I think it's in the interest of publishers to expand the market as much as they can. People keep implying that developers are going to abandon the Vita, but I can't see that happening. It's bad business long-term. Rather, what we've seen is that developers are clinging on to the PSP longer than they should. The big publishers, and the developers Sony works with closely, are going to have to be the ones to move the market forward. It just makes good business sense, though it might hurt short-term earnings.
In other words, if everyone is only releasing games for one handheld, then it's going to be an extremely crowded market, especially when you're talking about a Nintendo system with Nintendo developed games steam-rolling just about everything else. The smart publishers know that everyone is better off with a second viable platform available.
I've said it before, but I think the Vita is going to be fine once developers finish up their PSP projects. It's just not going to be soon enough for the doom-callers on forums and gaming websites. I think the end of next year and the beginning of the year after are going to see a healthy crop of Japanese Vita reveals and releases.
