I got two new badges while I was away…

"Lesbian Showdown Badge"

"This user is a Magical Kitsune!"

O_o

Anyway, I also got a Vita. Overall, I'm liking it. But… there's a good handful of things I really hate about it.

Games that require memory cards literally require them to even launch. You can't just opt to play and not save. Unless there are technical reasons for why this is (which I doubt), that's seriously absurd. And i'm not even one of the whiners complaining about the need for a proprietary memory card… it was smart of Sony to not give the Vita built-in memory to keep the initial cost of the Vita down, even if it's inconvenient and ultimately not the true cost of the Vita for anyone hoping to use it. And I was planning on buying a 32 GB memory card anyway, but it just so happened that the Navy Exchange I bought my Vita from was sold out of their Vita memory cards of any capacity. I later swung by GameStop and got the memory card.

Managing content is… unpleasant. With the exception of copying games/applications to and from your Vita or doing an entire system backup/restore, the Content Manager application is pretty useless. For copying photos, videos, or music it just launches the respective application. And all content management is done manually on the Vita itself, which is cumbersome for managing a lot of content. Honestly I'd rather use Media Go for managing content. The Photo app is a step back from photos on the PSP… complete lack of the ability to organize things into folders. Instead, you can only look at your entire photo library or by month. In fact, content management is pretty much a step back in every way from the PSP. Buried in the settings menu, you're given the option to manage your PSP game saves and Vita/PSP DLC. You however cannot manage the saved games of Vita games. Presumably the only way to delete your save is to uninstall the software then re-install it. Not a huge deal if you've got a physical copy of the game, but if you got it off of PSN you'll have to redownload it all over again. Not fun at all for people who have slow and/or capped internet connections. And downloading multi-gig items on the Vita isn't fun either. I would like software that, like Media Go, allows me to download stuff from the Playstation Store on my computer. Only unlike Media Go, I'd like it to be Mac-compatible.

Another thing I really dislike is the look of the interface. Not the interface itself, which is quite nice for the most part. But the aesthetic just doesn't sit well with me at all. I really hope that in future firmware versions, they add themes so I can get a more pleasing look.

BTW, the game I got is Hot Shots Golf, which is quite fun. I also bought Ninja Gaiden off of PSN, but I'm still trying to download it. Thought about getting Uncharted, but realized I wouldn't even pay $50 for a full-fledged PS3 Uncharted, so why would I pay that much for a 2nd rate Vita Uncharted? Sure it's probably one of the best games to show off the system's graphical capabilities right now, but I can wait for games that are pretty, fun AND worth the asking price.