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

[BuckStud]

MikeRox said:

BuckStud said:

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.

Can you provide further details for this? The only sales comments I've seen regarding Vita games have been satisfaction with sales with several indie developers singing their praises inc confirming superior sales to PS3 versions of the same game (Retro City Rampage, Strangers Wrath HD). Compile Heart's game outselling it's 3DS counterparts substantially. Ubi Soft being happy with over half a million Assassins Creed sales. FIFA 13 outselling the 3DS and Wii U versions etc.

I'm not sure what part you want further details on.  Sony had originally forecasted sales of 16m Vitas to be sold last fiscal year.  They then dropped their forecast down to 12m then again down to 10m.  It ended up selling 4.5m (I bought 2)  I would consider them forecasting 16m units sold in it's 1st fiscal year a "mainstream device".  As for the software side of things, just look at the software charts on this site to see that most of the games have under performed.  PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale was suppose to be a heavy hitter, but has only sold 160,000 copies so far.  As for Assassins Creed, a large number of those were in the special bundles at Christmas time.  That's one of the systems I bought ($179 at Amazon w/free shipping), but I would not have bought the game otherwise.  As for Indy games, people who own Vita's are starving for some games, where as the PS3 and 3DS have far many more excellent choices available to them.