With the 3G model only $50 more, I'm tempted to get the 3G model. I'm not that keen on having two 3G data plans but hey what if I change my mind and then I'm stuck with Wi-Fi only when I could have just paid $50 extra for 3G functionality too? lol.
Right now I'm much more interested in PS Vita than the 3DS. At least on the hardware end anyway. I'm not pleased with the 3DS's software direction. I'd like to learn more about what the Japanese developers are up to with the Vita (including seeing what jrpgs go on there). I have a feeling that Vita will win Japan. The third-party Japanese developers will back this thing just like they are backing the PSP right now. The west will go to iOS/Android. Nintendo is already getting undercut by smart devices and I don't think we are far off from smart devices becoming the dominant platform for portable gaming. I just played a jrpg on my smartphone today on the go for like almost 2 hours (so much for all the cliched "smartphone games can only occupy you for 15-30 minutes before you get bored" ignorant talk. Cell phone games have evolved a lot lately and there are plenty of gamers that will just ignore that and spout "it haz no buttonz" or "your fingers cover 1/3 of teh screen"). Didn't have a bag on me to bring a dedicated game handheld and I always carry my cell with me so it's convenient to be able to play something like that on my cell. If Japan embraced smartphone gaming in the way that the west did, I probably wouldn't even bother with buying anymore dedicated game handhelds. But because Japan keeps dedicated game handhelds afloat and Japanese developers make good shit, I'm keeping an eye on the Vita and 3DS (and I have a better impression thus far of Vita).
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