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[Guy Fieri]

If Sony wants the Vita to succeed, they need to do the following.

1. Drop the price of the console and memory cards ( 32GB card for $100? I can get an SD card at the same size for about $80 less)
2. Get some more third party support ( most third party games are ports as of now)

That's about it really.

[JakeyFlower]

#1: It's $250.
#2: The Memory card that you have to have but isn't included starts at $20-25. The one that's more worth your while is $40-45.
#3: Including taxes, that makes the Vita over $300 before games, and the good games are $40-50.

The above is the Vita's one of its major stumbling blocks. The system itself isn't expensive, it's the absolutely not good cost of the memory cards that's scaring people away from owning the system. The price of the memory cards are what Sony needs to cut drastically, not price of the system. Or maybe it is the system too. After all, the 3DS technically sold "bad" (even though the Vita is doing only about 1/3rd of the sales that the 3DS was doing then...) at $250, and that was a Nintendo device. Maybe $250+ is just too much for most people to drop on a handheld system anyways, irregardless of games, or brand.

The other stumbling block is that the Vita is in its own never-ending circle of misery. It needs sales to get developers interested in making games for it, but it needs games to get sales. Most developers are way too frightened to spend the money and time developing a game for a system that, as it is, sells horribly.

I know quite a few people are going to go "WELL WUT ABOUT SOUL SACRIFICE AND TEARAWAY HARHARHAR IDIOT" but I haven't forgotten those. Neither of those or 90% of the other games coming out for it are console sellers to the mass market.

Do I want a Vita? Sure. Am I going to get one in the near future? If the near future means within the next one to two years, then yes. But as it is right now, I'm wholly occupied with upcoming 3DS, Wii, Wii U savings, and PS3 games. Chao. :V

For the record, I really wanted to say "Hi Nintendo3DS" (the user) but decided against it cause that would be mean and probably spark some flamage. :X

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[Hank Hill]

not were i come from

Using :ahem: "were i come from" as opposed to the rest of the world for a system's price is...well, stupid.

[JoshZebra]

If Sony wants the Vita to succeed, they need to do the following.

1. Drop the price of the console and memory cards ( 32GB card for $100? I can get an SD card at the same size for about $80 less)
2. Get some more third party support ( most third party games are ports as of now)

That's about it really.

The memory cards (including the game cards) have a lot faster transfer rate. So when the Vita is running big games, it can load much faster. That's the main reason they're more expensive. That and the 'obvious'

[JakeyFlower]

you try building one of that quality then sell it for mere pennies an see how well in business you go

[Press]

you try building one of that quality then sell it for mere pennies an see how well in business you go

Well that's actually expected and works for some companies, just not Sony because it's an entertainment conglomerate. Media isn't a necessity so you often have to show you care for consumers to make the pitch. Nintendo has always did this.

[JakeyFlower]

good point, I love every console equally plus do t forget Sony won't go outta business
they don't just make console they make awesome home theatres and there Televisions are
absolutely friggin amazing also there Mobiles are great

Edited by JakeyFlower, 28 September 2012 - 06:15 PM.

[Press]

I like Sony as well. My best gaming experiences were on PS1 because of the large library of games and the accessibility I didn't have when I was younger with a Sega Genesis and SNES. The best games I played didn't have the best graphics or highest frame rate, which is why I am currently having a love-hate relationship with Sony right now because they rely to heavily upon power and it makes their products costy for casual gamers with low income.

Edited by Graff, 28 September 2012 - 09:12 PM.

[xile6]

Its a great habdheld. Just lacks games. I bet by the end of next year they will be turning out games left and right.
The vita x-mas line up looks good tho.

[CUD]

They wont discontinue it...

Price really isn't the issue here, the price is very reasonable for what it offers especially in comparison to the 3DS. The 3DS' price drop was a panic move that wasn't even necessary, that isn't to say the system wasn't overpriced because it sure as hell was. Something Sony needs to improve is its marketing, that's their real problem.

[Joshua]

Honestly, I would purchase myself a Vita right now; It's just that I'm still waiting for a game that would get my attention.

[CUD]

Honestly, I would purchase myself a Vita right now; It's just that I'm still waiting for a game that would get my attention.

Gravity Rush, LBPV, Uncharted:GA or the soon to be released Assassin's Creed III: Liberation don't catch your attention? I particularly enjoyed Gravity Rush.

[Auzzie Wingman]

And that's only the retail titles.

Super Stardust Delta and Mutant Blobs Attack are ridiculously fun as well.

[Joshua]

Gravity Rush, LBPV, Uncharted:GA or the soon to be released Assassin's Creed III: Liberation don't catch your attention? I particularly enjoyed Gravity Rush.

Those are good but they still don't give me that 'nudge', If you get my meaning. I was thinking of getting it for the Assassin's Creed III game but my bad experiences with AC on the PSP still haunt me to this day.

[Hinkik]

Great system with lack of quality games.

Imagine if Nintendo made games on that handheld.

[BobbyRiddle]

There is no way in Hell that Sony will discontinue the Vita....they have far too much at stake. People forget that Sony had a horrible time moving PS3's in it's first year too. Now it has practically caught the 360 after spotting it a one year lead. I don't understand all the hate on the game library either. I have the Chinese/English version of Ragnarok Odyssey(my favorite handheld game ever), MLB the Show(highly underrated handheld sports game), Mortal Kombat(best handheld fighting game ever imo), Sound Shapes(totally original platformer), Super Stardust Delta(best twin stick shooter ever), Mutant Blob(another original and fun platformer), and of couse Little Big Planet Vita(the best and flawless LBP version yet.) These have kept me busy since the day I bought the thing, so much so that I have not even turned on my 3DS since. There is a lot of good stuff in the pipeline too......AC:Liberation, CoD, Soul Sacrifice, PSAS Royal Rumble Crossplay, Killzone, and Sly Cooper. That is a ton of gaming goodness right there, and that is not even mentioning all of the other Sony exclusives that are probably in the works....games like Ratchet and Clank, Gran Turismo, God of War, and Infamous. I'm sure some of those are in the works. I do think that Sony needs to make a better effort on the third party front though. I'm not sure why they would not try to influence Activision's decision to give CoD Vita to Nihilistic. That was really dumb considering how much that game could have influenced Xmas sales. I also think that they would be very wise to get in touch with Randy Pitchford of Gearbox about his inquiries of Borderlands 2 on Vita. That would be huge. I never thought that the Vita would be able to take the 3DS in sales, but I do think that Sony can sell millions of Vita's if they find a way to distinguish the platform better than they have already.