naruball said:
That's a somewhat unfair comparison. The 3ds got a huge, permanent price cut early on. Psvita got some good bundles on Black Friday but they weren't permament. Of course they didn't do wonders, as it wasn't a hot item any more. I firmly believe that had it received a price cut ealrly one, it would have had some momentum and would be looking much better than now (speculation, I know). The major difference here is that Niny has tons of money in the bank and thus managed to save 3ds, while sony needs to keep selling building to avoid bankruptcy. |
Mainstream gamers usually don't come to news sites to know if prices lowered permanently or not, so I don't believe that this is what affected Vita's sales when bundles were available. Vita's price cut was also huge: the system itself came costing $50 less with a included $50 game. Also, about the price cut early on, I absolutely agree with you that it would've helped Vita much more than doing it now, but Sony didn't make a well thought decision to release such a powerful handheld at such a low price. Vita has a goddamn 5" OLED screen, that alone shows us they absolutely couldn't lower the price of the handheld or they would have major losses. They probably were/are losing a lot of money making the Vita sell for $250, that's why the Memory Cards are required to run games and priced so high, to cover up the costs of the handheld.
