Intuition, ease of use, more parameters/variables to work with, developer-friendly programming interfaces, design features, motivation, etc, etc.
And again, since both platforms have their positive and negative aspects, you can't say one is (yeah yeah, could) be better regarding this.
For one, Vita and PS3 are basically appealing to the same market. Just because one of them happens to be a portable alternative to the "full-fledged" experience doesn't really change much at all. Especially considering the PS3 is on it's last legs and hasn't been anywhere near the success Kutaragi built it up to be, cockily built it up might I add. If anything at all, at this point Sony mght be pushing Vita to temporarily step in and "replace" the PS3 until the PS4 comes around.
An iPad and a PC in no way contend for the same consumer base whatsoever. That's actually no different than comparing a PC with a Mac; again, fundamentally different in almost every facet.
Do I really have to name all the similarities?
PS3 & PC: Stationary, no built-in display (iMac has I know), needs peripherals for the controls (Mouse and Keyboard / Controller), faster hardware, bigger hard drives, more comfortable to use at home, support discs in several formats.
PSV & iPad: Mobile, built-in touchscreen, doesn't need peripherals for the controls, not as fast as a stationary counterpart, more intuitive to use, same "core features" as the stationary counterpart but all a bit simpler, software only in the form of "Apps" (including downloadable games).
Not that I want to compare a PSV with an iPad and a PC with the PS3, but you might get what I mean.
One appeals to gamers, and the other also appeals to gamers (albeit, mobile ones or at least that's it's intended focus). Not really seeing much a difference to be honest.
I'm mostly joking on that, I'm not naive...but nonetheless I do hope you see the point.
Yes, I see your point, but even in the gaming segment there are different markets. The PSV won't compete with the PS3, just like the PSP didn't with the PS2, or the DS with the Wii.
"Way more power" is a most exalted exaggeration by every means. 1. You're never going to see most of that power, regardless of the game. 2. Even if you could see 100%, it'd bottleneck long before you could get a definitive read on it, and unless there are tech specs for Vita (which I'll check after posting this) then that's a mere assumption.
Tech specs and developer commentaries are already available if I remember correctly. Vita isn't close to the PS3 hardware wise, it can't, because a CPU or GPU similar to the one in the PS3 would still need too much power and the batteries would be empty after 30 minutes of gameplay. You can also see that already in the games. The PSV Uncharted for example doesn't look as good as Uncharted 1 on the PS3 which came out 2007 (the difference is still kinda big). Don't forget that the games aren't in HD either, so if you would compare them to PS3 games on a big screen, the difference would be even bigger.
The games look insane for a portable system though of course.
We don't know yet. I said it could be, you're the only one here who's warping it to sound like I said it would be.
I'm just trying to say that the "could be" is already a bit too... well I dunno, let's say "optimistic".
That something you want to bet on?
I would, you won't see games like MAG with 256 players at once, you also won't see a Gran Turismo with the same features and structure as GT5. Not only would the graphics suffer a lot (real time weather effects for example), it also wouldn't make sense on a portable system. Of course, a game like WipEout (2048?) won't be less complex than WipEout HD, but that doesn't mean that you can expect games like Mass Effect on the PSV.
. Not much interesting happening in the gaming world right now, I did just buy a new computer but perhaps you will see more of me with mw3, bf3 and all the stuff coming out soon.
