Gamestop prices Vita Memory Cards and Accessories

[Ravte]

Have they officially revealed the name for this "new type of memory the PS Vita will be utilizing"?

 

[Devin]

GameStop always has the best prices.

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[mameks]

GameStop always has the best prices.

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>PSP memory cards

 

[GameWinner]

Yeah, I think I'll buy my memory card on Amazon like I did for the PSP- (Got 2 4G sticks for $29)

 

[Sicklyboy]

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Wasn't there a talk about PS Vita games racking up 8gb of space? If so, I don't see any point in buying 4gb cards,,,,,

I believe they meant the size of the game itself on its cartridge, not the size of the save file.

See the difference?

Mini MemoryStick Pro? We had those at Target, the 2 gig ones are clearance for 12 bucks right now. But those prices are no better than MemoryStick Pro Duo prices... paid 30 for a Lexar 4gb. The Sony one as 35...

 

[Foxi4]

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Wasn't there a talk about PS Vita games racking up 8gb of space? If so, I don't see any point in buying 4gb cards,,,,,

I believe they meant the size of the game itself on its cartridge, not the size of the save file.

See the difference?

Mini MemoryStick Pro? We had those at Target, the 2 gig ones are clearance for 12 bucks right now. But those prices are no better than MemoryStick Pro Duo prices... paid 30 for a Lexar 4gb. The Sony one as 35...

Those are not M2 cards, they're very similar though.

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[Guild McCommunist]

A bit pricey, I just wish they came in smaller sizes. 2GB for around $20 isn't too bad for your general save data and even a bit of DLC.

Still not too happy with the prices though. I'll probably pick up a 4GB and stick to physical media. Or not buy any memory card required games for a while and wait until cheaper third parties come around.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

A bit pricey, I just wish they came in smaller sizes. 2GB for around $20 isn't too bad for your general save data and even a bit of DLC.

Still not too happy with the prices though. I'll probably pick up a 4GB and stick to physical media. Or not buy any memory card required games for a while and wait until cheaper third parties come around.

No offence, but holy shit. I buy 2GB memory sticks for like $5. $20 for 2GB is ridiculous.

Anyways, these are ridiculously expensive. The prices just have to drop, there's no way they can stay this high.

 

[Fear Zoa]

Oh look their being overpriced with their memory just like apple, there's no excuse for not having a micro sd port reader calling it a day, I mean we managed to fit them into ds carts for less then $10

 

[Qtis]

Is it just me or do people not understand how new tech works? The first batches are expensive because it's a new product, but after a while the prices come down when a) more products are made, constant costs per product lowers, b) more people make them c) the tech is used in more devices d) the cost to make it become smaller with new innovation. A good example for this is the PS3 price on release vs now and SD cards prices on release vs now. They're bound to go down, but honestly, what do people do with a 32 Gb card for content on a console that isn't out (and I doubt the first thing we'll see is DLC since it's just released)..


-Qtis

ps. Expensive gear is expensive.

EDIT: Hopefully people do also understand the recent events in certain parts of the world have hit flash memory prices quite hard. Not saying this is the reason for the prices, but I'm sure it'll affect it on the long run..

 

[Fear Zoa]

Is it just me or do people not understand how new tech works? The first batches are expensive because it's a new product, but after a while the prices come down when a) more products are made, constant costs per product lowers, b) more people make them c) the tech is used in more devices d) the cost to make it become smaller with new innovation. A good example for this is the PS3 price on release vs now and SD cards prices on release vs now. They're bound to go down, but honestly, what do people do with a 32 Gb card for content on a console that isn't out (and I doubt the first thing we'll see is DLC since it's just released)..


-Qtis

ps. Expensive gear is expensive.

EDIT: Hopefully people do also understand the recent events in certain parts of the world have hit flash memory prices quite hard. Not saying this is the reason for the prices, but I'm sure it'll affect it on the long run..

Still doesn't explain why they couldn't just use a sd/microsd reader like every other handheld device

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Still doesn't explain why they couldn't just use a sd/microsd reader like every other handheld device

I think they'd have to license out SD cards. See Foxi's post below. Plus the market for them is so huge that no one would buy Sony branded cards, they'd probably just stick to whatever one they already have. You go with proprietary media and you monopolize the market on your medium before it's even out. You can control prices and basically do whatever the fuck you want until 3rd parties jump on the ball (if they even bother).

EDIT: Sony, like any other company, isn't in the business to be friendly. They're in it to make money.

 

[Foxi4]

Still doesn't explain why they couldn't just use a sd/microsd reader like every other handheld device

I think they'd have to license out SD cards. Plus the market for them is so huge that no one would buy Sony branded cards, they'd probably just stick to whatever one they already have. You go with proprietary media and you monopolize the market on your medium before it's even out. You can control prices and basically do whatever the fuck you want until 3rd parties jump on the ball (if they even bother).

EDIT: Sony, like any other company, isn't in the business to be friendly. They're in it to make money.

They wouldn't. Sony Engineering Corporation, the minds behind most Sony designs are a part of the SD Association.

 

[431unknown]

I'll probablly pick up an 8Gb at launch seems about the right size for me for now.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

They wouldn't. Sony Engineering Corporation, the minds behind most Sony designs are a part of the SD Association.

Oh, my bad, I wasn't quite sure if they were or not.

I'll just stick to the latter point

 

[Foxi4]

They wouldn't. Sony Engineering Corporation, the minds behind most Sony designs are a part of the SD Association.

Oh, my bad, I wasn't quite sure if they were or not.

I'll just stick to the latter point

Well, Sony Computer Entertainment isn't, but I'd assume that they share the "license" since it's a "siamese sister company".

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Well, Sony Computer Entertainment isn't, but I'd assume that they share the "license" since it's a "siamese sister company".

They'd probably have SEC make the cards if they wanted to pursue SD cards, but why do that when you can make larger profit on a media you own exclusively? As people said, the Vita is relatively cheap considering its specs and stuff (although Sony has said they're not selling on a loss this time). Still, without much room for profit, they're probably banking on they're accessories, storage media, and of course games to fill the gap.

 

[emigre]

Personally I'm just dealing with the price. Gaming is luxury not an essential. If I don't like the price, I have the choice to not buy a Vita or wait until memory card prices drop.

 

[Foxi4]

Well, Sony Computer Entertainment isn't, but I'd assume that they share the "license" since it's a "siamese sister company".

They'd probably have SEC make the cards if they wanted to pursue SD cards, but why do that when you can make larger profit on a media you own exclusively? As people said, the Vita is relatively cheap considering its specs and stuff (although Sony has said they're not selling on a loss this time). Still, without much room for profit, they're probably banking on they're accessories, storage media, and of course games to fill the gap.

Oh, definatelly. When the PS3 came out first, it was sold at a $50 loss for Sony when you counted the R&D process, distribution and manufacturing, it was later on that they started proffiting off it. I'm guessing the VITA is no exception - it was being developed for years. When Nintendo was screwing around with the DSi, VITA was already a hatchling. I can only imagine how much money went into miniaturising a quad-core ARM and a quad-core GPU and jamming them into one box with 3G, WiFi, GPS, a touchscreen, a touchpad and dual analogs while keeping the device "lighter than the average brick" and "working for a bit longer than 2 hours".

Personally I'm just dealing with the price. Gaming is luxury not an essential. If I don't like the price, I have the choice to not buy a Vita or wait until memory card prices drop.

Agreed, I suppose. I don't LIKE the high price, but I don't have much of a choice. I'll wait for a "Sandisk Solution", and if none will emerge, I'll just buy a memory card from Sony. It's not like I need several - I buy a memory card, jam it in and that's it.

 

[Valwin]

wow so like is like $250 + the memory 2gb $30 =$280 thats alot of money also the games so is like +$300


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