I own a PS vita, and I love it. It was a Christmas gift from my friend and I can't get enough of it To be fair my friend knows i have an obscure love for underdog consoles, so that is part of the reason why i love it, but it is not the only reason. It feels so comfortable in my hands, it actually is portable and it has great games.

But when I go online and talk about it, i get harrased. People start saying dumb things to me like "You wasted money on it" or "hows it like to have a dead console?

I understand that the console isnt that popular, but i dont understand why people have such negative feelings toward  it? I think the PSVita as a system is amazing and has potential.
I started thinking about why people hate the Vita. And I think I have some theories.

FIRST REASON: Its not being promoted by SONY. Ive seen PSP get more advertisement than the Vita. No one gets to see ita best features highlighted. Things such as PS1/PS3/PSP games on the Playstation Network to play on. No one knows what the best games of the Vita are.

Sony so far has been pushing it as an indoor accessory to the PS4. And it shouldn't.


SECOND REASON: Not enough triple-A exclusives in the west. There are great games on it, but just not enough exclusives. Gravity Rush was the face of the PSvita and now theres an HD version of it coming to the PS4 and there will be no PSVita version of GR2.

There is also the fact that there arent many good games being ported to the US. Phantasy Star Nova, God Eater 2, and many more never made it over to the west.

THIRD REASON: Its expensive to start off. Although a friend gave me a Vita as a gift, it was 200 coins to spend on lil ol me. i still had to buy my own games and my own memory card. A 32gb memory card costed me 80$. If i bought both the card and the handheld system, it would be close to 300$. I wanted ro huy the 8gb for 20$ but i couldnt find it. Luckily the games are reasonably priced and i later not regretted to buying it.

Looking at the reasons now, i think i can see why people hate it if you add them all up together. But i also think there is ways people can change their view on the Vita too. Unfortunately most of this involves actual Vita owners and Sony. So if Sony is reading this, i hope they look into what my ideas are. (Lol as if, but its nice to dream)

#1) Make exclusives. The Vita deserves to have exclusive content. I own freedom Wars, Soul Sacrifice, Oreshika, and Modnation. But other than that I don't own any other title that I can't get on PS3/4/P.

If Sony had more developers to make Vital exclusives and really tried, I think it would become a far more memorable system.


#2) Advertise it more on the internet so trolls can see the good aspects of it. Show people enjoying their Vita and where.

#3) if you're going to make the Vita an accessory to the PS4, make it the no.1 accesory. The Vital has a special ability called remote play. I love it. I connect to my PS4 and I can play the game on my Vital without looking at the screen. HOWEVER!.This feature doesn't allow me to play multiplayer with anyone. This has partly to do with most games being online multi player and don't support local play. But if Sony found the miraculous idea of allowing a ps4 to link more than one account simultaeniously. That would be great for the Vita.

Oh!Oh! What about Samsung? They turn their phones into VR headsets. And Google made Cardboard so they can have a decent VR experience as well. Why can't Sony come up with something like that for the Vita???

This one infuriates me the most!

#4) Show off the Vita. When I play my Vita, I'm deeply into it. And when people see me play the Vita and see me enjoying it. They actually consider it. I list them the reasons why and they are usually 60% sure they want it. Its still low. But it started from 0%. So imagine if they saw more and more people enjoying them!?

#5) Make things cheaper!!!!! The memory card is a huge issue. It costs me 70$ for 32gb. I am perfectly willing to buy memory cards if they we're 20$ cheaper. I was perfectly fine buying an 8gb for 20$ too but those we're scarcer out.

Also even the smaller things such as themes cost me 2.99. For a theme that's unnecessary. Selling it 99¢ will be more than acceptable. And I do see free themes too (I love the 20th anniversary theme) but not all of them are worth 2.99$


I love my Vita. I really do. I don't think it deserves hate but I do think it has untapped potential.