I don't think the criticism is unfair, but it is a bit of a dead horse at this point. Almost any general vita thread is half filled with people shitting on the memory card prices 4 years later.
I find it unlikely as well that the majority of people complaining about the price would run out and buy a vita if they were priced as sd cards. If the software lineup appealed to a more general audience they would be there memory card prices or not. And that may had been the original plan, but Sony failed at the follow through and here we are.
The general population also isn't going to be seeing the value in going digital only and wouldn't need a 32 or 64 gb card as most purchases would be physical and smaller cards would be sufficient.
I find it unlikely as well that the majority of people complaining about the price would run out and buy a vita if they were priced as sd cards. If the software lineup appealed to a more general audience they would be there memory card prices or not. And that may had been the original plan, but Sony failed at the follow through and here we are.
The general population also isn't going to be seeing the value in going digital only and wouldn't need a 32 or 64 gb card as most purchases would be physical and smaller cards would be sufficient.