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Funny thing is that people were saying the same thing about the PS3 when it first launched. The PS3 first released was between $400-$600 depending on the HDD and if you wanted PS2 playback. The Xbox 360 came out at $400. The PS3 came with Blu-ray and Wifi. The Xbox needed you to buy a Wifi adaptor and a external HD-disc drive each was like $100-150 plus the fact that the HD-Drive became useless after the PS3 came out. So for people that bought the Xbox probably paid as much as $600-$650 to get the same setup as the PS3 and have to pay monthly for Xbox live which is mandatory to play online. Not to mention there has been so many Red Ring of Deaths yet took them 4 years to finally make a new console to lower the chance. PS3 had a slow start but now they sold 70 million units while Xbox sold 75 million. Im expecting that the Vita is going to be the same thing. Start off slow but pick up speed because Xseed just announced they will be porting over more games like Persona 4 Golden plus the games thats coming soon already looks good.

Quote from vgyliu : Funny thing is that people were saying the same thing about the PS3 when it first launched. The PS3 first released was between $400-$600 depending on the HDD and if you wanted PS2 playback. The Xbox 360 came out at $400. The PS3 came with Blu-ray and Wifi. The Xbox needed you to buy a Wifi adaptor and a external HD-disc drive each was like $100-150 plus the fact that the HD-Drive became useless after the PS3 came out. So for people that bought the Xbox probably paid as much as $600-$650 to get the same setup as the PS3 and have to pay monthly for Xbox live which is mandatory to play online. Not to mention there has been so many Red Ring of Deaths yet took them 4 years to finally make a new console to lower the chance. PS3 had a slow start but now they sold 70 million units while Xbox sold 75 million. Im expecting that the Vita is going to be the same thing. Start off slow but pick up speed because Xseed just announced they will be porting over more games like Persona 4 Golden plus the games thats coming soon already looks good.

All that info and Xbox Live just takes a giant dump on the PS3's network.

There is a reason, in North America, the Xbox 360 is outselling the PS3 hand over fist. I live in North America so the rest is irrelevant to me.

Quote from LiquidSmoke420 : Interesting... Aside from that, any other cool things it will do for you? When I see all the people around me, are they just PS3 owners on PSN, or are they actual Vita owners?

They are vita owners

Just walk away from the Vita:
PS1 games on PSN can be played on a PSP as well, much cheaper too.
PSP memory cards are much cheaper compared to Vita memory cards.
Future of Vita games are bleak because Publishers see the Vita for what it is, a failure. Low sales, low attach rates, low overall review scores for Vita games, Vitas being cleared out from AA&T, 3G use from Vitas not being used much.

For under 100 bucks, it will be something to tinker with at most. At 200 bucks... A waste of cash.

As for those who think shelling out $300ish to play one game..... "There's a sucker born every minute", so which minute were you born on and day too?

Quote from HoT_NiKeL : All that info and Xbox Live just takes a giant dump on the PS3's network. There is a reason, in North America, the Xbox 360 is outselling the PS3 hand over fist. I live in North America so the rest is irrelevant to me.

the nice thing is that Xbox requires you to pay to play online you say you got a Xbox 360 since day 1 you paid about $240 just for xbox live. Thats enough money to almost buy another console which for some people thats already a bargin.

Some upcoming PS vita game releasing next year:

*Killzone
*Valhalla Knights 3
*Ys: Memories of Celceta
*Dust 514
*Soul Sacrifice
*Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Rumor of a new Monster Hunter
Remaster version of Final Fantasy X
Hopefully Phantasy Star Online 2 comes to the US

I haven't played my Vita much recently, but it's an awesome console. Super sleek and amazing graphics. Monster hunter will probably cause it's sales to double.

I really just started playing my psp now that I have a ps3. I've been thinking about grabbing a vita but I don't see any difference except for an extra stick that should have been put on the psp years ago. Is there any real reason to upgrade to the vita? I've read about the negatives, but are there any positives for psp owners to get a vita?

Quote from datacorrupted : Just walk away from the Vita: PS1 games on PSN can be played on a PSP as well, much cheaper too. PSP memory cards are much cheaper compared to Vita memory cards. Future of Vita games are bleak because Publishers see the Vita for what it is, a failure. Low sales, low attach rates, low overall review scores for Vita games, Vitas being cleared out from AA&T, 3G use from Vitas not being used much. For under 100 bucks, it will be something to tinker with at most. At 200 bucks... A waste of cash. As for those who think shelling out $300ish to play one game..... "There's a sucker born every minute", so which minute were you born on and day too?

Good luck convince the Vita fanboy's. They never listen and are still fooled into believing the Vita is going to magically going to start selling millions of units because a couple of good titles are coming down the pipeline. They just can't comprehend the amount Nintendo is crushing them in this catagory.

Lame.. There's tax.

Quote from Nausicaa : PSP Vita is a terrible device, my friends use it to play only one game... Marvel VS Capcom. On cowboom you can get a refurb wifi model that is like new for 170+taxes. http://www.cowboom.com/product/1116343 If you think laptops are dying, look at how mobile phones killed game consoles!

Laptops aren't going anywhere. And how is the Vita a terrible device. It's the best handheld GAMING portable out there. I bought the most powerful phone I could buy because I'm a big gamer and you know what I found? Gaming on phones stinks!

Quote from HoT_NiKeL : All that info and Xbox Live just takes a giant dump on the PS3's network. There is a reason, in North America, the Xbox 360 is outselling the PS3 hand over fist. I live in North America so the rest is irrelevant to me.

Xbox Live is not better than PSN and if you add in PS+ for the less money per year; it's the other way around. You get 10x more with PSN /w PS+ than you do with Xbox Live.
The reason why 360 sells more in America is for the same reason people shop at Walmart and eat at McDonalds. Because it's cheaper upfront and because in America people buy marketing over function.

How come no one has hacked the Vita yet?

Quote from paulbt1979 : Good luck convince the Vita fanboy's. They never listen and are still fooled into believing the Vita is going to magically going to start selling millions of units because a couple of good titles are coming down the pipeline. They just can't comprehend the amount Nintendo is crushing them in this catagory.

But you also have to remember the 3DS is just another DS system with just the 3D effect so the games wont change that much from the DS. Its also because of that fact that the console is cheaper and as jacksons98 mentioned above. The Vita on the other hand has close to a PS3 so the games game be on a whole different level

Quote from hugenut : How come no one has hacked the Vita yet?

you can hack it to play PSP games but not vita games yet

Quote from HoT_NiKeL : All that info and Xbox Live just takes a giant dump on the PS3's network. There is a reason, in North America, the Xbox 360 is outselling the PS3 hand over fist. I live in North America so the rest is irrelevant to me.

You also have to realize how many Xbox 360 consoles are 're-buys'.

Here's the sales figures:
1.Wii – 99.38 million as of 31 December 2012 (2012 -12-31)
2.PlayStation 3 – 70.2 million as of 30 September 2012 (2012 -09-30)
3.Xbox 360 – 75.9 million as of 31 December 2012 (2012 -12-31)

The first few years of Xbox 360 had a 54% failure rate and many people I know went through 4-5 Xbox's within a couple years. A lot of them didn't even bother to RMA or they were eventually out of the extended warranty and had to buy another console. PS3 had anywhere between 11~17% failure rate and since it was sold at more of a premium, so I can only imagine they were RMA'd more and less were re-purchased.

I have PSN and Xbox Live Gold and I don't mind PSN one bit. I got the Music Unlimited subscription for $1/month, Gravity Rush / Uncharted for Vita (and a bunch of other games) for free, and use it as a Blu Ray player as much as I game. I've got more use out of my PS3 than I ever will my Xbox.
Also, Xbox's (Wii, as well) purchasing system is ridiculous. You're always left with an odd amount of leftover points when you want to buy a low price game. At least Sony decided on a $ amount and a Wallet system, rather than some idiot point system.