this is pretty much the real issue right there. Wife cancelled her preorder for the same reason : as nice as everything is, there's nothing that she's not played before that attracts her enough to drop the cash on the machine which , lets face it, from a Japanese buy in perspective (well, wife perspective i guess)
29800 - 3g model
11000 - 32gig card
5000 x (??) - games : let's say she'd go with Musou, Mingol and Disgaea at least
3000 x (??) - games : Ridge is mandatory (only time she ever plays it), Dark Quest
so that's.... (in head)
around 62,000 yen or so. To play a bunch of games she can play elsewhere.
Now, for me - i'm stoked for the Vita. But i'm not stupid enough to see that Sony have got a REAL fight on their hands to get things moving.
Meanwhile over at 3DS land it's 15,000 yen party time and there's a new Mario and a new Mario Kart, and a new MH (which is going to bomb anyways (see other threads
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New experiences are the key here and whilst Nintendo/Capcom are pushing out two games (Mario Kart and MH) that are iterative releases, they've got a big hitter that's -completely- new. Sony needs them - and fast.