In what way did Sony ever think they could compete with Nintendo in the handheld market?

[platformmaster918]

iamdeath said:

platformmaster918 said:
They tried to be too high end with Vita and DS just had too many catchy titles. Also they've never made a Pokemon or anything that was really signature with their handheld. Just a bunch of lesser versions of home console titles. That's why even though I can't live without Sony home consoles I never have fun playing their handhelds. Everyone said how wonderful Uncharted was then I played it and just thought "not as good as any of the home ones" which may not be fair but it's what I think when I'm playing Vita.

Vitas issues have ZERO to do with it being too high end, its not even that high end. Although Killzone mercenary looks amazing..

 

Vita willl be fine, its a marathon not a race. Doesn't need to outsell 3ds.

Actually I admit that was a mistake to say.  It is at a good price and games look gorgeous.  If you read the rest of my comment I think that they just have the wrong software.  I mean it's not really fair because Mario and Mario Kart translate so well to handhelds because they come from an era where everything was in those nice little handheld chunks that people like.  Their games are natural to put on handhelds and of course Pokemon is the huge one for handhelds.  What does Sony have?  They should have definitely gotten some deal done with Capcom after they saw what Monster Hunter did for PSP.  Or they should have had a BIG first party team really devote themselves to make a handheld centric franchise.  I don't mean Tearaway or KZ Mercenary I mean a franchise with addicting perfect for handheld gameplay like Pokemon that Sony can say "THIS is why you need a SONY handheld and nothing else"