MCV have gone away and calculated the average RRP price for a launch title on Sony’s upcoming handheld, and have worked out that £33 is the average price for a game.

As they state, £33 is a little bit on the expensive side for a handheld RRP price. Saying that though the Nintendo 3DS prices we’re also astronomically high in comparison to the DS game prices.

This news comes after the handheld got it’s second £44.99 priced game, FIFA 12, which now joins Uncharted: Golden Abyss as the most expensive game on the platform. Personally we feel this is an extortion to pay for a handheld game, even if it is intended to be a full scale release into the franchise, and EA is just ramping the price up to £44.99 as it knows people will pay that much to play FIFA.

Whilst many games will be cheaper than their RRPs at retail, some will most definitely not be, and those titles you choose to download via PSN may also be cheaper, but going by the PSN PS3 releases and their absurd pricing, they may well not be.

Here is the RRP pricing for every launch title on Sony’s handheld

Here is the complete boxed price list for Vita’s launch games:

Sony
WipEout 2048 (£34.99)
Everybody’s Golf (£34.99)
Modnation Racers: Road Trip (£34.99)
Little Deviants (£24.99)
Reality Fighters (£24.99)

Ubisoft
Asphalt Injection (£24.99)
Lumines (£34.99)
Dungeon Hunter Alliance (£34.99)
Michael Jackson: The Experience (£24.99)
Rayman Origins (£34.99)

PQube
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (£39.99 standard, £44.99 Collector’s)

Tecmo Koei
Dynasty Warriors Next (TBC)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus (TBC)

Sega
Virtua Tennis 4 – World Tour Edition (TBC)

EA
FIFA Football (£44.99)

Namco Bandai
Ridge Racer (£19.99)
Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen (£34.99)
Touch My Katamari (£29.99)

Capcom
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (TBC)

Codemasters
Formula One 2011 (£39.99)

Square Enix
Army Corps of Hell (£29.99)

Source: MCV