on the way is quite good. Plenty of games in the style I prefer.

The iPad is an app device with the ability to play some games. PS Vita is dedicated handheld gaming device with the ability to use apps. Vita already can use Skype calling with cam so technically its a phone.

I would never use my Vita over my iPhone.

Also, iPad doesn't just have some games, it has a lot of games. Vita also has very few apps. Also the iPad can use Skype with cam. Is that a phone?