Reddit mentions of 32GB PlayStation Vita Memory Card

-Sony is a good guy for using the same non-proprietary power plug for 19 years, even though they didn't (but it's still ok because the PS3 used a different non-prop plug!!!) and they're not bad guys for charging extra for memory cards with a mixed pinout from their other proprietary memory cards, or, well, literally any fuckin other proprietary cable (the pre-microUSB Ericsson phones and their handhelds being the biggest at fault here)

-a disturbing amount of redditors can't spell "cord"

Why is this 32gb fucker $69.01 when A Sandisk 32gb costs $18.88?? For Christ's sake Sony you wonder why people aren't buying your vitas and you're making these prices up?

Non-mobile link.

Not quite sure what number that says there...can you read it?

It can only use the official memory card. A proprietary one made by Sony. This one. They're available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB.

http://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376870595&sr=8-2&keywords=ps+vita+memory+card

$80, because it's a proprietary card.

While playing Vita on the PSP games is certainly feasible and looks great, I'm not sure if I can recommend it personally as the best "nicer experience", and this is coming from somebody who thinks the Vita is pretty awesome.

The issue is that the Vita has proprietary memory cards and, as of this writing, there's a lack of any sort of commercial adapter that can overcome the issue. There have been some "proof of concepts", but nothing has been released commercially and it might stay that way for a good while. The proprietary memory card prices are insane, and if you plan to store a lot of PSP titles on the Vita, you're going to have to shell out a fair amount of money. PSN spoofing also died a while back, so the only way to get Adrenaline/ARK (both applications that would allow you to play any PSP ISO on your memory card) would be to use a PS3 to transfer a valid PSP title to your Vita.

Honestly, I'd go with the 3000 if you could get a decent screen protector as it's the best bang for your buck. You could grab that, grab a microSD card adapter (giving you tons of room to store games), then install CFW. Pro CFW and LME CFW let you bring up a menu that looks like this on your XMB just by pressing select. You can change the USB Device to "UMD", plug it into the computer while a UMD is inserted, and then drag and drop the ISO that pops up into your computer. Doing this, you can place it back onto your memory stick (after changing the storage device again), and you've dumped your title!

The Go would probably be my second choice. I found my hands cramped up with it if I used it on games that relied heavily on the L and R buttons, but outside of that it's surprisingly portable and nice to use. It doesn't have any existing microSD adapter I can think of however, so you're stuck with the 16GB built-in memory unless you can grab another proprietary card. There's no way to dump your UMDs either unless you use your 1000 to do so (by doing the same method I suggested above with the 3000 - you'll have to update your PSP however).

2nd edit: Actually you might be okay on 6.39. The menu I'm describing I think exists in that CFW as well.

I paid $49.38 for a new 32GB Vita memory card at Best Buy in October 2013. That was a good price back then, and it still is now. heck, according to camelx3, the lowest price amazon has ever had is $59.50.

the 64GB cards don't really go on sale, as they aren't officially available in North America. So if you are going to import one, there is no time like the present.

Follow up to this comment for OP:

This 64GB micro SD card looks like a good replacement.

It's by Samsung and its designed for smartphones and tablets. Plus it isn't overpriced like one might expect for an accessory by the same company.

cough The PS Vita. cough

Same price on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374959600&sr=8-1&keywords=vita+memory+card

The 32 is $73 on amazon. And if you import it from Japan the 64 is 104.

What if I told you, you could get 32gb cards on Amazon for 80bucks.

32 GB, $82

16 GB, $47

> how easy is it to transfer the contents of 1 memory stick to the other?

It is long and bothersome, but possible. It can only be done as a complete copy. Backup the card to the PC and restore the second card. Took me 2-3 hours to back up 24 GB.

Amazon has the 32GB for $74.99 now too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006JKASCK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1374840584&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY190

Ripped off much? https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B006JKASCK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

http://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK/ref=pd_sim_vg_2

A few bucks cheaper

No, that price for flash memory is abysmal. $59.99 for a 32 GB Vita memory card vs. $21.99 or even the list price of $24.99 for a 64 GB Sandisk Ultra Micro SD card (Amazon prices) doesn't even compare at all. I'm not going to support that kind of monopolistic pricing.

EDIT: The faster Sandisk Extreme is $32.99 and the faster yet Extreme Pro is $39.88 (although this one is not sold by Amazon directly).

Beats 100 for the goddamn 32GB.

http://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330892302&sr=8-1

Proprietary memory is so fucking lame. Oh wait, it's more "secure"

I'm removing this because the link has references in it. Feel free to repost with the following URL.

http://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK

The amazon price is pretty fluid lately. Price was ~$60 but right after xmas it went up to $82. It came down a few days later and I purchased mine at $64 again. I see its up at $86 again.

http://camelcamelcamel.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/product/B006JKASCK

I would also suggest immediately buying the 32GB card from Amazon (on sale for $59.99 right now).

If we throw the issue of gamines that are going to run on it being available on other android devices, it's not so bad.

First off, you can see features like using a micro-SD card instead of proprietary bs like what the Vita uses. (64 GB Announced at $200, 32GB at $85).


Now, a 32GB Micro-SD is going to run you around 20$ and a 64GB Micro-SD around $55


I mean, if you'd like to rationalize the cost there is already 60-150$ cheaper storage.


IIRC, it does have better processing power (Correct me if i'm wrong) than the competition, but IMO it's going to come down to game availability assuming there are no lacks in quality. It does look like nVidia has tried to put as many features as possible into this device, but only time will tell.

Even customers in Japan find the memory cards too expensive. Those prices are not even reasonable in yen, and they still fail at the same rates. You can read reviews online from Amazon JP, or go ask people in Japan. At this time, I don't even expect them to resolve any of this. They'll keep it going until the time of sales are lowered. Sony knew we needed these inferior cards to use the Vita, and they cash-grabbed us all.

The PSP memory stick is definitely the more reliable flash memory. I'm not exactly sure what makes the Vita storage so weak in comparison. I just know people using PSP storage didn't complain highly about failure rates. And while the PSP memory stick only worked with some Sony products, other options still worked on the PSP from other brands.


I can't understand why Sony would allow the PSP more freedom, but tied the Vita up in a closet, and didn't express a word of sympathy. They don't care what happens anymore, so nothing will be done about this issue. All you can do is stock up on a few backups, and hope they don't fail for several years.

****

Some people have their cards failing in 2-3 years. (Japan)

>"Even though I think it is too expensive.
Although it was the same as PSP, it
is not possible for 64GB to be 8700 yen to use proprietary products .
It is amazing to penetrate this price as of 2018.
But if you play with DL and VITA, you have to buy it."

Wow...

>"There seems to be a case in which it is damaged pretty, in my case it broke in about two years.
Although the cause is unknown, alert that "Memory card is missing" suddenly when updating PSO2 updater was suddenly. At that time, I was using the charging cable of the smartphone to operate while charging, but ... is not it relevant? I regret not having backed up recently.
However, in order to play games in vita there are currently only options for this special memory, PSO 2 is not possible to play unless it is 32 G or more cards. That means that PSO 2 players have to pay five thousand yen every two years, is there a possibility? I can still use memory cards of old gamecube. The provider wants better quality service."

There's more...

>Quality control of this product is very disappointing before making special specifications and prices etc. a problem.
If you look at other comments it is not unusual to have broken in a year, and it is rather (in a bad way) big hit to have two years?

>Vita himself is aware that if the memory card is bad, the space will not be released even if deleting game data etc. It seems to be turned to "use the system", and when it noticed it becomes already unusable more than ten giga, 10278 - 8 "came out and it became completely useless.

>Is there any other memory card that can only be guaranteed for one year by dedicating it to this high level so far?

Look at this rating...

https://www.amazon.co.jp/PlayStation-Vita-%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89-32GB-PCH-Z321J/dp/B006JKASCK/

I just got my Vita a month ago. This is what I have so far:

FFX HD

FFX-2 HD

Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions

Street Fighter 3 Alpha

Mortal Kombat: Unchained (It was $1.24 on the PSN Store)

Rayman Legends

Madden NFL 13

Twisted Metal 2

Dragon's Crown

Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational

Wipeout 2048

God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Dragon Ball Z: BOZ

Rogue Legacy (free with PS+)

CounterSpy (free with PS+)

Ys: Memories of Celceta

They are all pretty solid, I don't dislike any one of them. So far I have been having a blast with Dragon's Crown, and just got Ys.

My Wishlist includes:

Capcom vs Marvel 3

Mortal Kombat (the new one)

Diseaga 4

Persona 4 Golden

Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

As far as accessories, I went nuts. I have the following stuff, and again, I don't regret a single purchase so far:

Butterfox Double Compartment Carry Case

Nyko Power Grip for PS Vita

PlayStation Vita In-ear Headset

32GB PlayStation Vita Memory Card

ArmorSuit MilitaryShield - Playstation Vita Slim

Happy playing!

Vita uses special memory cards, so you'll have to buy it. And it's not cheap.

I believe I saw the cards on a small discount on Amazon yesterday when I was buying a Vita grip. Not sure if it was on UK or Spain.

Edit: Yeah it was UK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-22041-32gb-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=vita+card&qid=1554683047&s=gateway&sr=8-6

£43.80 Seems pretty good to me. At least, considering the normal card prices.

Hmm in stock (with Prime) on USA amazon.

PS Vita Memory Cards (Proprietary)

They use a proprietary format memory card instead of the standard SD FAT/EXFAT card. These cards are more expensive and you need to use a Content Manager on your PC hooked up to the Vita to perform backups.

The upside is (i think) you can just pop it in a new Vita - no transfer. Downside is you have to pay absurd prices for these memory cards (I read $30 for 8GB last year? What?!)

I guess Nintendo could have done this, but I would not pay $60 for a 32 gb vita card - I paid $15 for my SD card in my 3DS. I'll gladly do the transfer to be able to use a standard and competitively-priced card.

Something like this, except when they actually have it in stock it lets you ship to an out of country address with Global. They even knock off some of the price of the actual item to account for shipping.

You can not use Samsung cards, unless you are below 3.70 and with a special adapter for the card.

You can only use these - https://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK?th=1

This is one of the reasons I love Nintendo's consoles. Nintendo's stuff is quite durable. With the 3DS they let you just use standard SD cards, so I got 32 gigs of storage for about $20 (pretty good for a handheld.)

With the Wii U, you can use external hard drives, so when a previous PC kicked the bucket I just bought an external HDD enclosure for one of the drives.

I appreciated that I didn't have to spend an absurd amount of money on proprietary memory hardware.

Sony does it with the vita

32gb Memory Card

32gb Micro SD card

[For $10 over the proprietary Sony memory card you can get a 200gb Micro SD card] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00V62XBQQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1462682596&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=32gb+micro+sd+card&dpPl=1&dpID=41f7MricNhL&ref=plSrch&)

http://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK/ref=sr_1_1_title_0?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1371546831&sr=1-1

The list price is the same, what's your point? They're not even the same format.

There are no Bootleg or fake vita memory cards.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/PlayStation-Vita-メモリーカード-32GB-PCH-Z321J/dp/B006JKASCK

Amazon Japan is your best option. $55 usd shipped. They ship priority international. Usually takes under a week. You'll get a newly manufactured brand new card.

That's bizarre; it's more expensive than the 32GB one.

Thanks, but honestly that's probably twice as much as what I was willing to compensate via PayPal together with trading in the two cards I already have, as brand new 32gb cards can currently be had for $60 from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/32GB-PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card/dp/B006JKASCK/ref=pd_cp_147_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=K8YJ8YRWH9HYFAY92EHM.