| jonnybmk said:
I say this because those that oppose a price-cut always act like there is some magic bullet in the pipeline that will help sales. They said this about Gravity Rush and Persona 4. Sure, Persona 4 might have helped for a few weeks in Japan but the Vita is already steady back under 10k. So then I say there should be a pricecut and people tell me "Just wait till CoD is released!" I don't think that will have any long term effect for the Vita if it's still $250 so I'll call for a price-cut again and then they'll look up the up-coming games on IGN, post them in the thread and say "It doesn't need a price-cut! Look at all these games coming out!" I guess the cycle will perpetuate. |
@ bold, who is they? I saw some people say Persona 4 would give Vita a short-term boost in Japan, which it did. I don't think I was around for Gravity Rush release but based on the fact it's a new IP, I'm not sure anyone would have put all their eggs in that being a system saviour.
I assume the reason people are betting on Assassin's Creed + Call of Duty is that they're both 5m+ (10m+ in CoD's case) console sellers that have never really seen any proper portable versions. No-one really knows if the market is there for them or not, or even if these will be proper versions, but they're hoping they are.
I think a price cut would help a lot, sure. But solve Vita's issues? Not without the right software, which I don't think it has at the moment (but would be getting on the right track with CoD & AC).
