Or it can be a PS2 in your pocket. No, it doesn't have that kind of library.....yet.

I've been thinking about getting a Vita, just been waiting on a price drop. But does it play through 3g connection? And can it run ps4 games smoothly? And can it play ps4 games without you purchasing a ps4? Maybe just purchasing PS4 games and making an account on a friends ps4 so that you could load them on to your account/cloud or however that works?

Sony is finally burying the Vita.

After ignoring it during E3, they now will turn it into a simple PS4 stream device.

It won't work well online, because the internet connections won't be able to handle it at all. The Vita is officially now a 200$ PS4 Gamepad who can run some of its own game. The difference being that games are designed for gamepad on Wii U while games are designed for dualshock on PS4.

The Vita is turning into an epic fail.

But at $200, is it going to be an idea with sales potential?

Say you just get a Vita for Remote Play and nothing else. That's highly unrealistic, but let's just say so for the sake of argument. The costs then would be:

$400 for the PS4
$200 for the Vita, assuming you buy it used
$50 for PS+ every year
$60 for PS4 games

So if you even buy just one game for the PS4 out of the gate, that's $700 to take advantage of the feature at minimum with $50 a year every year after that. And they'll need LOTS of people to pay that much, considering how shit the Vita's sales have been. It's a much better proposition for people like me, who already have a Vita, but the problem is that we already have Vitas and they need to sell more of them. Never mind that you need to pay the robbery fees on memory cards if you want to play any Vita games, which run for $40 new.

I don't see an approach that will have Vita's flying off shelves here. I see Sony grasping at straws to try and bolster Vita sales any way they can, because it's failing miserably as a handheld in it's own right.

I'll defend the PS Vita here and say that you can't fit a Wii U in your pocket.  It would be very strange to take a system that big (albeit small for a home console) around with you on a train.  At least a tablet device is thin (though not as fun as the Wii U).

Imagine this scenario though:

Travelling on a 2/3 hour train journey to stay with family/friends for a week. Bringing the Wii U along with you for some entertainment, wack it out on the train and play some games!

Its not even a PS3 in your pocket......

This sums it up.

It should be first and foremost a Vita.

Sounds like something a homeless man would do.

I think they meant "whip it out", but that's really not much better when you think about it. :p