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There is no official price cut. There would have been some sort of announcement.

Wifi Only at Amazon = 198
With game its 217....

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This really isn't worth discussing. I have both consoles and wouldn't bother buying something like this, I'd much rather buy a game or two for that money. Want to play on PS3 with Vita? Download the LBP2 DLC. You can do it all without a ridiculous add-on that 5 people would buy. Remember that apart from manufacturing costs, there are development costs that need to be covered. And this idea is just so bad on so many levels, that it's really not worth talking about. Want remote play - support the idea on LBP2. If it earns enough money, you'll get more games with this option.

It already has boobs on both sides. Geesh, demanding.

Introduce a Vita XL. 3DS was a hard sell because not everyone could perceive the graphical enhancements. XL was a brilliant move on Nintendo's behalf. 50% bigger, and literally 50% more sales.

Vita is supposed to play console quality games. That's the power that it packs. But the screen...., yes it's bigger than 3DS, but if Vita too gets a bigger screen, I think it will wow more people. It's kinda like seeing an HD television commercial on an old TV and the guy on the couch says "what's so cool about that?"

I would focus on a out of the box strategy. Which means I would advocate for the device to be stand alone capable. So that I could combat sticker shock, and assuage consumer fears. My primary concern would be to make the Vita into a safe, and comfortable product for consumers. I can convince them to reinvest in the platform later. I would make my entire focus about getting them in the door. Before I even thought about follow up purchases. To do this I would focus on three initiatives that could be achieved at minimal cost, but would drive up demand enough initially to cover the losses.

The first initiative would be to redesign the device to have internal memory rather then a card reader. Removing the reader would offer up some savings to defer the cost of say 32 GB of internal memory. Which should be more then enough to take care of most apps, or a number of downloaded games. It costs the company a peripheral, but the peripheral is viewed with disdain by the target audience anyway, and discourages less dedicated buyers. The product needs to offer what just about every other competitor in this marketplace offers.

The second initiative would be to have the device come preloaded with a library of retro game titles, or in a included system game card. I would make it substantial, varied, and above all else I would list the preloaded games on the package. I wouldn't just use my companies greatest hits run through a emulator. I would also want some golden age classics, and some family games, and if the concept showed promise I would create custom packages. Perhaps genre heavy offerings.

The third initiative would be to refocus development priorities. The platform needs more games, more varied games, and cheaper games, and it needs them now rather then later. I would task a couple of studios, or contract a couple third party studios to port older games to the platform. Porting could deliver more games in a shorter amount of time to the Vita. Then could be accomplished through new game development. It would also allow for more casual popular fair to get to the platform with decreased risk.

In doing this I could potentially sustain the current price point a bit longer. While allowing the product to remain profitable. I could revisit the suggested retail price at a later date if these initiatives didn't pan out with consumers. I wouldn't want to over reach, and then get caught without a back up plan. These initiatives could be rescinded with yet another redesign later down the line. A reduction in the price point cannot be withdrawn. If you cut down the profit margins there, and they don't work. You are effectively cornered, because then the only responses are more price cuts, or more value adding. Both of which will result in probable loses.

ill be a slave boy for game publishers... so they would release a game for vita....

-Phase out the 3G model.
-Pricecut to $199 w/ 4GB memory card.
-Phase out 4GB and 8GB memory cards.
-16GB $30, 32GB $60
-Throw money at Capcom to bring Monster Hunter 4 and Monster Hunter Freedom 3 to Vita
-Throw money at Square-Enix to bring out FF XHD and Type 0 out for Vita in 2013
-Gran Turismo Vita.
-Vita with PS+ and 16GB memory card for $249
-Remote Play with many titles.

rename it psp 2 relaunch with lower price

How about PS2P!!! better ring to it imo