Vita Sales Soar After Price Drop In Japan

<p>Recently&comma; the PlayStation Vita had its price cut in Japan and according to GameWatch &lpar;as translated by Gematsu&rpar; it has seemed to be a successful move for Sony in the land of the rising sun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It turns out that since the price cut went into effect on February 28<sup>th<&sol;sup>&comma; sales of the PlayStation Vita have increased by a factor of four&comma; impressive&excl; This quadruple quantity of portables being sold was a result of Sony cutting both versions of the Vita to 19&comma;980 Yen which roughly translates to &dollar;214&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unfortunately however&comma; Sony is unlikely to offer a price cut overseas after the company announced that it had no plans for a price drop in other territories due to decisions regarding price drops being made on a region-by-region basis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Would a price cut tempt you to invest in the Vita&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;game&period;watch&period;impress&period;co&period;jp&sol;docs&sol;news&sol;20130304&lowbar;590334&period;html">GameWatch<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gematsu&period;com&sol;2013&sol;03&sol;sony-japan-president-ps-vita-sales-have-increased-four-fold">Gematsu<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;japanese-ps-vita-sales-quadruple-since-price-cut-6404831">Gamespot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&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;33a48ed4-f51c-4b9f-90db-a6e7a73de4bc" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;