Nintendo totally irrelevant? Xbox and PS duopoly?? (Home Consoles)

[johnlucas]

Frequency said:

Then I will put it bluntly.

As a native Japanese, still living in Japan, the demand for the PlayStation 4 and it's games, both launch, and first year, are considerably higher than the demand for the WiiU, which is currently selling so poorly that most used games stores in the metropolitan Tokyo area now refuse to buy them (nobody is buying the ones they put up for sale).

History has it's benefits, primarilly when undertaking things that were attempted in the past, in that sense you benefit from hindsight, but history does not predict the future.

But, like I said, don't argue with me about it, simply wait and see for yourself.

OK one question. Slightly different subject.

Something I always wanted to know from an actual Japanese person living in Japan.
From where I see it in America, it seems that handhelds are the primary console over home consoles in Japan.
Americans erroneously tend to think of handhelds as junior consoles, secondary consoles with home consoles being senior consoles, primary consoles.
It goes back to when black & white Game Boy couldn't capture the arcades as good as the home consoles could.

I know that in Japan Microsoft is no factor in the videogame console world.
So there are only 2 actual competitors in the console market: Nintendo & Sony.

Being that handhelds seem to take priority over home consoles over there, why didn't the PlayStation Vita do better than it did?
Even if it isn't winning against the 3DS why isn't it even competitive, if there's anticipation for PlayStation products over there like you said?

If PS4 buzz is great like you say, how come there seems to be no buzz to Vita which accompanies the PS4?
I want to understand a little more how the Japanese market works.
John Lucas