Now I'm running on CFW 3.65 Enso and playing all my games on a 128 GB microSD instead of lugging all my physical game carts around or paying for the pricey proprietary memory cards for the Vita

The cheapest memory card my son has been able to find costs around $40

had people taken it serious, and Sony had made cheaper memory cards.

Another drawbacks is that it uses a proprietary memory card made by Sony which lets just say is rather steeply priced (though the prices seem to be going down a bit)

Aside from the overpriced cheap SD card, courtesy of greedy SONY, this is one of the best handheld

You most likely won't hear about it from Sony, so make sure to stay up to date with specialized websites such as TheVitaLounge.netCons:- Proprietary memory cards

In this era where memory price has dropped significantly, Sony should implement at least 8GB of internal memory for PS Vita, instead of forcing the user to buy their expensive memory card ($40-50 for a 16GB, $70-80 for a 32GB)

Sony killed the system with the proprietary, overpriced, and unreliable memory cards

If you're installing CFW 3.65 Enso or 3.60 Henkaku, you may be able to get by without the expensive Vita memory cards and buy an inexpensive SD2Vita adapter ($7-13 on Amazon) and a microSD, which have gotten relatively inexpensive for $/GB, especially on sale

and I would need to purchase overpriced sd cards

The only problem and reason why this system gets flak isn't doing better is because of proprietary memory cards from Sony

The main downside is the proprietary memory cards.

Sony uses a proprietary memory card for this system, not an SD card

The PlayStation Vita is a VERY good portable system that is held back by it's small gaming library and wallet killing memory cards

On the downside, it's worth mentioning that for anyone looking to take full advantage of the free PS plus games, PS One classics and other downloadable stuff from the PS Store, you'll need a proprietary Vita memory card that does not come with the system, and it's not cheap

You must buy everything separately, including a proprietary memory card that is quite expensive

Love everything about it except the lack of good games and the fact that you have to buy a specific "Vita only" overpriced memory card.

The only negative is that it comes with a really small amount of internal memory and if you want more storage you have to buy an extremely overpriced proprietary memory card from Sony themselves

The overpriced, proprietary memory cards make the Vita a less attractive investment

I won't badmouth the Vita for it's expensive memory cards

Compared to the New 3ds (which I also own), the games are more adult geared and more enjoyable to adults....where as I found the 3ds to have more kid geared games (though not saying that some were not enjoyable).My only complaint, which I'm sure is everyone's complaint, is the expensive memory cards

A dying console with archaic UI design and overpriced memory cards.

- No button support for the R/L 2's and 3s, but the screen is used in place (the corners, top for 2 and bottom for the 3s)The memory cards (proprietary) are still expensive, but you can find used ones at game stores so there's no reason to purchase a brand new one.

It is much lighter than its predecessor, as well as having a better screen and much better battery life (was able to get in 6 hours of constant gameplay before I had to charge, much more of course if you're not using it)

Another reason i think the sales suffered as they did.

Don't worry as those are not the actual box seals (just residues) as they are on the front of the box so don't be alarmed by my images

(however they are available in Europe and Australia, as well as on the Japanese as well)

Everything works as it should for a new product, However, I think this device is the Japanese version and I thought it was the north american version because the circle button functions as the x button on the ps4 when moving through the PS Vita menus