Vita 3G Data Plans Detailed by AT&T

[garyopa]

Plans will be offered on a monthly basis and do not require a contract.

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Looks like AT&T will offer better plans then Japan with no contracts, but there will be 'limit' to the amount of monthly usage allowed!

Finally with just over a month to go before the big PlayStation Vita launch in the North America markets, details appeared at the CES show on what AT&T will be doing in regard to the 'Vita 3G-equipped' models and 'data plan usage'.



One offers 250MB per month for $14.99, and the other offers 2GB (a cap eight times higher) for $25. Both will thankfully be available on a month-by-month basis, so you won't be forced into a contract of any sort. This all comes on top of the $50 premium that Sony plans to charge for the 3G model; the Wi-Fi-only model will cost $249.99 as compared with the $299.99 price tag for the 3G system.

AT&T didn't provide information regarding overage costs, nor did it mention any caps on downloads. In Japan, only files up to 20MB in size can be downloaded over 3G; anything larger has to be downloaded over Wi-Fi. AT&T has a similar restriction for iPhone users, who were initially capped at 10MB until that was raised to 20MB just prior to the launch of the iPad. AT&T will be offering its Vita customers free Wi-Fi access at its hotspots around the country, of which there are more than 29,000, which should alleviate some of the pressure to download content over 3G.


If you do decide to jump into the 3G side of Vita as a sign-up bonus in spending more money, you be able to 'download' a FREE game from a yet to be announced 'selection' of titles!

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Our thanks to 'JonathanD' for keeping our readers informed of the latest Vita news!

[Xenogears V]

Price are very very high, if you think that you can play for free with wi-fi...or I wrong?.

[billysastard]

Price are very very high, if you think that you can play for free with wi-fi...or I wrong?.

yes as long as you have access to free wifi.

[JonathanD]

yes as long as you have access to free wifi.

If the Vita does get fully hacked, look forward to "always connected" games so they can keep track of if you bought the game or not.

EA or Ubisoft will be the first ones to do it.

Edit: More on the main story, the 256MB plan is pretty small? Not sure how big the PSN Vita demo's or games are going to be but that could be eaten up kinda quick. I wonder how much they charge for overages. The 2GB plan for 25$ a month seems like the best deal out of them.

If you want the best experience on Vita your going to need the big memory card the 25$ a month plan or some unlimited plan, Vita could be nice but its gonna cost you.

[billysastard]

Vita could be nice but its gonna cost you.

it isnt going to be costing me anything at all, to (mis)quote a certain group, i do not forgive, i do not forget ;)

[JonathanD]

it isnt going to be costing me anything at all, to (mis)quote a certain group, i do not forgive, i do not forget ;)

lol yeah its gonna be free for me too, too rich for my blood.

I could buy one, but its just too risky investing that kind of money up front with Sony these days.

I may pick one up used 10 years from now, if I can get it at a garage sale or something lol

[Diztructor]

If the Vita does get fully hacked, look forward to "always connected" games so they can keep track of if you bought the game or not.

EA or Ubisoft will be the first ones to do it.

Edit: More on the main story, the 256MB plan is pretty small? Not sure how big the PSN Vita demo's or games are going to be but that could be eaten up kinda quick. I wonder how much they charge for overages. The 2GB plan for 25$ a month seems like the best deal out of them.

If you want the best experience on Vita your going to need the big memory card the 25$ a month plan or some unlimited plan, Vita could be nice but its gonna cost you.

youll find the vita might be like the ps3, its fw will check if your game is a copy and psn wont let you on unless your on the latest fw, you can still get online with the ps3 but not psn.

and rightfully so pirates shouldnt be allowed online gaming plus if it does get hacked roms arent that hard to hack cheat codes so another plus if sony do this, it stops cheaters which really p1ss me off.