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bouzane on 09 May 2012
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logic56 said:
bouzane said:
logic56 said:
 

no one expected Nintendo's panic price cut, they saw at that time a $250 Vita vs a $250 3DS which would have had more than the potential to outsell the 3DS WW, especially in the west, which would have hurt Nintendo far more than it would have helped Sony hence the painc price cut, it not only boosted 3DS sales it devauled the Vita


If both handhelds had ridiculously high price points I simply would have purchased neither and I'm certainly not the only one. Nintendo may have blundered but that's no excuse for the utter lack of market research being conducted by Sony. Additionally, this does not take the outrageous decisions concerning the Vita's memory card format and pricing into account.

oh I agree, handheld sales would be down significantly, but that's not the point, you asked why people thought the price was good and that was why

and market research into who's market, Vita isn't marketed towards or sold to the people that's buying a Vita, only in Japan can that claim be made and it's only outselling the Vita significantly because it's significantly cheaper and been out significantly longer, hardly anything Sony needed to "look up" or care about for that matter


They should have researched the public in general, gamers as a whole as well as their customers who purchased either a PS3 or PSP. Hell, they should also have polled those who purchased a PS2 and not a PS3 or PSP. Sony really shouldn't be focusing on simply matching one competitor, they should have created the Vita to recapture if not exceed the mass marketability of the PS2.