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Analyst: 3DS cut puts Vita in tough position

Posted Jul 29, 2011 at 4:30PM EST by Carl B

Listed in: News Tags: Billy Pidgeon, Jesse Divnich, Nintendo, Sony

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Video game analysts believe the PS Vita will be in a tough position due to the Nintendo 3DS price cut.

"When Sony announced PS Vita pricing at $249.99, 3DS price had to come down. PS Vita pricing feels compatible with value now, but unless the economy improves more rapidly, a price cut should come sooner rather than later," said Billy Pidgeon of M2 Research.

Jesse Divnich agreed, saying: "This price cut does put the Vita in a tough position. It all comes down to the content and if the Vita can deliver a library of high quality entertainment products, it should be able to thrive at the $249 price point."

However, David Cole from DFC Intelligence thinks that Nintendo are the ones in the hot spot.

"I just looked at [Nintendo's] revised financial forecasts and they are ready to take a hit. They are really being aggressive. It is very unlike Nintendo to be willing to take such a loss," Cole said. "I think what it says is that they really feel the heat from the Sony Vita. I see it as a move to protect their market share and position in handhelds. I would not call it desperation but more a very aggressive defensive action by the market leader to hold on to market position."

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3DS sells badly.
Nintendo reduces price to encourage sales.
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Vita is a tough position.

Really? I don't see it.

By the ay, has anybody else noticed a habit of putting news articles in somewhat wrong sections. Anti-Vita "news" in the Vita section. Why is this article not also in the 3DS section? This is something people do at imageboards, not something a staff member on a "news" site should do.

# RE: Analyst: 3DS cut puts Vita in tough position — Bob124 2011-07-29 19:21

All aboard the failboat.

# RE: Analyst: 3DS cut puts Vita in tough position — Mickle 2011-07-29 19:26

The toughest position the Vita's in is actually the same place every Playstation console's in, and that's with Sony right behind lazily pushing them along, i mean if they can get ahead or even just get anywhere close to the features the competition are offering then they can justify a higher price, but Sony have constantly proved with Psp and even said with Ps3 they not interested in directly competing and just take their own route, which usually means paying more and getting less.

-1 # RE: RE: Analyst: 3DS cut puts Vita in tough position — Teflon02 2011-07-30 01:13

what the hell u talkin about, psp had ans has way more then ds, and it actually has more games worth playin then ds problem is, they arnt casual games and they are japanese games brought down so they arnt advertised here and ps3 has more then both the 360 and wii put together smh, and vita has more then 3ds already, its known lauch line up has more worth getting games then 3ds has up till the mario games release lol, and more apps and ps suite

+2 # We all knew a cut was coming... — Sage 2011-07-29 19:33

As soon as the PSV was announced that it was selling at $250, a price cut was certain for the 3DS. It was never worth $250. I think Nintendo would have had an easier time selling the thing at $200.

-1 # PSVITA hard time — Hervais 2011-07-30 02:14

Lol at though,
the 3DS had bad to no games at release. The 3DS is fun to play. but the library of games are very limited.
As for the PSVITA. Do I have to remind you that 150 Individual developer studio's are curently working on the Vita and ,
Awesome game's like Uncharted and TekkenVStreetfi ghter,LittleBig Planet, Bioshock etc. will be released at launch?
I'm not even talking about the hardware upgrade vs the 3DS upgrade.
The price cut won't do any good, because the fans who want a PSVITA won't suddenly change their mind Just because it's cheaper besides, you can buy the 3DS for the price cut but what benefit will you have when there's only a few games vs a console wich will have allot of games at release and many yet to come.?

PS: what are you trying to accompish with an article like this? Are you Anti Vita?
I bet that just before the launch of the VITA you will come with a story on how awesome the 3DS is.

# Price cut — Jake313 2011-07-30 12:30

I hope they cut their price down to lol

# RE: Analyst: 3DS cut puts Vita in tough position — PS360 Owner1 2011-07-30 13:34

3DS should've come out when PSP 1 did.

Comparing an outdated console such as 3DS to PS Vita just isn't fair.

PS Vita is completely worth the money.

# RE: Analyst: 3DS cut puts Vita in tough position — hahahaa 2011-07-30 23:07

Apples and oranges. Its like comparing the wii to the ps3 and 360. The PS Vita is a hardware beast compared to the 3DS. Perhaps the casual gamer has wised up since the wii and now realize how much of a gimmic the 3D is, plus there aren't very many good games out on the 3DS as of late. (I still only own SF3).

# Huh — Acteon 2011-08-02 13:43

The 3DS isn't worth it even with the price cut - I was stupid enough to buy one at £200 in the UK and it's basically a paperweight. Developers are abandoning projects (Capcom) and Nintendo are having a fire sale. The iPad 2 launched at the same time as the 3DS and you don't see Apple slashing hardware prices.

If I didn't need the 3DS to review games on, I'd sell it.

The Vita looks incredible by comparison - proper next gen features, and even little things like bluetooth allowing for wireless headphones, it makes the 3DS look like what it is - a gimmicky stop-gap before the next Nintendo console. More fool me for falling for it :(

# all they need to do — lansingone11 2011-08-02 17:40

all Sony needs to do is launch the PSV on schedule and it will beat out 3DS. Nintendo made a big mistake by making 3DS a new handheld, and not a DS with 3D. games need to be made specifically for 3DS, instead of offering DS games with 3D compatibility playable with the right hardware (like PS3).

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