Vita Memory Cards finally available for preorder (Amazon)

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I know this is not exactly a deal, as they are being sold for MSRP....

However I know quite a few people have been waiting for amazon to finally list these cards.

4GB
http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-V..._1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1325887029&sr=1-1

8GB
http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-V...9?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1325887102&sr=1-29

16GB
http://www.amazon.com/16GB-PlayStat...7?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1325887067&sr=1-17

32GB (Became available around 1pm PST)
http://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStat...0?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1325887086&sr=1-20

Don't shoot the messenger please. I know this section is for "deals" but I did not see another section that would bring attention to these cards. The 32GB was in huge demand in Japan and sold out the first day. I expect there will be shortages of these in the US, and delays for people who do not order the 32GB early. (aka on the long list at gamestop/newegg)

Hope this helps other people get their preorders locked in.
 
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Also, some of us wanted to put music and videos on there and use it as an all in one device. Also it will have apps and other things occupying your memory card beside just games and saves. Finally, if the PS3 and Xbox are any indication, system files will suck up some of that space too.

Oh, and games are going to be cheaper on PSN (or so they say) so if you don't get a large card you're limiting your ability to download games off the PSN or at least you're going to be redownloading every time you want to change the game you're playing. Sounds like a huge pain to me.
 
I'm definitely going 32GB. The more I think about it the more I think that's the right call for the time being.

I am very interested in the prospect of having a multitude of not only Vita games, but also PSP games (that can now be had quite cheaply on PSN) as well as PSone games.

32GB will the be the best option for this. It is the most expensive (dollar-wise) but the least expensive option GB/$
 
Absolutely going for the 32GB. I've got a 16GB for my PSP - I've already used up 12GB on downloaded games, and I've still got a a lot of UMDs I hope to get on my Vita.
 
[quote name='SynGamer']Sony has been treating PS+ members VERY well with sales. For instance, Back to the Future is currently free on PSN for PS+ members...[/QUOTE]

Along with Swords & Soldiers and all 3 PSX Syphon Filter games.
 
[quote name='ponn01']
And with PSN download speeds and ISP caps it's not feasible to keep deleting and downloading games on demand. The FF PSONE games alone took about half hour. I have a PS3 but only 160gb which I also use as a media server so space is limited and since Sony changed the way you transfer and install games from ps3 to psp, making it atrocious and cumbersome and that also hate the media go interface its just not convenient at all.[/QUOTE]

First off, PSN download speeds are terrific: I get 1MB/s or greater whether I'm wired or wireless. If your speeds are slow, then either your PS3 isn't connected 100% correctly or your speed data is based off of background downloading on the PS3, which is typically slower.

Second: if you manage your Vita software like most of us manage our PSP software, then you'll be using the PC-based MediaGo software or the PS3; in other words, you can store all your downloaded content either of these places and just transfer content when you want. In the end, if storage is your issue, then it's cheaper per MB--despite the current price hike due to a natural disaster in Asia--to just get a bigger HDD for your PC/PS3.
 
As everyone is saying in here, these memory card prices are hard to get used to and there are no competitors. I preordered a 32GB card and it was a shot to my nuts to do so. The one thing in this thread that I don't understand though is so many people sound shocked about the memory card prices. These prices have been known for quite a while now.

I don't know how long exactly, it seems like they have been official for at least a month. Quite a while before that Gamestop had announced their estimated/placeholder prices which were just slightly higher than the now official prices. It's just difficult for me to see this many people who have been looking forward to the Vita or paying attention to it getting outraged all of the sudden as if these memory card prices just became official.
 
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[quote name='bg88']The one thing in this thread that I don't understand though is so many people sound shocked about the memory card prices. These prices have been known for quite a while now.

I don't know how long exactly, it seems like they have been official for at least a month. Quite a while before that Gamestop had announced their estimated/placeholder prices which were just slightly higher than the now official prices. It's just difficult for me to see this many people who have been looking forward to the Vita or paying attention to it getting outraged all of the sudden as if these memory card prices just became official.[/QUOTE]

Same thoughts were running through my mind. Amazon prices are lower than the original GameStop place-holder prices; and, like it or not, early adopters always get gouged, esp. when it comes to proprietary memory cards. Not sure why people are suddenly so offended.
 
I personally am not suddenly offended. Just voicing my complaints now that there's a thread about it. Can't speak for everyone else.

Early adopters don't always get screwed but clearly this is a case where they are backward and forward so I'm sitting this one out.
 
This is probably Sony's way of trying to make back the money that they are losing on the Vita. Good thing I get good discount on accessories since I'm a best buy empolyee. So people are saying you could just store your downloads on the PS3 and then just manage your content through there with the Vita instead redownloading all the time. That would be cool to have if don't get the 32GB
 
[quote name='yantelope']
Early adopters don't always get screwed[/QUOTE]

Yes they are. You are deluding yourself if you think otherwise.

Or to put it differently if you don't want to feel like you are being "screwed", early adopters are paying extra for the bragging rights of owning the latest greatest shiny gadgets before everyone else on the block.

I don't get all the moaning and whining on this thread. If you don't want to pay extra for the bragging rights, wait for the "inevitable firesale because Vita is doomed" that everyone on this thread is predicting. No one is forcing anyone to buy the Vita or the memory cards at launch.
 
I don't want to go too far off topic, but Amazon finally added a pre-order link for Lumines Electronic Symphony for $40. $40 for a portable game in which you move squares around? I love Lumines, but man, I just don't know...

At this point, a decent launch haul for this thing is going to be approaching $500.
 
One more thing I find very confusing is people complaining about the $40/50 price for these games. PSP games were $40 unless they were a budget title.

Plus, THIS IS CAG! We almost never pay retail, that's like complaining a game is $60, what does the price matter? We buy it when we feel it is at the right price point.

Look at MW3, it is selling like nothing else has at $60 each. To me the game is worth $20 at most because I am tired of CoD. Does that mean Activision is stupid for making it $60? Um...no, it just means that isn't MY PERSONAL price point for it.
 
[quote name='enforcer2003'] No one is forcing anyone to buy the Vita or the memory cards at launch.[/QUOTE]

:roll: Which is why we've been posting about cancelling our preorders...
 
[quote name='yantelope']:roll: Which is why we've been posting about cancelling our preorders...[/QUOTE]

Exactly. If you don't want to hear people complaining about prices, don't post an MSRP "deal" on CAG. The only possible responses you are going to get to a thread like this is "it's a rip-off" or "I'm buying it anyway".
 
[quote name='Saix_XIII']One more thing I find very confusing is people complaining about the $40/50 price for these games. PSP games were $40 unless they were a budget title.[/QUOTE]

Android and apple have changed how people view portable gaming pricing. As a parent, I could buy my child 20-30 nickelodeon apps for the price of one similar game on the 3ds. Kids are a huge part of the portable market. My daughter has my old ds and a iPod touch. She plays the touch 10 times as much as the ds at a fraction of the cost. The 3ds is starting to take of because of Mario. Mario is so unique, so universally appealing and so indicative of quality that it is one of the few portable titles that can get away with charging 40 bucks. What Sony needs more than anything to justify the price is their own Mario. Uncharted made by a different developer, while a good game, is no Mario.
 
[quote name='enforcer2003']No one is forcing anyone to buy the Vita or the memory cards at launch.[/QUOTE]

For the memory cards, you do. A good chunk of games need memory cards simply to boot up.
 
[quote name='Nohbdy']For the memory cards, you do. A good chunk of games need memory cards simply to boot up.[/QUOTE]
If you don't buy the Vita why would buy the memory cards? See what he is saying, no one is forcing you to buy a Vita right, wait for a price drop and don't be so dense.
 
[quote name='KneeKnee']Thanks for posting op, I preordered a 8GB one. Cant wait to get the vita.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I'm excited, ordered mine with 8 gig and UCGA, probably get a few others too but waiting on reviews. Wish it was here today!
 
[quote name='yantelope']:roll: Which is why we've been posting about cancelling our preorders...[/QUOTE]

Good for you. You don't need to share that with the rest of CAG. That's not a deal ;)

[quote name='Nohbdy']For the memory cards, you do. A good chunk of games need memory cards simply to boot up.[/QUOTE]

You can put off buying the Vita and the game altogether. No one is forcing you to buy the game that requires memory cards.
 
[quote name='enforcer2003']Good for you. You don't need to share that with the rest of CAG. That's not a deal ;)[/QUOTE]

This thread isn't a deal. I'm not sure why a thread about overpriced memory is even on this board.
 
[quote name='xGunCrazyx']This thread isn't a deal. I'm not sure why a thread about overpriced memory is even on this board.[/QUOTE]

Move along then. Nothing for you to see here. I'm sure the mods will eventually clean up if they deem this thread inappropriate.
 
[quote name='xGunCrazyx']This thread isn't a deal. I'm not sure why a thread about overpriced memory is even on this board.[/QUOTE]

Previously unreleased accessories that Vita owners want/need finally being released = deal.
 
MSRP is a deal? Is every $60 game that comes out that a lot of people want considered a deal?

Edit: Usually don't care enough to post in these non-deal threads, I was just here to point out the irony of the idiot who was telling others not to talk about "non-deal discussion" in this thread
 
[quote name='SynGamer']Previously unreleased accessories that Vita owners want/need finally being released = deal.[/QUOTE]

Pretty sure that's not how we define deals on this board. In fact, by your definition, every single item ever listed on any retailer website that is remotely gaming related would qualify for its own thread as long as at least one person wants or needs it.
 
[quote name='confoosious']WE've found our new gargus! Long live the new gargus![/QUOTE]

Oh christ, I hope not...
 
[quote name='bojay1997']Pretty sure that's not how we define deals on this board. In fact, by your definition, every single item ever listed on any retailer website that is remotely gaming related would qualify for its own thread as long as at least one person wants or needs it.[/QUOTE]

Your point? If you don't think it's a deal, avoid the thread :) Pretty simple ;)
 
This thread just reminds us all of one thing, and that is:
Moaning and groaning, it's what the internet is for
in addition to porn of course
 
[quote name='SynGamer']Your point? If you don't think it's a deal, avoid the thread :) Pretty simple ;)[/QUOTE]

You know what would be simpler? If this thread was moved out of the deal area so it doesn't cause more clutter. Then, you and everyone else who wants to discuss the Vita could do so in an appropriate place and nobody else would have grounds to complain. Of course, you're not going to do that and instead a moderator is going to have to waste their time eventually and move or lock the thread.
 
[quote name='Saix_XIII']This thread just reminds us all of one thing, and that is:
Moaning and groaning, it's what the internet is for
in addition to porn of course
[/QUOTE]

I think you have what is and isn't in a spoiler backwards. We all know porn comes first on the internet.
 
[quote name='bojay1997']You know what would be simpler? If this thread was moved out of the deal area so it doesn't cause more clutter. Then, you and everyone else who wants to discuss the Vita could do so in an appropriate place and nobody else would have grounds to complain. Of course, you're not going to do that and instead a moderator is going to have to waste their time eventually and move or lock the thread.[/QUOTE]

If you didn't complain for like 8 pages, the thread would probably drop off the front page by itself. All you're doing with your incessant complaints is bumping the very thread that you want removed . . . does that make sense? Why not just stop bombing it out and move on, and let the thread go its way? People post about other new-release items in deals, and we don't see all of your whining there?
 
[quote name='bojay1997']You know what would be simpler? If this thread was moved out of the deal area so it doesn't cause more clutter. Then, you and everyone else who wants to discuss the Vita could do so in an appropriate place and nobody else would have grounds to complain. Of course, you're not going to do that and instead a moderator is going to have to waste their time eventually and move or lock the thread.[/QUOTE]

You've bumped the thread three times this afternoon, bitching about it. Just ignore it and move on. Me personally, I don't care, I can overlook threads that don't interest me.
 
I wanna get the 32 gb, but $100 is quite steep. I will probably wait and see what happens to the price a couple months down the road. Also if any 3rd parties start making them.
 
[quote name='chimpmeister']If you didn't complain for like 8 pages, the thread would probably drop off the front page by itself. All you're doing with your incessant complaints is bumping the very thread that you want removed . . . does that make sense? Why not just stop bombing it out and move on, and let the thread go its way? People post about other new-release items in deals, and we don't see all of your whining there?[/QUOTE]

Actually, they don't. What's nice about CAG compared to other deal boards and message boards in general is that we have a very mature and self-regulating user base. People don't post things that aren't deals or at least efforts to save people money (i.e. an item sells out and is on Ebay at inflated prices and someone posts where it is still available for MSRP or less.). Even collector's editions now have one dedicated thread so we don't have a new thread every time a new one is announced.

Personally, I'm not offended that this thread is here and I could ignore it, but I think it's always funny when people who know they are wrong make all sorts of stupid arguments about why something that isn't a deal and shouldn't be here should be allowed to stay. At least have the character and honesty to admit that the thread doesn't belong and follow your own advice and move on rather than raising all sorts of stupid arguments to justify your need to discuss the Vita in the deals section when there isn't a deal to be had on the unit, games or memory just yet. Heck, not one of you has added anything to this thread as there isn't anything to say. Per the OP, An MSRP item that other retailers have available for pre-order at the same price is now also available at Amazon for pre-order. Wow, great info! What would any of us have done if we had waited another moment to preorder a memory card that every single retailer carrying the Vita will have plenty of from now until Sony discontinues the Vita?
 
[quote name='bojay1997']Actually, they don't. What's nice about CAG compared to other deal boards and message boards in general is that we have a very mature and self-regulating user base. People don't post things that aren't deals or at least efforts to save people money (i.e. an item sells out and is on Ebay at inflated prices and someone posts where it is still available for MSRP or less.). Even collector's editions now have one dedicated thread so we don't have a new thread every time a new one is announced.

Personally, I'm not offended that this thread is here and I could ignore it, but I think it's always funny when people who know they are wrong make all sorts of stupid arguments about why something that isn't a deal and shouldn't be here should be allowed to stay. At least have the character and honesty to admit that the thread doesn't belong and follow your own advice and move on rather than raising all sorts of stupid arguments to justify your need to discuss the Vita in the deals section when there isn't a deal to be had on the unit, games or memory just yet. Heck, not one of you has added anything to this thread as there isn't anything to say. Per the OP, An MSRP item that other retailers have available for pre-order at the same price is now also available at Amazon for pre-order. Wow, great info! What would any of us have done if we had waited another moment to preorder a memory card that every single retailer carrying the Vita will have plenty of from now until Sony discontinues the Vita?[/QUOTE]

He mad.

I still consider this one of the reasons why I was so apprehensive to even really use this forum, let alone post on it. Everyone, including windbags like gargus, was in a rush to run in threads and yell at people for posting what people didn't consider deals. Like it was said before, if the mods don't think its a deal, it gets moved. Try to justify it all you want to, but all you have done is bitch the last few pages and keep the thread going. You can't admit that you are not, no reason to try to turn the tables on people who are actually interested in this some. God forbid someone actually find some use out of this you know...

Edit: and why am I wasting my time trying to counter troll this person. Ignore my post.
 
I wasn't aware the pre-order was made available. In for one. Thanks OP.

As far as everyone else, what the hell is going on with you guys? When I joined, there was a lot more support and a lot less bickering in every single thread. This is supposed to be a community. There's no need to play internet-tough-guy and try to bully people around. Contribute or GTFO. No, this is not a deal, but the mods didn't move it (yet) so they're giving it a little slack like the old Wii-Stock-Tracker threads and posts on when rare games come into stock. No one is going to convince the other side that they're wrong, so just move on.
 
[quote name='SubjectNameHere']I wasn't aware the pre-order was made available. In for one. Thanks OP.

As far as everyone else, what the hell is going on with you guys? When I joined, there was a lot more support and a lot less bickering in every single thread. This is supposed to be a community. There's no need to play internet-tough-guy and try to bully people around. Contribute or GTFO. No, this is not a deal, but the mods didn't move it (yet) so they're giving it a little slack like the old Wii-Stock-Tracker threads and posts on when rare games come into stock. No one is going to convince the other side that they're wrong, so just move on.[/QUOTE]
That was 7 years ago when the community was a hell of lot smaller. I remember those days. Now people repeat deals (i.e. Best Buy Clearance spawn a tons) and post MSRP in hopes for "kudos", which CAG doesn't give.

Either way, the Vita isn't rare and neither are the memory cards of all things. Mods just aren't moving threads as much anymore. But alas, this thread helped some users write off a Vita they intended to purchase by opening their eyes to these "extra" charges. So more power to the thread...
 
Almost every popular MSRP thread gets this type of hate. The topic of Vita memory cards leads to an interesting price-related discussion and anyone who decides to pre-order makes the site money so I don't see a problem.

People who have been here a long time forget CheapyD makes MSRP pre-order threads too:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=304666

Not saying you are completely wrong bojay1997. There are times when MSRP threads are inappropriate, but it isn't black and white.

On topic: expensive propriety memory cards is one of the major factors that caused me to cancel my pre-order and wait until later. If the Vita ends up doing poorly, I hope it doesn't hurt Sony too much and that they are competitive for PS4.
 
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On subject, I'm trying to decide between the 8GB and 16GB cards. Probably will order a 16GB when the time comes. I'll be mainly looking at smaller games for downloading, not full blown retail releases (which I always prefer to have physical media), so 8 or 16GB should be more than enough.
 
[quote name='SubjectNameHere']I wasn't aware the pre-order was made available. In for one. Thanks OP.

As far as everyone else, what the hell is going on with you guys? When I joined, there was a lot more support and a lot less bickering in every single thread. This is supposed to be a community. There's no need to play internet-tough-guy and try to bully people around. Contribute or GTFO. No, this is not a deal, but the mods didn't move it (yet) so they're giving it a little slack like the old Wii-Stock-Tracker threads and posts on when rare games come into stock. No one is going to convince the other side that they're wrong, so just move on.[/QUOTE]It appears a lot of penises have joined since our old timer days on CAG.

In other news I'm pretty excited about the Vita even though I carry a work phone, an iPhone 4 and a iPad. I can't seem to get into mobile gaming and when I do try a game I think "God this is boring and twitchy." I think it will be pretty awesome to have a powerful gaming handheld that doesn't have rehashes of Mario on it.

Thanks for the heads up though!
 
Going to add it on but Amazon finally has Release Date Delivery for PS Vita First Edition that's working (it wasn't working before today for me...the release date option was just not displayed)
 
[quote name='Yigytugd']This is actually a deal since Gamestop still has the cards as $5 more than the Amazon prices.[/QUOTE]

If there was a thread for every game/system/accessory that was cheaper than Gamestop at a different retailer we would have a whole lot of threads :cool:
 
I'll end up just buying the 4gb to start, and then wait for some company to inevitably make a $5 converter for microSD cards
 
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