No no, Wii U is not a failure, a failure is virtualboy. I think you people are overestimating how much trouble Wii U has. Im not underestimating either, but you cant partake in either sides. Vita is not a failure either. Some consoles sell better then others, and therefor they earn money by that, sometimes nintendo ''wins'' a generation if you want to make a competition out of this and sometimes playstation ''wins''. I care about nintendo and ik that they support their consoles very well even if it doesnt sell well. Look at the gamecube. Wii U is gonna be like the gamecube.  A classic beloved gaming system in the future.

VITA has some amazing games 1st & 3rd party and its the best handheld tech of all-time. Closing in on 11 million sold worldwide. I love mine!

I love mine too! <3

One issue with all these comparisons is, 3DS actually is Vitas opponent. And compared to 3DS Vita has been in a coma for most of it's lifetime, especially outside Japan.

Another one, as pointed out, when and where are Wii U and Vita sold over the year.

It's drought season again. It'll come back to by far outselling the Vita in the next few months.

Well considering the majority of the sales are coming from Japan, which it is absolutely not dead in, no surprise. However, Vita just recently started selling more. And it isn't by much. Wii U hasn't had any games in the past month and won't be getting one till the end of this month.

The only difference between the two is that Nintendo can still sell his software on the console despite low install base, Sony can't do that, at least not to a desirable number.  Both are still a failure.  both are trying to recoup anything they can.

Both are failures because they have considerably less market share than their previous iteration. Wii U and perhaps the Vita may be profitable in the end but that doesn't change the fact they lost so many sales. 

Very simply, Japan.

Japan is crazy about handhelds, Vita in Japan have sales around 70% of WW sales. Also Vita in Japan have very strong support.

Vita in 2014. sold worst than in 2013, 3.3m vs 4.1.

But the company's handheld sales have continued to falter. Combined numbers for PSP and Vita (Sony does not break each platform out) show a drop from 4.1m to 3.3m units over the same 12 month period.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-04-30-playstation-4-lifetime-sales-pass-22-3m-worldwide?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph

It's simple. The PS Vita is a great handheld that came out too soon. The world was not ready for its awesome, and now people are seeing the light.