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lehamsy on 06 October 2013
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biglittlesps said:
lehamsy said:
GdaTyler said:
lehamsy said:
I think that the Vita will be discontinued on 2015. Reasons are many, but to make it short. It is a system that doesn't provide exclusive and unique content. It wouldn't sell well even if its price were $129.


That's a stupid idea. Why would Sony discountinue a console that is halfway through by then? If I recall correctly, the Vita's attach rate is so high thatt average Vita owners spend A LOT of money on the software available. So I'm convinced they're not selling the thing at a loss.


Disagree. I'm pretty confident that they lose money with every Vita, that's why they force people to buy their expensive memory cards. Also, all the games in the Vita sell very bad, less than a million, which is a very good reason for Third-Parties to stop making games for it since there is no profit in making a new game like CoD or AC.

It's an endless cycle. People don't buy the Vita because there are no AAA games. Third-Parties don't make games for the Vita because it won't sell well. Sony don't make AAA games for the Vita because they need to focus in the PS4.

Hell, even the PS4 is getting more AAA games this year and it's being released on November.    

I never heard before that PS Vita is selling for Loss and the reason for memory card prices are becaues of its propritery format used for saving it from Piracy so it will cost them more to manufacture since Sony orders quantity are not like Standard SD cards which decide cost per unit.

And regarding sales, attach rate of Vita as far as i know is great and they are mostly Digital sales(which I'm also and other i knew are doing). And did Sony said that we won't make any AAA games on Vita? And I agree they are not making games on Vita right now because they are focused on PS4, but once PS4 is launched then they will focus back on Vita(and Vita TV they announced recently).

They foucus on PS4 more because that is what can Save Sony as a company from their bad position. So, focusing on handheld right now is pointless and if they do they might get some sales of Vita but that will disrupt PS4 launch and they will loss. So, just wait for next year and you will see more AAA games from Sony first party and also Vita has Cross buy/play/save feature for most of the indie games and some Playstation AAA games like we had for Vita/PS3.

I respect your opinion, but I still think that the Vita is dead.  Maybe you're right, but only time will show who was right.