man-bear-pig said:
OT: In Japan, when the 3DS was released the DS' sales took a huge nosedive and flat-lined. Why didn't that happen with the PSP when the Vita was released? |
I'm really not sure, but couldn't be the western orientation of the Vita be a reason? With Monster Hunter etc. being on the PSP, but not on the Vita there wasn't much of a reason for them to do the transition. Seemingly higher development cost and the missing backwards compatibilty won't have helped either. In contrast to that the 3DS has the big japanese franchises and full BC, so no one has a reason to buy the old NDS anymore. Also, development costs for the 3DS seem to be lower (I recall reading that somewhere but have no source right now), just like the device itself (and its memory card).
