Explain: Sony abandoning the Vita

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

VanceIX said:

>Looks at PSP titles during first few years

>Looks at PSV titles during first few years

Yeah, Sony jumped ship. Sure, it isn't doing well, but neither is the Wii U and that gets plenty of support. I love my Vita, but let's not pretend that Sony has given it adequate support. At this point, it's more of a PS4 companion machine than a dedicated handheld.

That's the problem with comparing PSP and Vita though. The prior didn't have to compete with smartphones.

The Vita had to compete against 500~million smartphones that had been shipped that year from the starting gate.

http://mobiforge.com/research-analysis/2011-handset-and-smartphone-sales-statistics-worldwide-big-picture?mT

If we're starting from the release of the Iphone, thats a 4 year head start as well. That essentially renders the disparity of support between the two as virtually insignificant. Not to mention that the PSP was released in the lifetime of the PS2 vs the Vita being released in the lifetime of the PS3. I don't see how its even possible to consider how Sony could support the Vita to the level of the PSP considering the difference in circumstances.