How long before Sony takes Vita behind the shed and puts it out of its misery?

There is just pretty much zero chance this device will ever be remotely profitable for them. I'm sure they realize that already which is why they ignored it like a red headed step child at their E3 briefing.

Hardware sales are horrendous, software sales are so poor they're setting records.

I lol'd at the thread title :D

The vita is not dead yet.

Why the change of heart? Sony has its own shed now?

While I think the Vita will recover (to an extent) I do think this exposes the stupidity of the "razor blade" business approach of selling hardware at a loss and focusing solely on software profits.

There are little profits from software with such poor sales, and in turn with such poor software sales it decreases the likelihood of development of hardware-selling software.

But I do think the Vita will recover but I also don't think it will sell anywhere near what the PSP sold

Funny thread title and all but really Sony has a handheld that does current gen graphics and being able to port PS3 games makes it extremely worth while and Sony just needs to market it well alongside one of those (Black Ops maybe?)

People were saying similar things about 3ds even after the price cut and the sales were awesome already. Rushing to judgement is never good.

can you imagine if sony took the same approach with the ps3's start? It wouldnt be better than the 360 as it is now. Love how ppl are judging it only months out from worldwide (excl..japan) release.campzor

While I think the Vita will recover (to an extent) I do think this exposes the stupidity of the "razor blade" business approach of selling hardware at a loss and focusing solely on software profits.

There are little profits from software with such poor sales, and in turn with such poor software sales it decreases the likelihood of development of hardware-selling software.

But I do think the Vita will recover but I also don't think it will sell anywhere near what the PSP sold

bonesawisready5

ah i remember when back in 2011 when the 3ds came out and people were bashing nintendo

can you imagine if sony took the same approach with the ps3's start? It wouldnt be better than the 360 as it is now. Love how ppl are judging it only months out from worldwide (excl..japan) release.campzor

Vita has well... nothing.

ah i remember when back in 2011 when the 3ds came out and people were bashing nintendo

resevl4rlz

The vita is not dead yet.

super600

As much as I'd like to play devil's advocate and say that Vita has a shot, I gotta admit there is a bad economy pretty much world wide and putting out a portable gaming device (something many people believe is an outdated device already) and the poor economy, not having the same base of Sony fans as they did during PS2 era, and just not many games could spell out an early end which I personally hope doesn't happen.

ah i remember when back in 2011 when the 3ds came out and people were bashing nintendo

resevl4rlz

To be fair, and I'm not trying to be negative but the 3DS sold 4.3 million units in it's worst period of launch through July. About 5 months out worldwide (3 months out in NA). The PS Vita, in the same time period, with about 5 months out worldwide (3 months NA) has sold 1.8 million units.

This is technically much worse. Also, Nintendo has system selling IPs that turned the 3DS around like 3D Land, Kart 7 and the inevitable Pokemon RPG followed by immense Japanese developer support.

The PS Vita doesn't have any system sellers on the horizon and some of it's biggest games this holiday season (for the time being) seem to be better on PS3.

I think that's generally the reason why people are more "doom and gloom" over the Vita than they were with the 3DS is because there is no clear cut Vita-only game that has mass market appeal to move units. At least not at the moment.

Sony is now more concerned with recovering cost/minimising loss than making profit with Vita. Discontinuing the operation straight away won't help them. They will let it run its course, and hopefully after the whole process the loss won't be as terrible as it currently is, then release the replacement.GhoX

There's no way the Vita can sustain 4-6 year shelf life. It will die off long before then and Sony will cut their losses. The public won't buy the susccessor to a completely failed device. Consumer confidence has be shook and will never recover.

bout fiddy minutes

[QUOTE="GhoX"]Sony is now more concerned with recovering cost/minimising loss than making profit with Vita. Discontinuing the operation straight away won't help them. They will let it run its course, and hopefully after the whole process the loss won't be as terrible as it currently is, then release the replacement.phonemug

There's no way the Vita can sustain 4-6 year shelf life. It will die off long before then and Sony will cut their losses. The public won't buy the susccessor to a completely failed device. Consumer confidence has be shook and will never recover.

As soon as they get PS Mobile on Samsung devices.

We can only hope it recovers at least in Japan, it sales should recover a little when Persona releases, maybe en Sony will begin to support it. layton2012

A port? That should be good for a week of mediocre sales before it's back below 6 k. Vita needs, WAY, WAY more.

[QUOTE="layton2012"]We can only hope it recovers at least in Japan, it sales should recover a little when Persona releases, maybe en Sony will begin to support it. phonemug

A port? That should be good for a week of mediocre sales before it's back below 6 k. Vita needs, WAY, WAY more.

one more year and it will be dead.

Haven't you already made this topic?tarzanell

He's made this topic dozens of times.

Funny title tho.

Cool Beans Phone, *shrugs* im enjoying my Vita.

[QUOTE="super600"]

The vita is not dead yet.

JohnnyCageMK

Any day now. Or they could bundle it for free with the PS3 to counter the Wii U.

When Call Of Duty Is Released For Ps Vita It Will Defo Increase interest In The Ps Vita Treyarch115z

A PSVita walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "hey man, I thought you were dead"todd2r

give or take a few weeks

[QUOTE="todd2r"]A PSVita walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "hey man, I thought you were dead"spiderluck

I wish someone would put Phonemug out of his misery. Your life must suck dude, constant concern for the Vita and Sony products, it's heartbreaking. How do you sleep at night :lol: BibiMaghoo

They will let it run its course, and hopefully after the whole process the loss won't be as terrible as it currently is, then release the replacement.GhoX

LOL , no !

I wish someone would put Phonemug out of his misery. Your life must suck dude, constant concern for the Vita and Sony products, it's heartbreaking. How do you sleep at night :lol: BibiMaghoo

The constant Vita threads do make him come across as a bit nuts.

Sony probably spent about the same amount of time on Vita as Microsoft spent on non-kinect games.JC_Spot

[QUOTE="BibiMaghoo"]I wish someone would put Phonemug out of his misery. Your life must suck dude, constant concern for the Vita and Sony products, it's heartbreaking. How do you sleep at night :lol: Zaibach

I don't know, my brother doesn't even really play his PS Vita. The only game he seems to be talking about is Gravity Rush which he's just waiting for.