Sony PS Vita gets 20MB 3G download cap

We’ve still got a long wait until Sony’s next-gen portable PS Vita hits UK shelves – Japan gets it before the end of the year, we might have to wait until March 2012. But already the Vita is hitting some teething problems in the shape of download limits.

In an interview with the Japanese magazine ACSII, Sony confirmed that while we will be able to download content from the PlayStation Store over 3G, we’ll be limited to a maximum of 20MB per game download.

That rules out downloading full games onto the Vita on the go – you’ll have to rely on Wi-Fi for that – but mini games shouldn’t cause any trouble. And it sounds like Sony isn’t ruling out lifting the limits in the future. So let’s face it, we all still want one.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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