Sony Not Cutting The Price Of The Vita Overseas

<p>After news spread earlier this week that Sony had cut the price of the PlayStation Vita handheld many believed that this would translate as a worldwide price drop in the hopes to shift more units and get the handheld into more gamers hands prior to the launch of the PlayStation 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since then&comma; Sony have gone on record by announcing that the company has no plans to cut the price of the handheld outside of Japan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shuhei Yoshida said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;When you compare the pricing of PS Vita across regions because of the value of the Yen&comma; in Japan the system has been priced the highest&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Yoshida said&period; &&num;8220&semi;We have been selling the PS Vita for 25&comma;000 Yen — that&&num;8217&semi;s more than &dollar;250 when you compare the exchange rate&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a region-by-region based decision&comma; always&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2013&sol;02&sol;21&sol;sony-will-not-cut-price-of-ps-vita-outside-of-japan">IGN<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;95281242-441d-480c-838a-c845d173f140" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;