If either three companies drop their console development efforts, it would be a major blow to the gaming industry as a whole - as some people have already mentioned. While there are people out there who religiously support only one console over another (the scientific term for them is "Fanboys), it doesn't take a genius to realize that it's the stiff competitive nature between the different companies that pushes them to innovate both in terms of hardware technology, and software. If there's no competition, there's less or no innovation at all and the industry becomes stagnant. I hope even the fanboys realize this before they start mudslinging and flaming about which consoles should die. In any case, I would actually be more worried about PC gaming as a whole, as opposed to console gaming. Even if the consoles have had their problems, they still sell millions of units, and even more games. If you look at the record breaking sales of COD Modern Warfare 3, it definitely doesn't seem like things are slowing down in that regard, even when you consider the recession and these difficult financial times everyone has been going through (people play games to relieve stress, no?). But PC game sales don't reach numbers near as high as their console counterparts. Add that to the problems introduced by piracy, and you have a recipe for a looming disaster in the future.

Aesthetically speaking, it's a very good looking hand-held console. It just feels like Sony put a lot more effort and quality into the hardware of their product than Nintendo has for the 3DS, because it just looks more solid and less... plastic? Of course, that's just my opinion and looks only count for so much in the end anyway. What I am glad to see, however, is that they raised the analogue sticks instead of having that weird flat one when the original PSP was released, which I found difficult to move comfortably. I am also glad they have two analogue sticks now instead of just one, which will go a long way in making First Person games easier to play (moving with the left stick and aiming your view with the right, as is the case with normal consoles). Overall, I would say the design of the new Vita has been vastly improved from the original PSP and looks like it would be much easier to play with. Now all that's left to see is how the software performs, most important of which are the games themselves. It's gonna be exciting to see how this turns out. @__@