PlayStation Vita Slim to US, includes Borderlands 2

The PlayStation Vita Slim is officially coming to the United States, and there will be a bundle that includes a memory card and Borderlands 2.



From the PlayStation Blog (via Gamespot):

Sony confirmed today that the PlayStation Vita Slim (also called the PlayStation Vita 2000), a lighter, smaller version of the Vita handheld will be coming to the US sometime "this spring."

In addition to the standalone hardware we're already familiar with, the wi-fi-only system will also ship in a Borderlands 2 bundle. This bundle will cost the same as the current Vita model ($200)[.]

No exact price has been given for the standalone product, but we can expect something around $180 (which is how much it will be in Europe).

Features in the new Slim model are an LCD screen instead of an OLED screen. This will give the handheld more battery life but will suffer in quality. I'm sure there won't be a difference to the untrained eye but there will be if compared side-by-side.

Personally, I'm a fan of the OLED screen and why I wouldn't give up my white, old Vita for anything. But the addition of one gigabyte of internal memory is a good idea for those that didn't want to spend the extra cash on an incredibly expensive memory card to save our games.

The bundle will definitely be worth the extra $200, however. It includes a fantastic game; those that already own Borderlands 2 on PS3 can cross-save with the Vita version and the bundle includes an eight gigabyte memory card and all the DLC for BL2.

This is definitely the best Vita bundle since the Assassin's Creed III: Liberation bundle on Amazon during Black Friday 2012.

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