Vita will be under whelming next year. I cant see it taking off next year.
I think it is possible that the PS-Vita could sell less in 2013 but I think that would be the result of Sony waiting too long to cut the price and not cutting the price enough ...
If the PS-Vita gets a large enough price cut ($100+ when you include bundling) early in the year (January through March) they will likely see sales recover to PSP levels, but if they give it a small price cut ($50 when you include bundling) late in the year (October through December) sales will likely only improve enough to maintain their current pace.
Sony pretty much confirmed a price cut in 2013. Soooooo....
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| sales2099 said: Sony pretty much confirmed a price cut in 2013. Soooooo.... |
But the questions "How much" and "When" are still very important ...
It wouldn't be out of character for Sony to drop the price of the 3G PS-Vita to $249 and discontinue the Wifi model and call that a "price cut" but I doubt that would have much of a positive effect on sales; especially if they wait until late in the year when third party publishers are speaking out about how awful PS-Vita sales have been.
In contrast, early in the year Sony could agressively cut the price of the Wifi model to $179 and bundle a memory card resulting in a significant increase in sales.
No, 2013 is when Vita will start to pick up, what with the possible price cut and announcements and release of tons of games, sony haven't revealed yet. It should do better.
i don't see iPhones or iPads replacing them, i got an iPod touch the other year thinking it could replace my PSP, but how wrong was i! Battery life is terrible, the power hungry games like GTA 3 make it difficult to play for longer than half an hour! As the game crashes by then!!! and there are no buttons on it either, making some games harder to play than they should be. All these idevices are good for is some light gaming, 5 minute games like fruit ninja or angry birds.
I will get a 3DS and a vita next year so i can play on those for longer gaming sessions and more traditional gaming
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HappySqurriel said:
It wouldn't be out of character for Sony to drop the price of the 3G PS-Vita to $249 and discontinue the Wifi model and call that a "price cut" but I doubt that would have much of a positive effect on sales; especially if they wait until late in the year when third party publishers are speaking out about how awful PS-Vita sales have been. In contrast, early in the year Sony could agressively cut the price of the Wifi model to $179 and bundle a memory card resulting in a significant increase in sales. |
More like discontinue the 3G and cut wifi to $199. 3G isnt selling at all apparantly. But yes, the "when" is very important. If they wait for the holidays 2013, it could be too little too late.
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| CCFanboy said: I actually remember Iwata saying that and everybody laughed at him. I recall someone saying he expects better from nintendo. Now look where we are. That is why nintendo are still here after all these years. They have the ability to sense a threat before it approaches. |
Nintendo has a really incredible and competent marketing group. I am a huge fna of their strategies, how it ties to product development and their analysis of the competition and envyronment. It is why the company has achieved sucess. Their marketing is incredible.
Sony on the other hand is the exact oposite. I like Sony but their marketing is complete crap and the whole department needs to be fired and a new staff hired. Its dragging them down to bankrupcy.
As for the Vita, it already died as far as i can see. I cant see how the dreamcast couldnt get out of the negativity spiral but the Vita would will less games. There is no one in their right mind starting new projects for the Vita at this time. I dont expect the system to react much in the holidays given the upcoming line-up of the 3DS and the launch of the Wii U. And from there onwards, its just gonna be Sony dragging the thing until they decide to kill it.
Dont think a price cut will save it either because next year there wont be any games for it (virtually). Its only gonna be those alternative Sony games like the interesting "tear it" or whatever its called. I dont think that one is a system seller though quite a good game. PSO2 is the only high profile title i see coming for it, even though its coming out on the PC aswell. Killzone maybe? Its very difficult to see any hope inthe system with these.
Well it loses the bonus of a launch, I guess. But the pricecut should make up for that...all the system needs is some high-quality titles and a steady stream of them and it should sell respectably, in comparison to now of course.
So about 6mil next year I'd say.
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I think that is why they fell behind in sales during the 64/gamecube era. The old president really underestimated how much online could take off. Cartridges were effecting prices of games so naturally they needed to sort that out.
One more thing to complete my year = senran kagura localization =D
There is not going to be a Vita price cut in 2013, I'm sure of it
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