Comments on: The PlayStation Recap — PAX Prime 2012 Edition

By: Xabdos

Xabdos — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:13:59 +0000

I’m playing : Sleeping Dogs

I’m watching : Ali (film)

I’m listening : nothing.

By: TwinDad

TwinDad — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:25:09 +0000

I’m playing: Persona 1 PSP

I’m watching: Top Gear (UK)

I’m reading: Far too much

I’m listening to: playstation blogcast 039, Giant Bombcast, CAGCAST, 84 PLay

No surprise Sid’s playing imposters he wax poetically for 5 minutes about it on his Gem of the Week. I love that feature BTW.

I am so looking forward to PAX prime this year.

@Nick-30
Sony heads said that they are going to focus on the bundles for the time being and that they hope people like the value they give. Which without a memory card is nothing. So much for the “Value”.

By: Sid Shuman

Sid Shuman — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:33:59 +0000

Glad you liked ‘em! We’re hoping to get many more to share in the months ahead.

By: Sid Shuman

Sid Shuman — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:33:21 +0000

Have you checked out Share? http://share.blog.us.playstation.com/

By: Sid Shuman

Sid Shuman — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:32:54 +0000

Sweet, sweet Popcap.

By: Beast780

Beast780 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:22:52 +0000

I’m playing: Madden 13 PS3 (Vita next week), Sleeping Dogs
I’m watching: Adventure Time, Little League World Series
I’m reading: Retro Gamer (magazine)
I’m listening to: 8-4 Play podcast / GiantBombcast

I’m awaiting: Madden 13 Vita, update 1.8 (Disappointed there aren’t folders yet, but I’m excited to use buttons to control the home screen), Zen Pinball 2 and new Pinball Arcade tables in a little over a week!

By: CommandingTiger

CommandingTiger — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:04:29 +0000

I would do just like Apple does, year after year, improve the hardware of the PS Vita by adding new features to make it worth while to buy.

It’s simple, an Apple fan who wants the new iPhone will sell the old one he already has to one of his friend at a discounted rate and just pay the difference.

It works for Apple.

By: CommandingTiger

CommandingTiger — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:47:44 +0000

Maybe they’re hoping that the stores will be given rebates during the holidays on the console in order to get rid of their inventory, but what if they don’t? They could simply let the console stand there without any promotions of any kind.
Unfortunately, I do not believe that is what’s going to happen.

They need a temporarily price drop, such as a promotion during the first week of september for kids getting back to school, with that rebate, it will be talked about and thoses students, regardless of their age, that will be a nice short term promotion.

By: CommandingTiger

CommandingTiger — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:45:31 +0000

I do believe that Sony will need to make a temporary price drop of either 25$ or 50$.
The reason?

Well, currently the retailers such as Wallmart are currently offering a Vita at 250$ and a bundled Vita with WipEout 2048 and Resistance for 250$.
Does that make sense to any of you? No, of course not. Everyone who wants one will take the bundle pack instead of the stand-alone Vita.

You may think, that isn’t anything to be concerned about . But here’s the deal:
If people go off and buy the Vita Bundle, then all thoses Vitas that aren’t bundled will stay on stores shelfs. What that will do is that when the retailer request more Vitas, he will already have a bunch of bundle Vitas on store shelfs, so, he’ll order a lot less Vitas since his stores’ inventory are full of un-purchased Vita Stand-Alone.

Simply put, it will cause massive distribution problems for Sony.
Yet, they’ll keep producing new Vita bundle, but at the end, it’ll need to go to a retailer who has inventory space to accommodate the Vita. They can’t do so if they have unsold Vita stand-alone.

By: supermoc10

supermoc10 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:54:13 +0000

I’m playing: Darksiders II (One of the best games I have ever played), Battlefield 3 MP