E3 2011: Why the PlayStation Vita is Better than the Nintendo 3DS

The revelation of the PlayStation Vita at this year’s Sony press conference wasn’t surprising at all. What’s very surprising to everyone including us watching it live was when they announced the price. For the basic PS Vita with Wifi, it’s retailing at the same price of the Nintendo 3DS.

[joshpoppedyou]

spec-wise it may be better, but lets be serious in which ones gonna sell better, nintendo will be the winner

[a_bro]

$250 says that might not happen.

in fact things are going to get pretty even.

[NukaCola]

3DS is decent, but it's far behind in every aspect. The PSV does 100x more than the 3DS does at the same price. Plus it's got Uncharted, COD cross system gaming and a Bioshock game is coming. I think the Vita will dominate. The 3DS is doing 'ok' at best. Also the Vita looks to even beat Wii U at it's own game

[Skip_Bayless]

The two analog sticks and unified online is awfully hard to beat. Sony took the best ideas from 360, DS, and PS3, and put it on their next iteration of the PSP.

[-Alpha]

@a_bro

While I do think that Sony has an excellent chance to close in on the marketshare, I also don't think that the "3DS is doomed" like I'm hearing.

Nintendo has their heavy hitting First Party games and exclusives and at the end of the day, exclusives will drive sales.

The 3DS has a tremendous lineup this year.

I honestly feel that there's room for both products. Sony's competitive pricing and all around superior product makes things tough for Nintendo, but it's all about the games and both sides have a good lineup.

[darthv72]

do we need to try and compare? Both will have games tailor made for them. Both have strengths and weaknesses. Both are equally entertaining to the demographic they are aimed at.

I call it a draw in spite of pure raw hardware specifications.

[sikbeta]

Price + Power + Games and the possibility of doing what the Nintendo tablet-controller can do, but anywhere, that'd be Huge! Awesome Handheld is Awesome...

[a_bro]

I never said it was doomed. but that the playing field is going to change dramatically from what we've seen this current gen (2004-2011)

[MaxXAttaxX]

WHY do you people always talk about sales???

What does that have to do with the quality of the product?
I care about who delivers the experience I want for a handheld as a gamer.
Whether you have a different type of taste, that's a different story.

[metsgaming]

yea but casuals will buy the 3ds and thats the biggest market and then they have the zelda and mario fanatics. I love mario but that alone will not get me to buy a system.

[TheDivine]

Its going to be a close fight. Vita has better graphics but honestly the 3ds is no pushover games look really nice on it and the 3d made me a believer. I wish vita had 3d it really does add to a handheld. I know il def get vita day one but pbly a 3ds also. The ds sold more but more importantly had WAY more games. The psp had its gems but the ds had a much better library. I like the online on vita though. I guess who cares buy both. Gamers win on this one.

[ATiElite]

N3DS is already selling POORLY! call it Hand held overload cause Nintendo has released too many hand helds. They have applied the Apple effect and released a new model every 2 years with one new feature and now gamers are over saturated with Nintendo hand helds.

PS Vita has a 3G model which will lead to the PSV being the best all in one device you can have. Music, movies, games, Internet, and Cell phone. It's just a matter of time before an app or hack allows Cell Phone use or ATT may announce it themselves but the PSV is coming to take market share from Nintendo and Apple's iphone. At $299 it's within reach but i'm sure after a year the 3G model can be had for $250.

I have the PSV in first place because of it's versatility but now lets talk games. The PSV has enough power to easily run game engines designed for the consoles. Let me be a little more clearer before I get FLAMED. You can take the Unreal engine for example and make a Vita game. Sure you may not be able to Go all out with the eye candy but it's alot better than making an entire new engine for the PSV which cuts down on Dev time

[-Alpha]

Nintendo is selling just fine. Not as well, but fine.

The big competitor here really is the mobile gaming generation that is just sweeping the casual market and even core gamers on the go. It's honestly a much simpler, cheaper alternative for the large majority.

I don't think it's a handheld overload at all either-- the 3DS is pricey, and the DS games are still so good. On top of that, the launch library of the 3DS is holding people off as it's just not convincing enough just yet.

Yes, PSV is a better handheld in terms of specs, but that didn't change things last gen for sales or quality of games. Power is not everything.

The 3DS has a ton of exclusives this year alone (sales will definitely go up due to Nintendo's biggest heavy hitters coming). Sony's lineup is good as well but the launch isn't going to be so strong in comparison to what Nintendo will have by then. I also assume a price drop by Nintendo will happen to combat Sony.

PSV will primarily sell more on the value than Nintendo, but games for both products are going to be great in a year's time

[Ju]

As much as I want the 3G version ... I won't buy it with a contract. No way. Unless I get it for free from AT&T when I sign up.

[MaxXAttaxX]

Of course DS games are still good. That's why there's no need for me whatsoever to buy a 3DS. So you're right, it's not convincing enough yet.
In fact, I was about to buy a DSi one time before realizing that they sacrificed GBA game compatibility for new features(I wouldn't use). So I'm happy with my DS Lite. But that's a different story.

The PSV's line-up is solid, although obviously not as large as the 3DS's which had been announced a year ago.

BUT in comparison to the games Nintendo first announced when unveiling the 3DS and Sony's unveiling of the PSV, the Vita has a stronger line-up in my opinion.
BioShock, LBP, Uncharted, Street Fighter X Tekken, Hot Shots Golf, Modnation Racers, Killzone, whatever-the-Hideo-Kojima-game -is, COD, etc.

[fatstarr]

Are you slow? there is a psp model for almost every iteration of the ds.

just because people didnt buy the psp theres no high levels of saturation. i personally dont mind i have a ds fat and a ds lite, i skipped the next 2 for a 3DS.

sony launching 2 models vs 1 model of the ds.
dont be a hypocrite. i can do all that stuff on my phone except quality games why do i need a psv to do the same thing. isnt there a playstation phone? talk about over saturation.

the onlything good that will come about is putting apple in its place but they wont beat nintendo on the handheld front.

and your last paragraph is wrong. a tailor made engine for your system is better than some ported down engine, but thats sonys route and thats why some games will suck horribly.

3DS will have the quality games soon enough.

[MaxXAttaxX]

Over 80 million people is no one?
Don't be such a deluded fanboy.

(Except for the PSPgo) Newer PSP models were only made lighter and cheaper. The didn't remove or add new features like the DS has with every redesign(GBA games, camera, DSi ware, among other software features at new prices.

This is not about "who beats who" on sales. They deliver two different types of handheld experiences. And the only thing that matters is which system delivers the experience you want. It could even be both(like myself).

[lil Titan]

i dont know the Vita is looking way more promising with its graphics and line of games that ive seen so far. im personally looking forward to Shinobido 2 and Project: Gravity and what happened to that PSN game Rikitera or somthing like that? the girl look like a cyber punk

[dennisannamant]

wow just look at the agrees and disagrees. this is a sesspool of sony fanboys

[Hicken]

Is it fanboyism to admit the facts? The Vita is a better piece of hardware, and the 3DS is already suffering.

[solidsheep]

wahhhhhh. How about we see what has games isn't that the point of console's and handhelds...to play games?

[NESpower]

On paper it may be but just like psp, I played DS 5 times more. I will wait a couple years and see if sony can deliver the goods that interest me.

[ethan]

Wait a couple years? Whatever floats your boat, but I personally don't think I could go hardly a couple months and not pick one of these things up..especially at the price!

[looza]

Let just say it won't be DS vs PSP again. Vita will probably be like 360 vs PS3. Numbers should be pretty close mainly cause Vita has the home-console experience which more core players probably want. But 3ds wont be doom since it is Nintendo and if anyone knows handheld, Nintendo does.

[fatstarr]

I agree with you Nintendo has so many aces up its sleeve with the 3DS they can take psv easily.

for ex if nintendo wanted to launch pokemon on psvs launch date see what that would do.

but meh if some one wants to battle on this one we can

sony looked at everything the 3DS could do and tried to mimic it but to each his own.

the psv is going to sell to sony fans and to a little casual it seems more like a phone than a system i can do all that stuff on my phone for all i care

the games are rehashes and uncharted psv everyone is acting like its gonna sell 8 million copies when the series hasn't even sold 10million world wide yet.

but we will see come battle time 3DS has a 3million lead atm with no games currently.

all i see is a port machine, it has a nice screen but its not 1080p, its not BACKWARDS compatible off the back. its trying to do what nintendo does just not doing it right, they are going the cellphone route imo.

[fatstarr]

nintendo also has plenty of ips that are in japan that westerners have been craving for decades that they can also bring over.

how are you comparing games that are in different genres.

lil big planet is not a pure platformer how can you compare it to mario.

in terms of making money and selling consoles

Mario > lil big planet 9 times out of 10
same with mod nation racer and mario cart

they will never have the casual mass appeal
even though i like sackboy tho sony needs to make him their mascot

what does sony have to combat pikmin?
or kid icarus.

plenty of people would go toe to toe with you saying zelda franchise can beat uncharted.

bio shock is more fun than alot of resident evil titles .

there are plenty of games that sony just cant compare to and we have all next year to see what comes about.

the 3DS is backwards compatible with the ds out the box. i have a collection of 15 psp games and 45 ds games. i dont have to go through some eshop bs to get it and if you want to call that move, nintendo has a shop like that for older titles

im not in damage control im speaking some facts
and not lettin the 3ds bashing go with out a good argument.

[ShadyDevil]

I bought 3DS week launch and I think I will buy Vita week launch, right now it all depends on the lineup. I learned that the 3DS sucky ass lineup. But if the Vita has core games. hell yeah.

[WesMcLaren]

150+ developers are already on board for Vita

[MightyMark427]

The games that the Vita will have on launch will impact my decision

[metsgaming]

Sony has set themselves up where they will definitely gain some market share but i still dont think it will outsell the 3ds. They just have way to many fans that will by it automatically with a zelda/Mario type games and then they have the casuals.

[Shazz]

for everything vita offers which is a lot more than the 3ds and for it to be only $250 will make it sell amazingly well i think

[MGRogue2017]

3DS is basically a slightly more powerful DSi with 3D functionality..

PlayStation Vita has all new tech never experienced before on a handheld.

[Shok]

Slightly more powerful DSi? LOL!!!!

[MGRogue2017]

Yes.

3DS's GPU is only slightly more powerful than DSi's GPU.

[Shok]

*Facepalm*

Dude, look at the games.

That is all.

[VampiricDragon]

The vita is better spec wise,so what?

Does that mean the library will be better?

The system with the higher specs has only outsold a direct competitor once or twice in the history of gaming.

Hes wrong on the launch. It will only be out in japan in 2011

The 3ds and vita will be great systems with great games.

After the ds and psp I cant believe we are going through this bullshit again.

The 3ds is on the 100+ million pace and outpacing the ds during the same timeframe as said by every analysts, most recently by eedars jesse. It will be successful.

I hope when the vita comes out its successful and has tons of exclusive game support (jrpgs please)

its sad, a real gamer will want both systems to be successful. Unfortunately I am the only one saying it.

Positivity rant end

[CaptCalvin]

It's healthy for the industry to bring up a bit of competition. if everybody likes both and buys both systems then what's the point of innovation?

[DarkBlood]

hardware wise yeah its better theres no denying that as a neutral person but its all about the games in general weither the hardware is capable or not and im not certainly complaining that Super mario for 3DS could do more on psvita but doesnt matter to me

[Mac is OK]

Agreed. It's all about the games and Nintendo has at least 5 system sellers with mario, mario kart, pokemon, zelda and smash bros. How many does Vita have so far? Uncharted maybe, hopefully God of War and Gran Turismo in the future, but none of those games sells systems quite like the Nintendo franchises.

[CaptCalvin]

uncharted killzone resistance cod bioshock etc

[Mac is OK]

Pokemon Black/White has already sold more in a few months than all the Resistance and Killzone games combined, those are not system sellers, neither is Bioshock. Call of Duty could actually do it and also Monster Hunter if they manage to keep it exclusive to Vita.

[Reborn]

Off-topic: Does anyone here use ShopTO.net? I just got an email, and checked my account. My pre-order for The Last Guardian dropped to £8. O.O

On-topic: The line up will be a strong factor if its day one for me, or not.

[femshep]

sony needs amazing launch games

uncharted
gravity daze
and silent hill will make me buy it day 1

[Kurisu]

Uncharted and Gravity Daze for me, as well! I hope they do release in the UK before Christmas. I will keep money aside. Want one so badly!

[Samus HD]

it doesn't have 3D and nintendo :>

[looza]

And it don't either.

[StbI990]

PSN
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Cross damn voice chat
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HD capabilities (game graphics)
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Trophies
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transfarring
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Ps3, vita crossplatforming
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Cloud save
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KING CROWN VANILLAWARE

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3D. LOOOL THANK u.

[PirateThom]

Here's the problem, 3DS launched at the same price Vita is launching at but Vita is launching with a far superior game line up... even now, there's nothing on the 3DS worth dropping that sort of cash on, by the time Vita launches, 3DS may have a few big games, but Vita is getting killer apps and getting them early.

[VampiricDragon]

the psp had the superior launch line up to.

And your generalizing and ignoring things far to much.

@below

"PSP had a horrible launch line up,"

it was fantastic. Metal gear, darkstalkers, ect

"The DS's wasn't much better,"

it sucked

"PSP was definitely a lot worse"

no it wasnt, it had dark stalkers, metal gear, luminous, wipeout,ect

" and the 3DS is worse than both and the Vita is better than the 3 of them."

you dont even know the launch lineup how could you say that.......oh wait.....

"the 3DS isn't meeting sales expectations, numerous stores have cut the price of it and there's still no games on it and the most anticipated games are ports of other games."

Theres plenty of games on it, more than the ds had at the same point and the 3ds is outpacing the ds.

Every analysts has the 3ds at a 100+ mil pace. The ds only wished it had the sales the 3ds has right now. The ds took off after 2 years.

The vita will be successful to, but dont be such a hater.

Every gen people count nintendo out and get burned.

[PirateThom]

PSP had a horrible launch line up, or don't you remember? The DS's wasn't much better, but the PSP was definitely a lot worse and the 3DS is worse than both and the Vita is better than the 3 of them.

Not sure what I'm ignoring, the 3DS isn't meeting sales expectations, numerous stores have cut the price of it and there's still no games on it and the most anticipated games are ports of other games.

There's no generalising here, if you're mistaking it for generalisation, you're ignoring the cold, hard truth... Nintendo have another 3D handheld and it's under performing like their last 3D handheld and, until it gets the big franchises and new IPs, it's going to stay that way.

[XxZxX]

ohh really, come on man. Just because they have recent success with Wii and DS, doesn't mean they are successful every generation. Those who count Nintendo 64 and GameCube out didn't get burnt at all. Pffft

[fuckoffodion]

Oh look VampiricDragon is defending the wii again like it's his child. You have a lot of emotional investment in Nintendo, don't you?

Every gen? Ha! I guess you forgot about gamecube.

There's should be a button for emo.

[Eu]

3DS will have its fair share of those old IPs that always make the fans go wild in the next months...but people will disagree with the FACTS you've said.

People who are comparing both RIGHT NOW may not buy the 3DS by waiting to buy the PSV (not used to Vita yet)first because of its games and its functions...see Nintendo doing the obvious price attack a few weeks before the launching of the PSV...weak sauce move but always sucessfull with the impulsive buyers.

[christoph203]

Sound shapes and LBP vita put any 3DS games & mario spinn off too shame in reality.. but nintendo fans are almost blind in some respect and will give money the cash for the spin offs nintendo throw at them. vita will have alot of New exciting IP, 3DS will have the same old nintendo franchises. Vita deserves too win and should win this battle

[NESpower]

having owned LBP, it damn sure ain't Mario and i'm not even going to explain why..enjoy your LBP.

[jukins]

pretty sure he didnt say it was mario just in his opinion he/she thinks vita lbp vs mario 3ds, vita is the victor. as if your name wasnt enough to let us know why you posted you comment sure enough let us know you bleed nintendo. have fun with your mario part 15 side story 5 chapter 2 vol 5 3D party sports kart.

[King Nezz]

I think both handhelds will offer great game play experiences, but in my opinion while the PS Vita will have amazing games the 3DS games will be more memorable. I mean come on LoZ Oot is how many years old, 12 or 12 and it's always on my mind. As much as I like Sony's franchises, their games don't capture my heart.

[blackburn10]

It doesn't have 3D? Thank God. Glassesless 3D is awful. I got to try it out fo the 3DS recently and I was stunned that this was the 'greatest 3D ever'. I wondered if it was some sort of joke that I wasn't getting. Duel joysticks and the screen alone are reason enough to get the VITA. Tired of Nintendo rehashing Mario and Zelda and everyone pretending it's new. I hsd a DS. It's the same game every time. Same Pokemon, same Mario, same Zelda, same Metroid and so on

[rexbolt]

theres 2 marios and 2 zelda? so ur saying ds only has 4 games yeah ok and for saying the same game over and ovver theres 4 uncharteds in less then 5 years

[jukins]

and at least 8 marios in the same time lol

[perfectCarbonara]

I think a lot of people who say 3DS will outsell Vita are forgetting that a brand new COD will be released on it. Just imagine, COD where ever you go. COD will always be in your pocket.

COD alone will make Vita sell 12-14 million in a month easily.

[NESpower]

buddy...95% of COD sales, players, online matches, etc. are going to home consoles.

[mastiffchild]

Well, 5% of 15million is still a decent number and you can add to that people from PC/PS3 and 360ho want to frag at lunchtime with their mates-I'd bet on Vita selling around 4/5 million overall and those are similar numbers to 360/PS3. The fact you'll be able to just go on PSN and do the online like never before on a handheld is not to be sneezed at whether you like the game or not.

I can see why someone using a name like yours would be down on Sony giving Ninty a long needed run for their handheld money but I think 60 million p,.us for PSP was an incredible first step and PSV will do much better with COD being a big factor. The big mystery to me is why Pokemon EVER sold but that's another story entirely-totally puzzled me when I was younger and my kids don't see the point today.I'm not hating and not doubting it's quality-I just don't get it.

[looza]

Not sure COD will be a handheld system seller but it definitely a plus. One thing for sure is Vita will have better fps & tps games then the 3ds.

[The 10th Rider]

You're also forgetting that the Xbox 360 is is the main console of choice for CoD players, most CoD players I know think the PS3 is is a heap of dung. Not to mention Call of Duty will eventually die, just like Guitar Hero.

[TacoTaru]

I vote for whichever gives me the most RPG goodness on a screen big enough to see.

[Theyellowflash30]

This is a Sony fanboy dominated site so im not surprised to see so many people picking the Vita but I really think the 3DS will have better games because of Nintendo's first party content. Mario, Metroid, Zelda, Smash Bros, Kid Icaris, and Pokemon are hard to beat while the PSVita is nice it has a lot of games you can already get on the consoles.

[Spartacus5405]

Core games (PSV) > kiddy games (3DS)

[blackburn10]

That is usually what people say when they can't think of anything clever to say. 'It's a PS3 fanboy site'. Of course it can't be possible that VITA could be a great handheld.You can play Maio,Zelda, Pokemon,Metroid on the Wii for $150.00 but you can justify spending $250.00 on a 3DS to play them but somehow Sony putting new versions of their best franchises foward is wrong but Nintendo making another round of over milked series (This is about what the 15th or 18th Pokemon series across the systems?) is always alright.

People groan that it's the 4th Uncharted but never say 'Mario? Again? Nintendo how about something new?'.Instead you kiss Nintendo's foot for bringing back games like Kid Icuras after keeping you waiting for decades begging for a new one. THAT is blind fanboyism at it's core. BTW RE,DOA, Zelda OOT,Ridge Racer, SF4, Luigi's Mansion,MGS3 are all games you can play on consoles. But that's okay because it's Nintendo, right?

[prodg52]

I agree

[Theyellowflash30]

You actually cant play Pokemon on the Wii. Unless its Pokemon Battle Revolution where you need the DS games to play it. Zelda games don't come out on the consoles often the DS games are different. Mario on the 3DS looks to be more like Mario 3/and Mario 64 combined. Galaxy is pretty different than the one were getting on 3DS. Metroid is a First Person Action game on the Wii and a weird 2.5 D one made by Team Ninja. Metroid on the 3DS will go back to the traditional side scrolling so it will be a experience like Super Metroid.

- And please don't start on milking Franchises crap. Its a stupid argument that doesn't pertain to how the game PLAYS and if its different that the pervious game. Metal Gear Solid is a perfect example. Been out forever but its so good it can be milked as much as it wants just as long they add new things and the game is GOOD. As for Pokemon a lot of them are remakes and stuff I only buy the Main Pokemon games so as far as im concerned there is 5 Pokemon games.

- When I said games you can play on the consoles I meant there will be a console version going along side it. Most people on this site that are excited about Vita already have a PS3 so you have to be hardcore portable fan to buy Street Fighter on the Vita when you can get the PS3 Version that will technically be the same. Where as Ocarina of time is redone in better graphics 3D support, Boss Rush Mode, and 3DS control features like a touchscreen and gyroscope. Luigi's mansion is old you can't play Luigi's mansion 2 on a console only on the 3DS. Resident Evil M you can play on the consoles but this is the version for people who love that because there is customizable loadouts and leveling up equipment where as the console versions its locked to the character.

-I agree with you on SF4 theres no need to get that game unless your hardcore SF fan or don't have a PS3 or 360. Ridge Racer and MGS3 I agree with you but I will say that 3D adds to those games. Especially MGS3D.

- Last note I never groaned about Uncharted I just question the timing with Uncharted 3 coming out. Uncharted 3 will be superior to the Vita Uncharted game in every way. Where as with the 3DS many of these games will be superior to there console counter parts like Star Fox, OOT, Luigi's Mansion ect.

[pepsilover_2007]

well at the $250 price tag i could see the ngp winning but nintendo could easily cut the price to less than $200 and still make a profit and sony cant do that or they will lose more money, so odds are if nintendo wants it to belike the nds/psp era they easily could cut the price and add in some of the huge games with it then 3ds could win for sure, but like i said right now i see ngp winning this sales wise

[etowntwo]

I'm done with handheld consoles.
I do my portable gaming on my phone, and those games are only going to get better.

I think it will be really close this gen, hopefully the Vida will sell more then the 3DS.
I doubt it cause Nintendo real appeals to kids, but I hope so.

[Darkseeker]

The PS Vita may be 250$ as well, but a price drop on the 3DS will happen before the PS Vita is released.

Also, even if the 3DS stayed at 250$, it would still dominate the Vita because lets face it, they both target different audiences.

[Brasi82]

I can see a price drop to the 3DS around holiday season. Maybe just down to $219.99. Also the library for the 3DS is heating up and I only know of 1 game for Vita atm. (I may be wrong) But by the time Vita comes out the 3DS library will more than likely have better and more games.

[TBONEJF]

I miss my chance buying the 3Ds cause i wanted to play Orchina of Time SO DAMN BADLY now I can't afford at this point will eventually buy my 3DS. I will BUY MY PSPVista cause i love the OLED screen WIFI forget the 3G version. Also WANT UNCHARTED for my PSP. Going to trade in my original PSP I bought launch price was 249.00. I get both cause I want my Zelda and Mario and Pokemon for my DS and PSP Uncharted and it's features the PSPVista have to offer which is COOL.

[rexbolt]

psv only does more if u have a ps3 to be honest and not every one has one lets not bring up wii u and that is simple a contler u are comparing to and psv cant do the samething wii u can see wii u video of zelda ull see and as for the 3ds the 3ds does alot of things so far of what i see with the psv is some networking thins which ppl already use there phones for these days so makeing those things rather useless all the things the 3ds can do arent even out yet and everything i see on the psv is noting realy i have to say the psv is stronger but thats it

[Hicken]

That is all one long sentence I can't be bothered to figure out.

That aside, the Vita does more with or without a PS3. Please look at the specs again.

[rexbolt]

another thing is those rear touch pads are useless...?

[The 10th Rider]

PSV sounds like PS3 with a French accent.

[mastiffchild]

Not really as the pronounce "p" as "pay" soyou'd end up, stereotypically, wth pay-ess-sree or similar-but not PSV. I do wish you were right though!

[Rageanitus]

More value for your money!

[jalen247]

I think PSV will take over the lead position in terms of handhelds when compared to 3DS.

The PSV is better than the 3DS is pretty much every category.

Last handheld gen, Nintendo DS had the price advantage and innovation advantage (touch screen, dual screen).

This handheld gen, PSV has the price advantage (better specs for same price) and innovation advantage (rare touch pad, cardless AR, dual analog sticks).

Besides, take a look at first generation Vita game in Uncharted: GA. That game looks better than 90% of the games on the 360 and maybe about 85% of games on the PS3.

The list of released PS3 and 360 games that look better tan Uncharted: GA is very short. Here is some that come to mind:
1. GOW III
2. Uncharted 2
3. GT5
4. Killzone 2
5. Killzone 3
6. Crysis 2
7. AC: Brotherhood
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.
etc

[DigitalRaptor]

That is just completely untrue. You seriously think this looks better than most 360 and PS3 games?

http://uk.ign.com/videos/20...

It doesn't even look as good as Drake's Fortune!

[jalen247]

Thanks for providing the HD footage of Uncharted: GA for everyone to see exactly what I am talking about.

Now since Xbox 360 has about 810 released games, name more than 81 of those games that look better than Uncharted: GA

Good luck

[prodg52]

Ok the argument that vita only has console rehashes is false. Actually most of the games officially announced for vita are made exclusively for the vita and NOT rehashes of the console version or a port. In contrast, the 3DS actually has more rehashes than vita so far.
I'm not bashing the 3DS, I'm just saying that the idea that vita only has ports is false and is repeated over and over in this post.

[Merivigian]

In my opinion I could give a crap less about both of them. The truth is, I'm not going to shed $250 for a hand held when I can wait a few months and get Nintendo's new console for not much more.

[Shok]

Anyone else realize this is the EXACT same thing that happened with the PSP and DS?

DS has old graphics, PSP has "console-like" graphics. PSP launched with better and more launch titles. DS got it's titles later on.

It's just gonna be a repeat of last gen.

Not that it personally matters to me, since I don't limit myself to one system. I'll be buying both of course.

[GoldPS3]

I was thinking the same thing. PSP is better than DS but the casual gamers liked DS more. Vita may have a chance to beat 3DS but as soon as the Vita sales get good 3DS price will drop and people will buy the cheaper 3DS.

[Shnazzyone]

It's really going to be a very similar fight to 360 vs ps3. Both have similar features, one is more powerful then the other, 1 will have a good head start in games and adoption. Unfortunately for the vita, it will live in the shadow of psp. I think it might be very close. But 3ds will get the lead eventually. I imagine if nintendo every sees a need they can drop that price to 199 and sony likely will not be able to budge with the hardware it's offering.

[DFresh]

It's very simple.

-Better hardware.

-Better controls. (Dual Analog sticks are necessary.)

-Online gaming. (PSN)

-Cross Platform Play (PS3/PS Vita/PSN)

-Games cost the same as 3DS and are in HD.

Not to take anything away from 3DS that platform has a lot of potential but the reason why I've never really got into handheld games before is that their too simplistic, controls aren't as fluid and the hardware isn't as good.

That's all changed with the PS Vita/3DS.
(I'm buying PS Vita and sticking to emulators to run 3DS games.)

[Rhezin]

If you want to lay those games in HD just play them on your ps3, why shell out $250 bucks for sh!t that's already out on ps3. Now if they had NEW IP's for PSVITA that would be something different, but it's the same IP's the release for ps3. Now if you want a Nintendo fix and play all the old school favorites (depending on how old your are you might remember playing those) WITHOUT getting a wii, just get a nintendo 3DS then you get the best of both worlds PS3DS! YEAH!