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teigaga on 19 January 2015
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jetforcejiminy said:
retroking1981 said:
Really not sure but like a few others have mentioned the Vita isn't going anywhere.

Its very powerful and I could imagine it staying around so long that it's sales will end up being respectful, and because of being around so long will probably end up profitable.

Because of these reasons it will also slowly start geiing more support, look at RE Revelations 2. The 3DS has been a huge success but for numerous reasons the Vita which is selling horribly is getting it.
Also how powerful will Nintendos next handheld be? Why would Capcom for example make MH5-6 or whatever it will be on by then for the next Nintendo handheld when the Vita (which will possibly be comparable in power) will have a bigger install base.

Vita has sold horribly like the Wii U but the Wii U will not have the continued support or (for want of a better word) 'luck' of the Vita.

In short, Vita will outsell and outlast Wii U, but going back to the OP... I'm very unsure if Sony will ever release another handheld, at least a dedicated one.

the vita is getting "revelaitons" 2 because it's easy as hell to port to vita from ps3/4. and by easy as hell i mean fool-proof. you too could create your own vita port!

as for the vita sticking around, that's how the psp got to 80m, but the thing is the psp at least had support. a resident evil port and a bunch of jrpgs and dating sims will not help the vita sell. and lo and behold, the vita has not sold. 2m in 2014 (mostly in japan), much fewer than in 2013, and likely much fewer to come in 2015. vita'll be lucky to get to 12-13m without sony pulling the plug on it completely. freedom wars will probably be the last high-profile release, and that wasn't even that high-profile... as for the wii u comparison, there is no comparison. the wii u is getting the lion's share of nintendo's attention whereas vita is getting indie games and jrpgs. wii u will easily pass the vita in mid-2015. and the wii u will be around until 2017-18--no nintendo platform has ever been supported for fewer than 5-6 years except for the virtual boy, and the wii u is not doing virtual boy numbers (the vita's much, much closer to that).

btw, no namecalling: i am a happy vita owner. it's great for playing psone classics and psp games. and tearaway.

It seems the Vita is getting more exclusives in 2015, then it got in 2014 and 2013. Sure not from 1st party or western devs but third party support is increasing and the exclusives are getting bigger in japan, sales ratio's are improving between it and PS3 cross gen titles and I see this all being a continued pattern. All of this bodes well for the future and of course its not gonna touch PSP levels of success but the if the big Japanese devs get behind it that will reflect in western sales. Also we shouldn't undermine JRPGs as if they don't sell systems, they surely do when they are good quality and big. So far the Vita has only had 2 that I would say fit that category; Persona 4 and Final Fantasy XHD. Both were ports yet sold very well and shifted systems.

Also the Vita will likely be here longer then the Wii U. Key being 3rd parties make money of it and its sales in Japan, it doesn't recieve the holiday boost but the majority of the year Vita has a higher baseline and hardware is probably more profitable then the Wii U. Nintendo also have a very strong history of dropping support for systems like a rock when they have a new system out, as we saw with the PSP/PS3/360 3rd parties are so quick to do so.