| spurgeonryan said: I saw absolutely zero marketing this holiday. You need marketing to sell products. |
In the UK there were absolutely tons of adverts for Sony and the Vita, I was seeing one in nearly every commercial break of quite a few movies. Probably saw about 10-15 Sony Ad's over Xmas, and I hardly watch TV.
Sony are hoping the Vita will be like the PS3 - i.e it will pick up and sell a good amount as time goes by...(but without the losing money on release part). I purchased one on release and I've actually purchased more PSP and older games than I have Vita games, BUT thats still all money for Sony.
Japan is a weird market right now, but I agree with a previous poster, they need a Monster Hunter in Japan, and an exclusive GTA Vita game (one that is not the same as the main GTA) and even better bundled. A price cut would also help.
The Vita is a lovely bit of kit and it would be a shame to see it fail, hardware wise its fantastic. As for the ipad being a problem, yep agree, but I own an ipad and its great for sim/strategy games, but for games like GTA, controls are absolutely terrible. Proper handheld gaming requires sticks and buttons.
