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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Sony cites 'slow penetration' of Vita, cuts portable forecast.

    Sony cited weak Vita sales in its earnings results, leading company CFO Masaru Kato to say the company clearly needs "to do a better job of promoting the Vita."
    Feb 07, 2013 11:15am PST
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Sony cites 'slow penetration' of Vita, cuts portable forecast.

    Sony cited weak Vita sales in its earnings results, leading company CFO Masaru Kato to say the company clearly needs "to do a better job of promoting the Vita." : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      alternatively, stop sinking time and money into a shrinking market segment : derelict515This person is cool!
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        Seriously... new dedicated portable gaming devices make as much sense now as dedicated portable music pla... : bigimpThis person is cool!
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          When you make a phone though, you generally have much stricter form factors than you would a full blown h... : Wombat WooThis person is cool!
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            The Vita hardware isn't what's hampering it. It's the lack of publisher support. Nintendo isn't faring to : derelict515This person is cool!
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              30 million 3DSs say that the market is doing OK. The only problem is that Sony is pushing the Vita at to... : capt trippsThis person is cool!
              • That's a awfully simplistic view of the world. What's actually relevant is the sales to date relative to ... : derelict515This person is cool!
              • Also it's completly ignoring large segments of the markets by releasing only anime games and console like... : guigr
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          playing games on a smartphone is phone for about 2 minutes at most. : JeanLucAwesome
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            fun*** O_o fingers typed phone for some reason lol. : JeanLucAwesome
            • I'm with you on that one. That's why I don't spend anymore than 10 bucks a year on Smartphone games. : silverback1138
            • True, but no way I'm gonna try to fill that gap with a few hundred dollars in a device/games/memory cards... : Ambient80
          • more people find it sufficient than find it so lacking that they need to spend $200+ and carry another de... : derelict515This person is cool!
          • I feel the same. At least on a dedicated gaming device I don't get interrupted and kicked from my game by... : funnynamehere
          • I played around with my fun for maybe a month. Now it's only a forum browsing machine and my DS is seein... : guigr
          • Doesn't matter, the market is shrinking and it doesn't make sense to invest in it. : Herman Toothrot
    • Oh yeah baby! You LIKE that penetration slow don't ya? : rtrson
    • Typical Sony, releases something, doesn't market it well, doesn't support it right off the bat for a good... : rythexThis person is cool!
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      Vitas are NICE pieces of hardware but there's nothing out there that I'd want for them. Also, the fuck... : Rice-RocketeerThis person is cool!
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        The only thing I have on mine is Persona 4 Golden, and it's beautiful. Storage capacity isn't a problem ... : the archvileThis person is cool!
        • well and the funny part is that they would have been fine if they had just stuck w/ memory stick. It *was... : geedeckThis person is cool!
      • I bought one this weekend because I'm a gadget whore. I knew I wouldn't do anything with it, but I bough... : ThresherThis person is cool!
    • I love my Vita, but at the same time it just seems like Sony isn't capable of recognizing the market for ... : qwpeoriuThis person is cool!
    • I gave up on Vita when Valkyria Chronicles 3 (or 4!) wasn't a launch title : pjargonThis person is cool!
    • drop. the. price. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
    • $150 and I'll buy it. : pigvomitThis person is cool!
    • slow penetration : Dave-A
    • Lower the price, then, Sony. Problem solved. : wytefangThis person is cool!
    • I think people should be really worried for the PS4. Because I don't trust Sony to handle the PS4 launch... : Ex-Morpheus