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Kasz216 on 07 June 2011
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TeddostheFireKing said:
Hyruken said:
TeddostheFireKing said:
Hyruken said:
GAME now have the uk prices up
wifi = £229.00 or $379.00
3g = £279.00 or $458.00
http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?s=vita&x=0&y=0

Pretty shitty prices consideing a straight conversion of the US price would of been £150. Not sure Sony can justify charging Europeans an aditional 50% to the US.

If those numbers are that upon release i expect it to bomb hard. Especially with the new Nintendo console around the corner. If that comes out with a good line-up at launch i can see many skipping Vita and just getting that. £279 for a handheld is an awful price. Could almost afford a PS3 and a 3ds for that...

Americans taxes aren't on the displayed price of products, take the extra 20% off the UK price for a wifi model you get £192, which is $315, which is only $75 or £45 using direct currency conversion, its not anywhere near as bad as the PS3 launch


But sadly here in the UK we can't take that 20% off (I'm from the UK too you know :P). We sell everything with the tax included. Every item has it in the price. So yes in a world where we don't pay taxes £192 sounds better. But here in the UK we do pay taxes, very high ones and thus we have to pay the £229 if we want it.

So it is a good price for the states. Shit price for the UK.

you misunderstand, in America, tax is applied after you take it to the cash register, you over there, it'll be $249, AND THEN you add tax, you removing tax for us first is the way you should compare prices (each state in America pays different tax rates)

More then each state... each county in each state.

So it could be between $249 to $276.73.