Not a year ago, the subject on everyone's mind was which new hand-held console would reign supreme, the Nintendo 3DS or the Playstation Vita? Unfortunately for Sony, the 3DS came out a full eleven months in the US before the Vita and was got the full blast of the spot-light before Sony could even start properly marketing their competitor. That coupled with the underwhelming release of the Vita in Japan, being out sold the first month by the original PlayStation Portable, had the effect of sweeping the Vita out of sight for most people, and therefore out of everyone's minds.
Due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the Vita's release, it hasn't been getting much attention from the gaming community, despite the efforts of the gaming journalists. And while the Vita's launch titles were somewhat lackluster, the two with the top ratings being Rayman Origins and Tales from Space: Mutant Blob Attack, a port and a download only game respectively, it's not fair to count the Vita out of the running just yet. The Vita, like most new consoles, will truly start to shine well after its release when the later games start coming out.
In the short term, we can look forward to games like Silent Hill: Book of Memories on March 27th, Gravity Rush on May 1st, and Resistance: Burning Skies on May 29th. In the long term view there have been many games announced that have yet to be given a definitive release date such as a remake of Final Fantasy x, Persona 4: The Golden, and a remake/reboot of the original Shin Megami Tensei has been hinted at, as well as many others to come.
While it's true that, at the moment, the Vita hasn't made a particularly big splash in the video game community, we can't count it out yet until it's started bringing out it's biggest titles and it really gets down to business. And as a last minute note, you don't have to buy an almost impossible to obtain peripheral to have two joysticks.
Sources: us.playstation.com, Kotaku.com, n4g.com, gamespot.com
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