PS Vita Discounted in Japan

[garyopa]

On the heels of couple of weeks of bad sales, retailers have taken action to move more units from their shelfs!



Since Sony has not decided this early to call 'PS Vita' launch in Japan a failure, the retailers stuck with tons of stock on their shelfs, have decided it is time to act, and most have slash prices!

We all have read the many news items on how bad the 'sales' of the PS Vita has been, and how it is even not doing as well as the 3DS is, plus when you look at the figures you see only the 'WiFi' units are moving, with the 3G ones barely even being looked at, so retailers have decided it is time to remove these dusty boxes from their stove shelfs and have slash prices by up to 20% on the '3G PS Vita' systems.

Gamesradar is reporting that some retailers have begun reducing the price by as much as 20%, taking the price of the console down to 24,999 Yen - that's approximately £209/$326.

Of course, this doesn't mean the price point of Vita will be reduced ahead of its worldwide launch in February.

But with one of its main competitors, 3DS, experiencing its best sales yet (482k in one week), American and European retailers may take a similar decision to reduce the price.

NEWS SOURCE: PS Vita Price Cuts In Japan (via) GamesRader

Our thanks to 'Stevetry' for another good news tip!

[Xenogears V]

I hope for a cut price in Europa launch.

[MaxLouarn]

Cutting price so early, that is really admitting failure! That really does not look good, just launched, in Japan, the motherland, and slashing prices...

[wrathchild]

I'll buy one for $169.99 Sony.

[nambit]

Holy Crap! When I saw the title, I originally read:

"PS Vita Discontinued in Japan"

Almost wet my pants.

[billysastard]

Holy Crap! When I saw the title, I originally read:

"PS Vita Discontinued in Japan"

Almost wet my pants.

that is what the amazon.com webpage said earlier today but its gone now although its noted in the amazon vita forum.