PS Vita struggling to find its sales footing

[James]

PS Vita struggling to find its sales footing

Console sale statistics reveal PS Vita’s slow start.

[ZAP_Tech]

Maybe they should either make it cheaper, or bundle something intersting with it at the current price, maybe a game and a decent size memory card.

[Deceptor]

The PS Vita needs more high quality games before it can start selling well. Out of all the games released so far I'm only interested in Uncharted.

[Dragonic]

Well the 3DS also had a slow start after the launch hype died down.
This is what Shigeru Miyamoto said about Vita's sales(much respect since they're rivals):

“It’s obviously a very hi-spec machine, and you can do lots of things with it. But I don’t really see the combination of software and hardware that really makes a very strong product. When we launched the 3DS hardware we didn’t have Super Mario 3D Land, we didn’t have Mario Kart 7, we didn’t have Kid Icarus: Uprising. We were striving to have all of these ready for the launch, but we weren’t able to deliver them at the time, We were kind of hoping that people would, nevertheless, buy into the product, but looking back we have to say we realize the key software was missing when we launched the hardware”

[Murph]

Well the fact that the current pricing model is totally stupid may have something to do with it.

[OmegaFenix]

Vita was doomed for failure from the get go, a dedicated handheld at that price and with few worth while titles was a stupid move on sony's part, especially considering the situation they are currently in. I personally feel that the days of a dedicated handheld is past, with mobile phones and tablets simply being better value for money & the games coming out for these platforms continuously encroaching on those released for dedicated platforms spending £180 on something that only plays games is a waste.

[shadowfox]

Vita was doomed for failure from the get go, a dedicated handheld at that price and with few worth while titles was a stupid move on sony's part, especially considering the situation they are currently in.

Keep in mind that when they started production they were in a much better position financially - with none of this crap from Anon hanging over their heads, no security breaches, no earthquake/tsunami whoppers - none of these factors were in play yet. All of that came at crunch time - just before/after the Vita released, and Sony either had to release, or sit with a massive investment that had nowhere to go.

I'm not saying it would have sold any better, no matter what factors you look at it's an expensive toy - but not shipping a finished product would've been an even worse move.

They'll drop prices eventually, they have to. With current estimated sales at 1.8 million world-wide, I wouldn't go as far as calling it a complete failure. I suspect that once they have a couple of good exclusive titles shipping sales will pick up again, although I doubt they'll hit their targets.

[OmegaFenix]

Keep in mind that when they started production they were in a much better position financially - with none of this crap from Anon hanging over their heads, no security breaches, no earthquake/tsunami whoppers - none of these factors were in play yet. All of that came at crunch time - just before/after the Vita released, and Sony either had to release, or sit with a massive investment that had nowhere to go.

I'm not saying it would have sold any better, no matter what factors you look at it's an expensive toy - but not shipping a finished product would've been an even worse move.

They'll drop prices eventually, they have to. With current estimated sales at 1.8 million world-wide, I wouldn't go as far as calling it a complete failure. I suspect that once they have a couple of good exclusive titles shipping sales will pick up again, although I doubt they'll hit their targets.

Sony have been in trouble for years, their issues pre-date the PS3 with many saying the millions they threw into developing the cell processor for the PS3 is what caused alot of it, it was suppose to be their saving grace. They have lost huge chunks of the markets they once dominated to competition, Samsung & LG make better & cheaper tvs. Apple has made us all forget the Walkman. Even their laptops have taken a hit from Samsung & again apple. So yeah i think recent evens have contributed but they where in trouble long before this. From what I've seen the vita was just another, in a long line of, bad calls, Sony banking on a over priced item for a niche market which is failing to deliver.

[Strifehart]

Considering that the handheld is retailing for more than a fully fledged home console, I can't justify buying one at this point.

I'll get one when it's <R2k.

[Dragonic]

TBH they should have learned with the PSP, although doing good enough the DS(much weaker specs) totally outsold it... why?
Games on the DS was unique, fun and just plain epic.

This time around their hardware is again totally killing the 3DS but we'll see in time if they're software makes up.