But look, they can still live heathly for some time (from neogaf)

PSP(2011 YTD)= 884,339
PSP+PSV(2012)=610,986(-30.9%)

Looking ahead to Week 19, PSP did 34,826 in 2011.

3DS+DS(2011 YTD)=1,390,744
3DS+DS(2012 YTD)=1,663,527(+19.6%)

Looking ahead to week 19, 3DS+DS did 29,182 in 2011.

All handhelds(2011 YTD)=2,275,083
All handhelds(2012 YTD)=2,274,513

It's not dreadful, just not ideal

Vita and PSP are the ones hampering the japanese market, right now. And things will noticeable improve for 3DS in the coming  months. Not DS levels, but respectable levels, nonetheless. But things will continue to be meh outside japan.

Mobile gaming has taken so called ''brain training'' audience from handhelds. 3DS will sell damn well and I think that Vita still will do respectable numbers over its lifetime but as overall handheld market peaked last gen.

Pretty predictable except for Mario Party 9. Such sexy legs!

Couldn't really decide a specific post of yours to quote but this will do lol. The problem with a lot of these upcoming vita games is that they are niche. Some of them are quite big niches but nevertheless they really don't have the broad appeal of something like Monster Hunter. That is the type of game the vita needs to keep sales up instead of just spikes then dropping back down. 

Hastune Miku, Persona and Gundam will drive sales for a couple/few weeks. Those games will likely sell a couple or few hundred thousand in their lifetime and be successful regardless of platform. But they will sell to the core fans of those franchises. 

Likewise with Soul Sacrifice it is an almost insane choice from Sony. They want to create mass market games at this point and they have gone with something that is WAY too guro to have mass appeal. It will again likely do a couple to few hundred thousand. Had they made the artstyle slightly lighter fantasy and less gruesome I'm sure they could have had more of a God Eater style hit, whereas as is I would expect more De/Dark Souls or Lord of Arcana figures.

June will be a good month for the Vita with Persona, Gundam (I think a lot of people are underestimating this game) and the white vita near the end. Then September (miku is end of August) will be a good month due to limited edition Miku Vitas. However the problem I see is that in mid-July and August it will likely start sinking back to low levels, then likewise in late September (unless something big is announced before then).

The Vita either needs a BIG hit or games like persona, Gundam, Miku coming out every 2-3 weeks. A lot of these upcoming games will give good sales spikes and the games themselves will perform well but long term there just aren't enough and they aren't big enough (Yet that is, I'm hoping Sony focus on Vita at E3)

Holy Crap @ Ninty Sales! O_O

NoCtiS_NoX said: Three Fire Emblem: awakening Nintendo 12/04/19 42,347 345,260 90 Four (Including Bundle) Super Mario Land 3D Nintendo 11/11/03 28,528 1,563,527 83 Five Mario Kart 7 Nintendo 11/12/01 22,881 1,695,305 78 Six New Kid Icarus Nintendo 12/03/22 18,788 261,883 94 Seven (Including Bundle) (tri) G Monster Hunter 3 Capcom 11/12/10 16,496 1,433,370 77 Eight Mario & Sonic Olympics in London AT Nintendo 12/03/01 13,810 157,337 Nintedomination! :-O

The Nintendo Hexology. Beautiful.

I think if they announce a redesign, they should release it as soon as possible, no?

You'd be an idiot to buy the old when the new is around the corner - like man-bear-pig with his ipad.

MBP isn't the best example as he most likely owns both versions. (He's a Fan of them.) (A BIG Fan of them.)

No, I remember him buying the ipad2 one week before the unveil of the ipad3, and him being pissed about that!

He probably already bought another!