In the May 15th edition of Kotaku's MoneySaver, one of the items they had listed was a 16GB PlayStation Vita memory card from Best Buy for $29.99, a 50% discount. Today, I went over to Best Buy's online store to purchase one, and I was surprised to find that the 4GB and 16GB versions of the memory card were nowhere to be found. I headed over to Amazon to see if they had the same deal going on, and just like Best Buy they are no longer directly selling either the 4GB version, or the 16GB versions of the memory card.
In my opinion, this could mean one of two things. First, that Sony is just discontinuing these cards all together. This would be disappointing, as the 32GB memory card is $100.00 dollars, and the 8GB card is scarcely big enough to even hold more than four or five games. The second possibility, however is that they are making the 8GB and 32GB cards cheaper and adding bigger storage options. If the second possibility is true, this could be a big help for the troubled handheld seeing as one of the biggest complaints with the device is that the necessary memory card can drive the entry fee for the console up an additional $100.00 dollars.
I'd be willing to put my money on them lowering the price of the memory cards. With the negative backlash from gamers surrounding Microsoft's Xbox One reveal, responding to complaints of consumers by lowering memory card prices is a definite step in the right direction for Sony. If this turns out to be true, it could cause a big bump in overall sales of the PlayStation Vita. Especially since Sony announced yesterday that they are requiring that nearly every PlayStation 4 game be playable on the PlayStation Vita over Remote Play. The only thing we can do now is wait, chances are Sony will announce their reasoning for the discontinuation at their E3 press conference on June 10th.
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