i don't think it's 2013 or bust, the lesson of MH is one must have game can really turn things around. the lessons of the wii is that generations are now able to turn on a dime.

but with that said, vita is in a bad positions. i am quite certain that only sony can turn this around as i can't see any third party taking the required risks. putting ps+ on vita seemed to help at least among my friends of previous psp owners. ps4 interaction could be interesting. but really, it needs big games. it's doing good, imo, on the small games front. but it needs a system seller. right now i can only see two potential system sellers. soul sacrifice for japan. tearaway for the west. ..but if vita's last hopes ... things probably won't end well.

here's hoping sony has something to announce for next year. if not, well, i don't want to think about that right now.

If COD and AC3 couldn't pull it from the depths I don't think any game alone can, but if they implement a price cut

soon it should start to pick up but they have to do it as soon as possible before all interest in the handheld dwindles

and would lead to the death of the young Vita

I agree, if developers stick only to the 3DS there will be a huge problem in the market. But the main competitor of the Vita in Japan is not the 3DS, is the PSP (as funny as that sounds). Even if the Vita is easy and cheap to develop for, the PSP is still cheaper and have a huge install base in Japan, and there are still games that sell really well. Sony have to somehow cut the support of the PSP (without killing it) and move it to the Vita, that of course will require huge incentives coming from Sony.

OP, guilty Gear isnt exactly an exclusive, its the newest version of Guilty Gear XX Accent core plus. It has na R in the name now. I dont know if they retouched the sprites a bit but its essentially the same game.

I entertain the idea of getting a Vita, but it just doesnt seem like its gonna happen. I still think they should've made it more backwards compatible to incentivate PSP consumers to upgrade. Also, with the Tales games and Y's staying in Japan, there is no chance ill pick one up. I think there really isnt any hope left for the Vita at this point. We shall see.

Didn't wanna say this before because your list was so nice (if a little wrong), but if you're making changes, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus is a worldwide release for early next year on Vita (and a port, obviously). Muramasa (port from Wii) is a Japan-only release in March too.

There's other stuff like Photokano Kiss, Steins;Gate and other more obscure stuff for Japan too if you were interested in making your list complete!

Vita will pull through just like the psp and the ps3 did. Sony just needs to give her a bit more support. They just need to advertise a bit more, cut the price by about 60$, lower the price of16gb and 32gb memory cards , and dish out some more games for her.

I got a hunch that Sony is cooking an onslaught  of Vita awesomeness for E3 2013.

Good points. The Vita needs a pricecut AND games.

A $199 price with a memory card would be more ideal and it wouldn't impact Sony's financials too much. Worst yet, Sony is missing an opportunity with pricing and bundles. The ACIII and Blops bundles are fine so as long as they remain $199. Imo, Sony should actually launch a PS+ Vita bundle (Wifi Vita, 8gb memory card, 1 year PS+) for $199 and advertise it (and PS+ in general) through the holidays. That way people can see they are buying a console and getting all these games at once. (and they would have to buy another memory card to download them all, hence Sony won't lose out too much)

Finally, Monster Hunter Freedom 3, Monster Hunter 4, Final Fantasy X, and Final Fantasy Type 0 Vita.

The Vita shall live then.

This time next year: "2014 – PS Vita's absolutely final hope"

In japan they haave famitsu Sony can announced in any week new games for vita.