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PlayStation Vita Price Drop Announced

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by Kimberley Wallace on August 20, 2013 at 12:38 PM

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At Sony's Gamescom conference today, a price drop for the Vita and memory cards was announced.

The PlayStation Vita will now cost $200 and 200 euros. Sony also confirmed plans to price drop its Vita memory cards.

This is great news for those who were on the fence about buying the handheld, and even better for those looking to upgrade their storage space, especially with more options to buy games digitally.

Is this enough to finally make you splurge on a Vita? Let us know in the comments below!

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by metalsonic_69 Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 12:59 PM

There is no excuse for not offering a memory stick with every system.
by slickvicXLVI Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:00 PM

It's about damn time. A price drop on the Vita and memory cards are long overdue. There may not be a killer app for me personally yet, but there are enough games that I want to play that I can finally justify the purchase.
by LHXQ Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:02 PM

About time they lowered the gougingly high prices on those memory cards.
by HEEELS88 Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:03 PM

GREAT!
by chiefslayer Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:07 PM

Didnt realise it was more than 199 already.
by NorthLightSuplx Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:10 PM

Nope. I have a tablet for the type of games they announced.
by Ero_Sennin Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:13 PM

I still want one of these bad boys, and now even more with the price drop! But, I can't pull myself away from my 3ds at the moment. I wouldn't trade my 3ds in for the Vita, I just buy the new vita, but there are too many games for me to play on the 3ds.
by Jhooud Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:19 PM

I'd like to see some specifics on how much they're cutting the memory card options, but Amazon's already running some discounts. I've never understood why they felt the need to charge me so much for a card that would allow me to buy more of their stuff.

Silly Sony.
by Zoidberg Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:22 PM

No
by Human The Tree Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:22 PM

can anyone say "Finally?"
by John Marston Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:23 PM

This is great! I've been wanting to get a 32GB card for a while now, and now that the price is being dropped it looks pretty good.
by ViRuS Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:29 PM

Is this both versions of the vita? or is the wi-fi version now $200 and the 3g version $250?
by Lord Of Mantas Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:33 PM

It's not an instant money-grabber, but it's definitely a humongous step in the right direction.
by fearless1978 Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:33 PM

Perhaps they should get some good games on the PS Vita; maybe then I can finally blow the dust off mine that's been on there since I played that ONE game worth playing; Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
by Zero Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:38 PM

No. I'm saving up for the home consoles and I already have a 3DS.
by Dr. TadorSauce Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:39 PM

Cool, that does make getting the Vita easier. Sweet!
by Killawogg88 Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:40 PM

awesome i was about to buy a new memory card for mine, im gonna hold out and see if i cant get them cheaper
by torterra275 Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:48 PM

I'm happy even though I already bought a vita. It was $200 but came with 2 games, thankfully we get some memory drops now.
by BRAV0 F1VE Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 01:51 PM

I still need this and a 3DS, though I'm getting the 3DS first no question.