Comments on: Shuhei Yoshida Interview: The Present and Future of PS Vita

By: jnel17jun

jnel17jun — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:14:59 +0000

@James Gallagher

I was wondering if you had any news about a White PSVITA !?!?!?

By: La_maravich_22

La_maravich_22 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:11:54 +0000

Does Sony will give support to the updates of the apps for the ps vita?

By: haasssie

haasssie — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:25:19 +0000

I hope they make a Battlefield for the playstation vita.

By: mnw4u

mnw4u — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:04:38 +0000

can it have lbp2?

By: mnw4u

mnw4u — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:03:15 +0000

can it come out before Xmis

By: lPHOENIXZEROl

lPHOENIXZEROl — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:33:17 +0000

D’oh! Now Sony finally release the proper pricing for the memory cards, was expecting it’d be released this week but then also figured it could be held off until next year. I’m sure feedback was taken into account, IMO the 16 and 32GB cards are still higher than where they could be but that’s a good bit closer to what I was expecting and I’m fine with it. The 4GB and 8GB cards were exactly what I expected since TGS, the 16GB and 32GB cards are close though IMO the 16GB should be $5-$10 less, it’s odd it’d be exactly twice the price of the 8GB card unless you guys want people to buy two 8GB cards instead. Still high? A bit but IMO the prices for 4/8GB cards are perfectly fine and the other two are close enough. I’m sure if there’s a good bit of online retailer competition they’ll come down slightly.

Looks like I’ll be picking up a 32GB card after all. :P

By: IsraelCommander

IsraelCommander — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:07:08 +0000

Will there be netflix ?

By: lPHOENIXZEROl

lPHOENIXZEROl — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:25:38 +0000

I’ve had my PSV pre-ordered since 6/13, I also intend to but a 16GB card though I was going with the 32GB card until last month since the idea of paying nearly half the price of a PSV for a memory card turned me off and is something I will not do. I’ve been out of handheld gaming for nearly 10 years, since my utter disappointment with the GBA, which I foolishly bought at launch. Its annoying issues and how Nintendo handled it was the final nail in the Big N’s coffin for me. I planned on catching up on a lot of the PSP games I’ve missed over the years with the PSV. Of course that is if I keep my pre-order as there’s still two months where I could easily change my mind. I have plenty of other distractions and no longer get hyped for things so it’s not as if I must have it at launch, could even wait until the revision, another year or two won’t kill me though I don’t want to wait that long but like a lot of others, I’m still on the fence and Sony’s choices over the next two months will ultimately decide the choice I make.

Okay, I spent way too much time on this, more actually editing/trimming it down than actually writing it and none of this matters.

By: lPHOENIXZEROl

lPHOENIXZEROl — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:21:58 +0000

Sony could totally justify a higher than normal memory card prices if DD games were sharply discounted to close to retailer costs. People would buy larger memory cards, possibly multiple and retailers would still get something for selling the hardware. Problem is, retailers hate DD due to the fact that DD versions of retail games can cost be sharply less than physical copies and the reason they don’t is because of agreements between retailers and publishers that partially prevent it, even when the retail copy drops below DD’s price.

There’s no defending the possible price for the cards, it’s a OLD format in a new shell and updated security features. The reaction to their prices (especially the 32GB card) has been overwhelmingly negative, even on pro-Sony/PSP/Vita sites, that’s not a good thing, it’s a bad thing. I have no doubt the PSV’s launch in N.A. Will be as successful as the Japanese launch compared to the PSP’s however the memory cards are chasing away some potential customers who see the memory cards as an over priced required additional (some say hidden) cost and they have a point since you need it to play several games, even though they have room to spare on the game cards.

By: lPHOENIXZEROl

lPHOENIXZEROl — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:21:05 +0000

Four sizes, 4, 8, 16 and 32GB, they won’t drop in price unless retailers decide to cut them unless Sony releases them with a lower MSRP. Sony has shown plenty of times in the past that they’re comfortable with their cards being overpriced and unlike the PSP we WILL be stuck with one option. The 16 and 32GB cards were sold out because Japan is a lot more into portables and spend more time out and about, we also don’t know how many of each SKU were released. It’s pretty much a given that outside of Japan the 16 and 32GB cards will be less popular especially at the prices they seem to be set at.

The only way DD is ever going to truly succeed on consoles is if the prices are significantly lower than retail as they should be. We see none of the savings as it goes back into the publisher’s pocket and eventually DD versions end up costing more as retailers lower their prices but that’s cool with publishers since it means more money for them and still prevents the hated used sales. PSV games with retail counterparts selling for the same price on both or a negligible “discount” along with over priced memory cards? Yeah, that isn’t going over well with a lot of people.