Well look at VR benchmarks from AMD and NVIDIA you will see Nvidia has the advantage.

I like this: I feel it gives the Switch a decent path to success

Release with a first year dotted with strong selling 1st party titles (Zelda, Kart port, Splatoon, Odyssey with some possible successes in as well) check.

Get Japanese third party support to establish a third party game stream (tentative check)

Use success of JA third party to help get western first party games in full.

In Ohio, the price will be $320 price after taxes with no game. Your basically looking at a $400 entry price (not including pro controller), and that's not expensive?

A ps vita 210 and a ps4 399... 210 + 399 = 610 USD

get that instead.

Well if there's anything Vita was known for, it's how cheap it was.

*edit* besides, where are you coming up with the $399 PS4? 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/PlayStation-4-Slim-500GB-Uncharted-4-Bundle/52901918

Heck let's do the math

http://m.gamestop.com/product/ps-vita/consoles/playstation-vita-slim-recharged-refurbished/115854

$270 for a PS4 with Uncharted 4, $160 for Vita. Total $430, after taxes $457. You'd spend an extra $57, have a pro controller, a vastly bigger library of games, and vastly better home console power wise.

But that's besides the point, the point is, the Switch isn't "cheap". The willingness to spin its value against something unrelated tells that.

Well, show us these VR benchmarks that have a clear Nvidia advantage.

RX480 and GTX1060 are in the same price and performance category... their VR mark results are also very close:

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/vrmark_gpu_performance_review/2

In the VRScore the RX480 manages at least 2/3 of the GTX1080's fps... better than expected:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/basemark-vrscore-vr-benchmark-testing,4911-3.html

the vita you show in the link is a refurbished system, why you are comparing a refurbished system with a new one? and it is a ps4 pro is not that what the sony fans wants?? so 610 USD to do the same a 329 USD NS can do...

But for those worried about money, you can get a ps4 and a vita for practically the same price. If we're talking about sheer value, what I posted is the better value. 

For those who don't care about price range, you're right.

well i give you that, but there's gonna be a lot of time before we see a refurbished NS.

Exactly. A benefit of being out earlier, as is the vastly bigger library of games. The overall better power of the system though....