Zlejedi said:
That reason is fairly obvious and has V in name ;) They wanted to get as many units in consumers hands before real competitor comes out and outshines them as posible but it seems they misjudged depth of wallets of their loyal fanbase. |
I think you're over-estimating the PS-Vita and underestimating the 3DS in a lot of ways ...
Handheld systems' sales have traditionally been much more software driven than their home console counterparts and I suspect this is because they have traditionally been much cheaper, and people buy a handheld system for themselves while a console is bought for a household. It is very likely that the similar price range and (probably) similar game drought for the PS-Vita in its first year will result in similarly poor sales, and it is very likely these will appear far worse because the 3DS will (likely) be seeing a steady release of strong software which will support strong sales.
