At what point would you consider Vita a success?

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sperrico87 said:

platformmaster918 said:

Simple question.  How many units lifetime does Vita have to sell before you'd call it successful?

I'll go with 40m.  Half of what PSP did would be pretty darn good with a shrinking handheld market and the 3ds' current stranglehold on third party support in Japan (where handhelds sell best

You hit the nail on the head with the point about Japanese third-party support.  In order for the system to be successful, it's home territory needs to show the love and be there with support.  Iwata has done a fanTAStic job of getting all the big third-party players on board to sort of force 3DS into being a dominant machine in Japan.  I don't necessarily agree that handhelds sell best in Japan.  DS sold better in North America, but we're talking a population of 350 million + versus less than 120.  Apples and oranges.

Actually, I'd have to disagree somewhat.  The 3DS doesn't have a stranglehold on 3rd party development in Japan because a ton of games are still being made for the PSP.  That's the Vita's biggest problem at the moment in that market.  Check out the Japanese pre-order thread, it's full of PSP titles, quite of few of which are from popular anime properties.