Release GTA and kill the Wii.

I was thinking about that earlier. Would that have been better than the opening deluge followed by... nothing? Or was the problem that those were all fine, quick and dirty launch games, but they were mostly ports and B-tier titles that were just never going to shift many units to begin with?

Your right about Nintendo but we knew when the vita launched there were big games coming (mass effect, Assasins creed, call of duty, littlebigplanet etc) and we still know big games are coming. But at the end of the day if the thing is too expensive people either won't buy it or will just wait. Price is the main barrier right now.

I know, but it would somewhat remedy that "no games" mentality a bit. I don't know, just throwing random strategies here, seeing if one sticks, you could be right, maybe it wouldn't change a thing.

What I do think they missed is not making Gravity Rush the launch star. Of course maybe the game wasn't ready and there was no way to rush it, but to me they should've made the game Vita's poster child.

The answer to this question is always software. Good software will make anything sell no matter how expensive ask Apple and to a lesser extent Nintendo.
It would help most if it got many big IPs in genres Americans lap up such as open world action games, FPS and Tps, Racers, and Wrpgs.
I'm honestly shocked PSV's first few months weren't like Wii U's opening library containing adaptations of all major titles and franchises on PS360. I guess western devs just don't care about portables(their output on 3DS has been abysmal as well.)
Sony should use it's studios to help help studios like gearbox who are interested but don't have the resources.

when call of duty touches down in the states the vita should get the big rush of sales it needs to at least get a decent install base there, all it takes is one really great game and then you'll have people with the system happily picking up a few more games for it to get more outta their psv, I definately think and hope CoD will be that game in the states, Murrica is nuts for that series, just hope sony realizes it and puts a good lot of advertising just based on that game coming out.

Yeah. But it was out in Japan before Vita even launched in the west, and there was no voice acting to be localized, so I don't see why it would have been. Who knows what the hold up was?

Although the PS3 launched with some quality new IPs, and it still struggled. The launch window is a good time for new IPs, but I don't think a new console should hang its hat primarily on new IPs, but rather established ones.

Mass Effect?!

Price is a barrier, but I don't think it's the main one. I think Sony's audience is a lot less susceptible to sticker shock than Nintendo's, and if there were Monster Hunter and Crisis Core and GTA caliber games on the Vita, I don't think it would be selling at sub-PSP levels even at this price.

I think I meant bioshock not mass effect ;) but that's what I believe though.. Obviously great games sell consoles but the price is the most important factor in determining demand.