After a seemingly succesful launch week Sony seems to have its hands full trying to convince people to purchase a VITA over the Nintendo 3DS or a tablet. The Vita managed to only move a little over 70,000 units its second week of launch, over a 250,000 thousand unit drop from its previous launch week. Sony seems to be defense mode, when reached for comment they gave an un-characteristic "No comment".
Many of you will say... "Hey this happened to Nintendo and they are doing fine now", and while this is PARTLY true, Sony is facing the problems Nintendo had with one BIG difference... Sony has done nothing wrong with their launch! They launched the system with the online infrastructure, a GREAT selection of games, and seemingly strong fan support. While the 3DS sold more units when it launched and it managed to do so without its eShop, without a
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