To Buy a Vita?

Sony. I love you. Ok, that's an ironic lie. I had finally forgiven you for letting my personal information be stolen about 8 months ago because of your shitty security systems (actually, did they even have a system?). I actually bought a game on PSN last week. It was the first thing I had bought in 8 months. Yep. Forgiveness.

But you've fucked up again.

What, you might say, have you fucked up? The Vita.

I was really shocked to find out that Uncharted: The Golden Abyss is going to be selling for $50. Actually, I don't know if shocked is the right word. Digusted and angry would be better. You don't even know what the hell you are doing, do you? Is the Vita a console system? Is it a portable? Because if its the actual equivalent of your PS3, why can't I use it as a PS3? Why can't I plug it into my TV and play my games there? Why not just put out Golden Abyss for PS3? What was the point in even developing this game for Vita? For $9 more can I get a PS3 version? I do not pay $50 for portable system games! I think $40 is too much to charge for a PSP or 3DS game, much less $50. Are you taking a page from the greedy bastards at Capcom with their Resident Evil game which they also are trying to sell at that price point?

You know EXACTLY what you are doing, don't you? Trying to push up the price point for your Vita games to where they ALL sell for $50.

And let's get back to the Vita itself. So the system is $249. But then you have to buy a memory card. 4GB for $20? THAT'S RIGHT, $20 FOR 4GB! You can find 4GB cards for around $5! I bought a 500GB hard drive for my PS3 for around $70. I am math incompetent but that works out to about 14 CENTS a gig. So in comparison, your card for the Vita costs $5 per gig!  When I roll this around in my mind, the sheer audacity of your memory storage pricing scam, it almost makes me physically ill.

(My mind gyrates on whether I should buy a Vita)

(I would like to have one. I have the money. But can I overcome my hate?)

(Is it a waste of money? Will it bomb and the price will fall 4 months later?)

(Why isn't anyone else outraged?)

(Are there actually any Vita games I'm excited about?)

The game I was most looking forward to was Gravity Rush, which has now been downgraded from "launch day" to "launch window", whatever that means.

Everything else just seems like the same old tired franchises they've been whoring around for years now. Why is the internet, and more specifically, "game journalists", so enarmored of this launch lineup? Yeah, there's 25 games but they're mostly just ported franchises. Reminds me a bit too much of the PSP.

Between now and Vita launch day I'm going to be taking a look at the day one titles and writing my thoughts about them. Hopefully, it will help me decide whether the Vita is even worth buying at this point. Sony needs to get its mess together about pricing and release dates at well. They are not consistent across retailers. According to Gamestop, Gravity Rush IS coming out on launch day...actually, when IS launch day OFFICIALLY, Feb 15 or 22? It just feels like Sony doesn't have a clue....but what's new?



If I do get one, I'll probably get the starter kit, which saves you about $10 off the price of a case and a 4GB card. Maybe I'll get one of the $30 games with it.

I hate you Sony.

Oh, and "game journalists" that get your Vita shit for free? Please shut the hell up about the games you're playing. NOBODY wants to know about it. Don't be like the wanker on Kotaku who says "the pricing is ok since I didn't have to pay for any of my games or the Vita, but YOU might have a problem with it". IF you are a normal person and PAID to import a Vita from Japan, you have my respect. You're the real thing. By all means, blog about it.

Peace