Slimmer, Sexier PS Vita To Launch In North America On May 6th

Briefly: It was announced back in February that Sony’s slimmer, lighter Vita 2000 would be making its way to North America in the Spring, and now we know just when you’ll be able to get your hands on one.

Sony revealed today that the Borderlands 2 PS Vita bundle will launch in stores on May 6th (while the standalone game will launch on May 13th).

The bundle includes a black Vita 2000, a copy of Borderlands 2, and an 8Gb memory card all for $199.99.

Again, the new Vita 2000 is about 20% thinner and 15% lighter than the previous model, and also has 1Gb of built-in memory (up from nothing). It gets about an hour of extra battery life too (which it desperately needed). The only downside? It uses a standard LCD over the gorgeous OLED from the original model (which is apparently not a huge deal as those who have used both units).

Will you be picking up the new unit? Do you already have a Vita? Be sure to let us know!