These dumb sony vita articles about selling issues are getting old. Wait until the holidays are over and then discuss this issue. Sony is spending 50 mil on marketing for vita. Wait until january and the hard numbers are in to talk about this subject.

Fact is Vita is currently selling below expectations. What's so bad about discussing that?

Did they ever admit that the PS3 was underperforming ?

Man, it seems the vita is really in trouble... is Sony creating the context for a finale "a la Dreamcast" ?

If I was Sony I'd drop the price, pack in a couple "E" rated games and a memory card. I'd then put out a bunch of ads to appeal to kids. Christmas is coming, kids are a big market, and the whole portable hardcore thing isn't working.

Get the kids and you'll get everyone. Ignore the kids and lose. The hardcore isn't enough anymore. Not sure if hardcore alone was ever enough.

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-this post was moderated by amp316

I think its a bad article, but it has to be obvious that Sony couldn't possibly of expected to sell so little Vitas by this time in its life.

From a consumer stand point, unless you really want console gaming on the go, a smartphone/tablet is just way better value than a PSVita.

From a developer standpoint it's costs a fraction as much to develop for iOS/Android, or even 3DS, all of which have a userbase many times that of PSVita. Why spend the money to make a Vita game for 2m people when you could use that same money to make 10 iOS/Android game for what? 100m people?

A huge developer like Sony should have seen this shift coming (hell it was already here!) and adapted.

Vita is being given a chance. Its been given chance after chance after chance. The best launch lineup ever will make vita soar to record sales and destroy 3ds. Didn't happen. Gravity rush will go to put vita on the map. Didn't happen. Hatsune miko will propel vita to victory in japan. Didn't happen. Killzone is a big series though. That will be the killer app to sell vita. Didn't happen. Little big planet then. Nope. Assassin's creed will be the game to sell it out then. I haven't seen reports of vita sales going up so I can't say but going off this it failed.

At this point third parties should realize what they realized last time. If you are looking for money on handhelds, the place for that is nintendo. But I think it will be quite successful as hardware.

The vitas is in a confused position, people want the small pick up and play games but you can already get them cheaper on a smart phone, and with bigger games devs aren't confident (rightly so) to pay millions on a device with only 3 million install base. Sad times, sad times

Guess you meant Resistance