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jonnybmk said:

Remember this from 2011???

http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/10/22/the-playstation-vita-is-set-to-succeed

"For better or for worse, Vita will be pitted against the Nintendo 3DS. But the comparison doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and even if you were to pit them against each other, Vita is still destined to sell better."

These predictions were very fair at the time. 

People assumed the Vita was gonna recieve the same degree of the support as the PSP but that never happened. Sqaure Enix and Capcom avoided it like plague, even sony sharfted the system with tons of rushed games, ill considered titles and crappy ports. Pegged system sellers like COD and AC liberation fell far short of their potential and the memory card issue topped it all off. 

The 3DS was underperforming, if sony played their cards right the Vita could have very well been the lead handheld, or at least neck and neck with the 3DS.