Ah, I think I know what you mean. I handed my Vita to my friend to play a game, and he acted like he was going to break it by opening it as well. But i guess you just have to find the right way to go about it. Cause I have no issues with it. I hold the bottom of my vita firmly with my right hand and thumb near the snap, to the right and hold firmly, and then use my left hand and hold the top and left thumb to press in from the bottom and pull up. In summary, just be firm with it, you won’t break it. Open and close it a bunch of times till your comfortable. Don’t worry about bending the top piece either, it’s meant to go all sorts of angles (the hinge)

My main problem is every time I try to open it, I feel like I’m going to break it, which would lead me to dropping the Vita.

It might just be me, I might be a little bit over protective of my portables. I guess the price tag warrants special care, but I felt like I was breaking the thing to open it up, which also concerned me about the Vita screen.

Everything you say makes it sound like I’m just doing it wrong, which is likely, or just being picky.

lol it’s partially my fault too since when you said “face plate” i thought you meant the skin/screen protector. i agree, the muramasa one does look particularly sexy

Ooooh the screen protector. No worries man. I’m just using the Sony branded one myself. I didn’t bother with the P4 one because it was yellow, which i find distracting. The Muramasa one seems attractive, I like that it’s dark and subdued colors.

hmm, i guess i got it confused with this http://www.amazon.com/PS-Vita-Screen-Protective-Filter-Sony/dp/B006VE40JQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365566529&sr=8-1&keywords=hori+screen+protector
which i highly recommend because once it’s on its pretty much never coming off, well unless you try to chisel it off that is

What don’t you like about the face plate? Just curious, cause i love it. Well protected, comfortable, you can bend the top to any angle which is great if you want to make it it’s own stand to watch stuff, also i’ve found it makes for a great lift for touch-screen games (dj max technika) when laying it on a pillow. Also the screen protector pad is a nice touch, plus easy and un-interrupted access to the rear touch pad, and its stylish to boot. I usually pull the top piece behind the vita when playing for more stability cause it centers the weight off-balance

See reply above :)

The one included with P4 Golden is Hori. Just by glancing at the one in the photo above I can tell it’s also the same as P4 Golden’s custom face plate.

That makes me feel quite a bit better about it, thanks.

same, the p4 golden one was pretty lame but i have a hori one now and its amazing, if the one included in the limited edition is the same one then you should really like it :)

They aren’t too bad, just need to align it correctly

I’d love to have the pouch, but the Skin/Face Cover I’m not so big on. I found that I didn’t really like the set that was included with P4 Golden – Solid Gold.