Sony fighting to stay relevant?

[arcane_chaos]

oni-link said:

arcane_chaos said:


as for the Vita, I won't consider it a flop just yet, the product hasn't been out for a year yet, and hasn't gotten itself a full holiday season to show what impact it can do. if it goes the route of the PS3 I wouldn't call it a failure. I could be wrong and this information could be incorrect but I remember someone making a thread saying that the vita cost about $160 to make, though that doesn't make the vita profitable from the get-go, it could mean that it can reach profitability after all the R&D costs.

So if the Vita doesn't sell 10 mil units total worldwide  after 03/2013 you will admit it's a flop? Because at 10 months in Japan and 7 months worlwide the system had struggled to sell 2-3mil units.  I don't see them doubling that number without a price cut.

the thing is we don't know  what will qualify the vita as a failure, yes the weekly numbers are horrid, but if the vita is making a profit or atleast gaining the money spent on R&D costs a a rate that Sony can make even the slightest bit a of money back then who's to say it's a failure despite the sales numbers. the vita has nowhere to go but up imo, as next year(and years after) Sony will introduce pricecuts, and the materials to produce the vita will go down, and most likely we'll see a revision or two. I think it's okay to let Sony ride out the storm then do what nintendo did and cut it's price about 6 months into it's life. the games and eventual price cut are coming,  we've all seen smalls spurts of what the Vita can do when the games hit  the console, all sony needs to do is dedicate themselves to aquiring 3rd-party support to it's console while pumping out great 1st-party titels(like what they are doing with the PS3) yes it's sounds easier than what can be done, but all we can do is pray :p