Went from 0-1 bar to a solid 3 after hours of fucking around with my network equipment and finally just putting up with the wiipad like range of direct connection.
It blows my mind that people at Sony had to have been reading endless complaints and accusations of cheap ass parts and shitty design for the last 3 years but they were so disinterested in Vita so as not to even issue a quick comment to the press, reword the setting, or just change the default to something that would benefit most users.
In most UI design where the factory presets are conceived the goal is to be in touch with some basic expectations a customer will have, and try to present the product in the best light to the widest number of people. This encourages good word of mouth and reduces returns by buyer who assume it's just broken or that Sony is run by lazy/greedy fucks who are totally out of touch with consumers.
"Thanks for buying our amazing new handheld. Be prepared for a new level of graphics and control which when connected to a PS4 offers great new ways to game"*
****This statement is contingent on if you can find the games in stores or instead are willing to pitch a tent near your router and camp there while the glacial download stutters and disconnects struggling to transfer the digital game you paid full retail directly to us. But remember before you get the privilege to pay us more money for saving us money you will first need to acquire a insultingly overpriced almost-microsd card we specifically created to take advantage of our very best customers as cynically and overtly as possible.
Oh and after you swallow all of that yet still decide that the platform is so good even our total callus dismissal of common feedback and refusal to see you as more than the totally strategically abandoned redheaded step-kids of PS4 owners we now court, there is still more.
We know customers exist who will still desire to spend piles of money filling up our their 32GB cards and left wanting more. To these most valued customers we must simply admit we just don't feel like sending a few boxes of 64GB cards able to last last for years while reaping huge profits. The reason is simply having a guy FedEx them so you can buy them on your continent instead of putting the hassle of and cost of importing on you would go against the way we have built our Vita business model.
In short dear Vita fans and human wallets we look forward to emptying and disguarding:
Fuck you, jump through this hoop, give us money, now go do our product distribution for us so you can give us more money, and yes you can still go fuck yourself. Thanks for choosing the PSVita!