PS Vita Gets Massive Price Drop in the U.S.
If you were waiting to buy one, now is the time.
It's been a little over a year since the PS Vita launches, so chances are, if you were dying for one, you already own one. However, if you haven't yet bought one and have been mulling over the purchase, you'd do well to check out your local Sony store to see whether or not it has slashed the price on the handheld gaming console.
According to Joystiq, the majority of Sony stores across the United States have cut the price of the 3G PS Vita by $100. The 3G bundle, which sold for $299 before, is now going for $199.97. It includes an 8GB memory card and a voucher for a free PSN game provided you sign up for data.
Here's where it gets interesting though. Joystiq says that while the majority of locations they called had the price drop in play, some stores has no idea about it and two stores told the site that the 3G model was being discontinued. Sony hasn't yet commented on the price drop, nor has it announced the discontinuation of the 3G variation of its portable gaming console. Additionally, this deal will only appeal to those that had intended to buy the 3G version and sign up for data as well.
We'll keep you posted on any word from Sony as well as any price drops on the WiFi model.

I'm not sure what you were getting at with this comment. Are you trying to argue that portable gaming is pointless? The Vita has the largest screen of the portable gaming systems out nowadays and the power to drive heavy-duty games. It's definitely handicapped by the lack of original titles, but the hardware itself is quite solid.
I'm not sure what you were getting at with this comment. Are you trying to argue that portable gaming is pointless? The Vita has the largest screen of the portable gaming systems out nowadays and the power to drive heavy-duty games. It's definitely handicapped by the lack of original titles, but the hardware itself is quite solid.
It may have the largest screen among portable consoles but the ~$200 price point is getting flooded with 6-8" tablets that kind of redefine the display size people expect to see at that price point.
Personally, gaming even on a 7" screen for stuff much beyond Cut-the-Rope, Fruit Ninja and Bad Piggies is not particularly enjoyable.
Thats the games youre playing, not the screen size.
I did say portable gaming systems meaning consoles specifically; no matter how much I try, I can't get into the majority of games that use touch-screen controls primarily. There's just not enough control to enjoy them. Emulators, fighting games, etc., that are designed with the touchscreen version of direction controls and buttons just leave too much of the screen real estate covered by fingers and become worthless to play on. Alternatively, the screen is too big (for tablets instead of phones) to be comfortable playing games in that manner for long.
The Vita is very comfortable to hold and to play for hours at a time. It's also powerful enough to handle any portable game out there, and the screen is fantastic. Unfortunately it's mostly crippled by lack of support from Sony (overpriced memory sticks and games, lack of original titles, and lack of compatible games on PSN that there's no reason to be missing, such as Final Fantasy, games available in other regions, etc.) and a transition to casual gaming (phones).
Who's going to pay for 3G anyways?
Let me know when if the Wifi model drops in price.
A tablet is not a portable gaming system, and never will be. Not to mention that the hardware on the PS Vita is still more powerful than most if not all $200 tablets. Also, most 200$ tablets don't have 3G.
It was only 120 $ case and football game included. Still think it wasn't worth it.