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Vita's Best Interest of these choices are.....

$250, 64gig Memory 18 7.63%
 
$199, 8gig memory 77 32.63%
 
$179, nothing included 33 13.98%
 
$200, Free game 33 13.98%
 
$250,16gig, Free PSN (year) 17 7.20%
 
Discontinue... 58 24.58%
 
Total:236
NintendoPie on 15 January 2013
tbone51 said:



Not really, Holiday is the time where you want to spend your money on bargains. If a little bit of people bought a Vita bundled for $199 and others were turned off, Vita stands no chance at selling even with an 8gig memory card for $199 imo

I think it could catch people's attention this year because there probably will be more games for it and the bundles will be even more of a bargain.

If that doesn't work then Vita is dead in the water.



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tbone51 on 15 January 2013
NintendoPie said:
tbone51 said:



Not really, Holiday is the time where you want to spend your money on bargains. If a little bit of people bought a Vita bundled for $199 and others were turned off, Vita stands no chance at selling even with an 8gig memory card for $199 imo

I think it could catch people's attention this year because there probably will be more games for it and the bundles will be even more of a bargain.

If that doesn't work then Vita is dead in the water.



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theprof00 on 15 January 2013

well I'll say it again.
No pricecut until financial year ends in march 31.
Drop wifi down to 199$, introduce vita xl at same cost as dsxl. Include ps+ on both. 4gb memory card free when you buy a vita and two games.



Andrespetmonkey on 15 January 2013
theprof00 said:
well I'll say it again.
No pricecut until financial year ends in march 31.
Drop wifi down to 199$, introduce vita xl at same cost as dsxl. Include ps+ on both. 4gb memory card free when you buy a vita and two games.

Like, that big?



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NintendoPie on 15 January 2013
theprof00 said:
well I'll say it again.
No pricecut until financial year ends in march 31.
Drop wifi down to 199$, introduce vita xl at same cost as dsxl. Include ps+ on both. 4gb memory card free when you buy a vita and two games.

The Vita seems to already be big enough.



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Scisca on 15 January 2013

Only second and third option actually make any sense. They should preferably cut the price to $179, give a 4GB memory card and 3 months of PS+. It's just stupid to give away a year, 4 GB card will convince people to buy a bigger one, while actually allowing them to use a bit of PS+. The price would also be low enough to draw some attention.

The bottom line though is that the best thing they can do to sell the Vita is throw the money they'd lose by cutting the price at 3rd party developers with big games to make exclusive Vita games. It's about games, games, games. Not the price. So doing this and cutting the price just to $199 with 4GB card and 3 months of PS+ (they should go heavy on PS+!) would be enough.

 

And yeah, I'm not used to paying full price for a handheld game. I think they are a bit too expensive. Even if the game is as big as a home console game, paying the same money for a handheld game just feels wrong. They have to acknowledge that. It would be best if the cut the price of games in PS Store, since they would get part of the back in memory cards anyway.



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theprof00 on 15 January 2013

@apm lol no not that big, but there's about a full inch of space to use on the vita casing.

I'm actually going to change what I said ...
219$ free 3month ps+ free 4gb card.
no more 3g
300$ bundle includes two games, 3month ps+ and 8gb card.
259$ xl vita



MARCUSDJACKSON on 15 January 2013
NintendoPie said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
NintendoPie said:
Oh, a memory card price cute is also needed. Badly.

lol that make its funny.

That could be a good idea. The Japanese market always likes cute things!

now your little mistake makes for perfect marketing. ninpie, you'r a genius!!!!



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Kresnik on 15 January 2013
tbone51 said:

GTA wont come out soon, they're releasing GTA5 so they dont wrry bout Vita.. 


The team who made the PSP (and DS) versions of Grand Theft Auto haven't released a game since 2011 and haven't announced what they're currently working on.  I think there's a lot of hope pinned on them to be developing GTA Vita.  It doesn't need Rockstar North on it, realistically.



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WagnerPaiva on 15 January 2013
tbone51 said:
WagnerPaiva said:
tbone51 said:


So Your Mr. _________ and Now you work For Sony! Congrats! PS4 is on its way, Things look very good as of now, but those terrible Vita Sales!!!!!

How do you help, save, and deliver for the Consumers while Making a Profit for the Company?

Discuss Mr/Mrs........ (assuming your married lol)


Price is not the problem, it just doesn´t appeal to people like the psp and ds did. I guess they could get some niche market by releasing games like DEMON´S SOULS 2, since they own the name and all.

Also, they could release a Valkiria Chronicles game, I don´t know man, I don´t think the Vita can be saved.

I have one, and it is really cool, but people are just not interested... It´s sad because the console is light-years better than all the others (3ds, ds and psp). But people just don´t want it....



I guess Nintendo has Software which makes 3DS great while Vita is great hardware that needs software! It all comes down to this →Software>>>>>Hardware. The truth hurts... lol

True, I also have a 3ds, with Zelda, Mario and Re, cool stuff, of course. However, I prefer the Sony handheld, butI don´t think the Vita can be saved at this point, even with good software.



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