dsheinem wrote:I am interested in the 3G since I already have AT&T for my carrier...but I am hesitant to preorder one until I see how they will set the rate plans. Vita games will likely be several gigabytes in size. I don't plan to download many games anyway if a retail version exists, but if they want the thing to be a machine for Netflix, full game downloads, etc - they will need to price any 3G service plan much better than the iPhone data plan.
They'd have to break the trend for most 3G coverage if they're intending it to do full game downloads, Netflix, etc using that coverage. The data caps just aren't high enough to support much of it - if you compared to the iPad plans, those are like 250MB for $15/mo. and 2GB for $25/mo. Almost anything using a significant amount of data winds up having a asterisk with a "you probably want to do this on wifi" type message.
My guess would be that they'll push the 3G model for internet browsing, sync'ing trophies, small stuff like eBooks/comics...that sort of thing.
Personally though, I don't anticipate going for that model. I can see it for some people - like, if you use public transportation for commuting - but that's not my situation.