There are a few games (including the flagship Uncharted) on Vita that are going to need patches to remove touchscreen/backpanel/camera requirements to play or finish the game. The [edit: accelerometer] can be replaced with the one built into the SixAxis controller.
A shame they didn't have the forsight to demand that all Vita games should be completable solely with the buttons.
>A shame they didn't have the forsight to demand that all Vita games should be completable solely with the buttons.
Why do you think so? What VITA game is not playable without touch/motion controls? Uncharted you mentioned is perfectly playable without either, I know because I played it.
There had been an issue with the OS that did not support buttons in the system dialogs but it's been fixed in one of the first updates more than a year ago.
If they get support for PS4 gamepad, you've got a touchpad pointing-device right there. Obviously it's not nearly as good an experience as the Vita, but it's there.
A shame they didn't have the forsight to demand that all Vita games should be completable solely with the buttons.