Playstation Vita Doom & Gloom talk with stop once the price is dropped

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Soundwave said:

It's a good system, it's just released at a bad time. 

Adults don't want a gaming-only handheld, they have smartphones and tablets.

Which leaves kids. Who flock to cheaper, more kid-friendly Nintendo handhelds.

Sony just can't win here. Price cut will help, but the system will never come close to even being a PSP sized success, that's just all there is to it.

Unless Sony somehow creates the next Pokemon type craze.

What Sony should focus on is trying to get more PSN content on the Vita. I'd love to be able to download Street Fighter III or Street Fighter II HD Remix on Vita. How about Journey on Vita? All those old school arcade games (Simpsons, Ninja Turtles, Contra, Virtua Fighter 2, etc.) that are available on PSN sure would be nice on the Vita too.

The system did release at a bad time. Outside forces botched the WW launch and Sony didn't have the foresight to predict that staggering the launch would put them under the microscope for low sales in Japan. Delaying to Febraury would have helped them.

The Vita isn't just a dedicated game system, it is a tablet as well with a variety of social & media apps and an up and comming App Store almost identical to Android Marketplace. While it still has a good web browser (not iOS6 or Galaxy 3 good) and plenty of apps consumers don't realize it. Until that App store goes full swing it will be hard to market it as such, though Sony should step their game up to do so as soon as possible.

That price does need to drop down next year and so do the memory cards. When and if Sony makes a new rendition of the Vita, it should include 3G standard to eliminate the wifi only model and an internal 4gb of memory that makes purchasing more friendly and could serve as an easier way to use multiple memory cards. (keeps your icon placements and wallpapers, easier to organize data)

I still think that the Vita can be a big hit, sure its first year sucked but with a few changes it could start to catch on next year and with the capabilities of this device and its future with the PS4 it will sell through the roof. If PSP can sell 14 million in one year an amazing device like the Vita can too and more, all it needs is to attract the public eye and tackle the misconception or lack of awareness the system has right now.

Porting over PSN content isn't an easy task as it would require a significant amount of money and every associated publisher. PS3 games are limited in their ability to transition over to Vita. That's to say the cloud solution doesn't fix that issue, but not everywhere has the internet to utilize that. The PS4 however will be a different story, there could be a healthy PSN game relationship between the two systems. They should be built on similar PC based hardware that would make porting simple and inexpensive.