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chapset on 07 March 2013

Sony should go back to console only, that's when they were the most successful



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BuckStud on 07 March 2013
It's early, my eyes are still blurry, but did he just say something bad about his beloved Sony???


Stop hating and start playing.

bananaking21 on 07 March 2013
sales2099 said:
I like to see week 2 and 3 of the Vita in Japan.

But also, NA and Europe sales will be even lower as they will feel entitled to their own price cut.


i assume your talking week 2&3 after the price cut?

 

and the avarage cunsomer wont really know about the price cut in japan



bananaking21 on 07 March 2013
BuckStud said:
It's early, my eyes are still blurry, but did he just say something bad about his beloved Sony???

yes, and he loves MS more than sony and nintendo. atleast thats what i can tell from his "predictions"



sales2099 on 07 March 2013
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
I like to see week 2 and 3 of the Vita in Japan.

But also, NA and Europe sales will be even lower as they will feel entitled to their own price cut.


i assume your talking week 2&3 after the price cut?

 

and the avarage cunsomer wont really know about the price cut in japan

Yes i am.

And this isnt the time to play the "Sony doesnt market enough" card. It gets old quick.



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Mummelmann on 07 March 2013
bananaking21 said:
Mummelmann said:
Nooooo way? That man and his antics! The Vita is showing us the future of dedicated handhelds.


i cant tell if your sacrastic or being serious lol. what do you mean by the bolded part


I mean exactly what I'm writing; the dedicated handheld has no future and will go away. Like Arcades, Amiga, console add-on's with CD drives and other things of the past, its simply not going to exist within a few years as their market is being swallowed by others and the handheld becomes the "inbetweener". The recent sales of Brain Age are the crown example of this, and in due time this will be the rule rather than the exception.



bananaking21 on 07 March 2013
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
I like to see week 2 and 3 of the Vita in Japan.

But also, NA and Europe sales will be even lower as they will feel entitled to their own price cut.


i assume your talking week 2&3 after the price cut?

 

and the avarage cunsomer wont really know about the price cut in japan

Yes i am.

And this isnt the time to play the "Sony doesnt market enough" card. It gets old quick.

and yeah it will be interesting to see the weeks following the price cut.

 

and what the hell are you talking about? what does the "sony doesnt market enough card" have to do with anything i said?



TheLastStarFighter on 07 March 2013
bananaking21 said:
italo244 said:
Vita will outsell 3DS confirmed by Pachter.


the world would explode if pachter was right twice in the same year



What was Patcher ever right on?  This makes me think Vita is about to take off...



Laurel Aitken on 07 March 2013
sales2099 said:
bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
I like to see week 2 and 3 of the Vita in Japan.

But also, NA and Europe sales will be even lower as they will feel entitled to their own price cut.


i assume your talking week 2&3 after the price cut?

 

and the avarage cunsomer wont really know about the price cut in japan

Yes i am.

And this isnt the time to play the "Sony doesnt market enough" card. It gets old quick.

Especially if you are the only one using it (does anyone mentioned that Sony doesnt market enough?)

I agree that the average consumer wont know that a price cut took place in Japan. So that shouldn't affect sales in Europe or NA.



Akvod on 07 March 2013
DraconianAC said:
I thought niche markets were a good thing. If one can find the right niche, a product can survive as long as one creates a loyal following. Once that happens, one would expect for word of mouth (a type of marketing) to help in future sales. Vinyl is nice example, but Sony needs to play it right.


Typically niche strategies are associated with price premiums, due to the focused targeting. Vita had a price drop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_market

 

I wish a more knowledgable person would write an article about this, but I do think that you pretty much have dedicated gaming handhelds as only being viable if they're marketed towards young children.

Smartphones have basicly given a way for adults to kill time. Whereas before smartphones you had at best a iPod or maybe cell phones (where you entertained yourself by texting a lot). And even before that a Game Boy was literally the only portable computer you carried around with you.

So, what demographic probably only carries a Game Boy as its exclusive portable computer? Children. In addition, which demographic probably has the most need for a dedicated gaming device (i.e. have the time to play them)? Children.

 

Japan and a few other countries where public transportation is really developed might have a hightened demand for portables (whereas countries like the US have heavy automobile commute).