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Otakumegane on 09 April 2013
Michael-5 said:

I think Sony will do a price cut either at E3, or when Soul Sacrifice launches, and make a bundle. I don't see Sony selling the PSV at different prices between regions for long, people will catch on, and it could generate some bad hype.

If Sony does a price cut in Spetember though, I don't think it will be too late. Killzone on PSV has a different audience then GTA and Pokemon, so it's not really competing with the 3DS. Either way, they need it before October because by then I think a lot of holiday buyers will commit themselves to a 3DS. PSV has a few good October/September games releasing, without a price cut, a lot of potential buyers will probably turn down the games/system, and a price cut in November probably won't bring them back.


I'd argue that the Vita was infact aiming for the "dudebro" audience. Supported by CoD and AC on the platform being advertised like crazy. 3DS having the younger kids on lockdown after all. And no I'd also say GTA shares the targeted Vita audience. I mean GTA on the PSP was the best selling game on there.

But agree with the rest of the points. They REALLY need it soon. Why don't they just go for it in April? Seems stupid to try and compete with Pokemon.



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Michael-5 on 09 April 2013
Otakumegane said:
Michael-5 said:

I think Sony will do a price cut either at E3, or when Soul Sacrifice launches, and make a bundle. I don't see Sony selling the PSV at different prices between regions for long, people will catch on, and it could generate some bad hype.

If Sony does a price cut in Spetember though, I don't think it will be too late. Killzone on PSV has a different audience then GTA and Pokemon, so it's not really competing with the 3DS. Either way, they need it before October because by then I think a lot of holiday buyers will commit themselves to a 3DS. PSV has a few good October/September games releasing, without a price cut, a lot of potential buyers will probably turn down the games/system, and a price cut in November probably won't bring them back.


I'd argue that the Vita was infact aiming for the "dudebro" audience. Supported by CoD and AC on the platform being advertised like crazy. 3DS having the younger kids on lockdown after all. And no I'd also say GTA shares the targeted Vita audience. I mean GTA on the PSP was the best selling game on there.

But agree with the rest of the points. They REALLY need it soon. Why don't they just go for it in April? Seems stupid to try and compete with Pokemon.

I agree a price cut in April would be good, but it could be more effective cutting the price in September and advertizing the new price cut all holiday season. Then again, do they want to advertize both the PSV and PS4? Now makes more sense, get some of the hardcore in with Soul Sacrifice. Spread quality with word of mouth.

As for Audience, I still disagree. Yes a lot of PSV owners might be GTA fans, but it's not like GTA releasing will hurt sales. Most GTA fans aren't Handheld gamer fans, but I bet you a lot of people who might buy PSV for Killzone or bought a PSP for GTA are GTA fans

However if they really want a console experience on the go, and they are waiting on a price cut, they probably will still pick up a PSV after the hype settles from GTA V. If they aren't specifically waiting for a price cut, just a good game, a price cut around the time of Killzone will be a big push.

Basically people interested in the PSV, who are GTA V fans, and aware of Killzone for PSV releaseing on the same day as GTA V, either already have a PSV, or will likely get a PSV with Killzone one day regardless. They might not get it at the same time as GTA V, but they will likely pick it up during the holidays.



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Mensrea on 09 April 2013

It is indeed a terrible time, but they want it to coincide with those new games.

Ideally, tearaway and Killzone would be coming in the summer, where the 3DS is bound to have a lull, and there are no huge games on the horizon, but you can't rush games. (see black ops declassified.)

I want to play tearaway, and to a lesser extent, killzone. E3 will either lose me, or sell me on a vita. I don't want the Vita to become a streaming device for the PS4, I expect games. They have a chance to win me over this E3, but it will take price cut and games.




BaldrSkies on 09 April 2013

Why are some people thinking I said Vita is only a complement to PS4? Are people just ignoring the part about Gaikai and being independent from the PS4? Or the games that do come to Vita exclusively or through cross platform? You won't need to buy a PS4 unless you want to play PS4 games.