Why did LBP fail in Japan?

[Tridrakious]

spurgeonryan said:

Tridrakious said:

spurgeonryan said:
Seriously though the vita needs a price cut and some serious promotion! A dragon quest game would help as well.

It needs aggressive marketing. Not a price cut. Games are coming to the Vita in Japan at a much faster rate than in any other market. They just need to advertise it.

Sony has stated they know the difficult challenge for the Vita and that is to convince developers to develop for it. However, they won't lift a damn finger to market their products. If Sony does give a damn about the product selling...developers are going to wonder why they should.

Even games that were not marketed on the Wii still sold decent numbers. Even in the beginning. I think it is too late now. The damage has been done.

Give people a price cut and heavily advertise the price cut.

The Wii sold because it was something new and launched against a system that was $500 at it's cheapest with no really good games on it. That is the only time where I see price making that sells difference.

When the casual consumer walked into a store and saw a $249 video game system being sold next to a $499 and $599 video game system, the $249 system is going to sell. And Sony didn't have the software to show off just how great the PS3 was vs the Wii in the early going. The games that would have helped (Genji, Lair, Oblivion, Uncharted) were either absolutely terrible or they were delayed way outside the launch window.

And in some cases were also moved to multiplatform status. (DMC 4 for instance)