The future of handheld consoles is set to land on South African shores on 22 February 2012. But is everyone as excited about the new console as Sony wants them to be? Admittedly the Playstation Vita has some amazing features that have most of the gaming world drooling and desperate to get their hands on it, but with handheld sales in South Africa being significantly less than overseas there may not be as much demand for the console here.
Not to mention the fact that the pricing for the Vita is expected to be significantly more than other handheld consoles (check out the Euro and Australia pricing in this article from our good friends at My Gaming):
Playstation Vita will be denting your pocket on 22 February 2012, according to local Playstation distributors, Ster Kinekor.
Ster Kinekor haven’t finalized the local pricing yet, but Sony provided recommended retail prices for the Euro zones and Australia on their EU blog:
The Wi-Fi-only model will start at €249.99 while the Wi-Fi/3G models start at €299.99.
In the end I suppose only time will tell if the Vita has the power to take control of the handheld gaming console market. Keep a close eye on Exclusives.co.za for more information and pricing as soon as they become available!
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