An interesting turn of events has happened; Sony is pushing back the release of their much hyped portable system, the PS Vita — the PSP’s worthy successor. It was first announced at E3 that the Vita would be coming to North America and Japan this holiday season at two price points: $249 for WiFi, and $299 for the 3G model. Has the recent, dramatic price cut by Nintendo to their 3DS system thrown a wrench into the Sony machine?
According to Sony’s big man in charge, Kaz Hirai is not calling this a delay but rather just a precaution to make sure that there is enough software to go in line with the portables launch. This would make absolute sense seeing as this was the issue with the much sought after 3DS — despite its wide appeal it couldn’t break on the scene like Nintendo intended without a killer line up of must have first-party games and third-party support.
“The PlayStation business is a key pillar,” the Kaz-man said. “The video-game industry is evolving constantly. My expectation is for the PlayStation business to remain at the forefront of this very dynamic industry.”
What’s this mean? Well, not a whole lot but that Sony doesn’t want their system to be another failed experiment that takes a whole year or more to finally see returns. But this does mean that Christmas sales will be non-existant and gamers and kids everywhere will have to tell their parents to hold off on getting their presents until the dang thing finally comes out — with no exact date specified.
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