Sony forecast only 5 million Vita and PSP unit sales in FY14

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Somini said:

DirtyP2002 said:

Somini said:

DirtyP2002 said:
Yeah, the Vita is really dead in the water. It will be Sonys last handheld.

MY GOD, you should be mass reported for the obvious trolling you're doing.

On topic, it's clear Sony isn't planning any price drops for the Vita in the west. They probably prefer lower sales rather than makes losses.

How is it trolling?

Can you name a mainstream console that sold less than the Vita? Do you really think Sony will do another one?

DirtyP2002 said:
Yeah, the Vita is really dead in the water.

The Vita is not a mainstream console and not every console has sold like the PSX, PS2, DS right out of the gate. Sony will not abandon the foothold they have gotten in the handheld market. So yes, they will support the Vita and will release a succesor in a couple of years.

The Vita was planned to be every bit as mainstream as the 3DS is, it's just that sales have not produced.  Sony cannot afford to support anything that loses money anymore.  If the Vita sales don't pick up, I agree that this will probably be their last handheld.  However, things can turn around, so who knows.  However, the 3DS currently has 6 1/2 times the market share that the Vita has and most of the Vita titles are not selling well at all.