| Azzanation said: Because Hardware Sales don't always lead to success. There will always be a fanbase that will buy anything Sony just like there is for Nintendo etc. However apart from the Hard core Sony fans who actually brought one. The Vita did not appeal to everyone and most likely cost Sony $$$ than profiting them. Sony could give the Vita away to everyone for $1 and have it sit above the PS4 in sales, that wouldn't make it a successful platform. Definitely not in a business stand point. Also those comparing the WiiU to the Vita, one thing needs to be said is that both Hardware systems didn't sell, we know that, however WiiU software still sold well (Mainly 1st Party) where as Vita's software didn't sell (except for a couple exceptions) So the WiiU would not have hurt Nintendo as much as the Vita would have hurt Sony |
You're going to need some sources for a lot of what you're written because much of it sounds like you pulled it out of thin air.
No, the Vita certainly did not appeal to everyone but it does serve a very clear niche, which is where most of it's sales would come from. You've only to look at the software patterns in the Japan to realize that those games are the reason many people bought a Vita and not simply because they're Sony fans.
I'd also like to see numbers to back up your claim that "the WiiU would not have hurt Nintendo as much as the Vita would have hurt Sony." Yes, Nintendo certainly made far more money off software sales than Sony but Sony also spent a fraction of the resources on the Vita that Nintendo spent on the Wii U. In the end, the Vita is going to live far longer than the Wii U while it pulls in royalties from Japanese games with almost no expenditure from Sony.
