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

[MikeRox]

Smear-Gel said:

MikeRox said:

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.

Wasnt last gen much higher than usual rather than this gen being much lower?

Well, the 3DS and Vita combined won't touch GBA sales. So it's definitely a smaller market, as there is the N-Gage, Wonderswan and Neo Geo Pocket to add to the GBA sales for that generation.

The 8-Bit Gameboy models sold over 115m units, the GameGear sold over 10m units. So although yes, last gen was the biggest handheld gen ever, This is looking like the worst one since handheld became a thing.