Well not really, I wanted to see everyone elses opinion on it, since I don't really know what makes a system sell really well apart from the obvious. 

Ah, Ok. Thanks for telling me what you think is wrong with the thread. I've only seen one thread that speculated on how the Vita will do, think spurgeonryan made it, sorry if there's loads. And as to the questions I asked, they were obviously partly responsible but I want to know what people think is the most important factor. 

How doesn't the EU/NA launch being good not fit my title? This threads mainly about Japan and what it needs to compete with 3DS in Japan.

You're right, there are plenty of other threads for me. Like in the hot topics section alone:

"Can the Sony Vita resist the 3DS storm?"

"Media Create Sales 12/19 ~ 12/25 (vitas 2nd week in Japan you referenced)"

"Official Playstation Vita Thread"

"Forbes take on PSVita launch"

"Playstation Vita sold better than some people think"

Sure it's got a great lineup announced, but I said I was having second thoughts about whether it'll sell well enough to keep getting support, sure the first 2 years look great, but the PSP also has a great first 2-3 years, then the support dropped. 

you do realise that the vita model that everyone is interested in is actually sold out nearly right (the wifi) model, so the left over models will be the more expensive 3g model, just wait till the next shipment comes in, and then we can talk

Look at my other reply to you.

Still waiting to see what "massive long term worldwide conclusions" I've come to...

youre talking about something different completely. and if youre talking about japan the the psp is still well supported and sells extremely well. I dont know where youre goiung with this. 

are you talkin about japan or not.

also the vita will launch at a lower price to the psp, is easier to develop for than psp and is a totally different device to the psp. not just a psp with better graphics.

also sony only shipped 500k to japan so they probably werent expecting massive figures with no system sellers and psp still selling.

Yup the main problem is to kill off the PSP and let the PSV actually dominate (like what 3DS struggled to do with its weak launch; the DS was still selling well). But yet another problem lies in the fact that PSP has loads of games which PSV obviously hasn't, and PSV isn't able to replicate it through proper bakward compatibility (like what the 3DS can do.)

And the thing about naysayers crying "DOOM". They are partially justified. Yes the 3DS seemed to fail and all seemed bleak back then, but the circumstances are different. The Vita, sadly, is "failing" at a much greater pace, even when circumstances are supposed to favour it very much.

Pretty nice launch lineup, same price as launch 3DSes, holiday season, 1 week before Christmas. All of these would normally equate to strong sales. But the Vita didn't get this. It sold for lower than 3DS's launch numbers, plus the pretty bad plummet (200k for 3DS, 72k for Vita for Week 2 after launch).

Even though the current picture shows a bad, bad situation for Vita, remember it is only Week 2 into the console's lifespan. There is a lot that Sony can do to flip the tables, like what the 3DS could.

But on another note, I do think that the Japan Vita's launch lineup would be more suited for a Western audience. Well, there isn't Monster Hunter or Dragon Quest or anything big (as viewed by the Japanese), and Uncharted doesn't really seem to be as big a thing as these traditional stronghold franchises there, so...

The only moment to deem Vita's fate would be after it launches in the West. If the Vita still blunders there, then I can safely guarantee that Sony's screwed. But I don't think that's the case. The launch lineup's clearly for a Western audience.

(And about Tales and FF X boosting Vita sales, I don't really agree with this. That Tales game (forgot the name) is a remake of a DS game, and FF X is only in early development stages, so the boost by Tales wouldn't really be huge, and FF would only come out a long time after, maybe a little too late to salvage the situation if anything bad happens in the nearer future.)

Even though I admit that I'm pro-Nintendo and rather anti-Sony (shit don't come after me), I believe that both the 3DS and the Vita need competition between each other in order to keep their own toes up against the smartphone tsunami. If either the 3DS or PSV flops, then nothing'll keep the companies on their toes to continue innovating (since they just outright reject the notion that smartphones are killing their platforms). Which means the whole handheld legacy on this planet's pretty much doomed. That'll be the real doom.

So doom for Vita? Hell no. Please.

Urgh, yeah now I am, I intended to talk mainly about Japan but then you started talking about how I said EU/NA has a great lineup, so I was addressing that. 

also the vita will launch at a lower price to the psp, is easier to develop for than psp and is a totally different device to the psp. not just a psp with better graphics.sony only shipped 500k to japan so they probably werent expecting massive figures with no system sellers and psp still selling.

Great, thank you, that is a response to some of the questions I asked and second thoughts I had.

also this underlined could probably be seen as the "worldwide conclusion". Seems it to be that youre making a worldwide conclusion from 2 weeks of japan sales. also your whole thread is that the vita is doomed which is worldwide too.