The study, published online on Wednesday, revealed a lot of insightful information about the mobile gaming market; but a key trend which is present throughout is that the PS Vita is struggling against the higher number of users on Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, and Nintendo 3DS platforms. The data states that while the mobile device userbase is over 1.3 billion (not displayed), with huge increases in Android shares, gaming-only handheld devices hover around 200 million- and the PS Vita and PSP specifically have seen a markedly lower sales compared to Nintendo’s 3DS. The only platform with a lower sales and userbase is the now 9 year old original Nintendo DS, which was originally a competitor with the Playstation Portable.

For the “what is your favourite gaming-only device” study (results above), the Android platforms rated almost the same as iOS, as US gamers’ favourite mobile/handheld gaming device, despite the fact that iOS has three times the sales revenue generated from games (not displayed). The reasons behind this are hard to gauge; it perhaps suggests that more games sales on iOs are throwaway purchases, or that the iOS’ optimization and streamlined interface for purchasing makes mobile gaming easier and this may be winning the App-race for them.

http://leviathyn.com/games/news/2013/12/07/study-reveals-ps-vitas-struggling-userbase-half-mobile-gaming-users-women/

i am NOT half a woman!

counting the DS/DSi but not the PSP.

Anyways, I think sony needs to make a dedicated handheld / mobile hybrid for next gen HH installment.
Something like the xperia play but then better executed

You may as well accept it.

It's okay.

I bet half of these female who game on mobile play candy crush and angry birds only. Can't call them real gamer though if they only play this type of games lol

Let's just call it metro.

PSP oddly absent from that bar chart I notice.