Wii U does deserve suport of some kind. I think what stands in it's way the most is how underpowered it is in comparison to the other two(like last gen). Will prove difficult to do all that is being done for next gen multiplats on that system as well. I do agree that if they can do a cross plat across generations, they could also stand to build a game for WiiU. Even if Multiplatform titles are impractical it could still recieve ofshoot versions that utilize similar assets/engine like I describe for Vita.

This is not about the WiiU tho. Vita's development culture is far simpler than bringing stuff to WiiU.

I disagree. I mean we didn't get a 1 million selling week for the 3DS when MonHun released. I don't see such a week for the Vita if MonHun released exclusively on it. I don't think it would have sales of the first couple of months even comparable to those we have now. It may crawl to those levels in time, but it would be a way worse deal for Capcom, not to mention the moneyhat $$$.

Of course you have a undeniable point that if MonHun 4 would be exclusive to the Vita the baselines for both handhelds would most probably be different, more favorable for the Vita, less for the 3DS. But has been trying hard to get the hunter genre fanbase on the Vita anyway, and I think a lot of them have the system, and as I said MonHun 4 going by hardware sales sold mostly to the existing 3DS userbase, whether it's the monster hunter, or hunting genre userbase in general (don't know whether there are any other hunting games on the 3DS) they have not jumped on the 3DS the day MonHun 4 released, they were there earlier. So to conclude, I think it was easily the better deal for Capcom to release the game on the 3DS, Vita wouldn't sell the game as well in the opening weeks at least and no additional money from Nintendo.

And the indies. From what I understand they have been very successful on the vita. On occassion even more so than on the ps3.

And replace that statement with overpowered and you described the Vita.

Now I realize that this might sound silly, but if a system is strong, people expect more from it's games (case in point: Vita games constantly being compared to home console ones [especially because there are so many cross-ports]). This makes it more costly to develop for the system as opposed to the 3DS, and thus the 3DS is a safer bet (especially considering that it had a headstart and already picked up steam before the Vita launched, especially in the west).

This is (in a bit of unrelated stuff) also the reason why a series like Fire Emblem has become a handheld series; sure there were games for the GC/Wii and there will be the SMT crossover for Wii U, but since the series isn't the most graphically advanced, it struggled more on home consoles than it does on Nintendo's moderatly powered handhelds, for which the series due to it's rather low-budget nature is much more profitable.

So yeah, I think Vita's problem is that it's overpowered. Would people have picked it up this would be a non-issue, but since that did not happen, companies rather go for the 3DS crowd, also due to the fact that developing is not as expensive due to reduced expectations when it comes to graphics and presentation.

you bring up a very good point that I did mean to touch upon in the OP . Why is the Vita punished for being more powerful? I see it happening but makes no sense. In a perfect world, Vita could have any game that is currently on 3DS, be able to output the same to better graphics, and for the most part...be easier to make in the first place. This ridiculous mind set that you have to make games for the Vita that push the system to it's limit all the time is hurtful. Maybe that is Sony's fault, they might have wanted that, but what they ended up getting is what they get now from 3rd Parties.

The only people I really see complaining about graphics on Vita are Media and Reviewers. They just don't get it. Instead of being thankful the system can output in comparable fidelity as the consoles the system gets lambasted for things like empty environment, poor textures. No duh Sherlock, its NOT A CONSOLE. it cannot fill the environment with the same level of special effects and scenery as does the PS3/4. 3DS gets similar expectations at times but not to the same extent. This thought process is why the average handheld titles get rated SOOOOO much lower than console equivilants most times.

In essense its not Vita Hardware that brings up cost, rather stupid people's expectations for it to look like Uncharted on PS3. I am totally content with games using stylized artistic directions like P4G, Bravely Default, New Little King's Story, Gravity Rush. Not everyone can do Uncharted GA, Killzone Mercs level of realism and should not be expected. Its a handheld, graphics are NOT a priority and they never have been in this space.

probably because of the PSP.. Sony didn't get it right regarding software so its no surprise 3rd party developers are skeptical with the Vita.. Shelfspace became non existant for the later years of the psp..

and also Sony isn't giving the right example to 3rd parties with their own Vita titles..

Chicken or the Egg dilemma....

Third Parties are hesitant to put efforts on Vita because its not selling faster.

or

Vita isn't selling as much because 3rd Parties haven't released their big games for it(MonHun).

I think its the latter. This is why I think MH4 could have potentially done just as well(minus moneyhatt) on Vita. There are 3 big obstacles in Vita's way.

1. Lack of Big 3rd Party Support

2. Price Barrier to get Vita.

3. Lack of good Advertising.

2 and 3 are in Sony's court and over the last year and a half they have been working at that.  They can only do so much without 1 tho. In the future Sony definitely should want to built their own arsenal of games to put on future Vita iterations. Their console series are a duh, but also things like Gravity Rush. Sony will need to make games that you always know will be there. Like Pokemon is for 3DS. This would save them from being completely 3rd party dependent as they are now for the handheld.

Retro City Rampage sold better on Vita than PS3. P4G has done equal numbers with how they did on PS2 originally. Vita'sf attach rate for games is through the roof.

If Big 3rd Party would just make a game thats worth buying, it will sell for sure.

If EA/Bioware were to theoretically make a Mass Effect title on Vita, but let it mostly play like Walking Dead(visual novel, cheap to make) it would sell gold mines.

I agree, I know that Ys and Rainbow Moon exist, yet I have absolutely no idea what they are

As for the other new IPs here, they are certainly weird.... I played the demo of Soul Sacrifice and didn't like it, but Gravity Rush and Tearaway are just odd games. They need some which have some mass market appeal, beyond 1 bad Call of Duty

They didn't want to take the risk, Zero 3rd Party game was developed for the Vita this holiday "We have Batman Black Gate which is multiplat with 3DS" but anyways we need more of system sellers in the West, I think it's doing fabulously year-over-year in Japan, and 2014 is going to be even better !