Link to the research? just to give you an example,a few days ago i completed a questionnaire by Ninty after registering my 3ds and Mario Kart 7. I didn't care for mario kart, but based on their research it would appear that a 27 year old gamer bought a Mario Kart 7, so they could claim that the audience of the game is 25+ or something. I was planning on selling the game that came with the bundle, so their research might give them inaccurate results.

All I'm saying is, in order for any research to be credible, you have to look at the numbers used and how they conduct their research. For example, when i was younger I used to never register products, so it might be more likely for adults to send them feedback than kids.

The question is why did it lose momentum. Do you remember how SCEA treated the PSV in its first E3 conference after launch in 2012? Or how they even topped that in a negative way this year?

PSV had a decent Sony launch lineup in quantity and in its first year but shortly after that it seemed like they just wanted to finish the games in production and call it a day.

So it doesn´t really surprise me that all of the games you listed in this quoted post are 1st gen titles released in PSVs first year with Soul Sacrifice shortly after. If we just look at PSVs first year in a vacuum I agree that the lineup is quite decent for the timeframe. The problem is this are games that had been announced for quite some time most even before PSVs launch, even the recently released Killzone was announced back in 2011 and there haven´t been many announcements  in recent E3 etc.. Those 1st year games are of course all valid titles but especially the early adopters like myself actually have played those already and want a constant stream of new games. It also doesn´t help that games like Uncharted and GR are really short games.

People calling Sonys support lackluster are actually looking at Sonys PSV support in its entirety and to most it´s quite obvious that it slowed down quite significantly.

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/10/18/pokemon-x-y-sold-mainly-college-students-japan/

Even Animal Crossing play people by the age 19-24

I've been calling it the "PSPGo2" for the longest. I believe everyone else do the same.

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately the author from Siliconera doensn't explain how Media Create got their numbers. He also stresses that the numbers would be different if kids didn't have exams in Japan when the game launched. So, if I go to a store and buy pokemon x for my niece who's 5, would that count as a sale from a 27 or a 5 year old? It's not like I don't believe these numbers. I bought a 3ds just for pokemon for myself and I'm 27, but there have been one too many studies that used questionable methods. Ninty has stated that 50% of the 3ds owners are kids (again, not sure if they're right).

@Naruball

I came from Austria my english is not realy good when i make a mistake sorry.

Let me say clear i hope Nintendo will have competition in the handheld market then with competition they will became stronger and better. But i belive Sony have give the Vita already up.How long the Japan Support will be alive. You see this week japanes games sale for 3DS games not from Nintendo are fantastic. This is a signal for the Publisher.This is not good for Sony and it is a shame when you asking me then they can not fix this shit. But they have not the resource about this think to keep alive then Nintendo owned the market. The must fight against Microsoft and not Nintendo. And the resources go to the PS4 against the Xbox One. Its rational when you ask me.

Couldn't agree more. Well said.

It sells well in multiple age groups.

It sells well with my age group too (I'm 24).  Its all over my college campus.

Your tablets cannot bring me the same quality entertainment via games.

This guys knows it!!! Why do people care if i play a handheld? It has games, great games!

Stuff like this is why Pachter is such a laughing stock. By the way, he also predicted Nintendo would release a Wii HD in 2009. XD