Sony: climate "not healthy" for PlayStation Vita successor

[JRPGfan]

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

JRPGfan said:

But that was after the fact, that public perception of it was basically ruined.

If it had launched much cheaper, it would have probably had more sales early and more developement of games for it => more buyers lateron ect.

It would be a much differnt picture overall, by now.

$250 is still more expensive than $0. 

The Vita was already a loss leading product. Loss leading products depend on 3rd party support, more buyers are irrelevant if you have to lose more money to get them. And the point of consoles is to make money, not to sell units.

Then they spent to much on the design of it, if it needed to be sold at 250$ to make any profit.

Thats the thing to take away from this, portables cant be sold that expensive and still thrive.

 

Nintendo where smart, after 5 months of bad sales, they cut the price to 169$.