Chark said:
Why do you think the Vita would be selling at a loss after a price cut? That's a big assumption. They could just as easily have the price down far enough to offset the price cut. This is an unknown, but given Sony's situation and the way they already have priced the Vita there is a good chance they are holding off the price cut until manufacturing costs go down. Also I see you quote the false article talking about ita selling at a loss per hardware, when actually that article was quoting an interview saying the Vita will have a return on investment after 3 years. Know the difference. As I've said 3G is a small manufacturing price known to be around $3. We don't know what Sony is getting for them and we don't know if some sort of deal exists between Sony and AT&T. Eliminating a feature is not a good idea. Sony should have just made one model to begin with, a 3G wifi Vita. They could have bolster support for 3G related gameplay features. By eliminating it they are canning the 3G aspects of games that are already made and are being made. I like having a 3G Vita. I can use it as a GPS and have the option for internet when I go on vacation. |
Man, buy a smartphone!
I have spent quite some time browsing the Internet on Vita and it's not as good as I hoped it would be. It doesn't support flash, I can't watch online streams, which is a huge minus for me. Additionally many times I had the issue that I couldn't scroll down the page. I would move it down a bit, but the moment I lifted my finger, it would go all the way up. I know this is fixable, but still made me go back to my smartphone (a Sony one, might I add), which does everything right and is much better at browsing Internet, even though it has a much smaller screen.
It's good that the plan for Vita was to have a return in 3 years, thought it was not to take a loss. Better for Sony.
If Sony made only a 3G one, it would be a different story. But obviously only if it supported online play. I would pay more to be able to play multiplayer games everywhere I go, no doubt about it. In fact when I've heard about the two versions I was 100% sure I'd get the 3G one. But it turned out that there simply is no point. There is no point for us to buy it, or for Sony to manufacture it.
@3DS. Long, long time ago in a different forum I predicted a 3DS redesign that would incorporate the second "analog" and additional buttons. I was basing it on a presumption that Vita would sell well and impose pressure on Nintendo, which would need to do that so that 3DS gets the ports of 3rd party games. Unfortunately Vita isn't doing as well as I predicted, so I'm not sure if Nintendo decides to make this move, but I'd love them to go for it! I can still wait for the next redesign. And this time I won't be getting a "DSi", I'll wait for the XL :) Would be cool if they did this redesing this year and released a Metroid Prime 3DS!
Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!
My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/
My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.