Does it even need saving yet? Vita has no interesting games for Japanese folk, its incredibly Western oriented in its game library and the few games they made to appeal to Japanese gamers at launch are quite mediocre such as Lord of Apocalypse and Shinobido 2.
For us here the 3DS launch library was abysmal, but apparently Japan had titles like Layton and Gundam which we didn't get which would explain their adequate sales. Most Japanese consumers interested in a Vita I imagine are waiting for P4, Project Diva, DJ Max, FFX and a possible MH and SRW announcment come March 9th. So the whole Vita doom and gloom news is getting stale. Gravity Daze and Ragnarok Odyssey didn't sell in droves because Japan barely supports new IPs. Its gaming market revolves around buying the hell out of sequels and rehashes. While that can be directed to the Western market, we also heavily support new IPs if they're good. Just look at Demon's Souls, the Western market saved it and made them make Dark Soul's, not Japan.
As for saving it in the west, if it needs saving with such a strong focus on Western oriented games then all it needs is popular games such as CoD, Bioshock and Assassins Creed which it already supposedly has in the works. We'll only know its true fate come December this year. Your suggestions are good nonetheless.
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