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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball
If anything it now provides a bigger gap away from the Vita which could kill off some of its steam after Sony announced the lower model was the same price as the 3DS.
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You mean, it provides a stopgap measure in response to the bombshell Sony dropped on them.
Sales were already short of projections by a significant number. They're already kind of failing without direct competition, and the price point on the PSP Aqua Velva was just insult to injury. They already had to do something, regardless of the PSP Vittles. This may have upped the price cut, but even that's questionable.
I get the spin, but Sony's the lagging brand up against the reigning champ, and I have trouble imagining this has a serious impact on Sony's momentum at this point.
Though this does kinda make me regret buying a DSiXL so recently. Paying 250 for a technology I have no interest in using to play ports of old titles I didn't buy on the last ten platforms they were released for isn't my idea of a good buy. But at a more reasonable price, the backwards compatability alone would have been ice to replace my former unit.