Vita cut to $200.Follow

Effective immediately. Woo hoo.

Pretty great. Now it's the same price as the 3DS XL. Granted, the 3DS has a better lineup of games, but the Vita's been getting better, and sales will only boost that further. Plus PS4 synergy.

Plus, plus, Persona! Woo hoo!

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And here's a video of a Vita streaming a PS4 AC game.

Edited, Aug 20th 2013 2:47pm by idiggory

Still waiting on Vita games.

I wouldn't expect that at launch. They're guaranteed to sell all of those units, so it's better to sell Vitas with that inertia.

The bundle will come once Vita and/or PS4 sales start to droop.

Dropping the price of the Vita just made it more accessible for people in the mobile market, but not in the PS4 market, and it also makes it far more likely people in the PS4 market will want into the Vita market.

It's also going to have a smaller relationship in selling PS4s - people with Vitas (now or later), who were on the fence about a PS4 might be more willing to purchase the machine if it means they can vastly expand their game line-up when on wifi (though it remains to be seen if this is exclusively local wifi or not).

Either way, I wouldn't expect a bundle until we're at, say, the halfway point to them releasing their first v2.0 or slim version.

It's not subjective when we're talking about a market trend, which is clearly what we're doing. I don't care what console has the better lineup for an individual gamer, I care about which system has the better lineup relative to the market. Right now, that is easily the 3DS. The Vita has some amazing gems, like Gravity Rush (and obviously Persona 4).

But the 3DS has the much more substantial library of quality games. Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Shin Megami, the Nintendo IPs, Monster Hunter, etc.

The Vita's is getting better, and very quickly, but it's obviously not at the point where it's matching the 3DS from a market perspective. Particularly not with the major Pokemon/Zelda releases the 3DS has coming up.

I think it's also worth asking if what you're currently playing is a fair assessment of a console's lineup. A new player has access to all of those titles for the first time, so anything you've exhausted already still take their time. If I was walking into the purchase, right now, with no attention paid to the PS4, the 3DS would present the better lineup, overall.

If I was approaching them as a new player a year from now, the gap made by time would have already closed a lot, and it would be a different story.

Oh yeah, and the PS3 is $200 now, too, for a 12gb model.

I'm more imagining that this is their way of setting up more substantial bundles. They might end up bundling the PS3 and the Vita, for instance, to push their PS3 sales higher in preparation for the PS4 launch. Wouldn't be surprised.

P4 is a PS4 title, no? I thought it was. And the price of memory cards are coming down more.

Also, Walmart is selling a 3G Vita with a year of plus, a 4gb card, a stand, and Unit 13 for $200. That's about $100 off, if you would want the game and plus.

Well look at that. I must have been confusing it with Star Ocean 4.

Almost zero chance it would have been sold out at my local Walmart. On the other hand, that means I need to break my "NEVER go to that WalMart ever again" rule...

New, slim model announced for a Japanese release, and there's nothing about it not to like.

Linky.

1GB internal memory, 15% lighter, 25% slimmer, multiple color options, same price.

I'm not a huge fan of the actual color options, but black and white both look solid.

Also, they have a FFX-themed one, Gundam-themed one (that comes with Gundam figures or something), and a God Eater 2 one. I really want the Gundam one, but not enough to pay $60 more (as it is part of a bundle, unlike the other two).

Oh yeah, and they revealed Vita TV. Essentially, it lets you play Vita games that don't require touch inputs with a dualshock controller on your TV (no Vita required). And in the future, it can be used for remote play on the PS4. That way, you can keep your PS4 in your main room, but still play on other TVs when it's taken. $100, though.

Now if they'd just release some actual games to enjoy.

And the whole PS4 thing makes me laugh. $400 to make the $200 item worthwhile. That's great, my WiiU does the same thing for like half the price, right out of the box.

Vita TV seems pretty neat, since I have all these games I'm getting from PS+ with no console to enjoy them on.

Yeah. The biggest problem with the Vita isn't the price. It's the lack of games.