Glorious Master Sprint Android race laughs at 3g PSP Vita

I just saw the price for the 3g plans for the vita... $15 a month no roll over for 200 mb, and $25 a month no roll over for 2 gb max capped at 3g speed, not to mention that the 3g version of the vita is $100 more than the wifi-only version? Who in the world would ever agree to this when a sprint plan and an android phone offer a much better deal?

I pay $70 a month for an unlimited 4G data plan from sprint, and a 10 minute rooting session on any android phone can enable free wifi tethering. There are numerous drawbacks to the 3g vita, including no online play over 3g, and no app downloading over 3g. You pay that $25 to be able to solely browse the internet and use twitter. With an android phone and sprint, you can get a truely mobile Vita, that allows for online gaming and the ability to download apps, which has faster internet and no caps, and you also have a fully functioning phone as well.

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Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard

not to mention that the 3g version of the vita is $100 more than the wifi-only version?

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In Europe maybe, GS and Amazon have the 3g version listed at $300, only $50 more than than the wifi only version. I believe the only reason why they went with a 3g model is so that they can throw 4g into the Vita 2000 and sell it at the same price as an upgrade. The wifi only model looks very intriguing however, and I don't expect the 3g one to even be in production anymore next Christmas.

My dedicated gaming handheld laughs at all of these phones pretending to be handheld gaming systems.

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Originally Posted by Bastardcat

My dedicated gaming handheld laughs at all of these phones pretending to be handheld gaming systems.

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What gaming handheld would that be ?

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Originally Posted by DarkDragon

What gaming handheld would that be ?

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For me... GBA SP or Micro.

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Originally Posted by Zz Badnusty

For me... GBA SP or Micro.

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Best handheld ever.

I like the convenience of having games, music, and a phone all in one unit. Problem is that a phone cant hold nearly as much music as an Ipod Classic can. I probably would never buy a gaming handled as I really believe they are on the way out and smart phone gaming is the wave of the future. Pretty sure Nintendo already slashed the price of the 3DS due to disapointing sales. Im aware smart phone games can't match 3DS or PSP games but I'm a casual gamer now so I dont care if they cant.

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Originally Posted by Bastardcat

My dedicated gaming handheld laughs at all of these phones pretending to be handheld gaming systems.

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I'm laughing at how piss-poor your reading comprehension is

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Originally Posted by DarkDragon

I like the convenience of having games, music, and a phone all in one unit. Problem is that a phone cant hold nearly as much music as an Ipod Classic can. I probably would never buy a gaming handled as I really believe they are on the way out and smart phone gaming is the wave of the future. Pretty sure Nintendo already slashed the price of the 3DS due to disapointing sales. Im aware smart phone games can't match 3DS or PSP games but I'm a casual gamer now so I dont care if they cant.

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Smart phones are more powerful than the PSP (but not the vita). There are numerous PSP games which were ported 1:1 to either android or iOS.

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Originally Posted by DarkDragon

What gaming handheld would that be ?

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Gameboy Advance SP, the back-lit model.
It plays all three generations of Gameboy titles, colorizes the old monochrome games with selectable palettes, comes with its own charger, and can be had for a reasonable price!

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

Best handheld ever.

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That deserved some rep.

The 3G is really crippled on the Vita I was under the assumption that you would be able to do everything from playing games to DL apps. I mean 50 dollars more to do some worthless shit no thanks.

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Originally Posted by DarkDragon

I probably would never buy a gaming handled as I really believe they are on the way out and smart phone gaming is the wave of the future. Pretty sure Nintendo already slashed the price of the 3DS due to disapointing sales.

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The lackluster sales (before the price cut) had nothing to do with the system itself though. A completely boring and bland library was the cause. The 3DS was the first system I ever owned without buying a launch title to play on it. Until Ocarina of Time 3d was released I was playing DS games such as Metroid Prime Hunters and Spirit Tracks. Now we see how well it sells with an appropriate selection of games.

Look at the launch price of a new system like the 3DS with the price of an older system like the PSP. The prices are comparable yet I believe you get a lot more with the 3DS. The non-3g Vita seems appropriately priced although that could be deceiving.

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Originally Posted by Bastardcat

Gameboy Advance SP, the back-lit model.
It plays all three generations of Gameboy titles, colorizes the old monochrome games with selectable palettes, comes with its own charger, and can be had for a reasonable price!

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Hell... fucking... yeah.

The GBA SP rocks.

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Originally Posted by JCU

The lackluster sales (before the price cut) had nothing to do with the system itself though. A completely boring and bland library was the cause. The 3DS was the first system I ever owned without buying a launch title to play on it. Until Ocarina of Time 3d was released I was playing DS games such as Metroid Prime Hunters and Spirit Tracks. Now we see how well it sells with an appropriate selection of games.

Look at the launch price of a new system like the 3DS with the price of an older system like the PSP. The prices are comparable yet I believe you get a lot more with the 3DS. The non-3g Vita seems appropriately priced although that could be deceiving.

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I bought my 3DS at launch with SSFIV and Ghost Recon. I logged maybe, MAYBE 3 hours in each and then set it down for months until Starfox was released. I always buy systems at launch, and I can usually find at least one game to make me play with it, and, after looking the 3DS' launch list up and down, I simply couldn't find anything to play on it.

I have bigger hands, too, so playing Street Fighter on the thing just made my hands hurt. I can't wait to get the analog controller expansion, if only to make the thing comfortable to hold.

Yeah, the Vita is not very compelling for me, and the whole pay a lot extra for a mobile technology that's going to be outdated in 6 months model just kind of irritates me. (I'm looking at you too iPad) Also, none of the games for either console (Vita or 3DS) has made me say that I really need that so I can play it right away.

I'll probably wait until the first or second revision and price drop and then jump on board, then only thing that convinced me to buy the PSP so quickly (< 1 year) was the fact that a friend was selling their model used at a really attractive price. Of course my wife already decided she'll buy either console the moment a Kingdom Hearts game is released for them : /