PSVita - 16/32GB HDD Is Too Small

Gadgehit writes: "Sony still haven’t announced the hard drive specs for the PSVita yet, and it is possibly due to the fact that they haven’t secured a deal with flash manufacturers for the best price, or they aren’t going to offer a large enough amount for gamers’ needs."

[SoulMisaki]

The games start at 2GB, and go up to 4GB. They've also stated that they might increase it later in the life of the PSVita. DLC and save data for games is also all saved on the game cards, meaning it won't depend on the HDD too much.

I'm thinking a 32GB hard drive will be plenty, and I'd be surprised if they included more. It's already an amazing deal, so even if it needs a memory stick like the psp, I won't be too pissed.

[Misterhbk]

YEah I'll be more than satisfied if we get a 16 or 32GB HDD. Honestly I wasn't expecting one at all, assuming that we'd have to buy the new memory cards.

The fact that, just like you said, the games have spaced specifically for DLC and game saves helps out a lot means that the only thing that will go on the HDD are downloaded games themselves. If they come in at 2GB or 4GB then year, 32GB would be more then enough. You need more? buy a memory stick.

[Biggest]

The author says "I have no information, so I'm just going to make shit up and proceed to condemn the information I made up." How do people like this take themselves seriously?

[NewMonday]

Flash, not HDD

Physically released games will be on 2g-4g cards.

PSV data storage cards are separate, and will be 16g-32g

[darthv72]

that is why there is the memory card slot. Is it the sony MSPD or is it SD card? I would think that it being sony, they will use their own MSPD or the smaller M2 (which i have inside my GO).

Either way, it is user upgradable and should satisfy for quite some time.

[MaxXAttaxX]

mystery solved:
http://cache-02.gawkerasset...

[ABizzel1]

It's a big deal for people who go digital only, and from my experience I prefer digital only (my PSP Go), but sometimes I do wish I had the choice. So I can see some people filling it up quickly (my 16GB PSP Go is about about 500MB away), but for most 32GB should be enough.

[--Onilink--]

well if they want to push into the digital market, 32 definetely wont be enough, take into account that whatever amount they announce you will have to substract quite a few gigs for OS and other stuff, just like any other system. Then add PSN titles and possible retail titles going digital, and 16 or 32GB would be nowhere near enough, hell 160GB on my PS3 is not enough.

Sadly due to costs i dont really expect them to get that much flash memory on the system and we will probably have to spend more $$ on some cards

[SonyNGP]

IIRC, the Vita doesn't have a built-in HDD. Maybe in future iterations.

[Cogan1]

Dont know why you got a disagree here, pretty sure it was announced the Vita had no internal HDD.

[PCE]

It would help if the Vita uses a hard drive. It allows for storage of an entire library of downloadable PSP titles, music, videos, whatever. Flash memory costs more per GB, but it can also be more reliable.

[MaxXAttaxX]

Well you could already save music, videos and even save and install PSP games to a memory stick on the PSP.

I don't see why it wouldn't be possible on the PS Vita as well, using these:
http://cache-02.gawkerasset...

[kneon]

Flash also consumes far less battery, so a hard drive is unlikely to be used.

[Shikoro]

It seems to me that people don't know the difference between a HDD (Hard disc drive) and flash memory (EEPROM). Where do people suppose that the HDD will be placed? Packed in the SKU and connected via USB? This boggles my mind. :/

[THC CELL]

Why are people worried about the hdd, Sony state that they can store patches and updates on the new memory cartage

[gaffyh]

Because Sony are pushing the fact that all games are going to be downloadable.

It HAS to have built in memory because they are pushing the whole full games on the store... Which means it needs to have a hdd or flash memory of some sort day one.

I think after six months I would top a 32gb card easily. And you know if Kojima can push for a bigger cartridge then he will!

You guys are only thinking about people who buy hard copies, which is fair enough if that is what you plan to do, but I want to download them all, and don't want use media go like I do for my pspgo and take stuff on and off each time I run low on the 8gb.

[MaxXAttaxX]

I don't want to speak for everyone, but it seems most people like physical copies. I myself like to have a collection of games.

But sure, you can download games just as well. And that's where these come into play:
http://cache-02.gawkerasset...
You can upgrade and use as many as you want.

[gaffyh]

Yeah, for console I prefer physical copies, but the convenience of the PSPgo was the reason I bought it. It's truly portable when you don't have to carry around all your games. Those cards M2 cards? if so, I guess there is some hope to upgrading the memory cheaply.

[Beetey]

I'm pretty sure Sony has confirmed that it will not have a built in HDD.

[JBSleek]

This article is full of complete fail...

[capcock]

Lol a HDD? must be pretty big if it has an internal harddrive xD

[PCE]

iPod Classics have a hard drive. It wouldn't too far fetched if the PSV had one.

[capcock]

Flash memory is more reliable though :)

[PCE]

Not the Classics. All other iPods use flash memory. The Touch, Nano, and Shuffle have internal flash. The Classics use a mini-sized HDD, not the ones used in laptops.

EDIT: This post is a response to a post prior to capcock's edit.

[capcock]

yeah I looked it up before I wrote my previous comment and you're right the classics have HDD's, but all I said was that Flash is more reliable which is ture :)

EDIT: ah nvm ^

[DaTruth]

Having a dead HDD in my Ipod classic 30GB, I can relate to this! Already sent it back under warranty for a dead battery!

Would love to be able to just swap out a card right now! F*%# internal HDD's.

My much older PSP1000 is still functioning like new and I just bought a new, better battery and put it in when that died!

[Stealth2k]

2 and 4 gig games are small enough.........

But physical for me all the way so I dont have to think about this

[cervantes99]

It uses flash memory or equivalent - no HDD

[xX-Jak-Xx]

yeah sony said that every game will be downloadable
and the psvita games are 1-4 GB its impossible to more than 3 downloaded games in one 4GB memory

[CloseSecond]

Sony made a similar announcement for the Go and look how that worked out. Kingdom Hearts anyone?

If the Vita gets pirated early on then tbere is no gurantee that developers will support the download model.

[OpenGL]

The Vita doesn't use hard drives and will not use hard drives because mechanical drives are not only too large but too power hungry for most mobile devices. A 32GB microSD card is roughly $50 on Amazon right now, and while it is true that Sony could get that amount of flash memory for less than retail, expecting 128GB of flash memory on a device that starts at $250 is insane.

I wouldn't expect a 64GB version of the PSP Vita until at least a year or two into the console's life.

Also I'm wondering why Sony is going backwards on their recent commitment to standards like SD for flash memory, as it would fix many concerns over Vita storage space. A device as large as the Vita could have 2 or more MicroSD card slots allowing users to install up to 64GB of additional flash memory for around $100 in today's prices. By the time the Vita releases this amount will be even lower.

[Raven_Nomad]

Here we go, it looks like developers are going to have to start gimping their games to fit them on Vita.....

[MrBeatdown]

Sony can easily offer 8GB cards for game storage if devs find 4GB isn't enough.

Troll harder next time.

[Killman]

Are you Loner???? You seem just as stupid.

[tiffac008]

Yeah just like they do on a DVD!

Come on bro seriously its a handheld device.

[Kingx2]

lol hard drive? this thing is going to get hacked quickly, and then it might be worth buying.....might.

[Agent_hitman]

SD cards for mobile device like vita especially the one with 64GB space is too expensive, I doubt sony will include that on vita by default..

[DJMarty]

Why would Sony ditch UMD media drive cos it has moving parts that drain battery life, then go ahead and put a Hard drive that also has moving parts. That wouldn't make alot of sense. Thats why flash storage makes sense.

[blackburn10]

No big deal about memory space. I'll just buy physical copies of the VITA games and use it for everything else like minis and PSN games.16 gigs should suffice for now.

[TheGamingArt]

I hope you people are joking in expecting a built in drive in the Vita..... I mean I seriously hope you're joking

[Skateboard]

I reject Vita and 3DS (goes back to play Pac Man CE on PSP)

I'm a simple man all i need is Pac Man and Persona on the go.

[Thecraft1989]

PSV will use these and as far as I know there is no internal storage.

http://www.computerandvideo...

[StarWolf]

32TB memory card

[tarbis]

That's gonna cost more than the PSV. O_O

[Xof]

The Playstation Vita has no internal hard drive.
The Playstation Vita will use proprietary memory cards.
These proprietary memory cards will come in (at least) 2 sizes: 16GB and 32GB.

The statements above are FACTS. They are not up for dispute or discussion.

It is likely that the Vita will come bundled with one memory card (the PSP, you will recall, came bundled with a tiny 2GB SD card). Given the PSP's smallest-card-possible, it's justifiable to expect the Vita will come bundled with a 16GB card (or smaller).

And, yes, that is too small. With Vita games being ~2GB to download, and most PSP and PS1 games being ~0.5-2GB to download, not to mention image, music and video storage... those 16GB will fill up very fast.

But so did those 2GB on the PSP.

The whole point of making proprietary memory cards is to make money through the SALES of those cards. People are NOT going to buy these things if the card that comes with the Vita is at all sufficient to the task.

Hell, for me, I doubt I'd even be able to make do with a 32GB card. Hopefully, these will be cheaper than the Pro Duo cards the PSP uses--right now, a 32GB card for a PSP can cost up to or more than $100 USD--roughly half the cost of the hardware itself. I can't imagine consumers will be happy having to pay $300 for a Vita, and then another $100+ for adequate memory space. Then again, if the PS3 has taught me anything, it's that Sony has plenty of customers that are ready and willing to make do.

And one more point before I go feed my very, very annoying Australian-Shephard mutt... keep in mind that the PSPGo has a 16GB internal HDD. It's unlikely that the Vita would have LESS memory out of the box, so it looks like 16GB is the magic number.

[C0MPUT3R]

If you buy the games physically you will never need any internal storage. EVER!

[vicofero]

i dont even know it'll have HDD at that price

[TBONEJF]

This article is mess up. Or someone on their don't realize the PSVita don't use HDD they use flash memory. and you can expand your memory up to 32GB with SD or Pro Duo probably Pro DUO. Such a dumb ass.

[cardgenius]

16gb of internal storage and a SD card slot will be fine with me.

[MasterCornholio]

The author of this article is a moron. And the reason why i say this is because the Vita wont have internal memory. Instead it will use custom SD cards made by sony. Dont believe heres the info.

http://www.fudzilla.com/hom...

I just hate it when journalists dont do their research before making these type of claims.

[nitrogav]

No Vita article so far as said anything about an internal HDD , think you dreamt that one up !! . Everybody was surprised when the price was announced , I wouldn't be surprised again when Sony announce the size of their propriety card . It could be something totally different to anything on the market today . Reason being , to stop piracy . 88 GB anyone ? .

[zero_cool]

Some people are always searching for something to complain about!

[death2smoochie]

People would bitch if it came with 256GB of memory...
People just whine for any reason but to whine.