New Slimmer, Lighter PS Vita Model Out Today

The day has arrived – the new slimmer, lighter PlayStation Vita model is now available at retailers across North America. Pick up the new model today as part of the Borderlands 2 Limited Edition PlayStation Vita Bundle, featuring the first-person role-playing shooter Borderlands 2 with six DLC packs and an 8GB memory card, all for $199.99 (MSRP). This is a limited edition bundle, so don’t miss your opportunity to pick up the new PS Vita model today.

[bothebo]

It's sold out on Amazon and Gamestop so hopefully the hardware change will reinvigorate demand and bring some AAA games to the Vita!

[Neonridr]

The original model was more than adequate, so not sure why this newer model will spike sales. It's nice you are getting a game and an 8GB card with it though, the 4GB card is basically useless and shouldn't exist. I have a 16GB card and with all the PS+ stuff I have gotten over the past couple of months it is almost full.

[Lowsnamebrand]

I only have the 8 GB and I've been OK until I got ffx HD and my girlfriend said "I want to play X2" and there went half my space on that diaster of a game.

[TomShoe]

I'm waiting for the standalone version, but I want this. Bad.

[Neonridr]

well Borderlands 2 takes up 5 of the 8GB anyways, so that card is not going to last very long.

[Mr Pumblechook]

Over 28 months have past since the Vita was first launch.
A revised model has been released.
The Vita TV has been released in Asia.

-AND YET THERE IS STILL NO EASY WAY TO OUTPUT VIDEO TO TV OR CAPTURE FOOTAGE.

[Conzul]

Yeah I really want to throw my Vita gameplay to my bigscreen TV.

I'd be replaying Gravity Rush and Uncharted in a heartbeat.

[Matt666]

To be fair you can download some ps1 classics onto there if your not happy with the current ps vita line up. For example you could download Crash Bandicoot 1-3 and RE1-3

[JoGam]

Sold Out? DAAAMN. I'm too late. Need that slim.

[BattleTorn]

After much consideration, I chose to get the OLED model a few months ago

[Conzul]

Eh, I'd try to snag an OLED. Those things are gonna be collectors-grade pretty fast.

I mean, EEEEW:
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[Neonridr]

@Conzul - yeah you can really notice the difference when watching those side by side. The only plus from the Slim model I can see is they fixed the Start and Select buttons. On the OLED model those buttons can be so annoying to locate and press when you are playing in the dark. Glad to see they made them bigger and raised them more off the surface.

[Retroman]

Slim playstation vita at 199.00 and psp 3000 price still at 199.00 on Amazon what gives Sony???? by now psp 3000 should be at 65.00

[3-4-5]

I completely forgot the Slim was releasing today.

I debating waiting, but I bought an OLED in Feb, and I love it.

If it doesn't take off, at least it will remind everyone just how Beautiful the OLED screen is.

[Rodney25]

and cheaper memory cards

[ShwankyShpanky]

Got mine from Amazon yesterday (preordered end of March). This thing is the tits!

[buffalo1066]

ill never understand sonys ignorance when it comes to storage space for the vita. The 8gb card included is good and all but considering we can buy 128gb sd cards now its incredibly frustrating that we are getting so ripped off for these custom memory sticks they are providing us with. It might be making life a bit harder for hackers but at the end of the day they are screwing the gamers. The hackers will win eventually

[Lowsnamebrand]

I understand your logic but if the vita is anything like the ps3 its gonna be quite awhile, and vhbl is bringing us nowhere closer, doesn't seem like many hackers have interest in the vita sadly

[SilentNegotiator]

But to be fair, they probably couldn't win. Either they would go into the 8th gen with a handheld fanbase full of pirates or a small userbase.

They would have been better off with the pirates, though; at least then they could sell hardware.

[NerdBurglars]

thats actually an interesting point. would be hard to sell this business model to Sony but it is interesting all the same

[SilentNegotiator]

"would be hard to sell this business model to Sony"

Especially when they insist on having the most powerful handheld and taking a loss.

[dodgemoose]

'They would have been better off with the pirates, though; at least then they could sell hardware.'

... and then it would have had literally no support from game developers.

[SilentNegotiator]

Divebombing third party support didn't stop them from selling a bunch of PSPs at the end of the 7th gen.

[ShwankyShpanky]

The card pricing sucks, but considering all my PS+ freebies, I probably won't actually buy a game for quite a while, and they've gotta make money somewhere, so I don't hold it against them too hard.

[mogwaii]

Hasnt this also got a inferior screen compared to the normal version?

[NerdBurglars]

yep it has the same lcd screen that isnt as good as the originals oled screen

[BattleTorn]

Which is precisely why I didn't bother waiting for the Slim to reach NA, I prefer the OLED over LCD

[Fixay]

Go for the OLED version if you want a PSVita, the screen is amazing. However i've heard the slim is much more comfortable to hold, so it may make sense to go for comfort over teh screen lol

Also the inbuilt memory on the slim can only be used for game saves etc and not for games, in case any one doesn't know

[Cam977]

Seriously don't buy one there aren't enough games right now, you'll see in 6 months time. Not to mention data management is atrocious and the system had piss-poor support (leggy games being released, no thanks).

[dodgemoose]

Gotta say I disagree with regards to games. Not going to suggest it has lots of stuff coming, because it hasn't - basically jack all in fact. However, it's got enough titles under its belt to last a new owner quite some time.

[mogwaii]

The ONLY reason id buy one is for the ps4 remote play but even that is a bit gimmicky and i feel i would soon get bored of that, would rather play on my 55" tv than a tiny screen.

[Inception]

There's enough games for vita right now

[farhad2k8]

I've owned a VITA since day one back in 2012, since then I've played Uncharted, Wipeout, Gravity Rush, Little Big Planet VITA, Resistance Burning Skies, Unit 13, Tearaway, Killzone Mercenaries and soon I'll be playing Borderlands 2. The console has been fantastic, and those games I have listed are only the exclusives, games such as Terraria, Guacamelee, FIFA, Hotline Miami, FEZ, Limbo, The Walking Dead, SF x Tekken, CoD Declassified, MGS Collection, Mortal Kombat and MANY more multi-plat games have given me HOURS of enjoyment, it's a fantastic little portable console.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

I want to buy one but all I see are ports. Not necessary a bad thing, but I'd like some more exclusive games.

[BattleTorn]

Killzone, Uncharted, and Resistance of Vita are all superb

[Inception]

Demon Gaze, Tearaway, Gravity Rush, Soul Sacrifice, Uncharted: GA, Freedom Wars, KZ: Mercenary, Over My Dead Body, and YS Celceta are some exclusive title for Vita. Even for port like Persona 4 Golden and Muramasa Rebirth it has amazing quality and exclusive content compare to their console version.

Seriously, don't make yourself dumb mate. This days you have internet in the palm of your hands, but can you check it first before saying "all i see are ports"?

[TXIDarkAvenger]

The Vita has been out for 2 years. If your saying its game library is great, your out of your mind. I said more exclusives, I didn't say it has no exclusives.

Seriously, don't make yourself dumb mate. Read what I posted. If you think Vita's library doesn't need to be any better, your insane.

[Inception]

I read your post carefully and you only wrote "All i see are ports. I want more exclusive games"

1) You got internet in the palm of your hands. So the part where you said "all i see are ports" is ignorant and dumb.

2) I never said vita library don't need more exclusive. In fact i agreed it needs more exclusives. Maybe Dissidia 3, GTA whatever City, MG Acid 3, or KH BBS 2 are day 1 for me. But for now the line up are enough to satisfied me for a whole year. Like i mention in my 1st post, games like Demon Gaze, Freedom Wars, Over My Dead Body, or Tearaway ARE NOT PORTS. It's the opposite of you who said "ALL I SEE ARE PORTS".

So please mate, don't make yourself dumb because i owned a vita and you not.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

"but I'd like some MORE exclusive games."

Implying that I acknowledge Vita has exclusives, I just want more to justify the purchase. By more, I mean I want more exclusive AAA games. BTW, I've done my fair amount of research. Vita owners say the same thing. Just look at the comment section for the top article here "Sony: “We Have to do Something Different to get AAA Games on Vita”". I don't know why I'm getting disagrees, practically saying the same shit.

[DCfan]

Hazama is not that ignorant bro.

[ninjahunter]

I wonder if its possible to swap out the screen for the old OLED one. Modders, get on it.

[rivencleft]

Hmmm I may have to go pick one up, nice small package and borderlands definitely helps!

[XiSasukeUchiha]

:) Sony is coming back from the slums!

[Gigus]

Thats awesome and all but how about new vita memory cards with a reasonable price tag? I seriously don't understand why these proprietary memory cards are so damn expensive.

[Bytor]

Just opened it and its sweet light solid not much bigger than a galaxy 5'S cant believe how good it looks.

[CallDaCheeseBox]

Imported mine from Japan a couple months ago, I feel cool. Lol

[HugoDrax]

I just bought the crystal white oled three weeks ago. I also am a fan of ps plus, I just downloaded Soul Sacrifice for free :-) Seems like every vita game I want to buy, I find at an extremely discounted price. Or I get it as a ps+ member.

I got Tearaway for $10.00 and KILLZONE for $15.99, both new last week. Keep the games coming Sony..