Is your PS Vita Memory Card getting too small? What size is your next Vita memory card going to be?
When the PS Vita was introduced in 2011, Sony announced (of course) a new proprietary memory format to go with it. We gamers have learned to hate Sony’s memory cards because they are vastly overpriced, but I assume this is how Sony makes up for the losses when selling the device.
Vita Memory Stick – what’s the best size for your needs?
The typical issue, for every gamer, is that their first PS Vita Memory card soon runs out of space (still amazed at how fast my 4GB was filled, given that I barely use the console… I guess being a PS+ user and compulsively downloading every. single. free. game. on PS+, even those I don’t play, is part of the problem… Escape Plan is more than 2GB, Killzone Mercenary adds a nice 3.5GB to that, etc…), and then comes the time to buy another one.
Will you go with the level just above yours? You were fine with 4GB until last month, so 8GB should last a bit, right? Or are you the type to decide it’s high time you bought the biggest one? Your choice will depend on how soon you expect to fill the additional space, and how fast the price decreases in the meantime. Honestly, it’s not an easy choice. Moving forward, I’ve decided to go on a “price per GB” type of decision (these are the price in the US, at the time of writing this article):
| Size | Price | Price per GB |
| 4GB |
$13.00 (Amazon) $9.00 |
$2.25 ~ $3.25 |
| 8GB |
$19.95 (Amazon) $14.99 |
$1.85 ~ $2.50 |
| 16GB |
$35.82 (Amazon) $34.95 |
$2.20 ~ $2.25 |
| 32GB |
$67.49 (Amazon) $59.99 |
$1.85 ~ $2.10 |
| 64GB |
$89.95 (Amazon) $87.90 |
$1.35 ~ $1.4 |
Note: eBay also have 32GB cards for $55 and 64GB for $83.95
at the time of this writing, but these seem to be temporary sales and not the “regular” price.
Unsurprisingly, and removing the odd exceptions (the 8GB card on eBay being one) the price per GB goes down for bigger cards, so in general you get more bang for your bucks if you go with a bigger vita memory stick, even for the 64GB which are typically Japanese imports these days.
I have an 8GB vita memory stick right now, and I’ll probably switch directly to 64GB for my next purchase.
The next question is of course, will 64GB be enough for your current use? Some people have started complaining that they’d really appreciate a 128GB PS Vita Memory card by now…
I’m down to 2GB on my 64 GB PS Vita memory card. Where’s that 128 GB…
— Wario64 (@Wario64) March 29, 2015
Oh, and in case you wonder: No matter what, the PS Vita Memory cards are way more expensive than regular SD cards, where the price per GB is closer to $0.5. And there’s no technical reason behind that, besides Sony needing to make a profit one way or another on the Vita 🙂
This was actually a thing on the PSP. Don’t you sometimes wish those existed for PS Vita memory cards? 🙂
What’s your current Vita Memory stick Size? Are you thinking of upgrading? What will you be getting next?
My 64GB card is too small.
Why aren’t there any knockoff cards yet? Haven’t they been reverse engineered by now?
This is correct, nobody managed to RE the vita cards yet
Yes and no… I’m pretty sure that our favourite Chinese 3rd party suppliers already mantled that thingy down to its last cell… and I’m also pretty sure they threw their concept away (or better buried it in a drawer) when they saw how small the actual ps vita market share is 🙁 .
But then again, either way… still no 3rd party memory card.
16gb memory 29.99
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575106747&toolid=10001&campid=5337605582&customid=&icep_item=121606045282&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg
Found my 4gb to be too small the first night of owning a vita. Exchanged it toward a 16gb
I bought my 32gb vita card in a Best Buy in Oregon where there is no sales tax for $79.99.
That is 4X the price of a 32gb micro sd from Costco stores right now, with the instant rebate a checkout, its like 20 bucks plus tax.
I can only fit my favorite games on a 32gb vita card, and have my other games backed up on a pc or on my 16, 8 and 4 gb card. How annoying having games all over the place. But that actually reminds me of how every single game was on a Cart or Disc back in the 16-bit era. We are so spoiled now actually. Remember how a really long and epic game like Chrono Trigger was only measured in mega bytes? Like 5mb.
When 64GB was launched i asked a friend in Japan to send me 2. I happy because a paid cheap at the time. Now dolar so expensive in Brazil i count sell double price i paid if i wanted. But i loved then so much. I download anything free on plus mountly dont care if i play or not. Now i want 128GB common sony.
Somos 2, hehe
I Had two 32gb cards but sold them to buy 64gb.
I was tired of icons messing up each time I switched xD
I already fill my memory 64GiB (really are 60GB)
Just a heads up, you’ve got the GiB/GB reversed there.
GB is smaller, being based on 1,000
GiB is bigger, being based on 1,024
128GB vita cards “did” exist they were rare and way overpriced and were only avail as import i only saw them once and they were only around for a very short time cant confirm if they were real or not as i did not have a vita a the time
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I have 3 16 gig cards, one for Vita stuff, one for homebrew and emulators, and one for my psp games. Sounds like a 64 gig would be a lot less hassle.
It’s sad these are so expensive yet slower read/write than a class 10 microSD. I got the 2000 with an 8gb, now that its exploited i’ll be switching to 32gb. But not for $60 I’ll wait for a sale.
I’m in the same situation. I consider buying à 32GB card to keep a lot of my games, while keeping the 8GB in backup for lighter games (maybe linking it with à US account, i’m on a EU one now)
How do you exactly know if it’s slower or faster than a class 10 microSD?
considering I have 120GB vita games (this is not counting PSP and PS1 games) my 64GB card feels to small
I bought a 16 gig for $21.50 on black friday, I don’t care if the vita gets native piracy options, there is no way in heck I’m paying for more
I upgraded to an 8GB when I picked up a VTV on the lightning deal and stuck the 4GB in the VTV. If I can ever manage to get a 16 or 32GB when they go on sale I might grab one of those. I only buy games with a physical release so I don’t really need the space unless I want to stick more PSP games on the card.
i own one of every size, easy to remember wich one is wich 😀
I have 2 64GB, 1 32GB, 1 8GB, and they’re all filled. Thinking about getting another one soon…
Must be nice being so rich…
hace tiempo, un año aprox, compre una de 64, la tuve que importar desde japón, aquí en México esta algo difícil conseguirlas, se descompuso a los 3 meses y en soporte técnico de sony el personal básicamente me dijo que hackeara la consola para tratar de salvarla, igual supongo que comprare otra de 64.
I originally bought a 32gb on day one for 100 bucks… That didnt last long, but I dealt with it untill I got a vita tv, at which point I got a 64gb card. With little overlap in titles, they are both full. Im a little excessive in my game purchases (350 gb free on a 2tb ps4) but given how over the limit I am, I dont think im the only one. With some of the most popular games being ps1 images, classic gamers can fill up a 32 gb card with the FF series, Alundra and the R E series. 250mb for rockman 2 is pretty out there by compression standards now. Wah… I bought em, but wish there was a better option.
I just upgraded to a 64GB version and am selling a 16GB card on ebay with not long left. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151642152146?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
How you guys manage to fill a 64GB card on the Vita I’ll never know, unless you go all digital. I haven’t even filled up my 32GB on my PSP.Or my 16GB on my Vita.
PS+
I filled up my 64GB card with PSP game in my vita.Yea,not psv game.
Mine is 32 GB and its insufficient. And that 64 GB Vita Card is nowhere to be found in my country. I use a 32 GB for the PS+ games, 8 GB Card for the free to play games and 4 GB for the PS1, PSP, PSMobile and minis.
I currently have a 64GB, and that seems to be holding up just fine. It would be nice if there was an alternative though. I mean honestly, it’s cheaper to get 128GB into a PSP by micro SD cards than 64GB in a Vita.
256/512GB should be nice.. i don;t care the price.
Mine is 32GB and would love to get 64GB right now
I bought a 64 gig shortly after buying my VITA. I think I bought it off EBAY, but I don’t remember. It was about $100, and I was nervous it’d be fake or the guy wouldn’t deliver. But, it wasn’t fake, and the guy did deliver. It’s fast and awesome.
I have 2 32GB ones and I need something bigger than that. Remember that the MemoryPro Duo had that *** MagicGate DRM stuff but at least you had 3rd party options like Lexar and Sandisk.
Now I know I’m old. I have the ps vita 1000 and I didn’t know there is a 64GB card. Is it compatible with the old phat vita?
I bought a 64GB memory card on eBay right away. I got the Action Mega Pack with the slim Vita and it came with an 8GB card, but I knew that would fill up pretty quick. I encourage everyone to get a 64GB card and enjoy endless entertainment 😀 Pretty awesome to have that amount of games on the Vita.
2x 64GB, 2x32GB, 1x8GB, 1x4GB… Might be enough…
Maybe…
Because of my hunger for white/blue vita I was forced to survive with 1GB PSV 2000 internal memory for 4 months… wasn’t that bad as long as every game I owned was physical. I’m currently on 16 gb card (14,4 gb actually) and it’s pretty much full but I have few movies, tons of pics and screenshots & demos stored there… but it’s not that bad and should be enough for people who prefer physical releases. For those that download their games though…. or want to play Phantasy star online 2 which took c.a. 9GB!!! of space even 64 gb card might not be enough… Also prices are fken joke, you can buy 16gb standard non propietary card for 8 dollars on amazon or even less (saw few for 1$ which is actually reasonable price :P). I also believe that these super cheap cards are faster than Vita cards that are also… well… slow. As for place to buy mem. cards, I bought 16 gb for 25 euros at CDjapan, they charge much for shipping but give out points for registration and birthday. Even with shipping card cost me around 29 euros which is still cheaper than price of these cards in country I live. Even better place to import is amiami but have every type of card sold out (except 4gb which seems to be discontinued in Japan already) p.s cool thing that message field doesn’t reset when page is closed, I got blue screen of death and thought that I would have to type this again.
I bought the Vita Adventure Pack, which came with an 8GB card. How long did it last? Well… The included games didnt all fit on the card at the same time… Thanks sony, giving me digital-only games that wont even fit on the provided memory card.
Im still rolling with the 8GB card though, because I refuse to pay those insane prices for such small cards.
I still hope there will be a uSD card adapter in the (somewhat near)future…
Have the 4GB that came with the White AC bundle. Never buying anything bigger until prices drop.
My 16GB is more than enough for 3-4 PSP iso of games I couldn’t stop playing, and some more Vita Games.
The fact is I have a case for my vita with holding slots for game cards so I mainly buy physical copy of my games.
BTW, how does a console manufacturer makes money ? buy getting a 15% share of the third party games they burn.
third party publishers have to pay 15% of each games they ask sony to press (even if some of them won’t even be sold).
That’s why consoler manufacturer can sell consoles without any profits on the hardware … as long as games sell well
I have 4gig and than i get 16gig and now i am thinking about buying 32 or 64
invent a cable with one side normal usb and one side a plug in shape of a vita memory card so you could connect a external HDD to it, would be great for PS TV 😀
Current card 64gb exhanging it for 256gb
I’m buying used Vita memory cards (in resellers shops, or hand-by-hand trade). Way, way cheaper, and I don’t make Sony taking profit of it. Moreover, unlike a CD / DVD / BR, there’s no need to take care that there’s no scratch. Flash memory works, that’s all !
Kind of hoping they come out with 128GB Cards soon. Not only for now, but for when more and more Homebrew and Emulators start coming out the Gate. Especially if they release a MAME type Emulator. That will really require more space with how some Rom sizes are. Just hope it will not require any Cache Files like the CPS2 and MVS Emulators needed.
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I desperately need a 128gb memory card as most purchases are digital so my 64gb card is full, i could easily buy another 64gb card but dont want to be swapping in and out. Sony need to get their act together quick and either release a bigger card or let 3rd party cards sell their machines for them. The Ps Vita is a great system with loads of potential still but sony should have done what they did with the other systems and said we will stick with it for at least 5 yrs and give it the support it needs. I am currently 17 miles from home playing the ps4 on my vita my next handheld will be a nintendo nx as nintendo supports their systems through thick and thin and i respect that.