Sony PlayStation Germany Chief Uwe Bassendowski at gamescon has given out PS Vita's disappointing worldwide sales and goes on to say Sony made a mistake by not marketing Vita for the younger audience and something they wish to correct in the future. Here is a more accurate translation by neogaf below.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41165209&postcount=1
http://playfront.de/sony-22-millionen-verkaufte-ps-vita-fehler-beim-marketing/
For comparison here's a graph. You can see it's on dreamcast level on terms of sales, expect dreamcast tracking is only for Japan vs PsVita worldwide sales. Now that is just shocking.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41165209&postcount=1
http://playfront.de/sony-22-millionen-verkaufte-ps-vita-fehler-beim-marketing/
Sony acknowledged mistakes in marketing the PlayStation Vita as said by Sony PlayStation Germany Chief Uwe Bassendowski at gamescom.
The most important mistake was to lose sight of the younger audience, a mistake they want to make right again. According to Bassendowski they want to change the direction of PS Vita marketing to focus on a younger audience and they want to improve their presence in corresponding media.
Furthermore Bassendowski confirmed that 2.2 million device have been sold worldwide. Specific numbers for Germany were not given
For comparison here's a graph. You can see it's on dreamcast level on terms of sales, expect dreamcast tracking is only for Japan vs PsVita worldwide sales. Now that is just shocking.