Just...goddamn...this is embarrassing. I know I know ~everyone does it~ but given the situation the Vita is in right now the timing on this is bad as hell.
Why won't sony fire them,i mean ANYONE would be more qualified than they are.
Is is a standard form of marketing that works very well. Jeeezzz Sky Boxes here in the UK did it with Marks and Spencer vouchers and they are certainly not in trouble. They shouldn't need to fire their marketing department because this is showing they are doing their job. It is standard practice. I am not sure how people don't understand this
Sony: Please, please, please tell your friends about the PS Vita.
People: No!
Sony: We'll give you $20 on PSN!
People: Still no!
Me: In all reality, I love the Vita hardware and tell everyone how much I love it. But until there is a steady stream of good software, it's hard to recommend it to people just based on the quality of hardware alone.
What? This is just about the only act of humility SCEA marketing has had! And people I know want to buy the VITA but (as I wrote before) they are waiting for a price drop.
@Trendy:
Between $99 and $175. (That is about the price range they could get a VITA when a price drop comes and they buy an old one used.)
Something tells me a few people I know would just go for the $200 if they see Bioshock or some awesome JRPG come to VITA.
With PlayStation Mobile slowly getting on board, it is starting to look up for Vita owners. More quality games (emphasis on quality) are needed, but with games like CoD being way less than sub-par, the Vita is just getting slapped around.
It is a great way to watch Netflix on the road if you have a wifi hotspot though.
Very entertaining, but I think you're being a bit overly dramatic...
Sony, as we all acknowledge, are not the best at putting effort into marketing the Vita and people moan (rightly so). Then they do this and you pop up calling it embarrassing and implying desperation!? This is a step forward, for a change - a good thing!
It's a form of marketing that's very common and can be effective. It's often used as a reward for introducing new customers to insurers or even in large corporations (banks and the like) to reward an existing member of staff for introducing a successful candidate to a vacant position.
I'm sorry, I disagreed by accident - I completely agree with you.
I'm a senior figure in one of the big global banks, based in UK, Canary Wharf. Our European marketing directors use this to boost custom in UK, Italy and Portugal - the latter market, in particular, is aimed at high-net-worth individuals. Hardly the kind of custom we'd seek using embarrassing marketing techniques... :)
Thank you. Someone who gets it. How can they ask people to recommend a device to their friends when they themselves don't market it right, price their memory cards ridiculously, not have enough 3rd party support?
Wow. So, instead of pushing the Vita themselves with more games, Sony prefers to try and make US, the gamers, do the advertising?
Agh. You're doing it wrong, Sony! Put games on the Vita, you have a lot of awesome IP's that could help push sales for your little system, and also try and lower the price a bit, either of the system, or the memory cards.
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Much better than that stupid Taco Bell thing they had at launch.
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Just...goddamn...this is embarrassing.
I know I know ~everyone does it~ but given the situation the Vita is in right now the timing on this is bad as hell.
Why won't sony fire them,i mean ANYONE would be more qualified than they are.
When NFS: Most Wanted came out, I didn't see the Vita anywhere, even when it was a PlayStation commercial.
This would work awesomely for me if VITA would be at a price point my friends wallets could swallow.
Sony: Please, please, please tell your friends about the PS Vita.
People: No!
Sony: We'll give you $20 on PSN!
People: Still no!
Me: In all reality, I love the Vita hardware and tell everyone how much I love it. But until there is a steady stream of good software, it's hard to recommend it to people just based on the quality of hardware alone.
How much would they pay?
And people I know want to buy the VITA but (as I wrote before) they are waiting for a price drop.
@Trendy:
Between $99 and $175. (That is about the price range they could get a VITA when a price drop comes and they buy an old one used.)
Something tells me a few people I know would just go for the $200 if they see Bioshock or some awesome JRPG come to VITA.
It is a great way to watch Netflix on the road if you have a wifi hotspot though.
Sony, as we all acknowledge, are not the best at putting effort into marketing the Vita and people moan (rightly so). Then they do this and you pop up calling it embarrassing and implying desperation!? This is a step forward, for a change - a good thing!
It's a form of marketing that's very common and can be effective. It's often used as a reward for introducing new customers to insurers or even in large corporations (banks and the like) to reward an existing member of staff for introducing a successful candidate to a vacant position.
I for one hope it works :)
I'm a senior figure in one of the big global banks, based in UK, Canary Wharf. Our European marketing directors use this to boost custom in UK, Italy and Portugal - the latter market, in particular, is aimed at high-net-worth individuals. Hardly the kind of custom we'd seek using embarrassing marketing techniques... :)
Tell me about it -_-
Agh. You're doing it wrong, Sony! Put games on the Vita, you have a lot of awesome IP's that could help push sales for your little system, and also try and lower the price a bit, either of the system, or the memory cards.
Lol
Come on sony ur better than this