PlayStation Vita Came "Too Late," Former Sony Exec Says

[MikeRox]

thismeintiel said:

zorg1000 said:

i think the key word is FINE, he didnt say 3DS has sold amazing/great/spectacular, just fine.

True, but he is also implying that the Vita could have done equally "fine," which I disagree with.  In a dying handheld market, there really is little room for 2 strong competitors.  3DS had the advantage of launching first AND Nintendo willing to lose money on the console by dropping it by $80 months before the Vita came out.  Had Nintendo not done that, they probably would have both ended up selling poorly.  In the end, Tretton is right.  Sure, there were things Sony could have done to have sales a little higher, but it wouldn't have really mattered because gamers are moving on from handhelds en masse.

Indeed. Sony could have taken steps to sell more Vita's. But the likely cost of those steps would have been less financially sound then the result they got with the strategy they took.