jetforcejiminy said:
that's a little unfair, the vita did well compared to all of those... especially at first in the us, even a year ago it was selling decently. the difference is that, unlike nintendo with the wobbly 3ds launch, at the first sign of trouble in the western market in particular sony basically threw it under the bus. for all its technical prowess compared to the 3ds, the complete absence of games has already hurt and will only continue to further hurt and erode the vita's chances of a turnaround, which at this point hover somewhere between overwhelmingly implausible to essentially nonexistent. but for example, if in releasing the slim sony had knocked down the price to 169.99 or even 149.99 to compete aggressively with the (frankly) overpriced 3ds/3ds xl and fixed the hidden cost issue with the propriety memory cards, as well as recomitting to releasing a few games beyond freedom wars, i think the vita would have gotten a new lease on life and be well on its way to selling 13-15m by 2016. (right now much more than 10m is basically not going to happen.) |
and i stand by that prediction...
