Playstation Vita = TWO HUNDRED FORTY NINE US DOLLARS ($249)

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290 $ for the 3G and Wifi model hmm all I have to say is:

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Really good move by Sony.

Nintendo's in a tough position. Wouldn't a reactionary price-drop on the 3DS so soon look bad?
 
You know who advocated a high price for the 3DS? Astrolad, Dedication through Light, and Michael Pachter.

Seriously, Nintendo got Astroladded. They need to fix this shit and thankfully Sony may have put the fire under their feet.
 
Shaking my head at folks bringing up PSP tp put Down PSVITA. Wave those flags and Ill be playing my Diablo clone and SFvsTK on the way to work.
 
NSQuote said:
It'll be a closer game between the two this time, for sure.

However, Nintendo has some big games in the works, which will probably rekindle excitement.

And I'm sure Sony does as well? At this point it's very close. Personally I feel there's a huge difference between the hardware, and people will begin to see that.
 
I can do without the Vita logo tho. Should've been something more elegant and original rather than just using the PS3 slim font.
 
REALLY did not expect that price, was laughing at people suggesting that price yesterday. Very nice price and yeah yeah the 3DS will still fuck it over and then some but it does not change the fact that the price is great. Was there day 1 no matter what the price but this is just really sweet, also the first party games announced like LBP looked fucking good.
 
foodtaster said:
Parents must be pretty dumb these days.

no the customer is ALWAYS right

if there is an underlying perception in the community that their kids eyes is going to be damaged.... Nintendo screwed up big time going with bleeding edge.

remember the hysteria with the Pokemon epilepsy cartoon?


edit: return of 500 errors

its back YES YES YES.... its E3 alright :)
 
ToyBroker said:
I HIGHLY doubt it'll be an AT&T contract.


It'll be like the iPad shit..where there's no contract...you just turn it on for a month or 2 months or whatever.

I don't know. Cell companies don't like you turning on and off service. I think they'll see this as riskier to equip with no contract since games are large purchases that can be made all together and can entertain casual people for months and turned off. Ipads with their small, cheap bite-sized games are meant to be disposable whereas a proper handheld game can keep you entertained for long periods.

They may feel that people are considerably more likely to keep subscribing for a month and then unsubscribing a few, etc while the Ipad is pretty much made to encourage you to have a data connection at all times due to their emphasis on netbrowsing and social aspects.
 
I...uhh...what? Why are we all worked up about the price? I must have missed something huge - what does it actually do?
 
rainking187 said:
Nobody's buying a new system to play games they could play on their old system.

Thanks for cutting the middle sentence of my post out of context to make your point.

I was just balancing out the two sides. They both have hardware and back catalogue behind them. So what will decide the success of these two systems is their new software lineup.

Nintendo have currently a solid lineup of titles this year. Currently nothing has been confirmed for the Vita, and very little is on show thats close to being ready.

Asking for a price cut on a system that has more potential in 2011 is retarded and will not happen. When the Vita's software lineup pulls together, then we will see a price war on software/hardware
 
Curufinwe said:
PSP launched in the US in March 2005 for $249.

DS launched in the US in November 2004 for $149.
Yeah, this is a huge fact. Now they are launching at the same price. I forsee PSVita doing very, very well.

I'm more interested in a Vita than a 3DS.

Also last generation, the DS had 2 screens, a microphone, a touch screen! It was revolutionary. But now the Vita has a touch screen, touch panel, gyroscope, 2 cameras. The cool new input features aren't so exclusive anymore.
 
I know I will reserve a system, Uncharted, and probably Ruin for launch. Nice to be this excited about a system launch
 
Good price, but I’m still far from sold. Not enough games I want for it yet.....

And I have a feeling Nintendo will soon simply not make me care about Vita.
 
likeGdid said:
Really good move by Sony.

Nintendo's in a tough position. Wouldn't a reactionary price-drop on the 3DS so soon look bad?

They wont drop the price immediately. They will probably wait till the holidays, and do it right around release time for big games like Mario Kart.

They certainly have nothing to gain by going out tomorrow and announcing a price cut right now.
 
INDIGO_CYCLOPS said:
And I'm sure Sony does as well? At this point it's very close. Personally I feel there's a huge difference between the hardware, and people will begin to see that.

Nothing Sony has or could possibly have, outside of FF7 REMAKE, holds a candle to the games Nintendo can release whenever they feel like it.
 
Just to clarify, i'm not hating.

PSV is sexy and hell and at this price I want one. It's just really silly to declare 3DS in any "real" trouble yet.

PSV fixed almost all the problems I had with the PSP as a gamer, but what problems has it fixed in the eyes of the general consumer?

Almost all the things wrong with the PSP from their standpoint are still wrong wtih it.

1.It doesn't have the types of games they want in a portable.

2.It's still too expensive for a handheld and doesn't get a pass because ninty is overpriced too, keep in mind at least ninty is putting games on it that will certainly sell portables even at 250. Also with playstation suite and other things this will overlap with the handheld market quite a bit as a "premium product". Nintendo can get away with it, no smartphone will ever have the latest mario, or pokemon, the must have software. PSV doesn't have that kind of system sellers, and without them to differentiate them from premium smartphones, which obviously have more functionality...


Kusagari said:
Nothing Sony has or could possibly have, outside of FF7 REMAKE, holds a candle to the games Nintendo can release whenever they feel like it.

Relative to it's time PSP was even more graphically stunning. It didn't have tegra powered tabs and smartphones to compete against graphically, it was godly int hat sense and in a class of it's own. Graphics aren't a huge sticking point on handhelds outside of fanatical cultish android/iphone e-peen wars.
 
syoaran said:
Ok, I've honestly got to ask. Why is everyone rushing in saying that Nintendo will perform an emergency price cut tomorrow?

First of all, the device is not coming out until the holidays. So any price cut wouldn't be announced tomorrow if it was happening.

Secondly, an equal price (in the US) means a dead heat. Software is the deciding factor. Sony have the PSN catalogue and the Transferring titles, Nintendo have the entire DS library.

Currently we know a good line up of software is coming for the 3DS this holiday, and in the future. We currently know jack about the Vita lineup in comparison.

Considering that no software has been confirmed for launch, why the panic rush? Wait for September. Then we can tell if Sony has a killer handheld this holiday or not.
People are super reactionary and generally not very smart
 
cosmicblizzard said:
Cool, but I doubt this will steal 3DS' thunder until there's a real killer app for it.

To be fair, the 3DS has no thunder to steal. Hasn't got going in any region.

Holiday season will be interesting with both systems on the market. The wording seemed to confirm a US launch this year, but i wonder if Japan and Europe will get it also.
 
3D and children that is a real concern. 3D games start off with the warning about children and not fully developed eyes and how prolonged use could damage their sight. I think in the warning screen the age cut off is 7 or 8 I can't be too positive but it is a real concern right up their with epilepsy.
 
3DS is far from doomed. Nintendo will show some beautiful games tomorrow and they are always in the position to drop the price. Is the PSV a better deal hardware wise? Yes. Does it have Mario? No. Does it have the lineage that nintendo does for handhelds? No. Does the pricing of the vita bring healthy competition? ABSOLUTELY.

Oh and people bitching about consolite experiences for the Vita... get over it. Afterall, the handheld now supports control schemes to actually back the console experience up.

The only thing I have against this unveiling is the lack of western 3rd party development. It needs to be there in order to gain the trust of the western consumer. However, it is an unveiling at a sony conference so I expect news in the next couple of days about future games for the platform.
 
INDIGO_CYCLOPS said:
And I'm sure Sony does as well? At this point it's very close. Personally I feel there's a huge difference between the hardware, and people will begin to see that.

I meant in the works for showing this E3. Of course Sony is making games for the NGP as well. :P
 
Welll, looks like I'll finally be getting a 3DS, since there's no way Nintendo aren't dropping it to $199 or less after this.
 
gluv65 said:
3D and children that is a real concern. 3D games start off with the warning about children and not fully developed eyes and how prolonged use could damage their sight. I think in the warning screen the age cut off is 7 or 8 I can't be too positive but it is a real concern right up their with epilepsy.
Vita OLED will heal eyes.
 
Not only did Vita look more awesome than I was hoping, but cloud cross PS3/Vita saves, cross game chat, dope games, AND $250?! Fuck me, day 1 all over my face.
 
Instro said:
They wont drop the price immediately. They will probably wait till the holidays, and do it right around release time for big games like Mario Kart.

They certainly have nothing to gain by going out tomorrow and announcing a price cut right now.

Ah, yes. Although am I incorrect in thinking that the timespan between the 3DS launch and the holidays would be short?

I actually don't remember how long the original DS price drop was from launch
 
Did y'all see that OLED screen when SF Tekken was being played?

I nearly lost my shit.

I had a seizure on my bed when the price was announced.
 
That's still too expensive for me but mostly because I'm not in the market for a handheld. If I WAS though, I'd be hard press to consider the 3Ds over this with that price.
 
Kaijima said:
In point of fact, this may be a good thing because it's going to enforce more vicious software competition between Nintendo and Sony's small armada of 1st and 2nd party developers.

Nintendo can *NOT* sleep on the software side with 3DS. Get Dat Pokemon out, get Dat Mario out, Dat Mario Kart, etc, etc. Get Dat New IPs out.

All that's actually happened here is Sony let Nintendo know that they are on to Nintendo's game and they're throwing everything they've got into the ring.

3DS owners shouldn't be "pissed". They should be intrigued that someone is really lighting a fire under Iwata's ass.
As a Nintendo fan, this price announcement got me excited for that exact reason. Well, that and it's a pretty good deal.

Nintendo brought their A-game last gen certainly, but I think you're right that some real competition will make them go all out.
 
syoaran said:
Thanks for cutting the middle sentence of my post out of context to make your point.

I was just balancing out the two sides. They both have hardware and back catalogue behind them. So what will decide the success of these two systems is their new software lineup.

Nintendo have currently a solid lineup of titles this year. Currently nothing has been confirmed for the Vita, and very little is on show thats close to being ready.

Asking for a price cut on a system that has more potential in 2011 is retarded and will not happen. When the Vita's software lineup pulls together, then we will see a price war on software/hardware

There have been several games confirmed for the Vita. Not sure what's been confirmed for launch, but there are definitely interesting titles. Conversely I'm not sure what 3DS titles you're talking about, the only games I'm interested in are OoT, a port of a ten year old game, and Devil Survivor, an enhanced port of a DS game that just came out like two years ago. I'm sure they've got some stuff up their sleeves for tomorrow, but as far as announced titles go the 3DS isn't doing anything for me.
 
I could see a Black Firday/Holiday price drop to $199 USD.

TheExecutive said:
3DS is far from doomed. Nintendo will show some beautiful games tomorrow and they are always in the position to drop the price. Is the PSV a better deal hardware wise? Yes. Does it have Mario? No. Does it have the lineage that nintendo does for handhelds? No. Does the pricing of the vita bring healthy competition? ABSOLUTELY.

Oh and people bitching about consolite experiences for the Vita... get over it. Afterall, the handheld now supports control schemes to actually back the console experience up.

The only thing I have against this unveiling is the lack of western 3rd party development. It needs to be there in order to gain the trust of the western consumer. However, it is an unveiling at a sony conference so I expect news in the next couple of days about future games for the platform.

Yeah, especially considering how they want Mario Kart and Super Mario 3DS to hit in time for holiday.
 
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