The problem is that Sony seems to have learned little from the problems PSP faced. Moving back to cartridges is a point in their favor, but the software strategy remains almost identical. For the PSP strategy to succeed as far as it did required the mass migration of Japanese developers onto the platform, and that's something Nintendo's trying their darndest to make sure doesn't happen this time around.

Games is subjectif someone can love mario and other can hate it so i don't think software has relation with the price of psvita.

For me saying a think is expensives or not depending on the production price.

It has games, I just Platinumed Gravity Rush and I've just ordered the MGS collection and that will keep me happy until another game comes out.

I had no idea. It's amazing how much the media hides from us.

Im gonna get 3DS instead of Vita because the Vita doesn't have enough games that i want. So yeah, I would say games is still the biggest issue

One game

Gran Turismo Vita (and not like the PSP version which was lame)

or better yet, GT5 Vita!!! dun dun dun!! Release it now Sony fools!

I can understand this. I was originally going to re-buy a 3DS for Tales, tekken and that announced SE rpg game as the only game that interested me on the Vita was Gravity Rush. But then they confirmed the NA release of Ragnarok Odyssey, ACIII and SF X Tekken aannndd... thats all she wrote and I am now on the Vita band wagon eagerly awaiting the release of Ragnarok Odyssey.

It's not a single factor at play here. The "hidden" cost of the proprietary memory cards doesn't help matters considering most tablets and phones already have a decent amount of storage available internally or are bundled with a substantial sized non-proprietary memory card.

Sony don't seem to know how to market the machine either. They seem to be trying to sell it as a media machine or a mini tablet. It's understandable as stand-alone portable games machines are now relatively niche unless they truly offer something different but people have smart phones and tablets now that do a lot of what Vita does. They're failing to communicate the unique aspects of the system or those aspects aren't enough for people to shell out the money.

The games are probably the best aspect as the Vita has a nice library for a relatively young hand-held and the price for the hardware is actually very good. However, other than a small and core niche, consumers are not seeing the value in the machine at its current price point. If the new Google Nexus tablets are anything to go by, lowering the price should be possible in the not to distant future.