pokoko on 19 March 2014
There probably is no reason to bring it to the west. Over here, home consoles are the stronger product and they already fulfill the same role.
As for Japan, I remember some people inflating estimates for Vita TV, even when they had zero idea of what the television situation was in Japan. In my opinion, this counts more as a set-top box than a console and, as I said then, it's not going to have console numbers. If it catches on, it will be with the average consumer, which means a slow burn, mostly via word of mouth.
I have no idea what kind of expectations Sony had but I have little doubt they were much more modest than the numbers you were throwing around.
