Is the PS Vita the Concorde of Handhelds? - IGN

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HappySqurriel said:

I'm not surprised that elitests gamers love the technology behind the PS-Vita (I think it is pretty impressive myself) but I think it may end up falling flat within the broader market primarily because it is not designed to take into consideration the needs of the broader market.

Which might actually be a gamble that pays off.

NDS and PSP had total userbase of over 200 milions and tragic attachment ratio or 4-5 games sold per console.

Now if Vita is succesfull among core gamers only and reaches 20-30 milions of userbase but that userbase buys 10-20 games each over the lifetime of machine with let's say 1/3 of game sales coming from digital store at twice the profit of high street sales for publisher that would be very viable market to support with games.