@Kowen It hasn't been out a year in Japan yet though. Close, but not yet.
@benao87 They didn't say that the sales were unacceptable, of course they wish they sold more, they've said it several times before already. Summer sales are usually crappy, Vita just especially so.
@blugamer23 There is good reason to believe that the Vita is a profitable hardware, at least break even. Software and accessory sales are adding enough profits to make the console profitable right off the bat, even if the Vita is selling for a small loss which is unlikely given the cost breakdown announced after its release.
@slimebeast Really man? No decency. When the Vita starts selling well, I hope you feel bad about statements like that.
@OP I agree, the thing needs a Christmas. The consumer environment is extremely negative, fueled by competitive BS cultivated in the fans of a certain product/service. Very sad to see that the dawn of the troll can have such an effect on human behavior.
The Vita though, has a lot going for it; games, apps, features. It's amazing, but I think they messed up their launch. The earthquake and flooding delayed it from a holiday release last year worldwide. That probably reduced its launch potential due to the low sales in Japan after launching there, kind of scared the rest of the world from buying the Vita. News coverage was very critical of the system for its Japanese sales. Japan should not have gotten the go ahead on schedule while the rest of the world was delayed. Japan had the weakest regional software lineup and Sony tripped up their sales for the rest of the world that way.
A simultaneous February launch would have had more success, kept higher numbers leading up to the summer and prevented a lot of negative publicity due to low sales. They didn't generate more sales by launching in Japan on time, hell a Golden week launch would have worked more in their favor. Vita has become a cultural target, it's market faith is well shaken and all for immature reasons, but hey, that's how the market is and Sony has made its mistakes. I just wish people were a little bit more decent and educated.
