First Vita US bundle goes on sale early

By Fred Dutton Published 27 October, 2011

Little Deviants pack available from 15th February.

The first PlayStation Vita bundle for North America will go on sale a week early, Sony has announced.

Priced at $349.99 (around £217), the pack includes the 3G model of the new handheld, a limited edition case, a 4GB memory card and a copy of Little Deviants. The standard 3G model will sell for $299.99.

As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, it'll be available from 15th February - a week ahead of the general release date - from select retailers, with pre-orders kicking off today.

The Vita is due to go on sale in the UK from 22nd February. We're in touch with Sony Europe to find out if it intends to run a similar early-bird offer.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 7 months ago

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  • God_Octo #1 7 months ago

    Their bundle is cheaper than our actual console? Well, that makes sense.

  • darkmorgado #2 7 months ago

    In other words, "get the really shit game out with an early-release bundle so we can claim it has sold well"

  • Eraysor #3 7 months ago

    4gb memory card? Welcome to 2005! Reminds me of the colossal 32mb memory card they gave out with the launch PSP...

  • NotSoSlim #4 7 months ago

    Hmm...tempting very tempting

  • thesampler #5 7 months ago

    If I could get this for £217 in the UK, you could count me in!

    More likely similar will be like £317 here in which case count me out!

  • God_Octo #6 7 months ago

    @thesampler

    I think you mean £349. Sony seem to think that 1:1 conversion rates from dollars to pounds is a fair one.

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #7 7 months ago

    @darkmorgado

    Its a download only game anyway, and we never get to find out the sales figures on download games.

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #8 7 months ago

    @God_Octo

    Name any PS products that are 1:1 $ to £

  • Cyclone #9 7 months ago

    While we often/usually don't get fantastic prices here in Europe, it should be pointed out that US retailers don't include sales tax in advertised prices as happens over here. That difference helps to explain some, though not all, of the price differences between Europe and the US.

  • alcides #10 7 months ago

    the memory card situation is a deal breaker as far as I'm concerned. I have to pay extra to be able to BUY content online? A proprietary, exclusive storage format too?

    There's a new WipEout, but even then, FUCK YOU SONY.

  • Toothball #11 7 months ago

    I'd love to see this in Europe, but it'll presumably be delayed unexpectedly for several months in localisation purgatory.

  • suhawk75 #12 7 months ago

    @Lollage - I thought that every Vita would come with a (small capacity) memory card in much the same way that every PSP came with a memory stick?

    Anyone able to confirm (or not)?

  • darkmorgado #13 7 months ago

    Over two decades of failed propietary formats and Sony still insists on using them.

    Bad for the consumer, expensive for the manufacturer, and generally just shit all round.

  • Razz #14 7 months ago

    @dark, it's very clearly a money spinner, I sort of get it though. Seems like a good way to keep the hardware cost down at launch and generate a bit of profit. I reckon another model will come out later with internal memory.

  • geox30 #15 7 months ago

    If you happen to own a smartphone with wifi tethering you can save some money buying the wifi only model.

  • Eoin #16 7 months ago

    Clever. Get the console out early, include a game very few people would buy, make it the money-spinning 3G version, and pack in a memory card that any serious player is going to have to replace later.

    Maybe not exactly consumer-friendly, but clever.

  • LLT_taz #17 7 months ago

    £217 plus UK standard 20% tax you are looking around £260 for this bundle in the UK... each of the fifty US states are allowed to set their own tax figure so this is why the US advertise like this.

  • Rajin #18 7 months ago

    @God_Octo

    Oh please i am sick and tired of hearing people from the UK complain about their pound, the inflation(for all the bad it has done) still gives you a edge on foreign prices.

    In The Netherlands we get the straight 1:1 ratio from $, we don't have large supermarket stores giving discount and our gameshops give us about 15-20 euro on new games for trade ins(15-20 euro on games in their store that is)
    Edited by Rajin at 28/10/11 @ 20:47

  • Drygore #19 7 months ago

    @geox30

    I would rather shell out the extra sum than having to turn on the wifi sharing on my phone everytime im out. Plus, it drains the phones battery alot faster, and it's ofc clumsy. 3G model all the way for me, can't wait :-]

  • freethinker101 #20 7 months ago

    I think it is unfair not to include at least a small memory card seeing as it is instrumental to playing games.

  • jungle_ninja Verified Code Monkey Dude, Eurogamer Network #21 7 months ago

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