2013 Price Cuts

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Chark said:

zorg1000 said:

Chark said:
Vita to $199 3G/Wifi model. Eliminate wifi only model.

currently with the 3G model do u have to get the 3G contract or is it just an option?

It is an option and the 3G card only adds around $3 to the manufacturing cost.

EDIT: they should have never had a wifi only option, but it was a way for them to create a second model with a larger profit margin.

Do you know anything about the Vita at all? If Sony eliminates one model, it should be the 3G one. Nobody is interested in it, you can't play multiplayer games online without Wi-Fi anyway, so why bother? You think people really want to bother getting a card just to be able to check trophys online and browse the shop or internet on a Vita? $3 is a lot when you are to cut price and lose money on every console sold, especially for a feature nobody cares about. Sony has to cut the costs, and this is the best way. The only reason I can think of justifying this model was to entice mobile operators to offer a 3G Vita instead  or additionally to a smartphone. Can't really say it was worth the effort, so now they should just forget about this model.