I will decide for myself, once my Vita comes in the mail tomorrow, or today if I'm lucky.

Thanks for your reasonable and level-headed post.

I tried to match up the genres as best as I possibly could and so ended up substituting in games that fell below a 75 on Metacritic (Ragnarok Odyssey and New Little King's Story, although both have good user reviews) or are being released in the next month or two. I also tried to keep the number of exclusive games even, with 6 for both consoles, so no complaints about ports there.

Overall, quality seems to match up well, or in some cases, exceed that of what is on the 3DS.

Do people actually like the 3D on the 3DS? I think Nintendo rolling out the 2DS shows it's not super important, and I hardly ever use it.

The main reason was that parents were complaining about 3D hurting kids eyes and all that jazz. Plus Nintendo was missing a huge market of kids below 7 and 8 years old.

But really, most people don't really care about 3D.

the problem with the vita is most of its games can be played on other systems while most 3DS games are exclusive to the console that is why the 3DS is a lot better then the vita cause its got more exclusives

That's what I thought. I suppose you create it as bullet point for your list wars, but I really don't see something that no one uses as a positive. It'd be like bragging about 3G on Vita.

Metas would suggest that the game libraries are pretty similar in quantity and quality.

Personally I want the games that Vita has more than the games 3DS has. More than anything though, I want dual analogue. Do have a 3DS as well though for the exclusives that interest me (CastleVania/Mario platformers etc.) but when it comes down to playtime. I think the Vita has seen 10x more use since release than the Vita has since a few weeks after it's launch.

Horses for courses though. I prefer racers, the Vita has a good selection of them, whilst 3DS pretty much just has Mario Kart.

As for whether the sales are fair. I'm glad 3DS is doing well. The other outcome would have been iOS/Android dominance (1 analogue is better than none!) and it shows there is still a demand for portable gaming. I'm also a long time Nintendo gamer having grown up on the NES and SNES and tbh... their SNES offerings still being pretty much the best games ever for me (guess this is why I view the indie stuff on Vita as games? whilst most of this forum pretends they don't exist).

Vita? I think it's sales are criminally low, it's an amazing system with a fantastic software lineup (to say otherwise is to either be ignorant or bias, you prefer them on other formats that's fair enough, but the no gaemz DO exist), but Sony have brought a lot of it on themselves. I appreciate the need for proprietary memory after how screwed over they were by PSP piracy especially in the West, which killed software sales here, despite the very strong userbase. However if you're going to mandate them, don't then also charge silly money for them! They've also failed to market their best titles effectively. There are some games on Vita (that also happen to be exclusive) that no other platform currently offers. They just sent them out to retail to die and get buried under all the other releases on other formats.

Killzone has just come out. 3DS will never be able to produce an experience like this, iOS and Android have nothing available that comes close either, what do they do? Just release it with no fanfare whatsoever. This is why no one is buying your console. They think there are no gaemz, because you don't tell anybody there are games available for it.

Essentially, why is this even a debate is beyond me.

Heck, if you really need proof look at VGChartz itself, and compare the 3DS and PS Vita sales numbers on retail games, even taking into account the phantom digital sales which probably eat up 25% of actual sales (or 50% if you take the games given free via PS Plus), the Vita's still not touching the 3DS. I'm sure the tired excuse of "Oh its Mario" or "Because Monster Hunter Vita hasn't been announced" will pop up but I say quit talking about the imaginary internet girlfriend the Vita's main hope right now is Vita TV and the fact that it is the successor for Japanese developers that used to port PS2 software on the PSP and by now have graduated to the PS3 level tools as the PS4 is about to drop.

Let it go Vita fan, at least until it gets a legit blockbuster.

I don't name games, as others already did that. It's not only the top-class of games, also for smaller titles the 3DS has a big number. Add to that the DS-compatibility. I would say the 3DS has the best library of all consoles of all time (that statement may a bit subjective).

I think nobody can deny the 3DS has the more diverse library with more quantitiy and quality. That doesn't mean that someone might like the library of the Vita more, as the games match more with personal interests. I mean I do like the games released on WiiU (that's why I bought the system), but I wouldn't say it has a more diverse library than the PS3 or even a better lineup for this year. The same is true for Vita. Many in this thread may prefer the library of the Vita (and there are some interesting titles for me too), but it would be a bit outlandish to claim it has the better library overall.

And I would add - the Vita may lose to the 3DS, but it IS a great system! Losing against the 3DS is no shame.

It also massively drains resources that the 3DS really needs to put into the actual games. I think the 2DS is also to justify the fact that stereoscopic 3D will start being omitted from 3DS titles in 2014 so that the resources can be used on improved visuals/frame rates etc. No evidence for this yet, but this is the feeling I get.