Sony Drops PlayStation Vita Price to $199

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Chelsea Stark
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Sony Drops PlayStation Vita Price to $199

Sony has announced a $50 price drop for its handheld PlayStation Vita, making the Wi-Fi version of the console $199.

The company also announced during its Gamescom press conference Tuesday a "significant price drop" in the proprietary memory cards required to use the PlayStation Vita.

The Vita has had sluggish sales since its release last February, so it seems Sony is taking a new strategy with the handheld. It announced several indie games would be available for Vita, including a dark-looking Murasaki Baby and a music fest simulation game called Big Fest. Sony also mentioned Tearaway, an innovative game by LittleBigPlanet creators Media Molecule, coming this November to Vita.

Other games coming to Vita include last year's cooperative shooter hit Borderlands 2.

A slew of indie games are also appearing on both the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4. Sony announced Rogue Legacy and Guns of Icarus, both already out for PC, will be coming to the PlayStation Network as console exclusives, and upcoming titles N++, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and Wasteland Kings.

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