Vita Rockets to Top of Sales Charts After Price Announcement
With all the features packed into the PlayStation Vita, many gamers and analysts predicted that the handheld would be enormously expensive when it releases later this year. So when Sony announced at E3 that the Vita will be available for $249 for the standard Wi-Fi model and $299 for the 3G model, we were absolutely jubilant, and apparently so were consumers.
Since the price reveal, the Wi-Fi only Vita topped Amazon’s “Bestsellers in Video Games” as well as “Hot New Releases”, with the 3G version coming in at 4th place. In comparison, the 160 GB PlayStation 3 was at 21, 4GB Xbox 360 at 23 and the Black Nintendo 3DS at 54.
It’s good to see the Vita already off to a good start, and hopefully it will be able to beat the 70 million selling PSP despite the growth of mobile gaming.
Are you one of the people that have pre-ordered? And if so, will you be buying the 3G or the Wi-Fi only version?
12 Responses to “Vita Rockets to Top of Sales Charts After Price Announcement”
Thats me! Starting to buy more PSP games off the PSN in prep for this bad boy.
at this price and power screw mobile gaming…never played games on my hd2 anyways
Off Topic but if you make a Singapore PSN Account you can download the Resistance 3 Demo!
this thing is a beast!
need to know more info on the 3g price structure before i can make a definite choice.
This is great news honestly. however, PS3 will always be better than any portable.
I sincerely hope they do not loose focus on the console world, though honestly I doubt they will. 
next time i go to gamestop i gotta make sure to tell them i want the wifi one. for some reason on my receipt it says 3g/wifi…maybe just because they are trying to get $50 more out of me
I pre-ordered both of them. So I’ll be happy either way
” hopefully it will be able to beat the 70 million selling PSP despite the growth of mobile gaming.” typo! ;D
I’m down for the 3G model
If the 3G model on benefits if you have an AT&T contract, then the Wi-fi only model will do for me. Though I’m still not totally sold on it, I’ll need to see a few more games (that AREN’T just portable versions of good PS3 games), and hopefully some sort of interaction between the PSV and PS3.
I’m waiting to learn more about the 3g one. If it has more space than the wifi one I’ll probably get that (as long as there isn’t a contract).
Awesome price. I was expecting alot more pricey. I’m getting Vita for sure, so are my friends