Came here just to agree with you.
It almost makes me sad to see Vita do so poorly. Sony has always done incredibly well on the hardware end of things If only they had a good marketing plan and some decent software to back it up.
It's really an unfair world in that people are clearly 100% willing to churn out money to a clearly lesser product, because of better marketing/appeal. If people were to give the opposition a chance then games just as addictive, widely appealing and enjoyable (in bigger, better looking and more inventive ways) would come out.
Congrats to Nintendo for being the smarter and better company, but I would love to see them fall a bit more, to actually try to reinvent, and for Sony to come out of this mess. But in this market dominated by companies like Apple, it's not going to happen soon.
Edit:
Also this.