There really is no surprise in the Vita numbers. First, are there even any killer "Japanese" games for the Vita? Second, that price point may be hurting as well. Thirdly, people are sick of proprietary memory cards. I think the Vita's memory prices have dropped, thank God, but there is just little reason to purchase one right now.

They should have probably launched Vita in the US---there are more system seller games for Western players than Japanese players. And the dual analog I think was more of a nod to western players than Japanese players---and the PSP is basically dead in the US but still thriving by the looks of it in Japan.

Quite a worrying development for the PSV. I game a lot on the go and both the PSP and DS are my favourite and most used consoles. It would be a shame this system fail so early in it's life cycle, as it does have a lot of great things going for it.



With a price drop looming, there's now almost no reason at all to buy one at launch.

How much is the PSvita in Japan? What will be its price in America?

IDK what it is in Japan, Sorry.

It seems like when ever Sony ever releases a new console or handheld ( be it the PS-1 to current), they never at all have that one killer app at launch. They seem to really go by and just push the notion that its a new Sony product rather than having the games speak for themselves at launch.

I think what this chart indicates is that gamers care a lot about hardware prices in Japan.

Sad for Vita, it has doubtless a lot of potential (which surley will be done justice to in mid near future) but Sony once again screwed a console launch up. Anyone remember the PS3s slow start and the years it took until it finally gained momentum ? Well, competition got plenty and harder, and there doesnt seem to be much room (the temporal kind) for bad strategies and poor managment decisions, the industry and consumer mob is hyper aware of the situation, just look at the mad numbers of comments everywhere regarding the Vita topic. Unlike it was in times when consoles were made for gamers and not for mainstream and didnt generate that much interest, Sony is under great pressure to act and change the not so rosy course things are taking as soon as possible.



My 2 cent ? Look at Nintendo, they had the balls for a bold correction of their course and guess what happend ?



Sony ! Yes, you over there !! Give us a 250$ (WiFi, for 3g I dont care) Bundle including a 4GB memory card and a game and Vita wont get tainted with the flaw of being a flop too early.