QFT

Vita had a brilliant lineup on release, far better than most consoles and handhelds in the past. The hardware was (and still is) highly advanced and worth the asking price, yet the marketing of the device has been piss poor. I'd also add that factors like the need to use proprietary memory cards or the inability to add better batteries build negativity to Vita and the brand.

To burn money.. what else?

So you could make this thread

There is nothing wrong with the vita, new games are getting announced every day.

Sony did spent a lot of money on promoting Vita, especially in Europe, Champions League is full of Vita ads, even the cinema has Vita ads, so it's impossible not to know it exists

Sony released a really great hardware, which unfortunately couldn't support as good as they should, but they will probably attempt to revive it with AAA titles this E3, Nintendo was doing bad with the 3DS first year but at least they had tons of games already announced, now Sony needs not only to announce but release them fast, by holidays let's say

I'll stay up to here because the last time i said what Sony does i got warnings, no right to tell your opinion these days... : F

It has been 3 MONTHS FFS!!!!!!! Ye guys are ridiculous.

I have said it before, but it needs to be repeated: Playstation fans are adorable :)

Sony obviously made mistakes releasing the Vita. Denying that would indicate a severe case of fanboyism. FattyDingDong makes a good point saying that Sony released the system without giving it proper support and is now simply asking you all why they did that.

Seems to me that even discussing Sony's strategies is considered Sony-trolling nowadays.

Marketing wise, yes, the support was not there in the US. To say it's lacking software support is ridiculous, it had arguably one of the best launch lineups ever, we have Resistance, LBP, Gravity Rush and the MGS collection coming in the next month. Fall is already huge, COD, FIFA, AC have been announced, an exclusive Bioshock games is coming, killzone etc. And this doesn't include the inevitable slew of announcements we'll be getting at E3.

Now, I can criticise the shit out of the PS Vita, the lack of system sellers in Japan, the over-priced propriority memory cards, the silly AR push, the crappy cameras... But to say it haz no gaemz, which is one of fatdongs points, is like I said, ridiculous.

Sony is doing some mistakes with Vita, but it can recover.
First of all, Vita is not overpriced. When the price was announced I remember that everyone was happy about it.
The biggest problem is that Vita came without any type of hype, and there's still people that doesn't know it!
There are few appealing games, the only system seller so far is Golden Abyss, and it was a launch title....nothing was released after that.

The future doesn't look bright for Vita, but for a better analysis we must wait the E3.
I really think that smartphones/tablets are killing the handled market, and Nintendo, with its games that appeal to the handled audience, is still having good, but not sensational, sales, while Vita, which is trying to give an home console experience, is failing.

The system may not appeal to you, but it does to quite a few people on VGChartz at least. Sony has catered to its fans, it didn't tell them that of course, as Sony never markets anything quite right.