10 Announcements We Want To Hear At Gamescom

2. PlayStation Vita Gets A Price Drop

7_Vita_E3Vita The PSVita is a rather unfortunate bit of kit, given that it's widely-touted as an extremely powerful and impressive handheld, though hasn't really boasted enough AAA titles to make it a real success, especially when compared to the considerably less powerful yet more successful Nintendo 3DS. If Sony want to stay in the handheld race, they are going to need to drop the platform's price somewhat, and given how many smart marketing decisions they have made with the PS4 recently, that just might be the case at Gamescom. Other rumours alongside this suggest that Sony may be retooling the Vita altogether, to make it cheaper to produce and therefore allowing them to more easily drop the price rather than suffer tremendous losses. Whatever Sony's decision, they need to change-up their Vita strategy soon or risk forever lagging behind Nintendo on the handheld market.
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