One Hacker's Opinion: It's All About the PlayStation 4..And PS Vita and iOS Too! - Would You Buy This New Vita Concept?

PS Vita To Get 4G and HDMI With Cheaper Memory

Aside from all the PS4 launch talk that's been going on, there has also been some small but significant chatter about the Vita as well. Specifically, come Wednesday's PlayStation event, it is expected that we will see a redesigned Vita featuring 4G, HDMi, USB, and cheaper prices for the stock memory cards. Could this be enough to save a slow selling handheld though? My bet is probably not. All of that stuff is really a great bonus, but it doesn't solve the issue that most people have with the hardware: it's too darn expensive. Sure cutting the memory card prices will mean that new buyers are spending less overall, but to me it's not really the same as giving the actual hardware a drop in price.

Let's think about this from the consumer's point of view. When looking for a new console to buy, the base unit price is going to be one of the very first (if not the first) thing they consider. However, when they see that it's still going to cost them three Benjamins they aren't going to be any more interested to get it unless they decide to do further research to see the cheaper memory cards. The problem is that by then most folks will have already made their mind up and moved on to get the much more successful 3DS instead. If Sony really wants to wow us, give us a better model that's at least $50 cheaper per version on top of the memory card slash. Then you'll see sales climb a little at least.

Rolling on with Vita talk, I've now got an update on the elusive TN-V hack. Find out the skinny on the next page!

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