Ps vita memory card

[Barry_Allen97 22]

Hi I intend to buy a console ps life at Christmas but I would like to understand how memory works, is already integrated one from a total of gb or do I have to buy it separately and is expandable? Thank you in advance

[Zid960 89]

Depends on what you're doing.  If you plan to play a few games digitally. The set card it come with should be fine. If you want a large library in your system then look into a bigger card. The biggest card runs about ex100$ and most likely get it from over sea. It never got out of Japan.

[Maverick6146 184]

The integrated memory is 1G, right? That won't cut unless you only play indie games.

 

Even AA games years ago will take around 2G space. (Atelier, trails, vanilaware games)

[Helyx 9,911]

The Vita has internal memory, but you really want the expandable memory card (at least 16Gb).

[Barry_Allen97 22]

But do I have to buy the original Sony one?

Edited October 23, 2022 by Barry_Allen97

[ShadowSkill 344]

Yes,  buy original Sony one no other brands.  Get a 16GB or 32GB, I prefer just buy a 32GB is enough. 

[Helyx 9,911]

1 hour ago, Barry_Allen97 said:

But do I have to buy the original Sony one?

 

There's only one "official" Vita memory, and it's made by Sony.

 

There's other options, but it requires hacking your Vita, so I don't think it's worth it.

[Spacey_Dweeb 1,811]

The 1001 model does not have any additional space. I can't download even a small game without a card in mine. The newer model does have a small amount of onboard storage.

[MrHealthy 1,451]

Only the slim has 1 GB internal memory. The OLED model has no internal memory. The slims internal memory can not be used in addition to a memory card, its just meant to tide you over until a memory card arrives.

 

Avoid 64 GB cards, they are way to expensive and prone to failure.

 

Go for a 16 or 32 GB card, which ever you can afford. You can use the Vitas built in content manager with the program QCMA to backup content to a PC when you are not using it.

[Barry_Allen97 22]

is this good? https://www.amazon.it/PlayStation-Vita-Memory-Card-GB/dp/B006H3PTF0/ref=zg_bs_1499600031_sccl_3/260-0089369-9181815?pd_rd_i=B006H3PTF0&psc=1

[Smashero 5,134]

37 minutes ago, Barry_Allen97 said:

is this good? 

Yes, that's the one. 

[InfinityOnH1gh 288]

All physical and an 8GB memory card has been working well for me. The 64GB one has been confined to a dusty drawer. Still, the fact that deleting a physical game "bubble" from the system also deletes the saved data is awful. Not to mention some games save to the cart itself. What a mess.

[ChiefMichigan 568]

1. Only get authentic Sony cards.

2. Avoid the 64 GB as it's the most expensive and most prone to failure.

3. If you can get a good deal or care about re-sale or collecting, get some physical games. Usually, the save data or small updates are the only thing not on the cartridge. Unfortunately, a lot of the physical games are really expensive. 

4. I have a 16 GB and 32 GB, and I'm more than fine. Yes, I'm not swimming in space. But I can prioritize deleting some completed or less liked titles. 

 

 

[Rockstar-Suicide 8]

My three 32gb cards have all failed on me, so I had to resort to hacking it to use SD2Vita. I tend not to mod systems I get but there really wasn't am option that wasn't also stupid expensive