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sethnintendo on 28 November 2011
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Icyedge said:


They didnt so that they could price the Vita at 249$. Exactly like Microsoft did with their HDD. Smart move, that strategy works better then selling the console at a more expensive price point, the mass consumers proved that...

How does not including a SD/SDHC slot and going with their own proprietary save that much off the system's price?  I would assume it saves them some money but it can't be more than a few dollars per system.  Surely, the royalties for using SDHC can't be that much. 

I don't think the mass consumer proved anything.  They bought a 360 arcade and then were left with the option of buying a 20 or so GB hard drive for a huge price.  It may seem like a decent deal for those that don't download anything, install games, etc but for those that wanted to take full advantage of their system were in a for a huge wake up call.  Basically, the consumers are lured in with cheap prices with crappy upgrade options.   If anything Nintendo proved that not including a hard drive and going with SD/SDHC storage on the Wii was the far cheaper and superior option than buying a 360 arcade and then buying an official Microsoft hard drive.