PS Vita South African pricing revealed

The PlayStation Vita will be hitting South African retail on 22 February 2012, and now we know (officially) how many pennies you are going to need for either of the two launch models.

The PlayStation Vita will launch with the 3G version at a recommended retail price (RRP) of R3,599, and the Wi-Fi only version at an RRP of R2,999.

PS Vita peripherals

PS Vita launch peripheral RRP has also been announced. PS Vita memory cards are available in three sizes.

4GB Memory Card – R199
8GB Memory Card – R349
16GB Memory Card – R499
AC adaptor – R149
Portable charger – R499
In-ear headset – R299
Starter kit – R199

PS Vita launch game cards

PS Vita game cards (boxed copies of games that you buy from physical retailers) RRP has been announced.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss – R549
Mod Nation Racers: Road Trip – R449
Everybody’s Golf – R449
Wipeout 2048 – R449
Unit 13 – R449
Little Deviants – R349
Reality Fighters – R349

PS Vita Augmented Reality card bundles

PlayStation Vita will come bundled with six AR Play Cards and a voucher code to download three AR games, all for free. Those games are:

Table Football
Cliff Diving
Fireworks

Sony claims that Augmented Reality is going to be a big part of the new gaming experiences PS Vita has to offer. The video below gives an idea on how it works.

So now you know how much everything is going to cost, are you going to pick on up on launch day? Let us know in the MyGaming forum and in the comment section below.

Don’t forget that there are some pre-order incentives going around if you’re waiting in eager anticipation of this device.

PS Vita Technical Specifications

Platform name	PlayStation Vita
Model number	PCH-1000 series
CPU	ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
GPU	SGX543MP4+
Main memory	512MB
VRAM	128MB
External Dimensions	Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largestprojection)
Weight	Approx 279g (3G/Wi-Fi model)Approx 260g (Wi-Fi model)
Screen(Touch screen)	5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLEDMulti touch screen (capacitive type)
Rear touch pad	Multi touch pad (capacitive type)
Cameras	Front camera, Rear cameraFrame rate : 120fps@320×240(QVGA), 60fps@640×480(VGA)Resolution : Up to 640×480(VGA)
Sound	Built-in stereo speakersBuilt-in microphone
Sensors	Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three axis electronic compass
Location	Built-in GPS (3G/Wi-Fi model only)Wi-Fi location service support
Keys / Switches	PS buttonPower buttonDirectional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)Right stick, Left stickSTART button, SELECT buttonVolume buttons (+/-)
Wireless communications	Mobile network connectivity (3G/Wi-Fi model only)3G modem (data communication): HSDPA/HSUPA, GSM/GPRS/EDGEIEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)
Slots/Ports	PlayStation®Vita card slotMemory card slotSIM card slot (3G/Wi-Fi model only)Multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In],
Power	Built-In Lithium-ion Battery: DC3.7V 2210mAhAC adaptor: DC 5V
Operating environment temperature	5°C~35°C
SupportedAV contentformat	Music-MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC), WAVE (Linear PCM)Videos-MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High/Main/Baseline Profile(AAC)Photos-JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG