The price cut might improve the situation in Japan a bit (although not much, the lineup still isn't good enough), but if a similar pricecut happens in the west it won't be very useful:

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ps vita 30002units
wii u 29999 units

You could always get a Vita for under $200 new on Ebay and Craigslist. I don't think this price cut will help much... of course it will also depend on marketing and bundled games.

It's difficult to tell to be honest.

I thought on the 28th the vita also comes with a bundled game for that reduced price(cant remember what it was, read it in a tweet).

So i think its perfectly reasonable to see the vita perhaps get good numbers for a couple of weeks. I dont see any nintendo game in the next 6 months having an impact on wii-u sales. And as i have said many times before, the wii-u is under a lot of pressure right now that I am not sure a price cut will even help it. Nintendo screwed up having seemingly started on their own games for the wii-u very late... or perhaps they are running into the same problems that the PS3 and Xbox had at the start of their gen and Nintendo didnt learn anything from it.

E3 is going to be massive for Sony and MS and the wii-u might get drowned out (like it is currently), and you can be sure we are most likely going to see some great games coming out for next gen. If these games dont even come out for the wii-u, then only nintendo specific games can help raise their sales.... BUT..it sounded like many of their big games wont come out till 2014.. way too late. this isn't the wii, and I think the Wii will sell better this christmas than the wii-u.

But I think the Vita might do alright against the wii-u... just because next gen and the wii will eat into the wii-u sales.... I still think overall the wii-u will probably beat the vita.... but i dont think its going to be a pretty year for the wii-u.

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I didn't quite catch the beginning, but the silver one atleast comes with some points or whatever for Phantasy Star Online 2 bundled at that reduced price, PSO2 itself is free to play.

Yeah i didnt catch the presentation at all, just reading random tweets while at work :)

It better be considering that the cheaper price was the only reason Wii and DS sold better than competition.

Maybe I am. But let's look at this scenario:

Vita's competition is already out at crushing strength (3DS, DS and even its brother PSP hurting its sales in Japan). I don't see it getting worse for the Vita. In fact it should improve as 3DS saturates market, PSP support ends in Japan, and PS Vita price naturally drops as its library increases.

Wii U however is pretty much alone. It's the one supposed to have the hype on its side, yet it is being eclipsed by the previous gen PS360. Can you imagine what is going to happen when PS4 and 720 are out at full force / full hype, and PS360 are even cheaper? This could put the Wii U in a critical situation.

Vita could outsell Wii U on a weekly basis for a short time if the price cut is extended to all regions. Wii U will come out on top for the year regardless.

Vita has been a low seller for a whole year now. I don't think a price cut can save it anymore from being the lowest next-gen seller. Wonderswan had a low price and got awesome japanese games, and still it sold quite badly when it was alive.