We have known for years that Sony COULD do something, or were capable of doing something. The problem is that they will not. Ever. They have no intention, and no desire. The PS 3 and Vita are capable of doing lots of things. For instance, they could play awesome games, or out power the 360.....they just decided not to.

I like using controllers to control games. Am I wrong?

I'm sure it can do, but will they bother? Look at their wide assortment of Move games, which can do everything Wii can.

@garlador sales don't equal quality. Nor is sony the only dev saying move wipes the floor with wii and kinect

To those of you mentioning the cost of ps3, most ppl own one already

just sell your vita jimmy since you clearly hate it so much.

The PS3/Vita might have the potential to do what the Wii U does, but will Sony actually make it happen. They haven't done too well in tapping their hardware in the past.

Sony do what Nintendon't!

Sony's all talk, I wanna see action!

actually, sony is full of shit.
wiiu can absolutely do things that ps3 and vita CANNOT do. that is to use the screen controller and tv configuration AS STANDARD on ALL GAMES. because the configuration is standard to all customers.
not everyone who has a vita has a ps3 and vice versa.
they absolutely cannot approach their games with the mindset of developing for the combination of handheld screen and TV.
zombiiU for ps3 and vita would be a colossal failure because of the amount of people who actually have both consoles. it's just not economically viable.

... Unwarranted Vita hate of course. But whatever. Anyways realistically, to do what the Wii U can do for the Vita /Ps3 is not this imaginary $500 dollars. If you have a Ps3, you would just buy a vita which doesn't even cost $300 unless you buy a 32gb card. Bundles cost $250 with a 4gb and a game. Ridiculous. Next off, the Vita has the potential to do the Wii U buy again, and Sony intentions was never to make a Wii U. The point was to get up an go. You play your game at home, get your vita and continue on your way to where ever you are. That was the point. I don't understand why everyone keeps saying Sony miraculously changed the Vita into the Wii U when the basic 'get up and go', was the something advertised well before it came out and well before the Wii U was announced but some people think otherwise.. Anyways the Idea of me getting to play my game on the go as well as online like if I were on my Ps3 which I'm away from half the time suits me. Also the fact on top of that, that I get to play games I've never played before or a game that never interest me before that I know somehow find interesting is what makes me love it. I still don't believe the notion that there is no game that interest someone because there is but people don't like change. To me, I do and I'm not afraid to try something new. I guess I'm that hard core that just tries about everything.

It's more like they could, but would never invest properly to do so, like Remote Play itself :P

Can it? Yes. However, the issue remains that the Vita costs $250. Maybe, if it cost $150 Sony could make a plausible attempt at what Wii U does...BUT WHY BOTHER?

Sorry folks I don't think Nintendo plan for asymmetric game play will thrill most people. I do not see it catching on for many games. Just as Wii Sports & Wii Carnival was the best use of the Wii-Mote, I think Nintendo has about three games it can make that will even be fun asymmetrical. Probably the best use of a second screen would be for a map, inventrory and secondary view in a games.

Sony’s best play would be to just open up that sort of use for everything. Just make a set of software tools that allows developers to move video, audio, control and other data quickly between the console and another screened computing devices. You put the Sony App on your device and BINGO its acts as the second screen and second controls in a certain pre-defined and standardized ways. That means ALL game do it the same way and all just do a few thing that they can do well. It’s simple but it allows nearly any screened device to work with any games that used that set of middleware.

The best part is Sony can just give the App away. They don’t need make a cent on it. In addition, all it does is allow the PS3/4 to communicate with a screened device and the device to commutate back. If Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, or Nokia try to block them Sony just brings out in court that THOUSANDS of Apps do the same thing and are sold or give away on iStore, Google Play and other online stores every day. Legally to block Sony from their phones Microsoft, Google and Apple would have to not allow their devices to work as intended or have any apps that control other devices.

And, yeah...that means Microsoft can do the same thing for teh XB720. And, yeah it means Nintendo could just backtrack and allow for Wii U to to the same thing except its cheaper for them. And yeah it would work for PCs...it would conceptually work between two smartphones or two tablets.

That how this should works! That's how this should be treated buy the tech industry. When the joypad was invented we didn't need people sueing each other. The joypad was OBVIOUS and helpful for all. The same should go for this tech...two devices that have inputs and outputs that when used together make gaming better.

This is better because you could buy an $80 device to do it or you could use you $300 latest-n-greatest tablet, or you could use the smartphone you have in your pocket. Win-Win-Win. And since it is cheap and just there it can just be used if games would benefit or not used because the barrier to entry is tiny. No pressure because nobody need to buy or sell anything all that complicated and most people have the thing already.

lol sony

lol sony... "I can do whatever you do but I do it wrong and fail"

http://www.destructoid.com/shocking-sony-thinks-ps-vita-is-better-than-wii-u-229759.phtml

I knew I read a similar statement before.

Well, considering how much dust my Wii has built up versus my PS3, I'm skipping Wii U altogether.

That being said, I'm not really interested in buying a Vita right now either.

All in all, with the size of my backlog and PS Plus, I think I'll be good for the next 4-5 years with just PS3.

Suck it, consumers.

@Coltrane

Funny, I'm skipping the NextBox for nearly the same reason applied to my 360. Except my issues also stem from consistent system failure and paying money for shit I get for free on my PS3 and my Wii.

@pedrovay2003

Smartglass was an embarassing announcement to begin with.

"Smartglass makes the shows you watch more interactive by telling you to look away from the screen."

And yet both together cost considerably more than the Wii U with extra memory and a game... go figure.

It will never work for two reasons:
No Gyroscope.
Smaller screen.

People talking about the price in comparison to the WiiU and the PS3+vita is unfair. This is simply because You cannot take the WiiU pad out of your house to play it. But then again you don't really have a lot to play in it so its not exactly a plus.