Discouraging Playstation Vita Details

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Sony's new handheld gaming system, the Playstation Vita, launches in Japan in two weeks, and the latest report from Andriasang (http://andriasang.com/comz65/vita_developer_interview/) has some interesting details, including Sony's decision to go with proprietary memory cards. Sony says this is both for security reasons and to ensure a consistent experience for all users, but that 'doesn't explain why they're charging such enormous sums for these cards (http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/230363/more-discouraging-playstation-vita-details-revealed),' says blogger Peter Smith. 'The caveat here is that we haven't seen official pricing for the cards, but game retailer Gamestop lists them at $120 (!!) for a 32 GB card, $70 for a 16GB, $45 for 8 GB and $30 for a 4 GB.'"

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/05/216246/discouraging-playstation-vita-details