"Sony is under major pressure to cut the price of the Vita"

[kevan]

My quick view on the matter.

The Vita is priced right, The 3DS currently selling for $300 Aus was priced horribly wrong.

 

[DSGamer64]

How does everyone seem to know that Sony will lose money if the sell at $250 ?

Development cost, mass production, costs per unit etc etc.
they are not making any profit with the price they are selling it at.

Source.

Sony has learned from the PS3.

What makes you think that something so powerful will make Sony money? Their biggest sources of profits from the Vita will be from game sales as well as accessories since those things are easy to make money off of, hell they didn't make a lot of money off the original PSP and it took them like 3 years to make it profitable which also in effect killed it.

 

[Pippin666]

I am clearyl not buying this HUGE piece of cr*p. It's big, bulky, fragile AND NOT PORTABLE AT ALL.

Pip'

 

[emigre]

I am clearyl not buying this HUGE piece of cr*p. It's big, bulky, fragile AND NOT PORTABLE AT ALL.

Pip'

Thank you for that in depth insight. It almost moved me to tears.

 

[prowler]

I am clearyl not buying this HUGE piece of cr*p. It's big, bulky, fragile AND NOT PORTABLE AT ALL.

Pip'

Vita is not that big compared to a 2000 actually.
I would post the image but cba searching.

Troll harder.

@emigre you are my new favourite temper.

 

[machomuu]

How does everyone seem to know that Sony will lose money if the sell at $250 ?

Development cost, mass production, costs per unit etc etc.
they are not making any profit with the price they are selling it at.

Source.

Sony has learned from the PS3.

There was a news post about it somewhere on the temp, don't feel like looking it up, though.

 

[clegion]

250 bucks for something that is well near PS3 worthy... in a portable package , they are still asking for a price drop? and here I am considering to buy the 3g version

 

[retKHAAAN]

i'm interested in the device but don't see a point in even offering a 3g version...

 

[ShakeBunny]

I don't care if it gives me free ice cream every time I turn it on, I'm not paying $300 for a handheld gaming device.

... Although that would be pretty awesome.

MAKE IT HAPPEN!

 

[emigre]

Than pay $250 for the Wifi model.

 

[ShakeBunny]

Eh, that's still a little much for me.

But I'm more of the retro-type gamer anyway.

Give me a GBA over a 3DS or Vita, and I'll be happy.

 

[clegion]

And Now with the Vita power imagine how much retro gaming emulation you can CRAM in there , The PSP had a lot, suffice to say the Vita will have more

 

[ShadowSoldier]

The market is simply in deep crisis. People have a lot less money to spend than in 2006, and that gets reflected in the 3DS' sales.

The Vita might be an amazing device, but if it gets released at 249$, it'll be doomed with little sales, just like the 3DS (at least pre-price cut).

People aren't ready to shell out all this money right now, especially when they still feel comfortable with their previous-gen devices like the DS and the PSP.

The only ones who would buy them (the next-gen consoles, that is) right now are the hardcore gamers and the fanboys (which, trust me, are a REAL minority in the market shares).

Honestly, this. With everything being much more expensive and getting more expensive each day, soon gaming will only be something that the rich people can enjoy.

QUOTE(Bladexdsl @ Aug 5 2011, 11:53 AM) the 3ds has 1 game worth getting and that's OOT but that's not even a new game it's mainly a remake the rest is CRAP SW mainly. we'll see what happens in September though.

Street Fighter is pretty good. Ocarina of Time is something I'd consider a system seller though. Don't get me wrong, I love OoT on the N64, but the 3DS version is putting up one hell of a fight against it. The only thing I'm having trouble is the Ocarina playing. Before I would be able to play it perfectly and memorize everything. But in this I'm having trouble remembering the Sun Song or whatever it's called. But playing with sound on GREATLY helps.

 

[Maedhros]

I am clearyl not buying this HUGE piece of cr*p. It's big, bulky, fragile AND NOT PORTABLE AT ALL.

Pip'

So Notebooks/Netbooks/Ipads/Tablets in general aren't portable, I assume.

Also, thanks for your oppinion.

 

[machomuu]

I am clearyl not buying this HUGE piece of cr*p. It's big, bulky, fragile AND NOT PORTABLE AT ALL.

Pip'

Wait...are you being serious?

 

[Slyakin]

I am clearyl not buying this HUGE piece of cr*p. It's big, bulky, fragile AND NOT PORTABLE AT ALL.

Pip'

Wait...are you being serious?

Probably not. The PSV isn't THAT big, especially compared to the DSi XL.

 

[Sterling]

I am clearyl not buying this HUGE piece of cr*p. It's big, bulky, fragile AND NOT PORTABLE AT ALL.

Pip'

Wait...are you being serious?

Probably not. The PSV isn't THAT big, especially compared to the 3DS.

The 3DS is about the size of a DS lite. The XL is more near the Vita's size.

 

[Slyakin]

The 3DS is about the size of a DS lite. The XL is more near the Vita's size.

Shit, I actually meant DSi XL. I had the 3DS in my thoughts, so I mis-typed. Thanks for bringing this up!

 

[KingVamp]

The 3DS is about the size of a DS lite. The XL is more near the Vita's size.

Shit, I actually meant DSi XL. I had the 3DS in my thoughts, so I mis-typed. Thanks for bringing this up!

According to wiki, the XL is 6.3in wide while the psv is 7.2in wide.

Just for reference.

Anyway, these people/this person think the 3ds games should be cut down.

Link

 

[Todderbert]

Sony will most likely not lower its price at the beginning. If they can release a few must have games they will have no trouble moving units. I'm more and more interested in the back touch screen on this device, it looks very promising. Nintendo could try the "third pillar" concept again to compete on a different level and release an amazing single screen Game Boy model. Maybe I'm just tired of two screens and using a stylus.