GameStop PS Vita Memory Card Prices Not Official?
Gamers anticipating Sony’s next generation handheld, the PlayStation Vita, were shocked at the alleged prices of the system’s proprietary memory cards put up by video game retailer GameStop. However, a new report suggests that the prices are not official.
Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo reports that he heard from multiple Sony representatives this week that the rumored PS Vita Memory Card prices are not official, that gamers should “stay tuned,” and that the Memory Cards aren’t a hidden cost.
GameStop’s price listings ranged from $29.99 for a 4GB Memory Card (which had been corrected by Sony to be $24.99) and $119.99 for a 32GB Memory Card. The 8GB Memory Card had also been corrected from $49.99 to $39.99. The fact that Sony corrected the price shows that they were aware of the publicly revealed cost, and they even had a hand in controlling them – perhaps public outcry at the cost forced them to reconsider?
Whatever the case may be, gamers should still wait for an official announcement from Sony about the pricing of the memory cards.
PSLS will keep you posted on any further news about the PlayStation Vita, the console’s accessories, and its games.
8 Responses to “GameStop PS Vita Memory Card Prices Not Official?”
Sounds like some Sony backpedaling if I ever heard it.
in this case, backpedaling may be the best thing that’s happened
thank god
I think what happened is that Sony has done this to test the waters to see if people would except these prices, perhaps they’ve realised now the prices they put up were stupid and nobody would be prepared to pay that much for the memory cards.
I think you may be correct. Being that only one retailer, as far as I know, had prices listed it may have just been a way for Sony to test prices without actually announcing anything.
I would think public outcry is the result of some backing off the price. If you look at any article that talks about the upcoming announced price for these cards you can easily see many comments right below the articles stating the price is lets say outrageous. Memory used to be expensive but now it’s cheap so why would anyone want to feel ripped off and pay a lot for it again. Let’s face it…consumers are not about to pay $4,000 for a 50 inch flat screen ever again so why should be pay $119 for a 32 GB memory card that is selling for $30 if it wasn’t proprietary?
Maybe this time they’ll bump the cost down by 5$ each variant, lolz….
seriously…do people not know this sh*t is coming out in Japan, like in 6 days
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88-%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89-8GB-PCH-Z081J/dp/B005N4HZRO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1323511838&sr=8-4
Vita is $250 in the US, 25,000 yen in Japan. (Sony loses money on the US side, but it’s to keep prices even)
if this is how much Amazon is selling a PSVIta card in Japan, I bet it will be $25 in the US for an 8GB on Amazon. (right now the 16GB and 32GB cards prices are jacked up on Amazon because they’re sold out via Amazon)
Update: I was just able to view how much Amazon is selling a 16GB for (without the jacked up 3rd party price) and it’s 4,500 yen (regularly 5,500), so expect Amazon US to be selling 16GB cards for $45