Japan is a country that prefers handhelds over consoles. The rest of the world doesnt. also, Sony turned around the Vita's foturnes in Japan early last year with the price cut, soul sacrifice and other games. it had good sales and proved to be able to rise in sales when games release, it is also doing good software there. Sony saved it in Japan before it was too late. but they did nothing to do so in USA/EU and the rest of the world.

The only people to blame for Vita and WiiU's sad sales are Sony and Nintendo them selfs. 

Hm.. I wonder how the Vita had played out if Sony had released the handheld itself along with a mid tier and a high end smartphone with Vita compatibility (and an easy to attach/detach controller attachment - probably needs to cover the back for the back touch pad capabilities - needs to come with the smartphones "for free"). These smartphones probably would need yearly refreshes.

In my opinion the main difficulty handheld consoles face is that people don't want to carry around more devices than their smartphones.

I completely agree that Sony and Nintendo are to blame for their products, even though I love both.

I don't think the handheld market is dead in the west quite yet, the 3DS still has relatively strong sales. If Sony offered a Vita/PS4 bundle just to test the water, I could see the Vita getting a huge spike in sales especially if the price savings is $100.

GTA

That is all.

Unfortunately, it's just too late to rescue the Vita at this point in the West. It's selling next to nothing in America (which can be seen in NPD), and nothing, be it a price cut, advertising, games etc. can change the public perception about the system there. It's similar in Europe as well, though maybe not quite as bad.

The Vita will have some great games; I love my Vita; but expecting it to be a massive success (or even a moderate one) now it being somewhat optimistic. I'm fine enjoying the games on the system and not concerning about the sales.

Rename it to the Sony Patriot and create only one SKU with a red front, blue back and white sides.

You're welcome Sony.

It will be very hard - unlike Japanese 3rd party publishers - western developers aren't jumping on handhelds - therefore, Sony will need to provide the games that appeals to the west. Sadly, the Vita will take a second seat to the now hot  PS4 when it comes to software development priorities.

Unlike Nintendo, who can stand relatively strong with their incredible 1st party line-up - Sony heavily relies on 3rd party support - and unfortunately, I don't see western 3rd parties bothering to develop for the vita at it's current state.

Furthermore, Sony financial state leaves less room for maneuverability i.e price cut, marketing budget, bundling the ps4+vita

I still think it was a stupid decision to make the vita and only it did is cost a lot of money and wasted a lot of time from some gamedeveloppers. With the money they lost and the wasted game time they could have made a lot of games for PS4 especially some Japanese games that the system really needs.... Even ps plus is better on Vita while their are more people on PS4 with PS plus...

A Grand Theft Auto game would really help the Vita ( in Europe at least)........Too bad it's not happening! :(

Lowering the software price means less profit, bundling and taking 100 dollars (if it's not more) loss will be risky, especially since they will make less money from the software.

Right now, I don't see a bundle especially since, it's pretty hard to get a Playstation 4 (mainland Europe), perhaps they will consider it in the future, when there are enough Playstation 4's available.