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PSP price revealed? 33.000yen
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Babel says...
The PSP will cost 33,000 Yen in Japan. This communicated Manfred Gerdes, Managing Director Germany von Sony computer Entertainment Germany, on a press conference. Converted that corresponds to about 245 euro. According to Gerdes permit this however no conclusions on the price for Europe. That could lie between 299 and 349 euro; definitely it however only to a later time admits given. As Gerdes continued to communicate, European release of the PSP is further for the end of the 1. Quarter 2005 planned.
The PSP will cost 33,000 Yen in Japan. This communicated Manfred Gerdes, Managing Director Germany von Sony computer Entertainment Germany, on a press conference. Converted that corresponds to about 245 euro. According to Gerdes permit this however no conclusions on the price for Europe. That could lie between 299 and 349 euro; definitely it however only to a later time admits given. As Gerdes continued to communicate, European release of the PSP is further for the end of the 1. Quarter 2005 planned.
johnjohnson
Member
f**k, that's really much money. Now I can only hope there's no must have when it gets launched.
245 is the conversion of the japanease price which won't be the european one.
The range for Europe is 299-349.
That's really much.I think I will skip it at launch since there are no real killer applications at the moment and I suppose that with future models they will improve key elements like battery life etc.
The range for Europe is 299-349.
That's really much.I think I will skip it at launch since there are no real killer applications at the moment and I suppose that with future models they will improve key elements like battery life etc.
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
About $50 less than what I thought. Hmmm.
heavy liquid
Member
Expected. I'll wait for it to drop in price.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
$299.99 doesn't fly with me. Take a hit, drop the price, and compete with the DS. I want to see a PRICE WAR! Fight for my money, you handheld making bastards.
Doom_Bringer
Banned
GAMES GAMES GAMES
PSP needs awesome original games! So far I haven't seen a single "must have" game. Not worth $350 canadian right now.
PSP needs awesome original games! So far I haven't seen a single "must have" game. Not worth $350 canadian right now.
Spiritreaver
Member
Ah! I was right again! Yay. But yeah, this was really no surprise, neither was the DS price. I'm definitely not getting this at launch now, maybe a year or so down the road.
Now we need game prices.
Now we need game prices.
TheGreenGiant
Banned
DarienA said:
at least with Ipod you can download / use your EXISTING music library of cds / download.
with the PSP... short of paying for
a) extra media and then see b)
b) don't know where the fuck you'll be getting your UMD burner from (and you'll have to pay for it
c) if no a) and b)... then you're stuck buying 2x of every cd/dvd you want to take with you.
Its not even par.
ArcadeStickMonk
Member
DarienA said:
pha, my iPod has been easily worth the $400 I spent on it January of last year. I can use it for music in much more instances than I could a handheld game system, including as a music source for my car. In addition it's also been a very trustworthy and convenient storage device to shuttle lots of data back and forth between friend's houses as well as served as my personal hard drive when I first moved without my PC.
I'm sure most iPod owners dropped around $300 for a discman alternative, but I got a lot more applications out of mine, and all in a rock solid package. The PSP is going to be much more limited by comparison, so at the moment I, who tries hard to make price a non-issue, think that $300 is too much. 'Course, I hardly ever use my SP.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
TheGreenGiant said:
Have you ever heard of Memory Stick modules ?
Not gonna happen. Sony doesn't expect to to achieve a significantly higher tie-ratio than other handhelds (read: Game Boy products) and knows that it won't match Nintendo's software sales. There simply isn't much money to be made on a handheld for Sony unless they make a profit on the hardware.Grizzlyjin said:
TheGreenGiant
Banned
Panajev2001a said:
yes. But I don't want to burn BIG MOTHER FUCKING HOLES in my pocket (although I could probably sneak in a couple of wanks at work then).
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its incredibly stupid that you can't store 1.5 gig worth of music on a UMD disc and have to resort to a much more expensive media (with less storage) too.
Doom_Bringer
Banned
is this price confirmed?