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Panama on 22 November 2012
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sethnintendo said:
Panama said:
Euphoria14 said:
Panama said:
sethnintendo said:

They should have just included a 16 GB card and priced it at 199.99 considering they are including a download copy of Playstation All Stars which will probably take up most of that 4 GB card.


They would lose even more money as 16GB cards cost $40-50.


It isn't even remotely in that vicinity in terms of cost. They wouldn't be losing that much more at all.

Maybe BenV could answer this, but I am not even sure retail stores pay that much for things like Mem cards and accessories. It's usually the consoles themselves that generate the least amount of profit over cost.

Reminds me of the days when I would buy USB cables from Bestbuy with my fiance's employee discount for $2 when the retail price was $30+. I would then go to a different Bestbuy and return them for store credit, which is what you get without a reciept. I couldn't use one since the cost showed $2. That's how I got a $600 PS3 for like $30.

Can't do that anymore since she now is the nursing supervisor in a private practice for Pediactrics. Not that i'm complaining.


http://us.playstation.com/psvita/accessories/browse/psv-16-gb-memory-card.html

http://www.gamestop.com/ps-vita/accessories/16gb-playstation-vita-memory-card/98471

Well you're right, they're actually $60 and not $40. My bad.

Might be 60 at Gamestop but it is ~47 on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/16GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASAC

Okay, I so scratch the 16 GB and include the 8 GB which is ~29 and mark it for $199.  Don't get me wrong it is a good deal but that 4 GB memory card is going to get filled up pretty dang fast considering PlayStation All Stars is 1.3 GB.  So you would have around 2.5 GB left considering there is always a little memory set aside that one can't access. 

http://www.amazon.com/8GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKAS6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1353644316&sr=1-1&keywords=8+gb+vita

I agree for sure. Free Uncharted, Wipeout and PSABR from that bundle won't even fit. 8GB should definitely be the bare minimum. Just that people forget how ridiculously expensive these cards are. Sony dropped the ball on the proprietary memory, should have just gone with micro sds.