Comments on: GameStop’s PS Vita memory card pricing not official

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:19:00 +0000

Absolutely nothing new to see here, standard Sony practice for every device they’ve ever released. Why the big stink this time?

You buy the brand including all the official accessories when you buy Sony, that way you can be sure your parts will work together with no problem.

If you could use cheap (fake) PRO-DUO cards with it then you’re introducing a point of failure that will come back to bite you in the arse halfway through a game someday.

So the cards are overpriced, as were the original magicgate, duo and pro-duo and M2. But they are good quality, as long as the quality is maintained it’s all good. That and making money is the Sony way!

By: Jimm

Jimm — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:06:00 +0000

Sony just markets to a more affluent consumer base. They scoff in the face of marketing affordability offer extravagance which in some ways is good.

By: Joel Ghahremani

Joel Ghahremani — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:09:00 +0000

I think this is how it should be 4gb 9.99,

8gb 15.99, 16gb 25.99 and 32gb 39.99

Still not cheap, but for 1st party sony, you

really can’t complain.

By: Joel Ghahremani

Joel Ghahremani — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:08:00 +0000

All games require a memory card. But for saving and a few apps, 4gb should be fine. 9.99 for 4gb is exspensive, but there wouldnt be an uproar like for 24.99.

I think this is how it should be 4gb 9.99, 8gb 15.99, 16gb 25.99 and 32gb 39.99

Still not cheap, but for 1st party sony, you really can’t complain.

By: Daines

Daines — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:49:00 +0000

The thing is though Sony can get away with selling the memory cards at insane prices because people will buy them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:30:00 +0000

WAIT…..$40….FOR A 8GB FLASH CARD….ARE YOU INSANE??

By: Invincible Don1

Invincible Don1 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:06:00 +0000

lol rere for even thinking its dead lol

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:54:00 +0000

PS Vita…… Dead in the Water!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:39:00 +0000

70mil is a flop in gaming industry terms for a hand held.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:37:00 +0000

It would be nice if they at least made an effort to be reasonable with the pricing instead of slapping their customers in the face and treating them like they don’t know the current market for technology.

By: Kristoff Haynes

Kristoff Haynes — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:28:00 +0000

“the price is too high” is what the gamers said so they went back and changed the price. after they change it people will still say the same thing. until it’s completely free everyone is going to complain. there is no compromising with people

By: HateMeNow

HateMeNow — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:42:00 +0000

the psp was released same time when itgot released that didnt flop 70 mill thats a lot….Also its in february not match…The memo card is optional for some games if gaamers dont want buy one then buy a game that dont require a memo card problem solved

By: Jordan Eilbert

Jordan Eilbert — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:23:00 +0000

Er… for 4GB and 8GB $24.99 and $39.99 are still completely baseless and off the wall. it would be completely in context about 5 years ago, but memory has dropped in price everywhere (Except for Sony Cards it seems). a 4GB card is roughly $4.99 now and an 8GB is about $3 more at 7.99.

I understand they need to make a profit, but that can be done by NOT offering these tiny little 4/8gb cards and starting the 16GB at $29.99 and the 32GB at $49.99. It’s still expensive, but only 2x as expensive, not the insane 5x as expensive as actual memory. I don’t expect a “Official XXX 1st party” device to be cheap, but I do expect it to be somewhat realistic as far as pricing is concerned.

Even though the Xbox Harddrive is completely overpriced, for example, it at least comes with the little chassis for the Xbox that can later be upgraded to a larger capacity drive.

Bad enough this device is missing holiday season and is being released in a non-fan-fare time (March? What will it be a St.Patties day launch?) but to also make the memory a completely off-base price? This thing is just planning for a massive flop.