Just one day before the 2012 International Consumer Electrontics Show kicks off, and Sony has let loose a nice little piece of information for all of you eager PS Vita followers in the United States.
From the official PlayStation twitter account, AT&T has just announced that it will have data plans available for both the 3G and Wi-Fi versions of the PS Vita. Only two plans have been revealed so far: a $14.99 data plan for 250MB or a $24.99 data plan for 2GB. The interesting thing about these plans is that both will not require the customer to sign up to any contract with AT&T.
I'm sure that Sony and AT&T will be providing more information during CES about these new data plans, but being capped at only 250MB for $14.99 sounds like a rip off, unless you only plan to play LittleBigPlanet on the train ride to and from work. Still, with no contracts to be tied down to, this still sounds like a tempting offer, especially for those PS Vita gamers who looking for just the single player experience.
CES Update: @ATT announces wireless data plans... [Twitter]
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3:30 PM on 01.09.2012 | 
As it stands, those prices are pretty nutty, even by prepaid standards, we'll see how much of a problem that is once people get a whiff of AT&T's god awful service.
/sigh
Probably just a typo, or they mean the 3G+WiFi unit.
I'm definitely cancelling my first edition preorder now!
I still wish Sony would stop being pricks and release a 1st ed. Bundle here in the states with a wifi model....pricks.
I just pre-ordered my WiFi only Vita, accessory pack and 16gb memory card (it was the biggest one shopto.net had for some reason)
£300 for the lot. Not bad.
I'll just grab my games from PSN. Fuck hard copies of games, I'm going all digital on my Vita if possible.
I want the Wifi version. Do I need to pay to play online? I already have Xbox Live and really want a Vita but I won't get one if there is a monthly payment to use it.
And it's no surprise online gaming is so cliquey!
If/when I get a Vita, it's going to be WiFi. I don't need data that badly. Sony can't deliver a web browser worth a shit to save their life, and whatever other online services that will be there, odds are, if I'm someplace playing the Vita, there won't be an opportunity to use the 3G service anyway. Like on a plane or a cruise ship. Or traveling outside of the country. Or any of the million plus dead zones on AT&T's network.
My thoughts exactly the moment i read it..
@ El Conrado
It actually doesnt seem like a typo, the whole sentence construct indicates that its hard to interpret any other way i.e. "..for BOTH the 3g and wifi versions"
Wait.. ive got it.. can see the headline now.. Sony unveils new Vita functionality at CES "PS Vita wifi-only version ALSO requires proprietory stand-alone data plan for any online connectivity". Ouch.
What (And how many) games that we know of are worth getting the 3G for anyways? After how many games that passed on Infrastructure that would have been phenomenal with it on the PSP, I have a lack of faith on a significant amount of games being worthwhile for online play.
And if we have Wi-Fi from a much better company, I mean like through a router or hotspot? I do hope that was just a typo, Cause I'm not paying AT&T a dime if I don't have to- FOR ANYTHING. All of their services from front to back, from Customer Service to their internet, is complete shite that I will never, God willing, go back to.
My seething hate for the company goes so deep that If they somehow slipped in that you needed to deal with them to use Wi-Fi on the Vita it'd mean me never getting a Vita at all. And I'd jump to say I'd be fine with that despite my huge disappointment.
Either way, it was left up to AT&T to decide since they're the provider and we all pretty much knew it was going to be a shit amount of data for way too much money. We just didn't know the extent yet. People need to start blaming them, like they should, and quit jumping Sony's shit for anything more then being dumb enough to sign a contract with them.