Sony has failed at marketing the Vita

They're relying on word of mouth which...could work, we'll see.

Better than Sony putting out stupid commercials like that creepy PS3 baby.

I'm guessing the people who care enough already know. Sony's probably thinking "nuts to everyone else".

They have their niche market of sucker cows. That'll hold them over for now.

vita?

isnt that new mountain spring water they have at taco bell now?

KBFloYd

I laughed my soda out :lol:

Not much one can expect when they failed in the marketing for the past 3 systems they released.
*psp, ps3 and pspgo*

WilliamRLBaker

i go to school in lubbock, the taco bell promotion boxes were sold out throughout the whole town, you heard me right, they ran out of ps vita 5 dollar boxes in the whole city for a while and then you have the commericals with sackboy and all that, i think people know about it already.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Not much one can expect when they failed in the marketing for the past 3 systems they released.
*psp, ps3 and pspgo*

BPoole96

since when is selling over 8 million units a huge failure?

Coolyfett cant wait to play some Mortal Kombat & Lil Big Planet & Uncharted & Grravity Rush & Netflix on his brand new shiny PS Vita, its gonna be great times for Coolyfett.

That just struck me too. I was hoping that they were holding back for a Superbowl ad, but they didn't. Unless Vita billbords start sprouting like weeds all over the place a week before it launches then this launch is going to be... bad.

The price for the Vita is not expensive. If you are jobless I guess it would be. The hardcore crowd will eat the Vita up. Leave 3ds for the casuals.

Barsy7

It started with the name, Vita is just a bit far from the well established PSP. PSP2 would actually give the average Joe more interest.

and who in their right mind even wants their product associated with taco bell?

hey gamers! here is a big ol' mouthfull of shyt! now think about our game system!!!!

who's the brainiac that came up with that one?

Riverwolf007

Face it both Taco Bell and Mountain Dew are associated with the 13-34 year old male demographic. The same demographic that is attracted to Halo and the same demographic that might be interested in the Vita.

It isn't bad marketing at all.

Live in Canada, don't think I've seen an ad for it at all.

my non-gamer friends never even heard of it.

not that it matter how much they market it, this thing is gonna die pretty fast.

Sony's marketing has always sucked. This is no surprise lol.Haziqonfire

o yeah, remember the ps3 baby ad's, talk about WTF

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Not much one can expect when they failed in the marketing for the past 3 systems they released.
*psp, ps3 and pspgo*

BPoole96

I've noticed, like, what's up with that? The taco bell commercial says "because everyone wants a Playstation Vita" but no one even knows what it is it seems like. Sony need to promote this bad boy, EVERYWHERE. They should have had a super bowl commercial, they should have been running ads since the middle of January maybe. Everyone on the planet should know what it is before it launches, then everyone will want it.

Sony dropped the ball here, and I don't know why they thought that would be OK.

The lack of marketing is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the amount of reasons why the Vita will fail.PillyChickle

Yeah. Sony is making a very big mistake on that part. If Vita bombs hard, it will probably cost them dearly.

The only ad I heard of was the Taco Bell from the radio. Other then that I didn't see any ads.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]Sony's marketing has always sucked. This is no surprise lol.BlackDevil99

o yeah, remember the ps3 baby ad's, talk about WTF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llMaCX3nR7E

The price for the Vita is not expensive. If you are jobless I guess it would be.

Barsy7

What's the Vita? New Sony console or something?Badosh

The only ad I heard of was the Taco Bell from the radio. Other then that I didn't see any ads.

klusps

"It's like a nut you can play with outside"

That's what Sony should have written on their tombstone.

I thought they hired that Marcus kid or even Kevin Butler to advertise?

The only commercials I have seen at all is the Tack Bell commercials. So yeah I agree. Sony has completely failed at marketing the Vita.AmazonTreeBoa

I thought they hired that Marcus kid or even Kevin Butler to advertise?

gago-gago

lol. So can you agree with me about the 3G Vita then Charizard? :P

Anyway, I'm sure people know it exists. They just don't want one.

They should've not have named it vita. They should have named it gordita because the only advertising I hear about vita is in relation to taco bell. :roll: