Nevertheless, the Vita's launch has certainly come up short compared to the best
selling dedicated handheld gaming device of all time.
Not exact matches
While Fictionwise
sells e-books primarily to users of smartphones and
handhelds, its nonencrypted versions of e-books are
sold to owners of
dedicated e-reader devices, such as the Kindle from Amazon.com Inc. and Sony Inc.'s two e-readers, Pendergrast said.
Despite recent criticism that smartphone screens are too small or lack the clarity of
dedicated e-book readers, electronic books are
selling well to smartphone and
handheld users, said Pendergrast, president and chief technology officer of Fictionwise, the e-book seller that Barnes & Noble Inc. purchased for $ 15.7 million earlier this month.
PlayStation Enthusiast: «The PlayStation Vita may not be
selling like hotcakes, but the
handheld has a
dedicated - niche audience and an insanely high attach rate.
Dedicated handheld sales have been decreasing each year and even the 3DS, the leading
handheld console this generation, is tracking considerably behind its predecessor and even with a «NEW» 3DS launch this year is on track to see lower
sell in for 2015 vs 2014.
Ultimately it's becoming increasingly clear that the
dedicated handheld market is not as big as it once was and Nintendo's 3DS will struggle to even ship half of what the DS
sold last generation.
The PlayStation Vita may not be
selling like hotcakes, but the
handheld has a
dedicated (niche) audience and an insanely high attach rate.
Nintendo DS is the highest -
selling dedicated video game
handheld of all time, and the second highest -
selling video game console of all time behind PlayStation 2.
You might think that would spell the death of 3DS, but Nintendo's
dedicated handheld is still
selling well enough that Nintendo plans to support it until at least 2020.
Although the company as we know it no longer exists, the brand name was
sold and in 2005 a new Coleco was formed, specializing in electronic toys and
dedicated handheld games.