I said this before and I will say it again. Sony never had a clear strategy on what they wanted to do with the Vita.
-It was western centric at launch when we know the biggest handheld market is in Japan.
-at the beginning of its life cycle, 3rd party devs and pubs in Japan was still making games for the PSP instead of the Vita.
-Sony tried to push thier big 1st party titles on the Vita but they didn't have any middleware games between big title releases to keep the ball rolling.
-Then they stopped releasing big titles and started turning the Vita into an Indie game machine. So they solved the lack of middleware games problem and replaced it with a lack of big titles releases.
-Now it has become a niche Japanese device (not that I'm against that) but the lack of western support broke the balance again.
-3rd party Vita games are likely released on the PS3 and PSP in Japan which eats up sales for the Vita.
-Vita TV/PS TV was released without making all Vita games compatible. I think its doable with the DS4.
-Negative messaging from Sony themselves. The final nail in the coffin was when the white flag was raised.
