Yes I am a Sony fan. But like I said, I would rather play those game on the PS3.

The Vita is cheaper than the 3DS... (in Europe at least). And a 3DS XL which doesn't even have a charging cable included costs quite a bit more.

It's only arguable that the 2DS is cheaper, but when you can get Vita + Mem Card + 10 games for £140. By the time you've added your game to the 2DS, they're practically identical in price.

If people are looking at the Wii-U , a home console that has sold around 5 million and say that this is good and can only get better, but then turn around look at the Vita which is a handheld (which is supposed to be less desirable than a home console), it has sold over 6 million, but state that it is not selling well ?

Compared to the 3DS, its not. Its getting killed, but the maching is pushing over 100k a week. Thats not a bad number at all. If the Vita can go o to sell above 80 million as the PSP did, I would say that's a win for Sony.

IMO the Vita needs 3 things to see a huge sales spike.
(1) Better marketing. Make a 60 sec commercial showcasing raw in game shots/ Media features/Photo app/Netflix/ Killzone footage, Sackboy's face at least 10 times during the clip, Tearaway, Need For Speed gameplay.

(2) Lower the blasted memory card prices. There is no reason for them to be this expensive. Most 36 gig SD cards are selling for around $20. You do this, gamer's will purchase more games

(3) Lower the price to $150. Don't get me wrong, the $179 price point is good, but in a market where smart phone games are so convenient and cheap, purchasing a handheld at around $200 is not an easy purchase.

If Sony can bundle the PS4 + Vita at a price point of $550 in the near future, I see the PS4 demand boosting Vita sales through Jan 2014 and beyond...... Keep on Gaming.

Yet the 3DS XL is the best selling model of 3DS system, and it's the exact same price.

The way I see it, 3DS is weaker, but it has 3D which is properly awesome. So I put both on par graphically, or at least to the point where I don't care about the difference.

The big problem with Vita, is the same issue PSP had. Most of the library is composed of PS3 clones. So far the biggest games for Vita IMO are stuff I can play on my PS3, better. Killzone, Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, Persona and Disgaea are the biggest franchises on the PSV IMO, and all those games are playable on PS3 (or PS2). As much as I want a PSV for Disgaea, I'm not going to shell out $200 on a console for one game.

3DS however has physical backward compatibility, so I can play all my DS games on the bigger screen. Plus with handheld dedicated franchises like Advance Wars, Super Mario 3D Land, Pokemon, Bravely Default, Luigi's Mansion, and others, it's a great buy. Sure some games are console clones (like Mario Kart, and Mario Party), but I didn't buy my 3DS primarily for these games, I picked them up along the way.

"Vita - the thread" Reloaded. For the 100th time.

I know one thing, if Sony keeps on making funky dedicated handheld games like Gravity Rush and Tearaway, I will have to buy one.

All handheld game on Vita bomb that mean people would have home console game on their Vita

Sony handheld are not Nintendo handheld Sony gamers are not Nintendo gamers ,Nintendo handheld sold well because of Casual but not vita how casuals games will save Vita when all the casuals games on Vita when those game bomb.

Nintendo takes the kids, Smartphones/cell phones take the high school/college age kids. Dude bros don't care for gaming on the go.

So that basically leaves Sony with the "Marcus crowd" ... 13-15 year old boys who still want a handheld but haven't discovered more interesting pursuits outside of the house ... once they get their driver's license it's bye bye handhelds.

PSP sold 80 millions, and their best selling game is at 7.55 millions.

3DS sold 40 millions and their best selling game is at 8.7 millions.

The Vita has been promoted like a hardcode handheld, which I think was a mistake. Vita should have not been targeted at "Sony gamers". If you are building a handheld you don't restrict yourself to "Sony Gamers". When PS2 was dominating the world and most people were "Sony Gamers", that didn't help that much the sales of the PSP.

So the DS sold more than 150 millions while Wii currently hold 100 Millions. Game Boy solde almost 120 millions while Nintendo sold 62 millions, N64 + Game Cube is less than 60 millions when Game Boy Advanced is at 80 millions... Do you really think "Nintendo gamers" are the one buying 3DS, DS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advanced????