Tendoboy, you make the assumption that gamers don't care about handheld specs because the Vita is doing poorly comparatively to the 3DS, which is clearly graphically superior. I'd argue a few points:
It's the games that matter more for a handheld, not being the most graphically impressive. Sony for the most part didn't get the point when they released both of their handhelds, thinking that people wanted a meaty console experience on the go, but Nintendo (and now smartphones) have and are proving that
most, not all, but most handheld games need to be consumable in bite sized chunks because of what people are doing when playing them (public transportation, mostly, or as a brief time waste while waiting). Sony's big releases at Launch were Uncharted and Killzone, both games that probably take a decent amount of time to make progress in. I love my Vita, but I only play it at home in place of another console. I take my 3DS with me and sneak in some games to play while waiting at the Dr., or if my wife is driving somewhere on a rare occassion I can't drive.
Sony's barrier to entry in handhelds is EXPENSIVE. At this point, Nintendo's point of entry is 2DS, is only $129, or approx. $170 with a game, but it comes with an SD card, so you're ready to go at the outset. The Vita? We're now talking about $200 for the system, $40 for a game (yes, I know, PS+, but let's compare apples-to-apples for a second), and then you need to buy the memory separately. Have you seen the cost of the Vita memory cards??? It's highway robbery, at $80 for 32 gb. And you'll probably want to get a rather high memory card, if you're going to take advantage of that awesome PS+ membership, but let's assume you just want to have space for save files, so we'll add $20 for the 8gb, since it's
on-sale at best buy. Even then, we're comparing a 3DS at $170 or $260 for a Vita with game. That's an extra 2 games with a 2DS, or one extra game if you decide to get a regular 3DS.
I say all this as someone who bit the bullet, bought one, and loves my Vita. That said, I more often use it for Remote Play on my PS4 than anything else, so lately, it's become more of a glorified controller for me, but I'd love to have more games made FOR the Vita to play.