Vita is great tech, but it's caught in a catch-22. It can't sell because there's few/no must have games on it (and it's expensive) and until it sells theres no incentive for anyone to develop games for it.
3rd parties have more platforms to develop for than ever before now that iOS/Android are major game drivers. Most of their (portable gaming) resources are going to go there. Then 3DS. Vita costs the most to develop for and has by far, the smallest user base.
I think Sony is doing a lot of great things to support Vita but they misread the market. It should have been cheaper or a gaming tablet. Lots of android gaming tablets are going to be coming out and this will distract any potential audience from Vita even more with far more features/cheap-free games. Sure Vita COULD have vastly superior games - if anyone ever decides it worthwhile to make them.
Unless Sony can pull a Pokemon or Monster Hunter type hit out of their arse I don't see much hope for Vita. Even 3DS isn't selling that hot in NA/Europe and they have both Pokemon & MH.
So should Sony continue to prop up an underperforming system or divert all resources to ensuring PS4 is a success? If I was Sony, I would divert most resources to PS4 and quietly let Vita pass on, forgotten and kill it about a year after PS4 launches, when hopefully, everyone is in love with PS4 and has forgotten Vita exists.
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