same way the wii 30 million lead was irrelevant

COD is the highest selling franchise on the 360 and ps3 and how important is it on the wii, think GTA on PSP vs DS

Why is the Wii lead irrevelant? I don't get it. Those people bought a Wii, not a PS360, or anything else. You can't just ignore a lead because 'it's selling worse now'. A lead is a lead, end of. And the lead that the 3DS will have with Monster Hunter is also important, because the install base is already there. Capcom won't risk splitting the fanbase by releasing a new game on untested territory, especially if it's not the market leader. 

Ironic in your GTA point that the DS was the console to get the exclusive game, thus destroying your argument. And the Wii CODs still regularly sell well over a million, so it's still relevant.

I thought Rockstar Leeds also did the PS2 games (San Andreas, Vice City Stories, Liberty City Stories)? And you're right. Rockstar seems to be the only company (along with Nintendo) who can keep a secret. I expect, if a GTA game is released, for a version to be released on both handhelds, akin to what happened with Chinatown Wars. 

E3 will be a great one for handheld fans, that's fairly certain. Just as you said. And it's not too many months away...

Pretty sure this is not a "lets attack the ps brand and point out how much better the wii and 360 are than the ps3".

OT: While I have a Vita and I'm in love with the system, I completely understand why it has failed to do well so far. If Sony were smart, they would have made a deal with Capcom for a Monster Hunter "exclusive" game for Vita (which would be ported later to every other console) and make it a launch title. I find the lack of a God of War/Lbp/ Gravity Rush as lauch titles ridiculous. Why is it taking so long for Gravity Rush to get localized? Final Fantasy Type-0 could have easily been released already for the vita. The psvita keeps losing momentum/hype and people who weren't sure whether to buy one are pobably afraid to do so, as its future doens't seem that bright.

We'll have a better picture of its future after the release of Bioshock, Cod etc, but at the moment it doesn't look good.

yeah sell over a million that's great until you look at how much it sold on the ps3 and 360, then it becomes irrelevant

wii was irrelevant because the people that brought over the ps3 and 360 more often than not  wouldn't have brought a ps3 or 360 in the first place, the wii didn't dictate the generation in any way shape or form, ps2 and ps1 dictated their generations, 3rd party games, multiplatform time exclusives, etc. this generation went on in spite of wii's massive lead. Look at all the block busters that came out for ps3 and 360, those would have come out regardless of what the wii sold,No third party was dying to get their games on wii and the ones that did their efforts were largely irrelevant. Basically the highest selling software on wii wouldn't sell anywhere but a wii, it was a console that could have been and was largely ignored by most of the industry.

Now that's not an attack on wii just a fact, the wii created it's own market and I'm not saying it's a bad thing it's a great thing. In fact look at how much it benefited, high sales, massive profit, the highest selling games of all time. The wii was an amazing success, but as far as influencing the industry, it had little to no effect at all. Case in point when the ps2 and ps1 were approaching the end of their lives their competitors were either dead of dying, the wii is on life support and 360 / ps3 are still posting their highest years yet.

And the 3ds is be much of the same, people think that's not the case NOW because they're looking at NOW which is short sighted. Bad Vita is launch Vita nothing more. The moment it gets heat to its' tires it's going to take off. Do better than 3ds? Personally I don't think it will, sell great and receive amazing support, without a doubt, and in the end it's how your console that was supported that matters.

oh and Capcom made Monster Hunter on psp which was handily destroying the psp in sales so there

The problem here is that Call of Duty on Wii is inferior for reasons other than graphics or hardware processing power. I do not doubt that Capcom is bringing their A-game with Monster Hunter Tri G, and that any Vita Monster Hunter would merely be prettier, but that would be the end of it, whereas because of massive third party developer conspiracy (mtpdc), Nintendo versions of these games are severely gimped in ways that often don't make sense, with whole play modes dropped from rotation. Madden works as an example here as well.

Regarding your point about 3rd parties here, you're right, I'll give you that.  But to say Wii didn't dictate the gen "in any way shape or form"?  Move and Kinect say, "Hi".  The Wii was never meant to eradicate traditional gameplay, but rather to expand the market and attract people with different gameplay types, in which it handily succeeded.

And concerning your past posts, if you really think that the 3DS' lead or the fact that Nintendo have secured Monster Hunter means nothing, you're in for a rude awakening.  To say that people will suddenly disregard the 3DS versions for Vita versions is highly erroneous.  The best Sony can hope for is that the Vita versions do well alongside their 3DS counterparts.  Japan has seemingly welcomed Monster Hunter with open arms on the 3DS, which will be further evidenced when MH4 releases.  In any case, Sony has lost exclusivity of a franchise that was key to their prior success in the most important market for portable game systems, and it's unquestionably a serious blow.

In the West? Yes.
In Japan? No.

Overall? No

Even in the west the vita will not nearly reach PSP sales.

Looking two years in the future I see no Vita there. I think Sony will cut off the vita, because has big financial problems and no money for save the vita.

I think 2 years is a bit pre-emptive. With a bit more advertising, more games and also (perhaps) a lower price, the system should take off. 

I see it like this: 

West- 55mil

Japan- 10mil

Overall- 65mil