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We Will See a Vita Price Drop Next Year


Posted on October 1, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

I think almost everyone can tell that the PlayStation Vita needs a bit of a boost in terms of recognition and sales performance. When your previous handheld outsells its’ successor months after launch, there is clearly a problem. Sony is aware of the marketing problems plaguing their handheld and they promise to address them, next year.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Sony VP, Fergal Gara, essentially confirmed that the device will see a reduction sometime next year. Sony seems committed to the current Vita initiatives such as the recently released Little Big Planet, next month’s Playstation Battle Royal and the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Liberation bundle.  This means that after the holiday rush we will see Sony add “additional value” (read: price cuts) to the Vita.

In part, thanks to IGN, here is what he said:

“So the question is not so much if, but when. We won’t have an across the board price down this Christmas. But what you will see us doing is work very hard with our retail partners to add value to the product to make it more compelling.”


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Sony Thinks It Is Too Early To Cut Vita’s Price


Posted on August 16, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The PlayStation Vita is certainly struggling in Japan with prospects being a little better here in North America. Many potential vita owners have been waiting for a price drop before snapping up Sony’s latest handheld and unfortunately it could be 2013 at the earliest before Sony relents on it’s $249.99 price point.

Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida said to EuroGamer, in an interview with GamesCom “At a certain point in the future we would like to address the pricing issue for some of the people who are waiting,”.

The hardware maker reported that it had sold 1.8 million PS Vita and PSP handhelds last quater, but refused to say how many of each system it had sold. In Japan the Vita has seen a 150% jump recently due to the release of Persona 4: Golden but the hardware isn’t exactly flying off the shelves, selling 13,000 units per week at last count.

For those in the mood for a deal on the handheld, you won’t be getting one officially, but several Canadian outlets have offered PS Vitas at regular price with a 4GB memory card, a copy of Gravity Rush and a carrying case.


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