I think Nintendo has already won this next gen handheld, let's acknowledge the impact that the new iOS and Android apps have on the dedicated gaming handhelds....done. Now lets focus on the handhelds themselves;
Most of us here on VG chartz either know, have a good knowledge on or like to think we know a lot about gaming, and that's usually because we do, but the several hundred members of this site are not the only members of the gaming community obviously, lots of people know comparatively little in terms of gaming, so most will see the following as it stands right now;
Vita launch 2012 - EMEAA and America gaming audiences "....close!"
At $250! - "hmm, bit much for a handheld? the 3DS is only $160, has more games, my friends have one too and it's got 3D without glasses! Plus I not many people I know had a PSP, everyone had the DS...hmm"
Result - 2016 VGchartz read the following;
WiiU: 50 million +
NextBox: 10 (I'm fully aware it's going to be a lot more....but as I'm besing sarcastic anyway)
PS4: 2,000,000,000 (I can hope?)
3DS: 80 million +
PSVita: 40 million +
While most of this post is sarcastic, surely it's obvious that the way things stand right now, Vita is effectively doomed in it's first year of release to shadow the 3DS, and neither of them will reach the heights of their predecessor's I imagine. 9/10 people who go into gaming right now go into it looking to get what their friends have, what has the most games and what is cheaper.
I for one am getting the Vita though, and the 3DS won't enter my house until the next pokemon games ha
In conclusion the power of a machine has very little to do with sales, if it did the Xbox would have destroyed the PS2, the PS3 & PSP would have put nintendo out of gaming and Microsoft...would have chucked money at the problem for some time to get the failure rate below 70%
Playstation gaming for 18 years this 2012 
