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radishhead on 10 May 2012

(Regarding Vita)

Personally, I see an announcement of bundling memory cards with consoles, so I guess that could count as a $20 drop- but I'm not expecting an actual reduction in the stand-alone console. I think that Sony should wait until the Christmas period + release games before cutting the price - something which I think Nintendo should have done too, but I guess they really wanted to expand their headstart before Vita arrived.

Are you expecting a price drop at E3?

If so, how much?

If not, when will the price drop?

Is it the right decision?



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Virus_Of_Life on 10 May 2012

I think Sony will wait and see how well the Vita sells after its got some popular 1st/3rd part games on there (CoD, AC etc.). If it still doesn't sell well, maybe a price drop early 2013, and if it does sell, maybe holidays 2013.



BlkPaladin on 10 May 2012

A price drop in the tune of bundling is Sony's MO at least for the PSP. But that will mean nothing if they can not get games that warrant the purchase of the machine for more than Sony diehards because the media capabilities are not going to carry the machine. It needs games and a wide a varied selection from more than their 1st parties and Japanese developers.



Porcupine_I on 10 May 2012

no, i'm expecting a price derp at E3



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VicViper on 10 May 2012

That forecast is an ABSOLUTE confirmation of a price drop soon.



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Claymore on 10 May 2012

To be honest I don't think they have a choice, if sales don't pick up massively soon they'll loose 3rd party support if that happens the Vita is as good as dead.



Laurel Aitken on 10 May 2012

Dorp... yeah!



Andrespetmonkey on 10 May 2012

Not if they have a MH or Final Fantasy that will be out by winter, and if they do maybe we'll see a small cut announced at TGS



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mike_intellivision on 10 May 2012

Sony is between the proverbial rock and a hard place.

It has to sell X number of units at price P to meet its financial projections.
If it lowers P (price), it must sell increase X (units sold) to reach the same financial projections.

Meanwhile, it hopes to use game unit profits to fund the company -- so it has a critical balancing act.

If it cannot get some key third party games, it might be closer to "game over" than some people would want to admit. And that would be bad for all and bad for the industry.

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SaviorX on 10 May 2012

With the projection they made, they need a price drop to reach it, but can Sony really afford a price cut?

They have no major games out for the Vita right now...Maybe they have some evergreen software to announce at E3 or a Monster Hunter.



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