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Pooya · May 30, 2012

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sony-cuts-playstation-vita-price/096919

updated, it's for 1.5 month only. lol journalism .

updated again, For France only? ...

The price of the PlayStation Vita will be cut by €50 from June 1st, Sony has confirmed.

The platform holder is offering to rebate €50 (£39.87) on any purchase of a PlayStation Vita between June 1st to July 15th.

Crucially, it is a limited time offer that will not be available after July 15th.

"The PS Vita is the latest generation of handheld console and more than 1.8m have been sold worldwide since its launch,” SCE Europe VP Philippe Cardon stated.

“His innovations are numerous. With this offer we want to make it more accessible to the greatest number with the approach of summer vacation.”

UPDATE: MCV is still awaiting confirmation of the UK price, though has been told that it's possible the promotion is exclusive to the French market. We will confirm as soon as we can.

MCV will reveal the UK pricing as soon as we have obtained it.

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darkwing · May 30, 2012

it begins

fluffydelusions · May 30, 2012

dat boomba

Kazerei · May 30, 2012

No ambassador program?

electroplankton · May 30, 2012

That was fast

er than 3DS

I'm an expert · May 30, 2012

Kazerei said:
No ambassador program?

Entitled gamers...gosh!!!

onlyindreams · May 30, 2012

apparently its a 1.5 month sale and its going back to normal price. lol?

jonno394 · May 30, 2012

Crucially, it is a limited time offer that will not be available after July 15th.

Makes sense, blow people away with E3 reveals, drop the price for a limited time = win

zroid · May 30, 2012

it's only temporary, apparently

edit: asdf

marc^o^ · May 30, 2012

I called it.

Kandrick · May 30, 2012

That's not what the news says though...

longdi · May 30, 2012

still no games....
did sony get the psn games on vita yet?

darkwing · May 30, 2012

ahh its not permanent

DeaconKnowledge · May 30, 2012

worldrevolution said:
Entitled gamers...gosh!!!

Seriously. 50 Euro price cut and the first response is "That's it?"

jiggles · May 30, 2012

Crucially, it is a limited time offer that will not be available after July 15th.

And it's just a rebate, as opposed to an actual discount off the price, it seems.

Dead Prince · May 30, 2012

Kazerei said:
No ambassador program?

Yeah. Its ps+

Bumhead · May 30, 2012

Temporary offer? Would expect that to become the normal price should it still not stimulate sales.

Mikeside · May 30, 2012

Kazerei said:
No ambassador program?

lol

I'm not expecting anything, but now would be a good time to fully show what's happening with PS+ on Vita and maybe give early adopters a free 6 months/year or something.

I'm happy with my Vita either way

fluffydelusions · May 30, 2012

And what if it still doesn't sell well?

thuway · May 30, 2012

Is a memory card packed in? $199 + 4gb Card + Little Deviants = I'm in.

Cornbread78 · May 30, 2012

onlyindreams said:
apparently its a 1.5 month sale and its going back to normal price. lol?

Prepping for the holiday sales.....

Fuzzy · May 30, 2012

This Vita story will be a test to see who actually clicks and reads a link

You were right Wario.

Pooya · May 30, 2012

onlyindreams said:
apparently its a 1.5 month sale and its going back to normal price. lol?

they updated the article just now , lol smh

zroid · May 30, 2012

DMPrince said:
Yeah. Its ps+

So PS+ will be free for Ambassadors, then?

stalker · May 30, 2012

The say it is a limited offer until July 15th

Kandrick · May 30, 2012

miladesn said:
they updated the article just now , lol smh

They just updated it again. Why don't they post the full article at once ?

Sintoid · May 30, 2012

So it's only 1 month offer? If the sales rise might keep that price...

Portugeezer · May 30, 2012

DeaconKnowledge said:
Seriously. 50 Euro price cut and the first response is "That's it?"

That would be an understandable response by Vita owners, why would they care about the price drop if they have a Vita already?

I may consider a Vita if I can get it for £150.

Danielsan · May 30, 2012

So a six week offer. Worthless.
The E3 announcements won't do the Vita much good. It needs more awareness, a better price point and most of all, it needs a must have game now, and now in a couple of months or next year.

H3xum · May 30, 2012

Hmmm

Let's see how E3 goes for Vita. Might be time to buy

Dead Prince · May 30, 2012

Zeer0id said:
So PS+ will be free for Ambassadors, then?

Only whenbyou pay for it when you can be introduced to all the free games the PlayStation brand can offer.

Acquiescence · May 30, 2012

Ah it's just a temporary one, a detail glaringly omitted from the OP to create dat hyperbole.

darkwing said:
it begins

June 1st.

It ends July 15th.

Anth0ny · May 30, 2012

Limited offer... for now.

ShirAhava · May 30, 2012

Wait is the rebate limited or is the price cut limited?

funkystudent · May 30, 2012

If they can announce something gigantic for the thing at e3 then this temporary sale could give it a nice boost.

Fuzzy · May 30, 2012

Kandrick said:
They just updated it again. Why don't they post the full article at once ?

Because you gotta be first!!11!!1

herod · May 30, 2012

Danielsan said:
So a six week offer. Worthless.

6

Kandrick · May 30, 2012

Acquiescence said:
Ah it's just a temporary one, a detail glaringly omitted from the OP to create dat hyperbole.

To be fair to the OP, the article didn't mention it at first.

Galang · May 30, 2012

Sintoid said:
So it's only 1 month offer? If the sales rise might keep that price...

Yeah seems like they are just testing the results... but it's only logical the sales would go up after a price cut regardless. I would hope.

Loudninja · May 30, 2012

Acquiescence said:
Ah it's just a temporary one, a detail glaringly omitted from the OP to create dat hyperbole.

Naw, they keep updating the article.

sublimit · May 30, 2012

I kinda feel bad for Sony.Hopefully the combination of price cut and interesting software will revive the system even if they sell it at a big loss.

mocolostrocolos · May 30, 2012

Faster than 3DS.

Nice.

Auto_aim1 · May 30, 2012

That's a significant drop, but I guess they're testing to see how the response is.

Sephiroth503 · May 30, 2012

Hmmm only temporary? Something must be getting announced soon to encourage people to get on board?

Kazuma Kiryu · May 30, 2012

50 price cut? you know what sony? after your press conference (the cloud stuff, psn revamp and, you know, games) i'll consider the vita. bring it.

glaurung · May 30, 2012

I haven't turned on my Vita for over five weeks now.

The retard price on Resistance means I won't be buying that either.

Meier · May 30, 2012

I really hope they offer an Ambassador program.

AdventureRacing · May 30, 2012

Won't this just lead to sales being absolutely abysmal when the price reverts? People aren't buying at that price now, when they see the price coming back up from a lower price point i can't see that being the greatest incentive.

Koroviev · May 30, 2012

Does a rebate even count as a price drop? /:

Mlatador · May 30, 2012

Only 1.5 month? I guess they can't afford more...

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