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Doctor_MG said:
HoangNhatAnh said:

Oh yes, even with that, 3ds sales was still slow at fir

3ds with superior backwards compatibility still sold bad at the beginning then no wonder vita flopped hard.

I'm gonna end my part of the conversation here because I think I've said my piece for the most part. But just two things that I'd like to add are that most people don't purchase a console for BC despite it being a proconsumer thing. Also, Vita had larger hurdles for BC that the 3DS did not. Proprietary flash carts are less costly to R&D than an entirely new optical medium. Especially when one would expect the optical medium to fit in the same confines as a different optical medium (the UMD). So, while it wasn't as good, it was really the best they could offer with what they had. And that's one reason why the PSP is the only portable console to use discs. 

UMD disc PSP and memory card Vita are Sony decisions, again, they have their faults here.