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S.T.A.G.E. said:
The Vita sold to Sony's loyalists of their handhelds. The PSP sold more than the Vita did, but the handheld intererest lowered as droughts were rampant. This is the same thing that hurt the Wii U. Vita is similar to the switch in what it does but there will be more third party support if Nintendo is to be believed. The thing that makes the Vita unappealing is what made the PSP and DS more appealing. They were cheaper to develop for and thus the third party was quicker and more readily to appear in abundance. This made for a larger and more memorable library. If you look at the highest selling consoles they were not the most powerful. The Wii, PS2, PS1, DS and 3DS were the least powerful of their respective generations. The PS4 is the first time in a long time that the most powerful console is winning by a mile like the SNES to the genesis. |
Even that is technically not true.
The Saturn was less powerful than the Playstation. The Dreamcast was less powerful than the PS2.
Being less powerful doesn't gauruntee you shit.
The home consoles that win their generation do so usually with the best third party support combined with good execution (ie: good pricing, marketing, etc.). The "power" stuff basically just boils down to one factor: can your hardware run the "big gun" software of its day that the masses really want to play. That's all.
Sony, like them or not, simply does this better than anyone else, it's why they've basically won 3/4 generations and won them easily, and even their worst selling console (PS3) would equate to sales that any one of Sega, Nintendo, or Microsoft would gladly take. When 85 million people still buy your "failed" console, lol, this is like the kid in school who thinks getting a B+ is the end of the world because they only get As.
