Hardware I'm not a fan of the new name.

[CCNaru]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_(letter)

Beta (uppercase ?, lowercase ?, internal ?) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a descender is used within a word: ?????? is printed ??????. The form ‹?› is very common in handwriting.

The name of the letter is pronounced /?be?t?/ (US) or /?bi?t?/ (UK)), and in Greek ???? [?vita].

In the system of Greek numerals Beta has a value of 2.

Vita = Beta = 2
PSVita = PSP2

That's my guess. I don't care how it sounds, as long as it's good.

i meant as in second rate

 

[ProtoKun7]

I thought the name Wii was ridiculous when it was announced; now I'm used to it.
I'd hoped there'd be a different name to Vita, but I'll live with it. PSV isn't a bad abbreviation anyway.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

NGP sounds pretty cool

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Was getting used to it lol.
But PSV is totally cool with me. Like ProtoKun said, we will get used to it!

WiiU WiiU WiiU!

 

[machomuu]

I thought the name Wii was ridiculous when it was announced; now I'm used to it.
I'd hoped there'd be a different name to Vita, but I'll live with it. PSV isn't a bad abbreviation anyway.

That's true, and we'll probably just call it the PSV anyway.

 

[Shromz]

I liked NGP, but either way is fine with me

 

[Veho]

The Vita isn't called PSP2 for the same reason the Xbox 360 wasn't called an Xbox 2: there was already a system out with a number 3 in the name. So to avoid launching a PS2 months after Nintendo launched a 3DS, they're naming it Vita, so the general public won't subconsciously compare the two consoles that way (3>2).

That was mostly tongue in cheek.

More seriously, Sony's starting to give their products names instead of just product codes. Just look at their phones lately. Xperia, Cedar, Aspen, Vivaz, Yendo, Aino? "Vita" kinda fits right into the naming scheme.

 

[Holified 2x]

I liked NGP, but either way is fine with me

I agree NGP did fit better than Vita but that's my opinion .