PlayStation Vita games: where's cheapest?
Eurogamer investigates the best prices for Vita's launch line-up.
Picking up a PlayStation Vita tonight? Already checked for the cheapest Vita retailer? You'll probably want some Vita games then.
Vita's launch lineup varies wildly in price - from the blockbuster cost of Uncharted: Golden Abyss (as much as £44.99) to the bargain basement price tag of Ridge Racer (as cheap as £14.95, although some shops seem to be charging full whack).
Every game is available digitally via the PlayStation Store (prices here) but in most cases physical copies are still significantly less when bought online.
To help your search, below is a list of some of the biggest PlayStation Vita games and their prices at some of the nation's biggest shops.
SimplyGames has the best online price we've seen for new Nathan Drake adventure Uncharted: Golden Abyss (£34.85).
For FIFA, head to Asda, where you can kick off your portable footie career for just £34.97. Asda is also currently the cheapest place to pick up the Wi-Fi Vita hardware.
WipEout 2048 is £27.97 at CoolShop.co.uk, meanwhile. Shop there for the best price on Lumines too (£22.97).
And Zavvi has the best prices for ModNation Racers (£27.95), Ridge Racer (£14.95) and Everybody's Golf (£27.95).
All details are correct at the time of writing but these things can change, and quickly. If you see an updated offer or something else worth telling others about, let us know in the comments thread below - we keep this article updated all week.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
- SimplyGames - £34.85
- Shopto - £34.85
- Zavvi - £34.97
- TheHut - £35.97
- Gameseek - £36.97
- CoolShop - £36.97
- Amazon - £37.90
- Play.com - £37.90
- Asda - £37.97
- Sainsbury's - £38.99
- Base - £38.99
- Tesco - £39.91
- ThatGameCollection - £39.95
- HMV - £39.99
- Game - £39.99
- Gamestation - £39.99
- Gameplay - £39.99
- Argos - £39.99
- GameStop - £42.97
- Blockbuster - £44.99
FIFA Football
- Asda - £34.97
- Zavvi - £34.97
- TheHut - £34.97
- Gameseek - £34.97
- Argos - £34.99
- Shopto - £36.85
- Base - £37.49
- GameStop - £37.97
- Tesco - £39.91
- Amazon - £39.99
- Play.com - £39.99
- HMV - £39.99
- Game - £39.99
- Gamestation - £39.99
- Blockbuster - £39.99
- Gameplay - £39.99
WipEout 2048
- Coolshop - £27.97
- Sainsbury's - £27.99
- Zavvi - £28.95
- SimplyGames - £29.85
- ThatGameCollection - £29.95
- Base - £29.95
- Gameseek - £29.97
- Amazon - £29.97
- Asda - £29.97
- Blockbuster - £29.99
- Argos - £29.99
- Gameplay - £29.99
- Game - £29.99
- Gamestation - £29.99
- Play.com - £29.99
- Tesco - £32.91
- GameStop - £32.97
- HMV - £34.99
- Shopto - £36.85
ModNation Racers
- Zavvi - £27.95
- CoolShop - £27.97
- Sainsbury's - £27.99
- SimplyGames - £29.85
- Asda - £29.97
- Gameseek - £29.97
- Play.com - £29.99
- Game - £29.99
- Gamestation - £29.99
- Gameplay - £29.99
- Blockbuster - £29.99
- Base - £29.99
- Argos - £29.99
- Shopto - £31.85
- Tesco - £32.91
- GameStop - £32.97
- HMV - £34.99
Ridge Racer
- Zavvi - £14.95
- TheHut - £14.95
- Shopto - £15.85
- Gameseek - £16.97
- GameStop - £17.97
- Sainsbury's - £17.99
- Amazon - £17.99
- SimplyGames - £19.85
- Tesco - £19.91
- ThatGameCollection - £19.95
- HMV - £19.99
- Game - £19.99
- Gamestation - £19.99
- Gameplay - £19.99
- Blockbuster - £19.99
- Asda - £29.97
- Play.com - £29.99
- Base - £29.99
Everybody's Golf
- Zavvi - £27.95
- TheHut - £27.95
- CoolShop - £27.97
- SimplyGames - £29.85
- ThatGameCollection - £29.95
- Asda - £29.97
- Gameseek - £29.97
- Sainsbury's - £27.99
- Game - £29.99
- Gamestation - £29.99
- Gameplay - £29.99
- Amazon - £29.99
- Play.com - £29.99
- Blockbuster - £29.99
- Base - £29.99
- Argos - £29.99
- Shopto - £31.85
- Tesco - £32.91
- GameStop - £32.97
- HMV - £34.99
Lumines
- CoolShop - £22.97
- SimplyGames - £29.85
- Shopto - £29.86
- Zavvi - £29.95
- TheHut - £29.95
- Asda - £29.97
- Gameseek - £29.97
- Base - £29.99
- Tesco - £32.91
- GameStop - £32.97
- Sainsbury's - £32.99
- Amazon - £32.99
- Play.com - £32.99
- Gameplay - £34.99
- HMV - £34.99
- Blockbuster - £34.99
- Argos - £34.99
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Does this mean that they were, in fact, morons?
Who could have thought!
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Lumines
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Also, your link goes to FIFA...
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I take it thats £25 each, not for all 5?
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@tannerd @Kangoo Some good prices, I'll add coolshop to our listings!
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Surprise, surprise, you may be better off buying physical copies in most cases - especially FIFA, which is a full £10 more to download digitally than it is in Asda, Zavvi, The Hut, Gameseek and Argos.
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Price difference isn't great, but I still plan to go digital just to avoid the need to carry around the game cards.
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Come on Sony, I thought you were serious about digital distribution this time around?
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P.S thanks to this eurogamer article http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-19-play-com-reveals-vita-launch-game-prices
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EDIT: Wipeout that is.
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BTW, I bought Uncharted and Rayman on physical media. Rayman looks and plays really awesome, so does Uncharted. I wish so much Uncharted wasn't upscaled though - it hurts
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