Sony now Calls the PS Vita a “Legacy Platform” Outside of Japan/Asia

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MikeRox said:

PwerlvlAmy said:

I don't see the handheld situation as dire as people make it out to be atm

I think a drop of total userbase from 230m to what is looking like it'll be under 80m in a generation is a pretty dire situation.

Then take a look at the actual games coming to handhelds and note that the West has completely abandoned them seriously limiting the genres available.

Handheld is in a dire place right now.

The other bad thing is a big chunk of those 3DS sales came early in the life cycle too (its first Christmas season still is its best I think) ... so before things like the iOS shop really took hugely and the iPad was just a newborn then. 

The next handheld from Nintendo will have it much tougher. At least 3DS had a year or so early on where mobile was still relatively young and raw.