How would Vita have done without proprietary memory cards?

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Sogreblute said:

Sogreblute said:

Why do people always associate the Vita's poor sales to the memory cards? It was the lack of advertising, interest, and games on the system.

I want to add to this.
Why it failed (in no order)
Lack of marketing, no compelling games/bad ports, had to compete against mobile, memory card prices, early abandonment from Sony, lack of big Japanese games (for the Japan market including Monster Hunter + Main Dragon Quest), amongst other things.

For everyone that says "Home consoles are dying in Japan that's why handhelds/mobile thrive there. Can you tell me why the Vita only sold 6 million compared to the PS4's 9.5 million when last generation it was the PSP 20 million > PS3 10 million? That is a huge failure.

Sony lost two rounds to Nintendo in handheld space. The competition with Nintendo, in handheld space, is tough. Nintendo always prioritizes your handheld public, for they, the handheld is a premium consumer. For sony, the portable space is a sideline product, the stationary consoles have all the sun, for Sony.