Official: PSP December 12, 19800 yen
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GT4 in January! Thats before its out in PAL country on PS2.
Mmm. Import from Japan and risk region lock, or wait until US launch and if region lock just import all games from US cheaply anyway....
Region lock sounds definite though. If they can argue that UMD movies are locked, even though you only play them on a portable machine (and can therefore buy/view in another country while on holiday), then games are a logical extension of that business decision.
Mmm. Import from Japan and risk region lock, or wait until US launch and if region lock just import all games from US cheaply anyway....
Region lock sounds definite though. If they can argue that UMD movies are locked, even though you only play them on a portable machine (and can therefore buy/view in another country while on holiday), then games are a logical extension of that business decision.
heavy liquid
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I'm definitely going to get one at this price.
Yeah, one thing that can tip the balance is if they lie about the PSP's battery life.
I have a Sony laptop, and they claimed 4-6 hours of battery life on the spec sheet, but in the real world I could only get ever get about 2 from it doing useful work.
I could get 3 hours maybe if I dropped the screen brightness and the machine was idle 99% of the time.
If the real battery life is 2.5 hours (not 4-6 as claimed), PSP is sunk.
I have a Sony laptop, and they claimed 4-6 hours of battery life on the spec sheet, but in the real world I could only get ever get about 2 from it doing useful work.
I could get 3 hours maybe if I dropped the screen brightness and the machine was idle 99% of the time.
If the real battery life is 2.5 hours (not 4-6 as claimed), PSP is sunk.
Panajev2001a
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aaaaa0 said:
With a 4800 Yen extra battery and the fact that the battery in the unit is not built-in, but designed to be replaceable... I am not too worried about battery life issues even though I want each battery to last as long as possible.
People will have two choices :
getting a PSP to play PS2-like games with a 4 hours battery-life, and 40 $ games
getting a DS to play new type of games and Nice remade N64 games with the stylus with a 6-10 hours battery life, and 30 $ games.
both are cheap...it's just a matter of taste.
getting a PSP to play PS2-like games with a 4 hours battery-life, and 40 $ games
getting a DS to play new type of games and Nice remade N64 games with the stylus with a 6-10 hours battery life, and 30 $ games.
both are cheap...it's just a matter of taste.
Guns N' Poops
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SantaCruZer said:No more mario, no more metroid, no more zelda
Yeah, because all the talented Nintendo developers will make group suicide instead of building new development teams and we'll never see anything comparable
. I wouldn't expect Nintendo to give up in the near future.Panajev2001a
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SantaCruZer said:Well it seems that there will be Sony and Microsoft left in this industri since they have all the money in the world to lose, and they still can afford it.
No more mario, no more metroid, no more zelda
Nintendo has quite a bit of money left in the bank: it is up to them how they use it.
Scrow said:
We just got confirmation about the price.
We just got confirmation about the launch timeframe.
I'm pretty sure that the unit will be free of major engineering defects, though you never know. re: PSX. ;-)
I'm pretty sure the launch lineup is not going to be a total disaster. A lot of the titles look at least decent. Though you never can tell without actually playing them.
The only really big question in my mind is if the launch is a real one or just on paper. Will there really be PSPs available in quantity, or are they just going to ship a few tens of thousands for show to try to slow the DS down.
Nintendo aint poorSantaCruZer said:Well it seems that there will be Sony and Microsoft left in this industri since they have all the money in the world to lose, and they still can afford it.
No more mario, no more metroid, no more zelda
and isn't Sony losing money in their other home entertainment areas? maybe they're d00med? CONTROVERSIAL! O_O
Doom_Bringer
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Four SCE titles:
New Level 5 RPG (that makes use of PSP functionality - wireless?) - no date
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friggin hawt!!!
Can't wait for this, I would friggin import it if it wasn't reginally locked
New Level 5 RPG (that makes use of PSP functionality - wireless?) - no date
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friggin hawt!!!
Can't wait for this, I would friggin import it if it wasn't reginally locked
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
RMX said:
So, PSP will be the one without original games ?!? Whoa, so unless your device has two screens and touch screen functionality the potential for innovation is zero, right ?
First, playing modern 3D/2D games on the go is one of the reason I want both PSP and DS (Super Mario 64 DS
).Second, for how many PSP games which will be ultra-rushed ports of PlayStation 2 games with no feature added there will be N64 ports with the second screen used as map or inventory (which really makes for a "new" kind of gameplay :rolleyes).
There is potential for great innovation on both PSP and DS.
SantaC
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Scrow said:Nintendo aint poor
and isn't Sony losing money in their other home entertainment areas? maybe they're d00med? CONTROVERSIAL! O_O
Nintendo isn't poor, but they don't have other departments to back them up like Sony and Microsoft have. Sony is selling all kinds of electronics, and Microsoft is getting money from their software.
Nintendo only have their games and consoles, and when they start to lose money, they don't have other departments of their company that can pump money into them.
I just don't see Sony and MS losing to Nintendo. Money rules, and if Nintendo is going to be last place both in handhelds and consoles, they will inevitable end up like Sega.
Sad.
I made it to the page with lots of pics of the detachable battery and 4-5 hour references.
Now with a detachable battery, that leaves the door open for third parties to make batteries for how ever long you want to play.
4-5 hours, I'm not worried, headphones, sceen st it's darkest, no wifi is probably how I'll always pla, unless I decide to pla in a dark room and decide to entertain my roommate with the sound of my games.
Now with a detachable battery, that leaves the door open for third parties to make batteries for how ever long you want to play.
4-5 hours, I'm not worried, headphones, sceen st it's darkest, no wifi is probably how I'll always pla, unless I decide to pla in a dark room and decide to entertain my roommate with the sound of my games.
Panajev2001a
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Jonnyram said:
I remember a post in this thread stating that region-locking is not as obvious as you are presenting it to be: let's wait till official sources can clarify the issue, ok ?
Panajev2001a
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Fafalada said:With beards?
Singh does not discriminate
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The Faceless Master
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get bothRMX said:
get none
Chittagong
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I just converted 19.800 yen with XE.com. Holy fuck - 145 euros.
Today is Panajev ownage day. I'll bail out from my DS fanboyism.
Today is Panajev ownage day. I'll bail out from my DS fanboyism.
JackFrost2012
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aaaaa0 said:
It is costing Sony 50,000 yen to manufacture a PSP.
Was I right or was I right?
Despite the 'estimated' price of $300(or even more, some said $350 or $400) I've been saying for the past two years that it would be priced at $200-$250.
Sony (or any company) just isn't stupid enough to price a portable at or over the price of $300 in hopes of competing with what's currently on the market
Sony has instantly taken ~16% of the handheld market.
Despite the 'estimated' price of $300(or even more, some said $350 or $400) I've been saying for the past two years that it would be priced at $200-$250.
Sony (or any company) just isn't stupid enough to price a portable at or over the price of $300 in hopes of competing with what's currently on the market
Sony has instantly taken ~16% of the handheld market.