benao87 said:
Chark said:
@benao87 They didn't say that the sales were unacceptable, of course they wish they sold more, they've said it several times before already. Summer sales are usually crappy, Vita just especially so.
The Vita though, has a lot going for it; games, apps, features. It's amazing, but I think they messed up their launch. The earthquake and flooding delayed it from a holiday release last year worldwide. That probably reduced its launch potential due to the low sales in Japan after launching there, kind of scared the rest of the world from buying the Vita. News coverage was very critical of the system for its Japanese sales. Japan should not have gotten the go ahead on schedule while the rest of the world was delayed. Japan had the weakest regional software lineup and Sony tripped up their sales for the rest of the world that way.
A simultaneous February launch would have had more success, kept higher numbers leading up to the summer and prevented a lot of negative publicity due to low sales. They didn't generate more sales by launching in Japan on time, hell a Golden week launch would have worked more in their favor. Vita has become a cultural target, it's market faith is well shaken and all for immature reasons, but hey, that's how the market is and Sony has made its mistakes. I just wish people were a little bit more decent and educated. |
I never said they stated that sales were unacceptable. My coment was towards the declaration of Sony that "Sales were acceptable". Then, why would they bother releasing this PR if they want to stick to the "acceptable sales" statements. But, never mind, perhaps if I were more decent and educated I would have a clearer view of whats happening.
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Sorry, only the first paragraph was to you. You making a point that Sony said sales were acceptable indicates that you are suggesting they have changed their minds...which would be to unnacceptable. I was pointing out that Sony hasn't changed their acceptability position regarding the current statements. There is a difference between acceptable sales levels and desired ones.
I'm not sure what kind of conversation you were hoping to derive from witty statements like the one you made. Perhaps rhetorical, but don't be surprised if someone respondes.
