Would the PsVita require a data plan to use 3G outside of a Wifi network?

the 500 dollar ps3 model wasnt sold because noone wanted it in the west. because people recognized that the 100 dollar/euro just wasnt worth it. if i spend that amount of cash i dont care at all if its 100 more for wifi and usb connectors and a harddrive thats not full after 3-4 games . with the 500 dollar model you had to buy a new hd pretty fast and no wifi killed it for 90% of the people.

to the always occouring statement we wont see a graphics jump like we used to: we will see a massive jump. what i saw on pc lately makes ps3 look like ps2. also amd hints that we will get beasts again.to the rising costs with new technology come also cost advantages and as soon as engines and assets are on a certain level we will see costs go down again . with new graphical features and eventually 3 times ibm+amd hardware and developer friendly hardware costs wont explode again. also industry changes i think in the future we will have 3 engines 2 or three similar consoles which are designed in the most developer friendly way. and (chinese/indian) companys that just make assets and nothing else which sell them cheap to game devs

btw: cant see an advantage for wii u atm.

PC will always be ahead of consoles so what you have seen on PC will be for PC not consoles. If they make a massive jump they will sell them at huge losses and still be expensive for consumers and there lies the advantage for Nintendo. I have no doubt that Nintendo will offer the cheapest consol next gen

Yes, and since you are tied to At&t's 2GB and 4GB capped plans, it doesn't sound worth it. 

really, that blows.

Now that many more rumors and facts have been played out...

WiiU will not only have a price advantage, but it will be FAR closer in specs/base technology that it won't be robbed by 3rd parties.

Multi-plat games will be almost identical across the board and we should far less multi-console ownership. I know i will only own a WiiU if this is the case.

IF the WiiU supports directX 11 effects, specifically tessellation and displacement mapping, games will actually be cheaper to make currently and at the same time look alot better.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tessellation.html
I suspect they used heavy tessellation on the Zelda HD demo they showed off. Probably had low polygonal base models and tessellate the hell out of it. Probably why they said it took them little time to do.
Think I saw some apex clothing in that very demo as well.