Posted on Sunday 12-Jun-2011 10:47 PM

PS Vita memory sticks pictured

4, 8, 16 and 32 gigabyte versions on the way

By Mike Jackson for computerandvideogames.com

We're still yet to see a game cart for Sony's PSP successor, the PlayStation Vita, but a single image of some memory cards for the portable has snuck out of E3.

PS Vita Screenshot
As you can see, Sony has four sizes of memory card planned; 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB, and they look pretty small - very much like a standard SD card.

Sony told press last week that the new handheld would most likely not be region locked (unlike the 3DS), so all games, consoles and peripherals will play nicely together no matter where they come from.

Sony No.2 Kaz Hirai told press last week that the company hopes to make a profit on Vita hardware within three years, in sharp contrast to the PlayStation 3 which was initially sold at a hefty loss and took years to enter the black.

[ Source: NeoGAF ]

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    damoxuk on 12 Jun '11 said:

    Any news if that rumoured thing about all new models not coming with any of those memory cards?

    If not then i'll probably go for a 16/32gb card for all the download games i'll be getting :)

    But seriously Sony just use SD cards cheaper all round for you and us :)

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    Reality Check on 13 Jun '11 said:

    Even SONY memory cards look SEXY LoL

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    humanhand on 13 Jun '11 said:

    This one time.... I got pulled over in my memory car.

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    liquidsoap89 on 13 Jun '11 said:

    "... the company hopes to make a profit on Vita hardware within three years, in sharp contrast to the PlayStation 3 which was initially sold at a hefty loss and took years to enter the black."

    Seriously? How are those possibly in "sharp contrast" of each other? I'm actually pretty sure after 3 years the PS3 was profitable. Nicely done CVG, nicely done...

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    KippDynamite on 13 Jun '11 said:

    "... the company hopes to make a profit on Vita hardware within three years, in sharp contrast to the PlayStation 3 which was initially sold at a hefty loss and took years to enter the black."

    Seriously? How are those possibly in "sharp contrast" of each other? I'm actually pretty sure after 3 years the PS3 was profitable.

    I was thinking the same thing, actually. It turned a profit at the start of last year.

    They should just use SD cards for the Vita. It would be so much more convenient! That said, I'll still get the 32GB of whatever they sell, and load it up with 15GB of Arrested Development.

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    Gaseous Snake on 13 Jun '11 said:

    Those are the M2 cards, if I'm not mistaken. They're Sony's own, whereas SD cards are made by SanDisk. So there's probably a financial/copyright reason for using these.

    So, are the games going to be download-only? I'd prefer them to actually be stored on memory cards (like the DS) and sold as a solid medium, but if they can make the download-only work, then okay. They'll probably need more than 32gb then, won't they?

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    krazykunal85 on 13 Jun '11 said:

    sweet! can't wait...