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SEGA - 3DS price cut was the right, Vita will do more for core gaming, Sonic Colors did extremely well
The following comments come from Sega West CEO Mike Hayes...
On the 3DS price cut and 3DS vs. Vita...
“We see the platforms as very different. 3DS, lets be honest, the hardware didn’t sell as well as expected, so the price moved,” he said. “It’s just a very sensible market reaction I think for Nintendo to do and, obviously, we’re very pleased with that. I think Vita and 3DS are two completely different beasts in terms of what I think Vita is going to be able to do from a more core gaming point of view.
We have several titles, we have some huge ones hovering into view with both Mario & Sonic and Sonic on 3DS. We’re obviously nothing other than absolutely delighted that they’ve dropped the price because clearly that’s going to give it a great big kick and get that install base driving,.
“I think it would be an act of desperation if Nintendo actually did nothing. But the fact they’ve responded to the market, I think, is first class. So if anything, that just gives us a renewed confidence in the platform. I think also with those cracking titles Nintendo has coming out for between now and Christmas, plus I’d like to think a couple of Sonic titles we’ve got, which always are hardware pushers for Nintendo, we’re pretty optimistic.
But of course, we were disappointed with early sales. So I think this is the right thing to do, and timing wise, it’s probably perfect I would think.”
On Sonic Colors...
"I like [2010 Wii and DS title] Colours a lot because I think that’s the best main platform standalone Sonic that we’ve done in many years. And it was hugely popular and it did extremely well based in America and Europe. I just think that was an excellent game, I think [Team Sonic producer Takashi] Iizuka did a good job on that and it rated pretty well."
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On the 3DS price cut and 3DS vs. Vita...
“We see the platforms as very different. 3DS, lets be honest, the hardware didn’t sell as well as expected, so the price moved,” he said. “It’s just a very sensible market reaction I think for Nintendo to do and, obviously, we’re very pleased with that. I think Vita and 3DS are two completely different beasts in terms of what I think Vita is going to be able to do from a more core gaming point of view.
We have several titles, we have some huge ones hovering into view with both Mario & Sonic and Sonic on 3DS. We’re obviously nothing other than absolutely delighted that they’ve dropped the price because clearly that’s going to give it a great big kick and get that install base driving,.
“I think it would be an act of desperation if Nintendo actually did nothing. But the fact they’ve responded to the market, I think, is first class. So if anything, that just gives us a renewed confidence in the platform. I think also with those cracking titles Nintendo has coming out for between now and Christmas, plus I’d like to think a couple of Sonic titles we’ve got, which always are hardware pushers for Nintendo, we’re pretty optimistic.
But of course, we were disappointed with early sales. So I think this is the right thing to do, and timing wise, it’s probably perfect I would think.”
On Sonic Colors...
"I like [2010 Wii and DS title] Colours a lot because I think that’s the best main platform standalone Sonic that we’ve done in many years. And it was hugely popular and it did extremely well based in America and Europe. I just think that was an excellent game, I think [Team Sonic producer Takashi] Iizuka did a good job on that and it rated pretty well."
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