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Forums - Sony Discussion - If You Were In Sony's Position, How Would You Handle The Vita in 2013?

 

Vita's Best Interest of these choices are.....

$250, 64gig Memory 18 7.63%
 
$199, 8gig memory 77 32.63%
 
$179, nothing included 33 13.98%
 
$200, Free game 33 13.98%
 
$250,16gig, Free PSN (year) 17 7.20%
 
Discontinue... 58 24.58%
 
Total:236
theprof00 on 15 January 2013
Turkish said:
179 LCD model

229 OLED model

Both have 4GB

Introduce 64GB card, lower the prices


great idea with the screen, but a little too low in price.

I say 189 lcd 229 oled 249 slighlty larger oled.

All with 4gb card and 3 months ps+

memory cards stay at same price with periodic specials, like game bundles, starter kit bundles, holidays.



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theprof00 on 15 January 2013

The pricedrops people are talking are way too drastic.
Cut by only halfway to 179 and drop to 179 on christmas. No need to drop price so much.
It doesn't need to sell amazingly well it needs to be profitable.



tbone51 on 15 January 2013
solidpumar said:
Soul sacrifice and the unannounced metal gear solid for vita can save Vita on Japan.

Western audience will be hard.
IOS, android, MOGA, Project shield, razor edge all appeal to the same market that vita focus.



Soul sacrifice will push hardware but it wont save it in Japan. They need MH or GTA, Maybe GoW, or uncharted also



Nem on 15 January 2013

179 - console + memory card
200- console + memory card + game.


Realisticly, dunno if Sony cant do that. If they had any smarts, they have a revision coming out this year wich reduces costs and has built in memory. Then they can sell it cheaper. Alongside that, something like another uncharted, or a god of war, or Jak 4 by naughty dog.



Scisca on 15 January 2013

The games we should see on Vita:
GTA, MGS (Phantom Pain), a Morrowind Remake, Witcher 1 & 2 (incredible RPGs that kinda went under the radar, because they were PC games with only W2 getting a very late port to X360), Bioshock Vita, Borderlands Vita, new Uncharted with multi, a good Call of Duty, FIFA 14 with PS3 crossplay, God of War, Gravity Rush 2, Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo, new Assassins Creed.
Here Sony, just make this list happen in the next 12-16 months and Vita will be alive and kickin'.

It would be great if the managed to get the recent remake of Half Life, as well as HL2 on Vita. I'm just not sure if Valve is willing to give these games away to competition, even if they don't have a handheld themselves. So maybe Doom 3 BFG? A Quake game?



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

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VGKing on 15 January 2013

Redesign the Vita to be cheaper to produce.
Sell a Vita w/ contract, w/ 4G via AT&T. Advertise the hell out of it.
Make Wi-Fi model $179.99, 4gigs memory card included.
$199 bundles include a game and 3 months of PS+
All the old Vita models drop to $150 to clear stock.
Get a contract with Activision and guarantee a yearly Call of Duty title with adequate development cycles.
Yearly Uncharted game.
Encourage Vita PS Mobile development.
Add some free games to PS Mobile w/ ads.



tbone51 on 15 January 2013
VGKing said:
Redesign the Vita to be cheaper to produce.
Sell a Vita w/ contract, w/ 4G via AT&T. Advertise the hell out of it.
Make Wi-Fi model $179.99, 4gigs memory card included.
$199 bundles include a game and 3 months of PS+
All the old Vita models drop to $150 to clear stock.
Get a contract with Activision and guarantee a yearly Call of Duty title with adequate development cycles.
Yearly Uncharted game.
Encourage Vita PS Mobile development.
Add some free games to PS Mobile w/ ads.



You should work for the Company



MattyPeq on 15 January 2013

It already had a huge price cut.
Now it just needs a 128 GB memory card, less ports/remakes/spin offs, more unique games that people want and need.



VGKing on 15 January 2013
tbone51 said:
VGKing said:
Redesign the Vita to be cheaper to produce.
Sell a Vita w/ contract, w/ 4G via AT&T. Advertise the hell out of it.
Make Wi-Fi model $179.99, 4gigs memory card included.
$199 bundles include a game and 3 months of PS+
All the old Vita models drop to $150 to clear stock.
Get a contract with Activision and guarantee a yearly Call of Duty title with adequate development cycles.
Yearly Uncharted game.
Encourage Vita PS Mobile development.
Add some free games to PS Mobile w/ ads.



You should work for the Company

Maybe I do ;)



VGKing on 15 January 2013
MattyPeq said:
It already had a huge price cut.
 Now it just needs a 128 GB memory card, less port/remake, more unique games that people want and need.

No it did not.