I'll be honest, I've never ever been excited with the Vita, even though the PSP(go) became my favorite portable of all time (sans Game Gear).
Almost 2 years ago I posted somewhere saying "Vita won't appeal to anyone. The reason is that every experience you can get with the Vita you're already getting with the PSP"
Everyone mocked me, but well.. here we are.
Truth is the best Vita games are basically the same as the PSP ones.
Wipeout is wipeout.
Lumines is lumines.
Ridge Racer is Ridge Racer. And so on.
There is no new experience. Just better graphics. The Vita certainly has power for more but not at launch, and certainly not while it costs 250 euros + extremely limited 3G data plan.
Sony isn't feeling any pressure from Nintendo cause their 3DS is even dumber. So I'm guessing a price drop near holidays, and a new data plan come new years? Maybe a redesign?
As soon as I can get a portable PS3 with unlimited online gaming on the go for less than 200 euros, I'll get it. As so will everybody else.
Right now though, Sony is doing well on not going all out on the Vita. People who want it bad already have it.