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Amazon: $50 credit with purchase of PlayStation Vita (price cut really coming?)
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T.M. MacReady
NO ONE DENIES MEMBER
That 179 Black Friday bundle was the king of Vita deals. If you missed that, wait until after E3. Price drop or at least sweet new bundles are a reasonable expectation
sonikokaruto
Banned
still no.
199 with 2 games (download choice of full games, not mini crap) and a 16gb memory card.
and i'd still think about getting it only to play ps1 games
199 with 2 games (download choice of full games, not mini crap) and a 16gb memory card.
and i'd still think about getting it only to play ps1 games
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I bought one for $200 USD two months ago. Frickin love it. I hope Sony finds a way to resuscitate it.
Edit : It's the memory card prices that are the big problem to me. So fucking absurd. I feel like a chump buying one, but I did anyways. :-(
Edit : It's the memory card prices that are the big problem to me. So fucking absurd. I feel like a chump buying one, but I did anyways. :-(
fuzzy.dunlop
Banned
After lower the MSRP, I think memory card price might be the last barrier before Vita starts to gain momentum.
Megatron
Member
Yep, and the exchange rate should make this more likely too.
zerokoolpsx
Member
This is fight before E3 too.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
:lol
interesting how it's a limited deal that ends just before E3.
Not sure if that is a bad sign or what.
Agreed about the proprietary memory cards. 3DS uses SD/SDHC and it's not been a problem at all. And people love the prices on those things.
I know it's a pipe dream, but if they introduced an upgraded Vita that better integrates with PS4 and has other improvements, I would jump all over it. I love my Vita.
Not sure if that is a bad sign or what.
Agreed about the proprietary memory cards. 3DS uses SD/SDHC and it's not been a problem at all. And people love the prices on those things.
I know it's a pipe dream, but if they introduced an upgraded Vita that better integrates with PS4 and has other improvements, I would jump all over it. I love my Vita.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Should put higher GB memory card
Unknown Soldier
Member
Vita Lite announced at E3? With support for TV out and standard microSD cards?!
Would Sony show PS4 and Vita Lite at the same time?!?!
Really hard. Still, the console is too young. I think Sony will cut the price for consoles and memories. I expect more a 64GB memory card launch for a really good price (believe!).
I think Amazon knows something and they are selling the stock they have before some announcement on E3.
DiscoJer
Member
I dunno. If that 3DS Flashcard story is true, then SD cards can be turned into fake cartridges (that only work with the flashcard). .
As much as I hate to admit it, Sony has dodged something like that happening using their own super-expensive ones.
Marmaladefire
Member
I'm weighing Vita vs 3DXL right now, but I guess I'll wait until after E3 to pull the trigger on either.
nailbombxx
Member
Its almost as if you hate playing video games.
Best Buy announced an identical deal for the same time period, I at first just assumed this is Amazon price matching.
I bought a vita for $130 on ebay but the seller has been a total flake so I expect to get my money back on the 7th, and now with all these deals I'm thinking it's all for the best since it looks like something (price drop most likely, or now bundle more reasonably priced) is imminent.
I bought a vita for $130 on ebay but the seller has been a total flake so I expect to get my money back on the 7th, and now with all these deals I'm thinking it's all for the best since it looks like something (price drop most likely, or now bundle more reasonably priced) is imminent.
Cheaper (and bigger) memory cards are a general need for sure.
But a much better battery likely isn't even possible. The Vita has good battery life for what it's running, and a highly efficient sleep mode.
I also don't get the point to HDMI out. The OLED looks fantastic and any output would be up-scaled from Vita's native res, making it look like shit.
Anyhow, I don't much see why Sony would roll out a new version and overhaul fabrication when the system isn't selling well as-is. That's a lot of additional cost with no promise of ever paying for itself.
Nikodemos
Member
They got greedy and tried to squeeze the last drop of blood from the Memory Stick Micro turnip (once they'd switched to SD for their other devices). The same thing happened with the PSP and the UMD: it reused parts of Sony's dead (once iPod-style internal storage became the standard) MiniDisc tech. Sony's portable division has been constantly hobbled by having to use the dregs of other divisions' obsolete tech designs. Their circa-2005 bad old Sony pricing strategy didn't help things either. Memory cards aren't razor blades.
birthbysleep
Member
I picked up a vita recently for $170 with a game, case and 2 memory cards. I figured that was a good deal. I'm starting to run out of games that interest me though...
Sweet Aunt Nancys Panties
Banned
Will echo the sentiment that 50 isn't enough. Especially when the product has been a disaster. 75 off and throw in 6 months of PS+ and a memory card and you got me. Otherwise I see no reason to not just keep gaming on my iPad and 3DSXL. Not sure why Amazon is saying 50 back when you pre-order. It's already out and it's in stock. I expect we'll see an official price cut at E3 similar to what happened in Japan, and unfortunately I don't see it doing much to help the Vita in the US.