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by Steve Watts, Jan 25, 2013 2:30pm PSTSales of Sony's Vita have been struggling from the start, and even CEO Kaz Hirai conceded that it's on the "low end" of expectations. The company has tried the cross-buy program and free games already. The next plan? A referral program.
A referral bonus is giving $20 in PlayStation Network credit and 1,000 Sony Rewards points ($10) for each friend that buys a Vita after you recommend it to them. Your friends who buy a Vita will get $20 in credit too, to get them started buying games. You can stack up to 10 of these together, so you could potentially get $200 in PSN credit altogether. The promotion ends on February 28.
The phrasing is a little problematic, though. It asks interested users to "convince" their friends to buy a Vita system. That sounds less like a friendly recommendation and more like it will require serious debate, as if your friends will happily spend upwards of $250 if you make a really compelling case. That doesn't really send the best message for a system that's already not flourishing.
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Sony is offering a Vita referral program, offering $20 in PSN credit and $10 in Sony Rewards points for each friend you "convince" to buy a system.
Sony is offering a Vita referral program, offering $20 in PSN credit and $10 in Sony Rewards points for each friend you "convince" to buy a system. : Shacknews
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if you really wanna sell vita games then make it so the people who buy the ps3 version of a game gets the vita version for like 10 bucks. then throw in some extras like saving your character so you can level them up on the go.
this isn't difficult. the fact that Sony didn't figure all this out BEFORE pushing the new hardware is why publishers are nervous about putting anything on the vita when it looks like the company doesn't have a game plan.
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