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SCEA's new Vita campaign is a #gamechanger
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No cause it got canceled.
mother fucking ice cold right here.
Wasn't this months ago? I thought they recently admitted it was selling below expectations.
Diablo Rosso
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I believe Kaz said it was selling 'on the low end of expectations'. Which to me says its selling under them.
Leona Lewis
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Yes, Kaz said as much when he talked about Vita's holiday sales.
To those wondering why this is a big deal or why it's news when "Netflix, Hulu, and Dish all do it," here's why: those things are services. It's rare (maybe unprecedented, even) for this type of promotion to be applied to a product rather than an intangible like a subscriber-based cable or Internet streaming service.
It speaks to something more than just "Let's leverage the excitement of our userbase."
KillerTravis
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Well it's normal with Internet services that require a monthly fee but I've rarely seen this for an electronic device.
metalslimer
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Funny, but what else is Sony going to do? They aren't willing to drop the price because they think at this point the potential revenue gain isn't worth it which honestly says a lot about what they think the future of Vita is.
PixyJunket
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It's easy to laugh at this as a sign of extreme desperation, but if I had a single reason to get a Vita I would be letting my Vita friends battle it out on who got to refer me!
Impeccable
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Generic sales tactic explodes into hyperbolic nonsense!
CosmicQueso
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All this ridicule for what is an amazing device...
Welp, we'll be left with nothing but iOS and Ninty first party 3DS stuff.
We are going to get exactly what we deserve.
Welp, we'll be left with nothing but iOS and Ninty first party 3DS stuff.
We are going to get exactly what we deserve.
Dead Prince
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they've stopped with anything vita related that involves spending money. this is a a cheap way to "sell" the system. they aren't really losing that much money this way.
This is a build up for E3 where they have big things planned for the Vita. BIG Things.
they need to also need to drop the price of the memory cards.
Trogdor1123
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I dont see what is up with people. Vita is an awesome system. This is just one more promo to get the best handheld ever made.
I wonder how you prove it. I got a vita a few weeks ago and so did my brother in law... wonder if we can get in on this...
I wonder how you prove it. I got a vita a few weeks ago and so did my brother in law... wonder if we can get in on this...
SaintMadeOfPlaster
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I think it's just the word "convince" that makes the whole thing seem desperate. It's like you have to trick your friends into buying the thing.
I think they'll hold off on a price cut until e3, it sucks I know, let's just hope their first price cut is pretty big, like +$75 of big.
I mean, it reeks of desperation but at least it's something. This doesn't make sense after the holidays and the good holiday bundles that included a game and memory card are long gone though.
Doesn't have a stockholders meeting in a week or two? I imagine the numbers are probably grim.
You've said some absurd things before but I love this one.
Doesn't have a stockholders meeting in a week or two? I imagine the numbers are probably grim.
You've said some absurd things before but I love this one.
PixyJunket
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I'm sure this sounded "cool" or "edgy" in your head, but the Vita's problems right now are like, 99% on Sony.
What "we" deserve, is a console manufacturer willing to support its devices.
Colonel Mustard
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Even though the importance of this sales tactic is over-stated, your comment is stupid.
big things for vita at e3..? just like last year..?
Sony has put out a lot for the Vita's first year. They support it plenty. In terms of supporting their other "devices," you should note the PSP and PS2 still have software coming in 2013.
That's got to be their next move.
And release more non-ports/spin offs that really dont have much effort put into them.
Seriously, Call of Duty Declassified should not have looked like that.
I don't know if its possible, Convincing 2 people to buy one is going to be quite the task.
Fine Ham Abounds
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This guy's doing it right
God damn
Name another first-party Vita game that's anywhere near as crappy. LBP? Gravity Rush? Uncharted? All-Stars?
Desperation or no, if NIS or Aksys (or whoever) announces Seimadou Monogatari or Demon's Gaze for English release, I'd be someone's nearest lonely friend for $20. Is SmokyDave looking? Somebody ask Sony if this shit will work for an import console!
Last weekend I walked into Sears for the first time in about two years and all the TVs in the electronics department were playing the same Vita promo. I was like "oh THERE'S where all the Vita advertising was"
Last weekend I walked into Sears for the first time in about two years and all the TVs in the electronics department were playing the same Vita promo. I was like "oh THERE'S where all the Vita advertising was"
...That part about an English version of Seimadou Monogatari pushing me over the edge to buy a Vita is 100% serious, actually.
AndrewDean84xX
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Junior knocks it out of the park!
PixyJunket
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I might subscribe to this as well as I'm a hopeless Madou Monogatari fan, but part of me knows what the end product will be with Compile Heart at the helm.
people don't want to think around here it seems . they just jump at the first opportunity to make fun of a company. at this point sony would rather sell a million vitas at a minimal profit than sell 2 million at a 50$ loss due to a price cut. hand held gaming market is niche ever since smartphones took over so no amount of marketing is going to push the system to sell gangbusters. just bring out the games and the install base will slowly grow. i personally feel they have made the perfect handheld gaming platform and they can support it for a long time with a lot of ports and small indie games and throw in a couple of big games every year and it would end up being very profitable in the long run. everybody wants things to sell like apple products or they are doomed. DOOMED I SAY!
My pleasure.
Thing is, Nintendo really did say that, so the absurdity is on them I'm afraid.
Actually, that's really the only PlayStation advertisement series I remember seeing. It was certainly memorable. That makes it a winner in my book.
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On topic, this is hilarious. You people are here mocking Sony, when you should be out there selling Vitas! Come on, STEP YOUR GAME UP!
Marcus; PSP.
As other people have pointed out there is a difference between actually just saying that and using this as the basis of a post-holiday marketing campaign complete with rewards and pyramid scheme promises.
If you like. The difference to me is that Nintendo expected people to do it for free. I'm not sure that's a huge and important difference though.
Traded in my vita towards a Wii U in September. Bought one again when PS+ gave free gravity rush, wipeout and I bought ACIII for it. After playing those I traded it in towards a preorder of MGR:R and Fire Emblem and Rayman Legends.
This seems so desperate and this is coming from a guy that bought two of them lol.
This seems so desperate and this is coming from a guy that bought two of them lol.
They made plenty of commercials. Launch ad, MLB 12 cross-platform, AR in some park, Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation, Call of Duty Declassified and two variations of the Landry Fields Vita commercial. They last for weeks and air many times per day so there's no shortage of any of that.
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