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Fusioncode said:

AlphaCielago said:

Fusioncode said:
Japan really is keeping the Vita alive, if SCEE and SCEA showed the same kind of dedication that SCEJ has then the system could have been a solid seller. Maybe not 3DS levels but better than this. Ah well. WiiU... well I expect sales to drop even further with people waiting for the Mario Kart bundle.

What dedication? The only thing they have to offer is one game a year and some marketing. The rest is done by third parties, no one will buy a Vita for most of those games.

Getting 3rd parties on board IS dedication. Aside from indies Sony gave up on getting support for the system after the first year. SCEJ didn't and got massive games like Sword Art Online and Hatsune Miku on the system. Do you Japanese devs just woke up one day and decided to support the system? Sony made it happen. I wish they could do the same in the west. 

I think that the Japanese devs saw that the Vita was a more attractive product than the 3DS for the game they wanted to sell.  Most of those developers also released their succesful games on the PSP and that worked for them and then they would naturaly go migrate to the Vita. I don't think SCEJ has done that much to be honest, Miku 2 came after Miku 1. Sword Art came after the PSP Sword Art, where the devs were probably happy with that and followed up with the Vita.