The no games thing is just people being ignorant, however what the vita needed were system sellers (Not that it matters anymore since the system is pretty much dead in the west).
The only games that can be considered world wide known system seller exclusives are: Uncharted, Killzone, Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty. Uncharted did its job on launch, COD was a medicore rush job, though it did sell some systems ? Assassin's Creed (average game too) and Killzone launched along side their console versions with little advertising. Not to mention, how Sony started focusing on indie which pissed off a lot of people who bought the system for console experiences whatever that means.
I love my vita, I have over 40 retail games on it, but we shouldn't pretend like it has world wide appeal.
