PS4 Vita Bundle to Go On Sale From Tonight for Less Than £500

Sony UK boss Fergal Gara has confirmed to Eurogamer that a PlayStation 4/Vita bundle will be available from select retailers starting tonight. 

Gara described the package as a "soft bundle", meaning that the two consoles will come in their own boxes rather than as a single unit and the availability of the package will be determined by how much PS4 stock retailers have.

He added that the bundle costs less than £500 which works out at €600 or $817. It's almost certain that if the bundle is rolled out to the US, it will cost significantly less than the exchange rate suggests. 

Speaking about the bundle Gara said: 

"We're working with our retail partners to put across that proposition as well as we can.

"It'll come to market in a few different shapes and guises. You may walk in and get a great deal on 'buy a Vita when bought with' type deal. So if you buy a PS4 you can get a Vita for X. And others will say, well here's the Ultimate Bundle and you get all those bits in it.

"But as a base price point, in other words for the two consoles, we expect the gamer to be able to pick that up for under £500. It's not a hard bundle pack at this point in time. It's us working with the retailer to effectively deliver a soft bundle."

The PlayStation 4 costs £349 in the UK while a Vita is around £180 meaning a saving of at least £30. The PS4 is €399 but it's unclear if the bundle will be available in the Euro region. 

Elsewhere, Gara has hinted that the PS4 will have a shorter life cycle than the PS3.