Topic: Switch and PS Vita

Is the Switch a PS VITA done right? It looks like it (Switch) has more in common with a PS VITA than any previous Nintendo systems.

No, it's just a Nintendo Switch. It's the first of its kind - a mainstream hybrid gaming device. Switch can do motion control, VR, split controllers for local multiplayer, portable gaming, home TV gaming.

Vita is just a portable isn't it? Can it do local multiplayer with a single device? Motion controls? VR?

Switch is much more than just a better Vita.

No the Switch is a success were as the Vita was a failure.

Nothing is close between either one and nor can be compared equally. Not sure where your trying to come from but both were not in common by any stretch of the imagination.

Technically the Sega Nomad and TurboExpress did the portable home console shtick first.

But we love Nintendo round these parts, so those platforms don't count.

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Nintendo Switch is waaaaay.... much better than PS VITA in term of hardware and softwares.

I used the word 'mainstream' as an acknowledgement that it wasn't the first time it had been done, but was the first one to achieve decent market penetration.

One point I'd like to make is that unlike the 3DS, the Vita still has games coming out for it. Or at least has had until very recently. I say this as a 3DS fan and I'm sad that Nintendo's relationship with 3rd party developers didn't allow the system to be a host for new, experimental, by niche and indie studios.

Never had a Vita, But from what I hear about it, The switch did what the vita couldn't

Switch has standard memory card format.
Vita has expensive propietary format.

So there's that

Going to disagree with the crowds here and say yes. The Switch was somewhat of an inevitability in my mind and both the Wii U and the Vita were early attempts to do the same. They were just too early in terms of technology to nail it. Both were attempts to bring "home console" gaming to a portable device. The Wii U went from a "home console first but you probably also want a 3DS" angle while the Vita went from a "portable console first but you should also buy a PS4" angle

Of course the relative power of the Switch, especially given it's 720p screen, allowed it to do all this without the same compromises. As low spec as the Switch is in 2021 the Switch was a pretty massive leap generation to generation on the portable side. Vita -> Switch was basically the portable equivalent to jumping from the PS2/GC/XBox era straight into the late HD console era

And yeah, there are differences. The Switch is mostly pushed on it's first party software like it always has been while the Vita tried to lean on third parties and didn't really gain much traction. And we can go on and on about memory card formats, cross play, remote play, accounts and so on. But at the end of the day to the sort of person who was into the idea of the Vita the Switch would have been a VERY easy sell

The Vita was the Vita done right. Still one of the best form factors/weight/size in the category. I travel on foot with my handhelds so it’s one the most important aspects for me. In that respect the Switch is in a different class of handheld. Now some may say I’m a stupid lunatic for this prediction, but I’ve no doubt NCL R&D have at least looked at a true pocket-sized Switch, a mini if you will, going even beyond the economy lite model. It’s a very Asian market thing, still! Is it doable? Any precedent? Will it be? Late in the Switch lifecycle all three could be answered as yes.

I'd think the main difference with the Switch and the Vita was that Nintendo went all in on it with all their big first party games. Sony just couldn't offer that same level of commitment while also backing incompatible home consoles that they were far more invested in, and you can throw the even less well supported Xperia Play into the mix at around the same time too.

The Nomad and the TurboExpress had similar issues in that the successor platforms to the home consoles they were based on had already hit the market before them. So, although you certainly could use them as a home console, they were still effectively previous generation platforms compared to the Saturn and SuperGrafx respectively. Mind you, both the Saturn and the SuperGrafx bombed somewhat, so it probably didn't do them any favours either.

So yes, the Switch wasn't a particularly radical idea in itself, just Nintendo's decision to bet the farm on it.