The Vita, which launched in February this year for $250, recorded sales of 1.8 million units at the end of May. Q2 sales were 400,000 units. The more recent quarterly earnings report for April-June revealed combined sales of 1.4 million units for the PSP and the Vita together.
In India, the Vita is priced exorbitantly with the Wi-Fi model costing Rs. 19,990 and the WiFi + 3G model priced at Rs. 24,990. Despite the fact that the PSP sold almost 2.5 times more that the Vita, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida firmly stated that the device would not see a price drop anytime this year. He further stated that bundled games such as Little Big Planet and Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified would attract prospective buyers.
The Vita received its due share of attention at E3 2012 with a promising games line-up and many apps, which are due for release including Crackle and Hulu+. At the ongoing Gamescom, gamers were treated to demos of Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, Need for Speed Most Wanted and many more games to release this holiday season.
The Vita stands direct competition from Nintendo's 3DS, which sold 6.68 million units worldwide as recorded in September last year. This was a month after the handheld received a price cut from $250 to $170. Recently, Nintendo launched the successor to its 3DS handheld in the US, the 3DS XL priced at $200.
Also see: Sony PS Vita review
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