Should Sony ditch the Playstation Vita?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

oni-link said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Kynes said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Kynes said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Jumpin said:

F0X said:
It's too early to talk about ditching the Vita.
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I'll be back in eight months.

Ah, the mantra of Vita fans "Just give it x more months" =P

With PS3 it eventually worked!   

After billions in losses. Can Sony afford something similar right now? Obviously it won't be the black hole PS3 was, but if it doesn't sell much more than it's selling, it won't recover the expenses, and Sony needs every yen they can earn.

So the answer is in what you wrote, if Vita can turn profitable in reasonable time, they must not ditch it.

Lemons and lemonade, yes. The question is if Sony has time and patience (AKA money)

Games are already under development, until a price cut won't be viable, they're the key to make PSV profitable overall. As long as games won't be in larger number, Sony should carefully time their releases and avoid like the plague repeating the horrible mess they did with LBP launch, for example.

The problem is that Sony is selling the PSV at such a loss that they said the system won't be profitable for another 2-3 years!!!  Seeing how many Sony Style stores are closing and how low the company's stock is at the moment; I don't see Sony letting the Vita live past this holiday season.  You guys have to remember that Sony is also readying another system launch that could sap additional resources to the battered company!!!  I'd rather see the Vita die than have Sony face obscurity after launching the PS4 at nothing less than  full strength! This is the last holiday the Vita will have unless Sony changes their fortunes soon.

*Cough*

We came to know few days ago that PSV costs are high, but lower than everybody feared, but I agree Sony must be particularly careful until a price cut will be viable to drive the price at a less unpopular level. Until then, everything possible must be done to attract the minority of deep pocketed buyers, that is GAMES and attractive features (much less important than games, anyway). As soon as PS3 price will drop to $199, Sony could also try a PS3 + PSV bundle at $399 (cutting $49 compared to the two purchased separately), bundled with a cross-platform game, that could be seen as a more flexible alternative to Wii U, with the "tablet" usable also alone. It's just one of many possible examples, as usual Sony consoles and portables are quite feature rich, Sony should focus on showing off and taking advantage of those already present, possibly enhancing them if necessary or feasible at low cost, and carefully evaluate costs and benefits before adding new ones.