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Sony announces new US Vita bundle

Posted Jan 30, 2012 at 2:00AM EST by Harrison E

Listed in: Accessories Tags: at&t, cheryl t., region-free, Sony, vita, vita bundles
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Sometimes certain stories are quite light so I try and mash them together so we have an announcement that Sony has provided a new bundle for the Vita to be released next month, but also a region-free rumour.  So let's check them both out.

 

Sony has taken stock at the Vita's available to the US and said, "Ya know what? We should give'em more" because that's how Americans sound in my head. The "extremely limited" bundle will include an 8GB Memory Card, an AT&T DataConneect Pass and a PSN game for $299 USD. But for those with fifty-one bucks more Sony could give you the First Edition Bundle.

 

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This includes an AT&T DataConnect pass with one free 250MB session and an unknown PSN title upon turning on your 3G. See, that story is pretty light, but what about the shenanigans going on with whether or not the Vita is region free?

 

A few sites are confirming that the PS Vita is not region free  and are claiming that after an altercation between a customer and a Sony representative where they were not able to get a straight answer despite several months of Sony saying that it was. Despite a kind response from Sony (specifically under the moniker of Cheryl T.), a customer was unhappy about being unable to use his US PSN account to play on his Japanese Vita.

 

Cheryl T. explains that Sony "has implemented a territorial-based distribution system for its hardware, peripherals and software. This means that software or peripherals on a console designated for a different distribution territory than the console may not work correctly," the customer was quite upset and posted the interaction online. 

 

So do you think Sony lied in the face of it's customers or was it just a misquote? 

 

Via [PikiGeek]



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# It couldcoolbot 2012-01-30 05:13
the PS Vita could be region locked because its useing cartridges instead of UMDs and also crossing PSN region specific content also.

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+2 # RE: It couldxnamkcor 2012-01-30 05:39
Yes, it could be. It also could be region locked because it has 2 analog sticks.

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+1 # RE: Sony announces new US Vita bundleZaDoo22 2012-01-30 07:37
Sony told us (the public) not to import Vita's from Japan. He could expect something wrong could of happen.

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# RE: Sony announces new US Vita bundleburrito 2012-01-30 08:56
I think it would be safe to assume GAMES would be region free if anything, not access to a store.

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+1 # RE: Sony announces new US Vita bundlemurundi 2012-01-30 10:39
ppl at ign did register the psv with their amerian account so i dont think that's true. But nonetheless sony did tell ppl to wait for the us release

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+1 # RE: Sony announces new US Vita bundleMrLiwa 2012-01-30 14:26
The PSV is not Region Locked.
The US PlayStation Store for vita is.
I logged in using my US account and it worked, but i couldn't access the PlayStation Store becuase sony said the US/EU Store won't open till the US/EU release date.

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+1 # region free4ever 2012-01-30 15:53
PS3 is also region free but games that you buy from japan must uses japan's psn account to access dlc or updates. You can not use North America PSN account for DLC or updates. The same for Vita I guess.

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# RE: Sony announces new US Vita bundleAldo_P 2012-01-30 20:25
Sony not communicating with it's customers, i'm truly shocked...
No wait shocked isn't the right term, oh yeah i was doing more expecting than a 10 month old fetus. And anyway why aren't Sony bothering to advertise yet in the UK? The only way the average person is even gonna know it exists is if they walk past a Gamestation and see the display that's taking up the whole front window.

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+1 # its regional free...dwrs 2012-01-31 04:11
I used my vita on both Japanese account and my US account both works fine i guess that person didnt reaise you have to do a REFORMAT before he can change his PSN account -.- i got mine exported from japan and im currently using my US account no problem except cannot access to the PSN store since it isnt up yet.

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