The expensive new Sony memory is not optional after all

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poroporo said:

PlaystaionGamer said:
i said this the other day and people kept telling me i was wrong.. i would be happy that im right but because of this im 90% sure i wont be buying a Vita at launch.. il be waiting for a price cut on both the system and these cards if i have o buy them

4GB is $29; sure, it's overpriced, but it not worth depriving yourself of a brand new console for just that.

$279 or $249 doesn't make much of a difference to me.

I'm sorry but that is just completely bad form.

You are buying something where the manufacturer is clearly raping its end user. There is NO reason in the world Sony couldn't have just used normal SD Cards for memory expansion.

Even Nintendo who has never put video playback in its systems to avoid minor licensing fees, throws in a little free memory and allows standard SD card upgrades.

Its just pathetic that Sony continues to force its own media and memory cards down users throats. Its even more pathetic that users continue the climb aboard the sheep train vs not buying and forcing Sony to change paths.

You should be paying no more than $250 for it to work for nearly all games out the door. You shouldn't be required to bay $50 for something that costs $5 elsewhere to play what seems likely to be a lot of games.

I hope I'm blowing this out of proportion and this external memory is only required for a handful of games... but knowing Sony, its probably not. You'd think they would have learned their lesson in how SD cards are nearly 100% of market and the older MemorySticks never left Sony... just pathetic.