The spouse asked this really interesting question to me the other day: "How come I don't hear too much about the PlayStation Vita in the media?" And of course I responded with, "Because it's been dead for a while now hun." Meanwhile, I got an email from Sony in regards to their new Vita promotion. I am sure that after you look at this thing, you know how flawed this deal truly is:
Take out that "Never" and you get yourself the perfect Vita slogan.
Let's list the problems of the above promotion:
- It's a GameStop deal. Gamers should never do business with GameStop whenever possible.
- Those 4 games to select from clearly show the handheld's lack of great software.
- 4GB Memory Card? That kind of storage solution only works if we were still living in the '90s.
- The offer expiration date: an illusion that the Vita is still in demand when it is not. "While supplies last"? That's just plain insulting.
What Sony should have done to sell more Vitas:
- It's time to reduce the price of the handheld: A permanent promotion! We already know it's not even close to being able to produce current console-quality graphics. It's not even 720p and in this day and age, to make such bold claim you have to at least hit 720p.
- The 32GB Memory card should be free with the Vita. Better yet, make it 1TB and nothing less.
- Make all PlayStation 3 games playable on the Vita and all Vita games playable on the PS3 without having to purchase those games twice. No exception.
We should just allow the Vita to die peacefully as we enjoy our other systems.
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