We all know the Vita is doing bad, so why not have a thread like we had for the Wii U for the Vita? What do you think Sony needs to do to save the Vita, or at least make the best of the whole Vita situation?
My plan in no particular order:
- Realize the Vita has very limited market appeal in the west and that big western publishers have no financial reason to support the platform. Then cut cost, do not pay publishers to release their games on the Vita and cease all development on western first party Vita titles, have those developers do games for the PS4 instead. Try to get the production cost of the system down, while not cutting its price.
- Now they are pretty much already doing that but Sony needs to show indie developers that the Vita is a viable platform for them, easy, cheap and fast to develop for, and then get good and sustained indie support on the platform. Market the Vita as a mobile indie platform.
- Release the Vita TV in the west with DS4 support and market it right, not as a home Vita but more as a PS4 streamer, maybe even give it another name and a new design that looks more like a PS4. (honestly this is more of a wildcard, especially after the lukewarm japanese response)
- Either significantly cut the price of the proprietary memory cards or ditch them all together
- Japan is the only market where I can see a somehow decent future for the Vita but it all depends on the software support so work with third and first parties over there to put out good games that speak to the market. If possible try to somehow get MH back on the platform.
The aim of all this is not to beat out the competition but to maximize sales of the Vita in Japan and to help it find its niche in the west where it then can at least make some money for Sony. Also alot of this is probably already being done by Sony, but maybe someone else is more creative than me.
