Munkeh111 on 25 January 2012
| superchunk said: If anyone really wants to play online with their Vita (or 3DS or any other wifi enabled device) the only REAL option is to buy a smartphone that is 4G (preferably real 4G, i.e. LTE, like my Galaxy Nexus) and utilize the wifi hotspot features. That will enable to get FULL net access for your device anywhere at anytime. (obviously limited by your carriers range). Then the only thing you may have to worry about is your data limits. Save the extra $50, buy a wifi model, and just get the right phone with associated plans. You're paying the same extra fees (unless you root and rom said device) as the 3G model, but you'll actually get full functionality. Especially if you get a 4G LTE phone. This is why I laughed at Sony for even offering a 3G model. Its so gimped and really a useless option. I don't see ANY reason for anyone to buy that model... unless they really are ignorant when it comes to available mobile technology and carrier offerings. |
I agree, mobile hot spots is the way to go
The only issue comes that outside the USA, 4G basically doesn't exist, so I am just left with lowly 3G anyway.... But I think the 3G is fundamentally the problem. From what I have read, they can't (or won't?) do multiplayer over 3G for the proper Vita games. So basically, the only thing you can do with 3G is to download games and do web browsing. Now if I want web browsing, I am going to use my phone despite its smaller screen, and if I want to download games, then I will just have to find a wi-fi hotspot since nearly all the games that I will want are going to be quite large (actually I am planning on getting most of my games phyically)
