I don't know any human being that plays games on a smartphone for more than 20 minutes, and they only do so to kill time, whether it be on the bus or taking a dump. They are not interested in playing the game and enjoying it, but rather they're just killing time and do not care about the experience.

Where as when you have a dedicated handheld, it's a totally different experience, and you're actually immersed into the game without thinking about time. Buttons, analogs, touch inputs, and other features make a huge difference when playing a game. Smartphones do not offer gaming inputs like this. Smartphones do not offer triple AAA quality games that will give you days, months, and years of enjoyment.

What is the selling point for the PSVita? Gaming. Gaming that other handheld devices will never offer. You can have your fancy smartphones with next gen hardware, but they will still not have buttons, or analog sticks, or the games that are only available for handheld gaming devices.

Playing games on a cell phone is a waste of time. Mindlessly, repeatedly, continuously, touching the screen like an idiot.

The 3ds didn't sell because of lack of games and high the vita has a similar problem but it's more of,the lack proper game is different genre and ones that uses its capabilities,the is priced right in comparison to tablets/mobile and the 3ds.

1. You can't make a glaring statement about launching at the same price. The Vita is a more powerful piece of hardware that is capable of doing more than the 3DS. To say that it launched at a price that was the same doesn't mean that that price isn't what it is worth. I do agree that lower cost will help drive sales, but that doesn't mean that it is a good business decision.

2. Vita had more games at launch than the 3DS. A lot more, in fact. The problem is it has lost momentum due to not taking off quickly.

3. If you're going to throw out a similarity between threats of dropping support as the PS3, you might not want to compare it to a system that has more software sales per year than its opponent does now. Sure, the PS3 doesn't sell the most for big titles, but it sells more on average and has a much higher attachment rate than the 360.

4. It's not Sony's fault that their system is splintered. It's the third-parties following their desired audience. You're going to sell more kid games on the Wii than you will on the 360 or PS3, so that's where those go. You're going to sell more hardcore games on the 360 and PS3, so that's where those games go. It was easy for Sony back then because there was practically no competition and everyone of all audiences used it for their gaming needs. Sony can't prevent competition from creeping into an industry that they helped grow into the third largest entertainment field in the world, so it's not like they could control where people go with their games or what types of consoles others make.

What are you talking about?
You comparre the vita with the 3ds ?
Why don,t you compare the price of the wiiu with the one of the wii while you re at it.

Seriously you pathetic.
Sony always make the same mistakes. So far all their consoles have been more than successful. So please, why don,t you all keep quiet and let sony run the show.
17 years nearly 400 million consoles sold. Not bad for a company who doesn,t know what they re doing.

I swear some users just disagree for the hell of it. Everything you said was true and factual yet u got dissed. *facepalm*

Get over the fucking memory cards. They aren't over priced you moron.

Go tell me how much a 32GB SD card cost brand new in any store or even online. It will be near if not more than $80, unless you are buying it used or from ebay or some crap.

So what is the point of complaining about the price, the only thing anyone should be complaining about is not the price itself is the fact the Vita came with no memory card at all.

You can be stupid all you want because clearly it seems you only listen to what everyone else cries. The memory cards cost literally just as much as a SD card. So there is no problem with the price, only the problem the Vita comes with none and you can't use your old SD cards.

Let's explain why though, we all know the PSP and we all probably had one that was hacked to play pirated games completely free. So with that in mind Sony had to try and at least stop the pirating from happening with the Vita and they did just that, they have made it near impossible at the moment to use pirated games let alone transfer them to the system.

If you were Sony you would have done the exact same thing and honestly they knew people would probably bitch about the Vita's price also which they did, so adding a memory card in the package wouldn't have made it any cheaper. Either way you would have still payed for it.

Get off the band wagon and think for yourself for god sakes, Sony is doing just fine. It is todays stupid age of smart phone madness that is hindering everything, all anyone cares about these days are smart phones even more than consoles, handhelds or games in general.

Wait and see for christmas how many people will actually be buying too many consoles. The Wii U is an exception because it has already been sold but I promise you not too many will be because every little boy or girl will want an iphone 5 for Christmas if they have not already got one.

To say the newer handheld later on by Sony will be a tablet/smartphone hybrid is beyond stupid to begin with in so many ways. Everything even consoles all copy one individual device we have used forever now that people like you clearly have forgetten. The thing you probably were on to write this comment, your PC.

Everything we know today came from PC's then Consoles then Phones. The order is obvious because phones were last, never that advanced until some what recently even when consoles and PC's we already doing all of that which they do now.

Smartphones are Small PC's that can make phone calls, why the hell would Sony make something that has been copying them for over years now let alone copying everything PC has offered.

There isn't many mistakes about the Vita other than it not coming with a free memory card, it is designed very well and is not crappy by any means. The only.. literally the only thing I will say that could be improved on the Vita is the directional pad but honestly who the hell even uses a directional pad anymore? Unless they are playing fighting games for the most part.

Vita is not by any means expensive, if you owned one you would know it is worth the price and is by no mean unreasonable. Anyone who does, has said the same. Even I thought it was over priced, but once I used it I realized it was very fair pricing and not as bad as their attempt at trying to sell the PS3 for $600, nor are the games expensive considering they are very close to PS3 quality in terms of gaming on a handheld in general which is amazing.

Get off the rumors and stupidity already. They aren't under pressure either the only thing they are struggling at is trying to keep gaming alive in a ever evolving world of stupidity where people think smart phones are the only thing worth paying any attention to.

again, how are you reading him being emotional? Does he have a pattern that you see? This still reads like deflection. Bro, look at your post history.

And if ANYONE here (or anywhere) gets "emotional" over video game companies that don't even know or care WHO they are, then people need to get a life and stop being on this site terminally. Or better yet, people need to play the games they say they have. It's why I don't post here everyday, I have work, family, bills, and games to play.

I'm not saying everyone should do what I do. But MANY of the people here can do with a "vacation" from these eternal fanboy wars.