Just stating that games on the Vita are cheap with and without PS+. All handheld devices have 10 minute games and 10+ minute games, but if you're only looking for short games to play bursts of then the Vita is a bad device unless you really like P4G. If you want to play a console like game then there really isn't a better emulation of it out there other than maybe the Shield.
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PS Vita 45% Price Drop in Hong Kong - WiFi Vita + case + ModNation bundle is ~$165
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Just stating that games on the Vita are cheap with and without PS+. All handheld devices have 10 minute games and 10+ minute games, but if you're only looking for short games to play bursts of then the Vita is a bad device unless you really like P4G. If you want to play a console like game then there really isn't a better emulation of it out there other than maybe the Shield.
RadarScope1
Member
That's just FUD. While there could always be more exclusives, they aren't all ps3 ports.
On topic: I'm ready to jump in and join VitaGAF. Just waiting for this very kind of news out of Gamescom. Conventional wisdom is that if the price drops in the US it will go to $199 but it really looks like it could possibly go even lower. I personally am looking for a bigger drop on the core package rather than a more modest drop + bundles.
razoftblend
Member
Just keep the price. I think the system is well worth the asking price. However, for the love of God, Sony, slash the memory card prices. Even $50 would be expensive, but it would be much better value than $100 for the 32gb. Their Uncharted 3 PS3 bundle is $270 with the game , a 250gb hard drive, and a year of PS+. It's embarrasing.
Twenty7KVN
Member
I would buy a vita for $200,to me that's a good deal.The memory cards on the other hand need a huge price cut,i'll pay $30 maybe $40 for a 32GB card.
There could always be more exclusives (that are worth it to me) but there also could not be. Still seems expensive for a single use device that still does not have exclusive games that I want.
razoftblend
Member
Japan got a price drop on Vita earlier this year though.
Infernal Monkey
Member
Considering a 32GB card is about $100 by itself, yes. =p
Well it's not really a single use device, I know a lot of people who by tablets to use as facebook machines, which works great on the Vita, I'm not saying it's the greatest multi tasking device of all time, it's definitely for gaming, but it's certainly capable of other things.
RadarScope1
Member
Yeah, I think $200 is a good price, but lower memory prices will make it much more attractive. $200 and a bundled card is even better.
And, man, what's with all the crazy flash sales on Vita in the EU? Do we get those very often in the US and I've just missed them?
I forget that GAF is home of the nitpickers.
Vita can, indeed, perform multiple functions but, let's be real here, they don't matter. It is a game playing machine.
So, in 2013, being a mainly game machine makes you an additional thing i need to carry that only has one function. It makes it tough to stomach that much of a price that will only do one function when i already have a phone that has games to entertain me when I need it.
That being said, the aforementioned bundle for about $150 in the US with some games (perhaps maybe this Killzone game which seems cool) and I could totally be in.
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
Well, the Vita doesn't use SD cards.
That's the thing that fascinates me. I understand why the market for the Vita (right now especially) would be very small, for most people a phone is enough and carrying a Vita can be too much hassle yet I don't really understand why the 3DS sells and what its primary market is. I guess the 3DS sells for being a cheap Nintendo machine with good Nintendo games which makes you wonder how well the Vita would sell with a low price. Personally I think that while price for the memory cards may be too much the price itself is spot on, it is the software that is lacking. People gladly pay 500-700 for a phone/tablet (a 200$ phone isn't a 200$ phone and you know it) because of the apps.
The Vita is really powerful. An iPod Touch is similarly priced (around 20-50$ cheaper) yet has the same CPU, GPU and battery capacity, if you cut it all in half. The Vita has more RAM than current gen consoles and the same GPU as the iPad 3. gen only it is running at 200Mhz instead of 250.
So it should be possible to play open world games without making too many sacrifices. It would be interesting to see what big games could do with the console. Is there a market for GTA on the go when you can finally play proper GTA.
Twenty7KVN
Member
Well target is going to start selling vitas for $199 starting Sunday the 18th - Saturday the 24th.
The kick in the bollocks is that we'll never know.
For a while longer, yeah, unless there's a great Black Friday deal.
My Vita and 32 GB memory card cost me $225 net, although if I had sold AC3 Liberation for $25 as well as selling the PS All Stars code for $20 and the 3 months of PS+ for $10 I could have got the total cost down to $200.
Haeralis The BRave
Banned
I already have a Vita, but this is still excellent news. I want the install base to grow significantly, so that we can start getting out "killer apps"
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
The Vita already has a great open-world game - Gravity Rush. Seeing as how Gravity Rush is practically a launch game (came out in Japan 3 months after the system), I can only imagine how good an open-world game could be from a developer with a few years of experience with the system.
I was under the impression that the PSP versions of Liberty City/Vice City Stories were 'real' GTA games?
As other members stated, it is just a limited deal for the show.
Only 40 sets available for that price.
Though Sony official price here is HKD 1780 (USD 228.8) for the bundle, all game shops, including those SCEH "operates", are selling at HKD 1590 (USD 204.4). And you can buy a 8GB card for HKD 119 (USD 15.3)
I bought this package for HKD 1609 (USD 206.8) last month with the special offer from HK PSN (HKD 100 bundle reduction, plus extra HKD 100 PSN refund), just in time for Toukiden and Dragon Crown.
Only 40 sets available for that price.
Though Sony official price here is HKD 1780 (USD 228.8) for the bundle, all game shops, including those SCEH "operates", are selling at HKD 1590 (USD 204.4). And you can buy a 8GB card for HKD 119 (USD 15.3)
I bought this package for HKD 1609 (USD 206.8) last month with the special offer from HK PSN (HKD 100 bundle reduction, plus extra HKD 100 PSN refund), just in time for Toukiden and Dragon Crown.
That's about what I just paid for my used system from Cowboom ($115 shipped) and a 32gb card ($85 at Newegg). Going to be pissed if they announce a drastic price cut and/or larger memory card at Gamescom.
Quite frankly, I don't think you'll be purchasing a Vita anytime soon. I don't think it will ever get to SD card prices .. unless a redesign of the Vita supports SD cards.
Eh, kinda. They were hampered by the hardware somewhat, particularly the single analogue.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Get pissed lol, famous hinted that both of those are coming.
JStein0222
Member
God I love my Vita. You silly jawns waiting for a price drop.
Multirace? Surgery?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
And it would be soooooooooo easy to port those mobile versions of GTA3/VC/Max Payne to the vita seeing as all the hard work has already been done before and how compatible the Vita is to modern smartphone tech :/
EsotericManiac
Member
you must be blind sir
There are absurd posts and then there's this
Pretty sure that's NOT going to be the regular price bundle...maybe a special just for the Game Show. The bundle is showing on the Hong Kong Sony website.
http://www.sony.com.hk/products/apps/product/simplePage.do?modelCode=_M035822&lang=en&cid=s_1307_SShighlight_f_psv_wifi_debut
http://www.sony.com.hk/products/apps/product/simplePage.do?modelCode=_M035822&lang=en&cid=s_1307_SShighlight_f_psv_wifi_debut