Vita Price Drop

[Demon_Skeith]

The price PlayStation Vita's price has dropped to $199 in North America and 199EU. It takes effect immediately. Sony also is trimming the price of the Vita's proprietary memory cards in both regions.

The 32GB and 16 GB memory cards both will get $20 reductions—dropping to $79.99 for the 32GB and $39.99 for the 16GB. The 8GB will drop to $19.99 ($10 off) and the 4GB card is $14.99 ($5 off.)

In 2012, the North America launch price for the 3G Vita was $299, while the WiFi model was launched with a $249 price. Sony cut the price of the handheld in Japan back in February. The Nintendo 3DS XL also retails for $199 in North America.

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This was long overdue.

 

[VirusZero]

Probably good that they're slashing the price on the system, maybe not a lot more people will buy it. (Especially given the fact that big name games like Killzone: Mercenaries and Borderlands 2 are en route to the Vita.) Since in Japan they cut the price and immediately sales shot up (if I recall right they ended up selling over 60,000 units in one week.)

I'm glad to see the memory getting a price cut too. That was desperately needed. 79$ for the 32GB is better... But  could still get a 64GB Lexar MicroSD card for 70$. So it needs to drop further in price.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I have no vita plans till the memory cards become completely reasonable to buy.

 

[froggyboy604]

Only new versions of Final Fantasy, and Kingdom Hearts could convince me to buy a Vita. Plus, the price of memory cards for the Vita are very expensive.

I rather buy the Nvidia Shield handheld for $299.99 since it comes with 16GB of Built-in storage, Micro-USB 2.0, and  MicroSD memory slot for adding more storage. Plus, it also has Micro HDMI, wired and wireless internet/network connectivity, Tegra 4, 2GB RAM, and it comes with 2 Games which are Sonic 4 Episode II THD and Expendable: Rearmed.

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