Your logic is circular and it's sad.

Per the article, as quoted in the 1st post after OP by Soriku.......

I'm out.

outside of japan it pretty much has..

..not that that is relavent to above.

I will be happy with 7 million. I will be extatic if it sells 10 million. 3DS I expect to be around 20 million with Pokemon during the holidays easily doing what Vita does for the year.

That is...optimistic.

Given how loaded Nintendo's line up is in 2013 I don't see this year see much of a shift in power.

My logic isnt circular, I've been saying the same thing. As for the reading portion, I read the article  and this is the most important key part to Sonys success with the PSP Vita:
"It seems the company has finally realised that the Japan market is critical for a handheld platform. Even the Nintendo 3DS, which many people are happy to say is a very robust business now, is only outperforming in Japan. Elsewhere sales are still deflated. Until now Sony has been so focused on the western market that it has largely ignored the Japanese market, but this year is going to change things around completely."

If they stop ignoring the Japanese and treat the Vita well by supporting the Japanese they will reward them with sales. They don't want western made titles and to tell you the truth most who play handhelds dont. This is also why they've had issues selling the PS3 in Japan as well. If they could focus on Japan and the rest of the world simultaneously they would be lethal.

Notice the comma which signifies the next in a sequential list.  You'd be right if there was no comma.

Why you would think Vita has to outsell 3DS in order to be successful is beyond me....

PSP sold 70million units. It may have been 1/2 to 1/3rd of DS's sold but it was a really good number. The PSP remained profitable for majority of its time selling, and is the only handheld to come out alive from going toe to toe with Nintendo's pedigreed handheld series.

Vita just needs to be profitable for Sony, that is all they care about right now, as they should. Yes, the number of units sold will affect 3rd party support. Still doesn't mean it has to sell 3DS numbers just to get them.

^Haha :)

If you can admit that there's a reason for the downers and my reason was correct (and that "who cares" was incorrect), I can go along and say, I agree with you that the key to the Vita's success is Japan.

It's beyond you because you haven't read the article.

The future looks pretty good from this angle