He is indeed mistaken. The Wii U is Nintendo's next gen console. It's supposed to be more powerful than the PS3 and 360 but not by a huge amount, which of course means the PS4 and next Xbox will crush it graphically yet again.
Anyways, to those saying that the Vita couldn't handle it. You're likely incorrect. Sure the ram is only 256 MB, but you forget that the Vita runs on a rather small screen and thus the models and textures don't need to be as detailed to look as good.
It's probably very possible to port Skyrim to the Vita. Also, the game can handle all the same controls as the PS3 and 360 controllers so controls are not an issue.
Finally, regarding the price. It's $250 and only a moron would buy the 3G model when they could just turn their phone into a wireless hotspot and thus still have portable internet on the Vita.
Bare in mind, $250 is what the 3DS costs so if you're going to claim the Vita (which is much more powerful than the 3DS) is over priced then that means you obviously think that the 3DS is the most overpriced console in history.