Are people seriously happy with portable versions of PS3 games or are they just happier with that than they are with nothing at all?
I'm happy with having the availability of conversions as well as original games. Although I said earlier in this thread that I would welcome faithful PS3 conversions, I actually tend to buy original games a lot more. Glancing at my game collection, I own 5 retail games:
Gravity Rush
Lumines: Electronic Symphony
ModNation Racers: Road Trip
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Wipeout 2048
Absolutely
none of those are available on PS3. MNR:RT can share user-generated content with the PS3 MNR game, but it's technically not the same game.
If we go to downloadable games, then I've got a few games that are available on both systems:
MotorStorm RC
StarDrone Extreme (expanded from PS3's StarDrone)
The Pinball Arcade
The last two I also have on PS3. (I got the free Scion-sponsored version of MotorStorm RC, which did not include the PS3 version.)
There are lots of other games coming out that I want that will be reaching both systems. A few examples would be Sound Shapes, Jet Set Radio, Retro City Rampage, Guacamelee, and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. I'm not going to make a blanket statement and say "these would all be better on PS3" or "these would all be better on Vita". Rather, I'll decide which version to buy (PS3, Vita, or both) based on the individual game, and where I personally would prefer to play it.
I'm very happy to be able to have the
choice to play a polished, high-quality version of a game on either a home console or a handheld.
Seems to me that the Vita would be much more awesome with it's own unique games and that Sony would also be able to avoid cannibalizing their sales by having unique games for both systems.
Vita is already awesome with its own unique games. Vita is also awesome with conversions of popular games. It's possible to have both of these categories on a single system, you know.