VicViper said:
Those are called Major franchises... add DQ and there you go, all the portable big boys are on 3DS - with some minor monsters following behind - like Animal Crossing or tomodachi collection or maybe (but I doubt) Brain Age 3. Final fantasy is the only exception, but it was never huge on portables, so I don't think FFXV or something like that will be on both 3DS or Vita. And if you're square what would you choose, 8 million or 1 million systems to sell to. It's simple... any game can sell Vitas - Unit 13 pushed 18 vitas, remember? - but with what would you prefer to count on, those games "I know", or misterious major seller game? Just look at history, all winner systems had the majority of "big boys". This time 3DS seems to have them all! Just to finish, I also think many many things can happen to Vita (including amazing things) but the wider the gap grows the more difficult it gets for them to happen. And it's growing wildely right now. Are you really happy with those numbers or think they're normal? They're dreamcast levels, jeez! Gamecube hitted a million ages before Vita and Vita is not even dreaming of reaching it anytime soon! |
I wouldn't worry too much about Vita 3rd party support. Third parties would much rather release their big games for a Sony console than a console made by Nintendo. Lots of major japanese franchises will be released on the Vita because third parties have seen success on the PSP with their games. They know the audience is there and will buy a Vita for the games they have planned.
I'm a big Nintendo supporter but it's not like third party 3DS games have set the japanese sales charts on fire. I'm quite sure the Vita will get a Kingdom Hearts game after the 3DS version sold less than expected. Same goes for Phantasy Star - there was a DS iteration but it sold rather poorly compared to the PSP version. Thus the next one will be on Vita instead of 3DS. The reason for this (at least in my opinion) is that people buying a Nintendo handheld want "handheld" games while Vita customers are more inclined to buy "console" style games. And third parties like their consoles style games even on handhelds. Because of this a small userbase is not a huge hindrance for them.
And last but not least: never underestimate third parties when it comes to choosing Sony over Nintendo for support 
