Starting tomorrow, the price of the PS Vita will be dropped to $199. The memory cards are also cut down significantly.
Is that the 3G version?
Vita memory cards are now $5 cheaper :] Hip Hip Hor...Horrible.
Official memory card prices announced:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/08/20/ps-vita-now-199-99-in-north-america/#comments
4GB card is now $14.99 (was $19.99)
8GB card is now $19.99 (was $29.99)
16GB card is now $39.99 (was $59.99)
32GB card is now $79.99 (was $99.99)
It's significant to them as it mean they may or may not see a profit being made on them.Wow at gamescom they said there would be a significant price drop on the memory cards.... 5 - 10 dollars isn't much of a drop.
Isn't the Vita region free? I'm pretty sure it is.Hmmm dunno I allways liked the PSP but it is not worth it for me as I do not play sport games or most other stuff for PSP and PSV ... I would only concider it if there would be cracks / jailbreak / cfw whatever you call it available so I could get the few interesting EU games and all the Japanese stuff ^^
Well, the memory cards are pretty much all profit. They're pennies to manufacture. They're price is pretty dependent on how much of a loss they're taking on the Vita itself. The Vita is getting a steep price drop, so it isn't surprising to see that the memory cards aren't taking as large of one. Everybody has to consider though: if they dropped memory card prices by 60%, but only dropped the Vita by $50, people would still be saying that both the Vita and the memory cards cost too much. By dropping the Vita to $200, the price is much more appealing than it was at $300, and with the dropped memory card prices, any holdouts that were being influenced by the price could be swayed.It's significant to them as it mean they may or may not see a profit being made on them.