teigaga on 19 February 2015
| melbye said: That is what Sony did with Vita and it ended up poorly for them |
For tons of reasons like memory cards, lack of quality retail releases, the quality ones didn't belong to hugely popular franchises. Poor marketing, the first Vita commercials didn't even boast of its specs or sell it as its own gaming device:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNxHa0bqCI
... Appealing to an older demographic is not reason for the systems failure. I'm pretty sure the majority of 3DS owners are in their late 20s/30s to be honest.
