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happydolphin on 08 August 2012
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Andrespetmonkey said:
happydolphin said:
Andrespetmonkey said:

The PSP sold at $250 and sold a lot better than the PSV in the same time scale.

I guess it's not working anymore, what could have changed since then I wonder. Last time I checked the PSV has "the best launch line up of any system" (read that in another article).

3DS slashed it's price drastically and got a lot of great software.

What was the PSP's competitor doing when it lauched? Well a launched a month later. 

What did the PSP have in its launch window, I'd be hard-pressed to find it had that many "more games".

The PSV, simply put, does not have the momentum the PS brand had when the PSP came out. It also is face to face with a much more aggressive Nintendo (slashing the price down 80$ is insanely aggressive)

yes PS's momentum was also a factor, something I alwasy forget.

The answers are right in front of us.

Point is that it doesn't need a price cut yet, and I've explained why in an earlier post in this thread. If you wanna know why, you've got some digging to do happyd, because I have like 3 blue quote thingies to address in my buddy so I'm not searching for you ;P

;)

Okay, @bold. Not much in your post proves your point. On the contrary, you support my argument that the PSV is faced with a much stronger competitor than last time (the DS did nothing and launched at the same time).

I don't know what I have to dig but I'll go over your ISO now...

 

 

You talking about time will tell if games will sell and then only should Sony seek a price cut (if games don't sell).

"Oh and Bioshock will release next year. It seems set for the next year and half, it's sales across that time period will make publishers decide whether or not to publish another Vita title. And if major publishers decide not to, a price cut will be needed."

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4714146

 

Unrelated:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4714160

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4714217

 

You saying that bundles are key, and only if they don't work is a price cut needed. You mention that the Vita only needs to double its weekly sales. Will that allow it to reach PSP levels? I haven't seen the math post if you have it.

Nope, software and bundles will take the average sales each week up. If they don't that is when a price cut is "needed." It doesn't need to match the 3DS in sales, it just needs to do double what it's doing now per week

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4714651


Unrelated:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4715590

 

You mentioning that a pricecut is not good for profit, and rightly so.

Sony seems to be just about breaking even on each unit, or taking a small loss, why take an even bigger loss on each one when there's clearly a lot of software coming down the line that has big selling potential (for the software itself, that makes money, and the system)? 

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4715602

 

And now to where we are: 

The PSP sold at $250 and sold a lot better than the PSV in the same time scale.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4715642

 

So now that I copy-pasted all you wrote, stuff I had already read by the way, what about your reasons for a price-cut not being needed relates to what I was saying, that the PSP is not performing as well as the Vita?

EDIT: I meant ^ "that the Vita is not performing as well as the PSP was".