Not sure what Wii U has to do with this. You probably have me confused with a Wii U supporter. Of which I'm not one. Vita is not a sound business investment. Sony doesn't have the first party muscle to drive hardware. This system will continue to sputter through the gen. And I doubt there will be a vita successor. 

I was asked for D-rated games, I gave D-rated games (altough 2 are C-rated but it's the same audience)

I don't think all is bad for Vita. Yes, it soldworse in it's second year, compared with the first. But Sony was able to save it somewhat in Japan. The Vita has nearly doubled it's sales in 2013 in Japan, compared to 2012. Yes, that means it's very bad in europe and the US, but Sony could go for the strategy to concentrate on one market. And to some degree it's working. The Vita is getting support from Japanese 3rd-parties. Not the best, true enough, but it should be enough to help the Vita survive in Japan alone and build from that a base for the next gen.

Did I forget Rorona? Oh, shame on me... Fixed :)

Ah, you're right, I was not seeing that part. Sorry, I assumed your choice of games being based on bias. I was wrong on that.

ryuzaki57 2 days ago

Aielyn said:
I honestly suspect that Nintendo has had publishers keep all of their 2014 titles secret, for some big unveiling, or something like that (1). Consider that neither Sega nor Ubisoft (2), both of whom have been supporting Nintendo very strongly, have anything announced for 2014. A similar thing can be noted regarding Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei (2), both of which have supported Nintendo quite well, and both of which are co-developing titles with Nintendo (3).

"(2) Those publishers don't sell jackshit on Nintendo platform (or at last not that more than on Vita, where digital sales are higher)"

REALLY? The top 3 Namco Bandai games on 3DS combined outsell the top 8 Namco Bandai & Tecmo Koei games on Vita combined. The Top 5 on 3DS all sell better than the best on Vita. Ridge Racer 3D alone quadrupled Ridge Racer Vita head-to-head. I stopped the Vita list when the global sales got down to .10, but for the sake of brevity I stopped the 3DS at .18 or would have been much longer.

Nintendo 3DS
Game Year Genre Publisher NA EU JP Rest Global
37. Tales of the Abyss 2011 RPG Namco Bandai 0.28 0.11 0.14 0.03 0.57
38. Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi 2012 Action Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.56 0.00 0.56
39. Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter- 2012 Action Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.56 0.00 0.56
48. Ridge Racer 3D 2011 Racing Namco Bandai 0.17 0.14 0.12 0.03 0.46
56. Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life 2013 Misc Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.39 0.00 0.39
62. Samurai Warriors Chronicles 2011 Action Tecmo Koei 0.11 0.04 0.20 0.01 0.36
72. One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP 2011 Action Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.30
73. Project X Zone 2012 Action Namco Bandai 0.12 0.02 0.15 0.01 0.29
78. Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2013 Misc Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.27
103. Aikatsu! Cinderella Lesson 2012 Action Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.00 0.18
104. Super Robot Taisen UX 2013 RPG Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.00 0.18


PlayStation Vita
Game Year Genre Publisher NA EU JP Rest Global
13. God Eater 2 2013 Action Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00 0.36
23. Toukiden 2013 Action Tecmo Koei 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.00 0.24
32. Dynasty Warriors Next 2011 Action Tecmo Koei 0.04 0.04 0.11 0.01 0.20
37. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2012 Action Tecmo Koei 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.15
44. Ridge Racer 2011 Racing Namco Bandai 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.01 0.13
47. Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed Battle Destiny 2012 Action Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.12
48. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 2013 Action Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.12
57. Tales of Innocence R 2012 RPG Namco Bandai 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.10

*Sorry for my sloppy cut & paste, I'm on a crappy computer at work and can't properly quote at the moment.

Probably not the place to discuss this, but I didn't realise the Japanese sales of Abyss & Innocence were so close together.  If Bamco had got it localized in time for Vita's first holiday, alongside Persona 4 Golden, I reckon we'd actually be seeing pretty close figures between the two.

The difference in quality between both games is quite visible aswell.

Not that Innocence R looks bad, but Abyss is one of the best and most popular installments of the series. Innocence was the remake of a mostly unpopular DS game, in comparison with other mainlines (lets be honest, in terms of characters and story the games are worlds apart aswell). The 3 DS Tales are seen as a low point for the series. It almost killed the Tales of studio. These remakes were the atempt at salvaging something.

The last thing I want to do is nitpick about the indie game section, but Hometown Story should be marked with a (2).

And Shantae and Shovel Knight need a spot in there. :P

Regarding the chart itself, I think it would be safe to merge the Sony/Nintendo rows into a simple "first-party" section. We're all well aware that Sony doesn't have any games in development for the 3DS, nor Nintendo for the Vita. :) Then you'd have more room in the other sections.

There are a few 3DS games missing:

Professor Layton & the Azran Legacy (Level 5, Americas release)
Persona Dungeon Q (Atlus, June)
Puyo Puyo Tetris (Sega, February)
One Piece: Romance Down (Namco, February, Americas)
The Lego Movie Videogame (Warner, 2014, Americas)
Chibi Robo (Nintendo, January)
Shantae and the Pirate´s Curse (Wayfoward, March)