PlayStation Vita Memory Card 64GB (PCH-Z641J)

I was close to running out of space on my 32gb card & needed to buy another card. I like keeping all my stuff organized in one place, so I decided to upgrade to the 64gb (I wish there was a 128gb option). The only thing I can say is that I wish Sony would have released these here in the United States & that they would not have to be so expensive. Other than that, this very small memory card is a beast when it comes to storage for your Vita & in my opinion was worth the extra money to import it. Be aware that it actually has 59gb of usable space to begin with.

When we purchased our PS Vita over a year ago, we bought with it the smallest, rinky-dink memory card (8 GB), which for whatever reason we never bothered to upgrade. We also never really bothered to use our Vita. The fact is that it was just too much hassle to continually go through the motions -download, install, delete, download, install, rinse, repeat -for the Vita to be worth using. Recently, though, we took the PSplunge and bought this Big Boy 64 GB Mucho Macho memory card and Wow! at the difference. How nice it is to finally install so many titles from our extensive collection* AT THE SAME TIME! Now we take our Vita with us almost everywhere. The only trouble is that Im suddenly tempted to buy even more video games. (I already gave in and bought the Final Fantasy X/2 HD for the Vita.) And just to be clear for anyone who may be leery about whether this product will work work with Vitas in North America, I can personally vouch for it. We have had absolutely no technical difficulties; it works as advertised. *Our Vita game collection is mostly the result of the PS Plus program which frequently gives away digital gaming titles to subscribers. I would claim the games when they came available, even when we were not actively using our Vita.

Im so happy to have finally bought this larger card. Even though mine is pretty much full, its still so much better than the alternatives or only 32gb. Yes I wish it was cheaper and yes I wish Sony did like Nintendo and used a standard memory format so it would be less expensive, more compatible, and easier to find. But they didnt, so you might as well get this since its only slightly more than a 32 anyway. With ps plus giving us so many games this is great to have. I kept ,y smaller ones still but only use them for some collections like god of war and final fantasy x2, etc. everything else fits on this one 64gb card which is nice. I may pull the trigger on another 1-2 of these, especially when I get the vita tv.

Yes, its hard to swallow the price of this card, and it would be nice if it didnt have to be imported to the US, but that being said, I am EXTREMELY happy to have it. I really like the idea of going all-digital for many reasons, like 1. dont have to take extra time to shuffle around game cards if you want to switch out games when youre on the go, 2. dont have to find space to carry all the extra cards when traveling, 3. environmentally friendly, 4. load times seem to be more forgiving with some titles, and 5. with some patience, I have largely been able to find digital sales for games that well exceed physical sale prices. I had been juggling two 8g cards since the launch of the Vita Slim (pain in the culo), and since that time I have saved so much money on digital sales, I decided to grab a 64g card. Shortly after, I was gifted a one-year PS+ subscription, and am stoked to have this card now for the IGL as well as for the PSP and PSOne library titles. I have 41 games on this card and still have over 25g to spare. I would also say that for the current price of a 32g card, it made more sense to me to pay the little bit extra for the 64g card. So, something else to think about there, because I dont think Ill be hurting for space any time soon. I havent had any issues at all with this card and transferring data or recognizing content. The shipping was very fast (much faster than the estimated time by weeks). I really cant think of any reason for a Vita owner not to have this card, ESPECIALLY if they are a PS+ subscriber.

This is the the biggest available memory card on the market. Yes, its expensive. Yes, its proprietary. Yes, its not available in the USA yet. If you really must have a PS Vita memory card, and plan to download games, whether they be PS1 classics or full PS Vita games, this is the card for you. It is currently compatible with both the North American PS Vita and PS Vita Slim. Copying information from your old memory card to this one is as easy as plugging your PS Vita with the old memory card into your PC and selecting memory management in the PS Vita options. Create a backup, then plug the new memory card in, restore the backup to the new memory card. No hassle. This same process can be completed using your PS3 or PS4 as well.

If you own a PS Vita, you know those 4, 8 and 16GB memory cards most retail stores have are good for just about nothing, and very expensive to boot. How is a 16GB memory card over $50 a fair price when I can get a 64GB micro SD card for under that most places? The reality is, there is no third party making these memory cards, so our (evil) friends at Sony are the only game in town, and can charge whatever the hell they think well put up with. Since retail price on that is a joke, the only way to go, in my opinion, is to find someone online who sells these 64GB cards that are for some reason only available in Japan, because f*** the USA, I guess. Youll be paying around $100, give or take, no matter where you go, so I recommend doing what I did, and find a seller here on Amazon that sells these on this side of the world, and also has prime shipping available so you can wait two days for it to arrive, instead of two weeks. Its expensive, no doubt, but far less expensive than carrying around a pocket full of inferior memory cards.

i always wondered why hds or memory cards always show less then what their advertised so i googled it a while ago and its simple really microsoft and others calculate the gbs as a gig of ram which is 1024 megabytes so its shows it as not being the size when checked and the people that sell it calculate them as a true gig. so its really all there also some shadow files that are there to support the hds or cards working properly... if you want more indepth info look it up

Im going to start my review off by being very frank: If you are an avid PS Vita gamer, dont cheap out and just get this card. No, the memory card is not region locked and is usable on any PS Vita, so no excuses. When youre sitting on the 1GB of internal stock memory that came with the Vita, the amount of decent games you can play within that memory budget becomes little to none. Its worth it in the long run. Yes, its expensive. I could go on and on about how I and everyone else hate Sonys model of proprietary memory on the Vita, but Im going to refrain from doing that and try to keep my review focused on the actual card itself Now that I finally have my memory card, I was able to shake the dust off my Vita that I never played because again, only had 1GB of memory to work with. Ive since began downloading some of the free PS+ games I accumulated for the Vita over the last few years of being a PS+ member as well as some other digital titles that I actually paid for. Lastly, dont worry about any data you already have on your internal memory card. After youve inserted your new memory card and powered on your Vita, it will prompt you to transfer your data from the internal storage to your new 64GB storage without you needing to do anything. I included an image in my review showing you the data transfer in progress. I can now play my JRPGs in peace. Shouldnt have to worry about memory for a while now.

While the card itself is wonderful, I find the pricing to be quite excessive. The Vita has an expansive digital-only library (including all of the PS1 classics available on PSN), and having this card is almost a must-have for die hard Vita gamers. Odds are, it will fill up eventually, because there are many full retail games out there that take up quite a bit of space if you download them (Final Fantasy X/X-2 for example, take up over 10gb alone). Add to that the fact that many games coming out that are full-release in Japan (such as Warriors Orochi 3, Sword Art Online, and Freedom Wars) are getting digital-only releases in the US, and the 64gb doesnt go nearly as far as one would hope. Despite all this, the product works as expected, and allows access to dozens of games without switching cards or carts. A small side note: As many other reviewers have mentioned, the ACTUAL space on the card is 59gb, and as another reviewer explained that this discrepancy arises due to a difference in binary and metric measuring, and is a common practice when labeling storage space. _____________________ *Pros* -Best price-to-gb ratio -Plenty of space for smaller games (PS1/PSP/minis) -Easy to use (pop it in and youre good to go) -No more cart/card switching for a while. *Cons* -Prohibitively expensive -Full releases will fill up the card fast -Less storage than advertised

I can share the same experience as many other reviewers have, be prepared to deal with currupted data, crashes, errors, and it’s inevitable death after 12 - 36 months of use depending on your gaming habits. I was having problems with it from the moment I received it, but after reformatting it a few times and rebuilding the database, the memory card finally became a bit stable. I still encountered issues with it throughout the life of it before it finally died, just after it’s 24 month window. Luckily, I have PS Plus so all my save data is safe, but regardless, having to pay close to $100 for a 64gb proprietary memory card that is bound to fail anyway is hard to swallow. I have another 32gb card that I have been using for a few years now and it is still going strong. So the widespread complaints about the 64gb card being more problematic than others may in fact be true true story after all... I experienced it myself. As others have mentioned, if you get it, be sure to either back up your saves often via content manager or get PS Plus. The memory card begins to exhibit problems without any warnings so one day you will pick up your Vita and find out that your memory card has called it quits on you. It happened to me. Stay informed and do your research before buying one, a quick search online will validate not only what I said, but what many others have said as well.