Sony of America has revealed plans to reward launch-day 3G Vita buyers with additional treats for their cash.
The firm will be releasing "extremely limited edition" 3G bundles for purchase on launch day - February 22 and "the few days that follow" - which include a free 8GB memory card, a PSN game and an AT&T DataConnect Session Pass for 250GB, along with the 3G Vita itself of course.
All this will come that the same price of $300.
Those who managed to secure a First Edition Bundle Vita - releasing a week early - will also get more than they bargained for, with Sony now throwing in a free PSN game and the DataConnect Session Pass for 250GB - both "provided upon 3G activation". This is in addition to the limited edition case, 4GB PS Vita Memory Card and Little Deviants game already confirmed for the bundle.
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sbradley88 on 27 Jan '12 said:
Once again UK gets screwed over. $300 is only £190 at the moment. Meaning the US gets all of that for pretty much £90 less than the UK 3g model...
deepbluerd on 27 Jan '12 said:
And what does Europe get? Sweet F.A. No official case, Dock or 32GB memory card. Thank god for playasia
kakah on 28 Jan '12 said:
You are forgetting sales tax is not included in the price in the US. Assuming tax rate is at 10% that will be $330 = £209. Alternatively, if you look at the net prices (i.e. with tax in the case of the UK VAT at 20%) then the price would £235 so still £45 more expensive than the US.
YOu should feel sorry for EU customers since $1 is treated as Eur1. Anyway you are right that someone is being shafted!
whalefat on 28 Jan '12 said:
This will sell reasonably well in europe to start with(HYPE and ADVERTISING) and then start to fall rapidly in sales,GUARANTEED.PSP anyone?? Mobile phone technology superseeds itself every 3 to 6 months and this is what it is competing against.Sony may say otherwise but until it is affordable i.e the same price as a 3DS or lower,it will not capture the minds of people.Great technology,good games but at £230 I would rather plump for a decent phone on contract with FREE downloadable games and APPS,better value in my opinion.Don`t get me wrong I love Sony and the brand but I think they`re efforts should have been put into the Sony xperia play 2.
roland82 on 28 Jan '12 said:
I was saying to a friend of mine that although the Vita seems cheap compared to a sim free iphone, people mostly have iphones because of contracts. I think the future COULD be signing people up for pay monthly contracts for games hardware.
Either that or get a second job.
gmcb007 on 28 Jan '12 said:
I'm sure this will be informative for all 4 of our US readers. Seriously CVG, would it be too much to mention 'US news' in the headline?