I haven't read so much rubbish on here for a very long time , if you followed some of this logic it seems that Sony is simply compounding the mistake it made by entering the portable market with the psp in the first place . and that's a product that gained 30 % market share showing there was room for both parties in the portable space and both could grow , this from a machine that had a lot of the same criticism leveled at it that the Vita gets now , ironically a fair percentage of Vita doom is from people who don't own or really want one and from that stand point echo those who feel that way about the Wii U, still in the end time will decide where the Vita sits and as to profitability all we can go on is Kaz at the beginning forecasting 3 years to full profitability , that time period seemed to me to imply that the brand would have paid for itself by then rather than just each unit making money , although I also feel that time period might have lengthened if they where using their early sales estimates , then again who knows maybe they are on track simply because they haven't dropped the price and the memory card margins are high and not coming down , things have changed since the Vita was first envisioned but the Vita will ride it out changes will be made and even if it doesn't sell quite as much hardware as the psp it could possibly do better software wise especially on the digital side.

Oh my god, someone saw me in public playing a gaming handheld! I hope they don't think I'm not a whore of the smartphone loving media, because I totally am!

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I guess I'm past the age where I care what other people think in regards to something like that. In fact, I've actually had people express interest in what kind of system or game I was playing while using my 3DS in public - from kids to older adults... even a couple of attractive women.

Did you ever have a PSP? If not, then you will be in JRPG heaven as a large chunk of the PSP catalogue is available to purchase on Vita and that had some fantastic JRPGs. Actually for Vita itself there's not too many JRPGs now, just Ragnarok Oddyssey and Persona 4: The Golden though the latter must have done something right as it's meta put it as the highest rated game of 2012.

I hear you on the price. If Sony really are making profit on each unit as someone suggested earlier in this thread, they need a 3 figure price drop IMO to really get things shifting. Most people I know think the Vita looks like a great piece of kit, but when they've already got a tablet and a smart phone, they just can't find the MSRP in the system. Especially with the games being pretty much home console prices too. That said. I paid £229.00 for mine last March (got Uncharted included for free :D) which actually works out at about $365 lol and I don't regret it at all.

No No Kuni looks epic. I've got the Wizards Edition pre ordered. The twilight years of this generation are for me shaping up to be by far the best :D I also found Catherine for £15 new yesterday in town so decided I was going to have some of that too! haha. I miss the days when gaming was Japan. I'm getting old!

You act like Ni No Kuni is coming to the Vita. It's for PS3.

So, basically, if you don't care for it, you can just shut the **** up? Have I got that about right?

(I have one and it's a pale shadow, game-wise, to the 3DS, nor am I remotely alone in this assessment, but it's good to know that our opinions don't count because we are not unequivocal in our praise!)

I wish I could find all this awesome 3DS software. For me Vita software library is now far better than the 3DS's

Meta ratings would also suggest that general consensus is that Vita had a better 2012 with 19 titles averaging over 7/10 vs 13 on the 3DS. 

I know right? It's a shame it isn't on Vita but again it is great to see an JRPG like this on home consoles. It has not been a good generation.

You can blame the slow trickle of JRPGs on the Japanese publishers sticking with PSP too long. These games take a while to make and they are trying to make more money due to the world economy. Some publishers are releasing Vita versions of PSP games, but the bulk of titles are probably in the works and I'm not sure how many will hit this year.

Persona 4 Golden is worth getting the Vita though. Enjoy Ni No Kuni for now, but hopefully you get a Vita eventually. Handhelds have been a bastian for the JRPG and I'm sure the Vita will be the same in time, not to mention the other great titles it will get. (Like Tearaway)

I think it could do wonders if they stopped branding it as a portable PS3 and give it more exclusive games, or at least market the exclusive games they do have.

I am and the answer that that is no.