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PSP Street Date Broken.

GSG Flash said:
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people saw it this way, "Two screens are better than 1 screen plus I get it for $100 less"
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Not to mention compatible with one of the most popular systems of all time.
 
Thursday morning I asked if they were ready for the PSP launch at my local Wal-Mart. I was told that I was the first person who had asked about it at their store. They already had them in the building, and said they had "a lot" and that if I was there around midnight, they didn't expect any shortage. Sounds good to me!
 
RevenantKioku said:
And just wait til they see the Duo Pro costs.
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what, the duo pro costs for movies and mp3s, which you can't even do on the DS? Isn't that an odd thing to raise as a negative?
 
Drinky Crow said:
Haha, there was some parent considering a DS in light of the PSP's price at the local EBX. It was just an insane exchange.

Parent: "$250's pretty stiff -- why's it a hundred more than the DS?"
Clerk: "Uh, it plays movies and it has like Gamecube level graphics"
Parent: "Yeah? Doesn't the DS have two screens, though?"
Clerk: "Uh, yeah"
Parent: "And doesn't it do 3D, too"
Clerk: "Sorta"
Parent: "You telling me that I get an extra screen for $100 less with the DS?"
Clerk: "Well, if that's what you want..."
Parent: "I'm not gonna let Sony gouge me."
Clerk: "Well, the PSP has a lot better graphics..."
Parent: "It's just 3D!"
Clerk: "..."
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Was the kid there? Thats going to be a three-way with a kid there, and the parent will be on the wrong end of it.

Anyway, its not for little kids - its for big kids.
 
Kung Fu Jedi said:
I think the PSP might get that reaction from a lot of the mainstream. For those of us who take are gaming seriously, it's like "Hey, no big deal, another system launch". But a lot of mainstream players, who only buy Madden each year, are going to see the PSP, think how nice it looks, and then bulk at the price.
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I think you mean balk. :lol I'd normally just ignore and read on, but the visual of someone hearing the price and swelling up is great fun.

vatstep said:
EB let me pick up my N64 the Thursday before launch (Sunday, 9/29/96). I was pretty young then, so I honestly don't remember if that was nationwide break on the street date or what.
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I didn't get mine for a few more months, but I seem to recall September 26 being considered an unofficial launch date since it was significantly broken.

Parallax Scroll said:
I didn't actually get to buy the N64 before launch, but I did have some pre-launch fun with it. The local Wal-Mart had a demo unit up with Mario 64 about two weeks before launch. I went there every day after school and managed to beat the whole game before you could buy it.
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I'm torn between applauding your Mario love, or yelling at you as a representative of jerkfaces at large who hogged SM64 demos. :)
 
This thread kind of derailed a bit , but into a more interesting topic- 249 $ is alot of cash to throw out on a handheld especially for the maintstream group that loves themselves their PS2's right now. Whatever Sony's PSP sales goal is for the next 6 months in north america, will be manufactured as value packs , lets say 3 million systems total, then Within a week of Xbox 2's launch it'll get a price drop and a game bundle or something from 249 down to 199. "Wouldn't you rather have state of the art gaming ... on the go ?" I can see the ad campaign now. At the 200 dollar price point especially over the holidays I think this thing would fly off the shelves, especially with 3 milion hardcore gamers showing it off to 12 million of their friends.

The DS on the other hand is quite like a disease I've noticed or katamari damacy, no one seems to want one until they play it then they buy it and a month later it collects dust.
 
Pachinko said:
This thread kind of derailed a bit , but into a more interesting topic- 249 $ is alot of cash to throw out on a handheld especially for the maintstream group that loves themselves their PS2's right now. Whatever Sony's PSP sales goal is for the next 6 months in north america, will be manufactured as value packs , lets say 3 million systems total, then Within a week of Xbox 2's launch it'll get a price drop and a game bundle or something from 249 down to 199. "Wouldn't you rather have state of the art gaming ... on the go ?" I can see the ad campaign now. At the 200 dollar price point especially over the holidays I think this thing would fly off the shelves, especially with 3 milion hardcore gamers showing it off to 12 million of their friends.

The DS on the other hand is quite like a disease I've noticed or katamari damacy, no one seems to want one until they play it then they buy it and a month later it collects dust.
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How the fuck does the Xbox 2 launch have anything to do with a handheld system?

Plus, I've seen the whole movie playback ability of the PSP spark much more interest than music playback.
 
It doesn't have anything to do with the launch of a handlheld I was talking about later on. Xbox 2, console or handheld is still compettion for a gamers dollars.
 
mrklaw said:
what, the duo pro costs for movies and mp3s, which you can't even do on the DS? Isn't that an odd thing to raise as a negative?
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Its still $150 more.
 
$60 if you spring for a 512MB, which is still a very respectable amount of space. Not everyone has to buy the 1GB stick.

Prices are falling, anyway.
 
This thread kind of derailed a bit , but into a more interesting topic- 249 $ is alot of cash to throw out on a handheld especially for the maintstream group that loves themselves their PS2's right now.
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I completely agree. I would have guessed the PSP would price itself out of the mainstream.

However, on a few occasions, I've had my PSP out and been asked about it (unlike the DS, which could pass for a bulky PDA, a PSP attracts attention). After showing what it does, letting them sample Wipeout, putting in Spider-man 2, pointing the little slot for the memory stick and explaining it can store video and MP3s, they'll invariably ask, 'How much is it?'

I sort of grimace and say "$250".

On three separate occasions, the reaction was 'That's all?'

I then have to explain how I think that's kind of expensive, but they're generally not listening to me by then. They just want to see another scene in Spider-Man or know what other games there are.

-Tom
 
yeah, that's what I mean it'll have a DS effect where once you see one in action you'll think its a pretty cool system but when all you have really is a picture of what it looks like and a pricetag it doesn't seem that good.
 
gamergirly said:
Most of America is lower middle class and lower class, there is a reason why the gaming industry gets most of it sales from one period of the year......
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Both arcades and game stores do better in lower-income areas than high-income areas. Mid- to low-income folks tend to put more income into fun than the rich.
 
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