Originally Posted by lexi

It seems like people just can't accept criticism of the 3DS with about 3 fucking million 'it's the games!' replies.

As a platform agnostic PC gamer, I wanted to invest in a portable gaming system earlier this year and was truly open to both systems. My initial thoughts were I would be swayed to the 3DS because I grew up with Nintendo condoles and consoles and am very fond of their games.

In the end I could not in good conscience buy a 3DS. It failed in so many areas that the Vita excels in, the value proposition was awful.

The region locking, no account system, expensive as hell eShop (Australia getting fucked occurs on PSN too, but at least it's dead easy to use the US store), poor pixel density and archaic OS and online infrastructure were each individual deal breakers, let alone all of them simultaneously.

I speak purely from value proposition. If I had more disposable income this wouldn't be an issue for me and I'd have a 3DS and be enjoying it's spectacular library.

I just wanted to add this to rebuke those who only ever say 'it's about the games'.

I think the most people buy Systems to Play Games and not because "oh the Hardware is so nice". Yes the 3DS has some OS issues and looks more like a Toy, but in the end what matters are the games.

For sure having both is the Jackpot.