As we found out today, Sony underestimated the amount of attention that thePlayStation Vita TV would be getting from gamers in the West, and they are “of course” thinking of launching it in the US and Europe.

With the PS Vita TV utilizing a DualShock 3 (or DualShock 4 when youRemote Play PS4 games through it), some of the Vita’s unique features, like the touchscreen, will be useless on games played via the new device. AsShuhei Yoshida tells USGamer tho

 ugh, he doesn’t think we’ll see developers forgetting about those Vita features anytime soon:

We’re working with developers so that the game will know which device it’s booting up. Developers have a way to customize the interface if the game is working on the PS Vita portable or the Vita TV. Touch has some distinct advantages. People like using smartphones or tablets that way. In many cases, the Dual Shock has to replicate that touch control. So I don’t think people will shy away from using touch. It’s much more intuitive.

Having brought up smartphones and tablets, Shuhei also gave out his opinion on just how badly he believes they have negatively impacted the handheld market:

Hm, hmm. How badly? Quite badly. It’s a matter of convenience. People carry their smartphones with them all the time. The tablet is there at home. So it’s hard to compete with something that easy that people already own. We have to provide a really great value proposition. We have to provide something special when we bring out our portable gaming platforms.

 

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/09/20/shuhei-yoshida-phones-have-hurt-handheld-market-quite-badly-ps-vita-tv-wont-make-devs-forget-about-touch-screen/

Could that have being anymore obvious considering that the vita isn't needed anymore and so is the 3DS to a lesser extent.

It doesn't matter how big mobile gaming gets, Nintendo will always have secessful handhelds.

It's not obvious to quite a few people on this site

Sony could have easily dethroned nintendo in the handheld market space if they released at $150 and not at an expensive $250.(I guess their fixing up the mess now with the vita tv)

The 3ds is on track to sell better than the original ds, there is no way Sony could replicate those numbers, the software on the vita doesn't compare to the 3ds's.  I'm not against the vita, I plan to get one, but Nintendo is on another level in the handheld market.

Careful now lol you'll start a war saying things like that ^^

Aye? I thought was on track to sell much less?? Isn't it selling far less than the DS did in the US?

I just used the tools on vgc to see that and those numbers are taking into consideration Pokemon has yet to be released and a $130 model is coming out.

Nope.