It appears as though Sony’s latest handheld, PlayStation Vita, which released February 2012 in North America and Europe, will not receive a price cut this year. Sony’s managing director of PlayStation UK, Fergal Gara, confirmed the PlayStation Vita’s price will be reduced sometime next year, 2013. Nintendo 3DS, which launched March 2011 in North America and Europe, received a major price drop less than five months after its debut.

 

 

Your thoughts on this? I think this is exciting news. This should help boost sales for the PS Via. Now all Sony needs to do is get more 3rd party developers making games for the Vita and we'll have a selling system.

A price cut was inevitable in my eyes from the start . I wouldn't buy a Vita for its current price especially with its current shitty game selection .And if they don't start releasing more games that i would care about I probably still won't ever get one .We shall see .

I already have one, so this doesn't matter to me.

At the end of the day there is still not enough stand alone titles for the vita that would make me want to purchase it, even with the price cut.

And now they've ruined any chance of a good Christmas holiday period because people will hold off, waiting for the sale.

I don't understand why people complain so much about VITA's games..

 

It already have really good games and there is already coming lot of cool looking games. Uncharted Golden Abyss is very good, Wipeout 2048 is high quality racing game, Recistance Burning Skies, Blazblue Continium Shift, P4 arena, Gravity Rush and lot others. Very sad that Sony lost monster hunter to Nintendo, really enjoyed the games that came for PSP and really looked forward to play one on VITA

Same was with PSP, everyone was like "Hurr there is just 2 or 3 good PSP games" I have about 30 PSP games and I have enjoyed most of them really much.

The Vita is an alright system. The game library just isn't very satisfying. Gravity Rush and Uncharted Golden Abyss are about all that does it for me and even that's a stretch. Luckily, AC Liberations is coming out soon, so that'll make it better for me, personally.

The only reason I will get a PS Vita is because of Persona 4 Golden and Final Fantasy X HD

I am already getting the Assassin Creed PS Vita on Oct 30th and i don't want to wait longer for this price cut. I agree they shouldn't have announce a price cut for next year.

Unless a KH game comes out for the Vita I have no desire to ever own one.

Also Persona 4: Golden will be coming to the vita November 20th. Main reason why I bought a vita. It's going to be the best game on the vita.

 

The only reason I will get a PS Vita is because of Persona 4 Golden and Final Fantasy X HD

 

Finally, Someone other than me who is excited about Persona 4. Main reason why i got a vita too!

I find that the ps vita doesn't have enough games to make it's current price worth it. But it's price cut should help it's sells.

I will only every get a Vita for Assassin's Creed and Uncharted, unless other good games come out.

The one time I actually get a Sony console before a price cut... mrrhrrmmrhr.

 

I imported Persona 4 Golden in a Heartbeat. Finished it twice already.

...I didn't even get a psp until just this past June, just to play BBS before DreamDrop. I mean, it's okay just a lot of the games don't really do anything for me. I do like the ability to DL old PS games to play on it though, or even older PSP games. Their DL library is much more expanse than Nintendo, IMHO. I feel that Nintendo shouldn't be so stingy about what they have available to DL from eShop.

I already planed on getting on, I plan on getting the Assassin Creed III Liberation Vita Bundle for only $250 which I think is pretty good with the game and system and memory card, can't complain about that but still it would've been better I think if they did the price cut this year, but oh well still good job on there part for doing a price cut.

Always knew this was going to happen. It didn't exactly have a good launch period, and just doesn't seem that popular.

The way I see it, with a really high asking price with comparatively even more outrageous memory card prices (proprietary Sony memory cards, no less) along with a virtually non-existent library of games, the Vita is useless without a price cut

 

Anyone I've talked to who's owned a Vita either bought it for 1 game, bought it and was disappointed, or bought it just to "look rich" as some sort of status symbol... or something o.O

 

But, if they really slash the price AND the memory card price AND actually release games worth having on it, I could see myself getting one.

 

That's a lot of "if's" though

Well they better have a price drop if they want any chance of me purchasing one!

Also Persona 4: Golden will be coming to the vita November 20th. Main reason why I bought a vita. It's going to be the best game on the vita.

 

 

 

Finally, Someone other than me who is excited about Persona 4. Main reason why i got a vita too!

 

What can I say, I'm crazy about japanese RPG games ever since I've been a gamer

Good that its getting a price cut, as it was badly needed (how about cutting those memory card prices too, Sony? *winkwinknudgenudge*). But...

 

And now they've ruined any chance of a good Christmas holiday period because people will hold off, waiting for the sale.

 

This. I mean really, go an entire, pitiful (sales wise) year being over priced, announce a price cut to happen next year, right before the holidays when you might actually get a noticeable bump in sales? Really, doesn't make much sense.