Thanks again for all the welcomes. I love my new Vitabro family. This thread is such a warm, happy little enclave landlocked amidst the treacherous Gaming Side.
So are people really enjoying the vita now? Has the vita won out between the new gen handhelds (as in, 3DS). Are games taking advantage of the dual sticks, and are the games fun to play? More than 3DS?
I don't know if anything has "won" but Vita outclasses 3DS in just about every way. It really is a handheld done right, and I had no idea that there was such a thing until I got my hands on one and saw what I'd been missing all along.
That's not to say 3DS sucks by any means. I still love my 3DS and play it to death. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. 3DS has the stronger software library so far; Vita has the stronger, well, everything else really. While going from DS to 3DS was a huge improvement, a lot of people were surprised by the things Nintendo didn't update... friend codes still there, still no capacitive touch, single circle pad, etc. Going from PSP to Vita is a whole different experience. Sony answered everything we wanted, anticipated things we'd want later threw those in, and then thought of a bunch of other shit people might like to do on a handheld and went ahead and put that in as well. You can really feel how much Sony just set out to please gamers. It's just so satisfying to have everything I've wanted in a machine, and have it done so well.