Are we talking about the same games here?  Mind=0 heavily marketed and hyped?  Silent Hill: Book of Memories?  Tearaway?  Half of those were stealth releases in Japan.

There were "heavily marketed and hyped" Japanese Vita releases for the year, but we're looking at things like Soul Sacrifice; Toukiden; Ragnarok Odyssey Ace; Phantasy Star Online 2; God Eater 2 & Final Fantasy X HD.  Not the games you listed which seem to be from publishers who don't have the money to do any marketing + western developed titles.

I think you misnderstood that part of my post.  The "heavily marketed and hyped" part was in referrence to the "ports and remakes" part, not the exclusives part...which Tearaway, Silent Hill and Mind 0 fall under.

Okay.  I literally could've picked any game in that list, apart from Phantasy Star Online 2, and the same would have applied.  Hyperdimesnion Neptunia Rebirth heavily marketed?  Where was it marketed?  Dead or Alive 5+ hyped?  By who?  Where?

I really wasn't seeing much in the way of buzz for either of those.  Muramasa Rebirth maybe a little more, but it's still an MAQL title who aren't exactly a massive publisher and I doubt had much in the way of an advertising budget for it.

This. I think 2014 will be the last year for the vita. Neither the console nor the games are selling at all and with a Sony company already in big financial trouble I doubt they can afford to keep wasting resources on a platform with limited future.

Yeah, sure, discontinue your product, lose money and show your consumers that you don't have faith in your product when it's struggling. That makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? -_-

The Vita will have a good year in Japan. Not spectacular but good enough.

I am surprised that some users think that it will be discontinued. It's future looks bleak but It's not THAT doomed!

You hear similar prognostications that Nintendo will discontinue the Wii U. Even from reputable analysts/media.

Both of which (discontinuing either Wii U or Vita) are just laughable.