Sony’s Holiday Lineup Won’t Be Enough to Save Vita

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dandd said:

In my opinion, I'm just not seeing the demand for the Vita.

None of my nieces or nephews have asked for or even acknowledged it really exists. My friend's son knows a kid who has one, but even he seems indifferent. He's a PSP and PS3 owner and he really never talks about the Vita.

The Vita is a great piece of hardware, but now the "thing to have" is tablets and smartphones. I don't blame Sony, its just the market has changed.

 

I know this is very anecdotal, but when something is popular I hear all about it from the kids in the family. They want it and usually try to get me to buy it for them.

I have to agree with this. Neither my step-son nor my daughter (both 360/Wii owners - different homes) have the slightest interest in Vita, nor 3DS for that matter.   My daughter wants a tablet (and she's an avid FPS/3rdPS player) and my step-son has one already.  

While it's absolutely true tablet games are not as good, they are good enough  for most people and do a ton of other things exceptionally well.   The games are also free or cheap which is a huge plus for those without disposal income (or even many of us working folk who have more pressing things to spend money on).

Vita is a dinosaur in a mammals world.