Hence why I said you would only need it if you wanted to download games from the PS Store.

wow that was stupid on both accounts.

Should have just used a SD card instead and the battery should have remained easily changeable.

can't directly convert japan yen to other currency as japan usually will sell more expensive then other region, just compare the device itself price from japan and U.S and you will know japan ver. is more expensive...
b.t.w i think there will be something like value or core pack bundle just like the PSP...

I want proprietary cards to die a horrible death...With all the media functionality of the Vita a normal card would really make data transfers between a computer and the Vita much easier.

this is a stupid move the psv is already expensive enough, and a standard sd card would have done the job the battery thing is stupid too but most likely it wont affect most of the owners

they said they each game will ship with reserved empty space on the card, for updates, patches, DLC, etc.

though it will be nice to have, i dont think memory cards will be that neccassary.

and i think they will be a lot cheaper in the US... they better be

I can handle the expense of a storage card, but embedded battery!?

You handled so much well with the Vita now, don't mess up with the details now, Sony!

those prices are too high, will wait for a 3rd party to release one.

You can blame the pirates for this. Piracy ruined the PSP and Sony is doing all it can to prevent it from happening with the Vita.