Sony updates: Vita 3G/WIFI with 8GB card for $299 only+First Edition bundle added with AT&T plan+PSN game!

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superchunk said:

michael_stutzer said:

superchunk said:
Why do you all keep using the 'no one's forcing you' and 'its optional' to defend items that have the greater majority of people up in arms about.

The minute Sony said save cards were all but mandatory (its pretty much guaranteed that any user will have one) and they they were proprietary and expensive... these forums and all others blew up in disgust and stupidity behind the whole thing.

The minute people realized the monthly cost, up front cost, and lack of any multiplayer on 3G, the majority proclaimed it was a bad choice, stupid, etc... heck its had horrible sales on top of that to further show that majority consider it a waste of money.

Buying a Lamborghini, Coach purse, etc are all wastes of money regardless if a few people are willing to spend the insane money on them. Fact is, its wasteful spending that could have been prevented.

Sony could have used SD cards and saved everyone tons of money whiles still offering the exact same experience. 3G could have just been left out in total and probably help Sony recoup costs faster due to having one sku and simpler manufacturing/delivery process.

The memory cards are the reason Vita is sold at a reasonable price. Otherwise the console would be at least $50 higher. Maybe you can tell us the difference between expensive console+cheap card and cheaper console+more expensive card.

How can sony save money if they use SD cards? This is as mind blowing as the guy who were saying if Sony made PSN subscription based the sales would increase.

1. Its a cart based game system, it shouldn't require extra memory for game related information. 

I absolutely agree, especially since we were first told that DLC and saves would be saved to the carts. Games sizes also prove that the memory cards shouldn't need to be mandatory. Either way I am pretty sure most would get a memory card at some point anyways and I was always going to grab one within the launch window, if not the launch itself.

2. Sony's choice to use proprietary cards vs SD cards is a massive fail and disservice to everyone. SD cards are a fraction of the cost of these cards.

This is another I agree with, although I do wonder one thing. Is a standard SD card have the speed required to house games like these? I am not sure what kind of memory speed is required for a game like Uncharted to run without hiccups.

3. I never said SD cards would save Sony money... I said they'd save users money. I did save not having two skus (remove 3G) would have the potential to save Sony money as it would simplify production and delivery.

I too believe the 3G is useless, especially since it is mainly for the social features like messaging, which all of us will be doing on our phones instead, not to mention I aint wasting no money on another 3G data plan, paying for (1) is expensive enough. I will be putting my phone into tethering mode (Thank god for custom ROMS, no need to pay AT&T to enable tethering... -__-) and just latch onto it's WiFi signal if I REALLY need to do something on the go with the Vita.