Playstation Vita US Release Date October 19, 2011

Multiple gaming news outlets are reporting that the Sony Playstation Vita, which I demoed at E3 this year, will launch on Feb 22nd, 2012 in the United States.

The handheld is currently on track for a launch in Japan this December, so we’re going to have to wait a while for it to come to these shores. All speculations are the reason for the delay has to do with a shortage of the device components, which is common for Sony platform launches.

The Playstation Vita will retail for $249 US for a standard WiFi model. If you’d like a version which supports 3G cellular data downloads, it will cost $299 US. AT&T is the lone Vita 3G provider for the United States, and if you buy a 3G model you will have to buy a data plan through them.