The kindle fire does not even compete with handheld consoles, hell I just sent my fire back to amazon cause it sucks. iPhone's and iPads are equal in price to the vita or cost more, so you can throw that excuse out the window.
Vita's second was bad because it has no note worthy software for that region, and it had to go up against 2 of Japan's biggest franchise on a rivals console.
Not to mention Sony most likely did not ship enought wifi models due to them wanting to sell more 3G models for obvious reasons. Sony had plenty of games launched with the vita, but they clearly forgot to launch with a big Japan franchise, minor mistake on their part, but I have faith, there should be plenty of Japan friendly titles by summer or spring 2012
Time will tell, way too early for doom and gloom.
Hoped you all had a great Christmas here on vgc btw!
