I think PSVita will not be affected but 3DS will a better sale.
And i think PSVita will outsell it after the generation end.

Yes because 3DS problem was the price, now everyone will rush to buy one..

RIP PSV you had a good run :(

None of the huge games have been released yet. I'm not sure why Nintendo has dropped the price for the 3DS, but I am happy that now other people can get it for a cheaper price than before.

Same thing people said about DS V.S. PSP.

It's  about the games, not the hardware.

Which the 3DS is yet to get, and won't get by the time Vita's out either. If Nintendo thought that the games would be there by the time Vita hits, then they wouldn't shift the price so heavily, that one is clear.

If you truly thought I didn't consider games, then lulz @ you.

While someone else have already mentioned it: There are no PSV models without Wi-fi, so "No one looking for a PSV" will be able to buy one. For any price.

Both doomed with so many things competing with your money.

It`s obvious that Nintendo expected too much of 3DS. Maybe because DS was a huge hit, maybe because they thought that 3D alone would help sell the console, maybe they believed that the console would be better supported by 3rd parties... i`ll risk in saying that 3DS' failure is a mix of all.
What resulted was an unbalanced console with an high price, regarding it`s lack of software and not so good 3D (very restrict view field).

What does this mean for 3DS on the long run: at least 2 things come to mind (one good, one bad): better pricing coupled with incoming great games almost make it a real launch! With a price so low now, will it be easy fot Nintendo to drop it`s price in coming years to make it competitive?

About the competition from other portable devices:
I`m the first to say that there is and will be more competition - not so much about the core gamer but more on the casual gamer, at least for now.
Question is: is this a reality now? If it is, why isn`t PSP and NDS suffering with this and only 3DS? PSP seems to be selling the usual and NDS will sell about 130.000 or more this week. Shouldn`t at least NDS be a victim of the insurgence of other forms of portable gaming? Seems to be doing just fine.
So why is 3DS failing and not NDS or PSP? I`ll say lack of distinctive core games and casual games; disctinctive appearence when compared to NDS; unattractive 3D experience (field of view) and high price for it`s premise.

Although price and a good or great flux of games will help Nintendo, it still needs, imo, to resolve some issues as i stated above.


I hope Nintendo rethinks some of the flaws that keep hurting 3DS, when the time for Wii U comes.

Look at the 3DS release schedule, then tell me what games Vita has that will make it leapfrog 3DS and lulz @ yourself.

The problem was the price  was too high and the games that will make 3DS start to really sell are coming later this year, not that Nintendo thought the games 'wouldn't be there' (where would they go?) by the time vita launches.

Vita is sunk now, especially when Mario 3d and Mario kart hit the 3ds at its new price