If Sony wanted the Vita to succeed they should have had there first and second party studios making games for it. You can't rely on third party support for your system in this day & age with the amount of different platforms developers can develop for. And for everyone saying that all the studios are busy making ps4 games, well, then they shouldn't have released a new handheld in the first place.
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SCEA's new Vita campaign is a #gamechanger
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yellowjacket25
Member
They surely will sometime soon. Then GAF can laugh at how desperate they are because they dropped the price of a product.
BassForever
Member
LOL the fact this is real is even funnier.
If anything I would think that that's what many here want them to do.
New ads about a price drop would be far better & less embarrassing than this "advertise for us" contest.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
I highly doubt anyone would do that.
There'll be a few. Any Vita news is met with plenty of "Vita has no games," etc.
It's not even a damn contest really. It's a referral program with a "grab the most people" type thing attached to it. It's only because the Vita is selling so poorly that everyone wants to go, "LOL pathetic! Stupid Sony!"
MajorGravy
Neo Member
Common! C'mon, help ol' Sony out here! I'm beggin' ya!
LOL Sony's desperation is pretty interesting. Any worthwhile PSV exclusives out there?
TheKaeptain
Banned
I'll buy a Vita when the price drops.
Why? People moan that the library just consists of console ports. A price-drop ain't gonna change that. People want Mario, DQ, MonHun & Pokemon. A price drop ain't gonna change that. People say that Sony don't put any effort into first party development on the platform. A price drop ain't gonna change that. People complain about the cost of memory. A price drop ain't gonna change that.
I don't think a price drop is any sort of magic bullet that will propel the device to mass-market relevance.
You just had to come along and post that, didn't you. Grrr.
I think it has more to do with the fact that you don't really see these types of promotions for electronic products.
damn son :lol
Trogdor1123
Member
There are loads of awesome vita games...
Actually i do recall seeing the AR one and the launch one. As well as a promotional from Taco Bell. The time i did see the Landry Fields commercials were only on the sports channels TSN, and TheScore. But other than that i havent seen the others before.
To be fair though, i wouldn't know how to advertise either, i mean it has a market but not many are interested at the moment.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Nintendo hardly invented word of mouth, or first used it as a marketing angle with Wii U. Dave, you're coming off as desperate as Sony with this tortured comparison.
What Sony's doing isn't word of mouth, it's an audience driven voucher program. The one time Nintendo did something like this was the Wii Ambassador Program in Japan (and Europe?), where if you helped a friend get their Wii online you got free 1st party Virtual Console games.
yellowjacket25
Member
Most electronic products aren't even capable of a refer your friend promotion.
PixyJunket
Member
Ys Celceta! Ys Celceta! Ys Celceta!
Though that currently has questionable status on any kind of English release, sadly.
Decent point but even if the Vita had many solid games there would still be many who would be turned off by the price.
Are you sure they just didnt tell you they were broke to get out of buying one?
I really don't see this tremendous gulf in strategy between the two. Sony have done it openly and Nintendo admitted to it when pressed on their lack of marketing for the Wii-U. It's still the same strategy.
If you feel I'm 'desperate', so be it. If you feel the comparison is 'tortured', so be it. I couldn't help but notice the similarities, you can't help but notice the differences. It ain't no thang.
Luminous_Reaver
Neo Member
Not sure why this is being perceived as hilarious. I think it's pretty slick, and very generous.
So I'm looking for three people here to buy Vitas. I'm pretty sure that would be enough to win the grand prize for most referrals.
You know what would have been a much better strategy? To actually deliver on that PS Vita Heaven thing (whatever happened to that??) like how Nintendo has with the ND for the Wii U.
You know what would have been a much better strategy? To actually deliver on that PS Vita Heaven thing (whatever happened to that??) like how Nintendo has with the ND for the Wii U.
I wish that were so. There are some good games, most of which are too expensive.
If there were truly "loads of awesome games", Sony would be shifting more units.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
I love threads about crazy desperate sony shit like this cause it means I can refill my "good job" "BUUUUURN" and "Golf Claps" gif folder.
No exception here. Thanks gentlemen!
No exception here. Thanks gentlemen!
Agent X
Member
Yeah, I don't see what the problem is. Referral programs exist for all kinds of products, even some of the most successful ones.
People have been clamoring for Sony to do more to promote the Vita in the US...well, this is one way to do this.
That's another good example of one in the video game industry.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Do you own one?
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
I think the key difference is word of mouth isn't financially compelled. Which is where the percieved desperation comes in, and why one gets that label and the other doesn't. One projects a sense of confidence in your product, the other implies a lack of confidence.
Letting a product sell itself is pretty much what Nintendo's been doing since Donkey Kong. It's something that relies on the quality of the product itself rather than relying on trying to push your product that no one wants with $20 gift cards.
That said, maybe Wii U could use a voucher program right about now? :[
grimshawish
Banned
Why not take $15 of the price ffs
Duxxy3
Member
Neo Geo had some terrific games but it didn't matter because it was priced well out of the target market.
Obviously not the same price difference, but the same idea.
indigo-cyclops
Member
If it fails, this is why.
People waiting indefinitely.
Though it could use a price cut; I'd still say there are a bunch of great games there worthy of the cost right now.
Byakuya769
Member
Basically.
Why not just call it "Playstation elite awards" or something? Saying "your mission: sell our products cause we suck at it" is beyond stupid.
Yeah, man, if you don't buy one the Vita's future will definitely get better.
What a catch 22 this whole scenario is.
Yep. I bought it on launch, and it has slowly built up to the biggest hardware related buyer's remorse I've ever experienced.
cj_iwakura
Member
1. Put a Vita on display in every major retailer with DJ MAX Technika Tune as the playable demo.
2. ???
3. Profit!
(Maybe I vastly overestimate DJ MAX's appeal, but it's a pretty great killer app.)
2. ???
3. Profit!
(Maybe I vastly overestimate DJ MAX's appeal, but it's a pretty great killer app.)
Can Crusher
Banned
Holy crap, ahaha that's sort of embarrassing.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
$15 ain't gonna cut it. $50 at least.
Duxxy3
Member
fixed that
CambriaRising
Member
I don't understand why they don't just take $50 off the price.
I guess they spend(Lose?) less money this way.
I guess they spend(Lose?) less money this way.
Puppet Shadow
Member
Those are subscription services, where getting others to sign up is common. It's not common on physical products at all. Outside of Amway, Tupperware and so on.
I doubt anyone would have an issue if they did this for PS+. Something like get a friend to sign up for a year, and get an extra free 6 months on your own account.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
I think dropping $20 off the price on both the console and memory sticks will be a more effective campaign.
CosmicQueso
Member
Well you're pleasant.
And no, I stand by it. If the Vita fails, the only way non-Nintendo handheld content will get out that's not iOS quality will be if something like Nvidia's Shield hits big.
None of the big manufacturers will take on the cost and risk of making a dedicated handheld gaming device like this. It'll all be tablet, iOS and Nintendo.
And that's fine if the market is cool with it. Because that is what the market is saying right now. Perhaps an upcoming price drop will help. Dunno. It's hard as hell to get a game greenlit for the Vita right now that I do know.
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