PSP price confirmed
In Yen, anyway
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Sony Europe boss Chris Deering has been having a good old chin-wag once again, this time with industry magazine MCV concerning the pricing of the rather exciting Sony PSP. Deering suggested that the UK launch price would be "closer to £200 than £300", with the Japanese price-point of 48,000 Yen translating to about £240, or a hefty $450.
The US price-tag then will be especially interesting, given that $450 is traditionally far more than most US gamers are willing to pay for a piece of gaming hardware - though we expect it be somewhat lower than this in reality. This new pricing conjecture will however bring a smile to Nintendo's face, the GBA having already beaten more advanced but more expensive competition from the N-Gage. Not that the PSP won't be an altogether stiffer challenge you understand, but perhaps one that appeals to a somewhat older audience than Nintendo's baby.
Interesting times ahead, then.
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Well, screw that. Unless this is some clever marketing technique where the price will miraculously drop just around the time of release.
You'll soon change your mind you see the games ported over, I'd imagine after looking at the specs.
We'll have to crowbar you off the 'Buy' button on Amazon.
I think that $450 is way too much for that gaming system, even though it looks completely awesome!
Geeze, that price is outragious
I don't think anyone will want to pay that much for a a gamesystem. It's gotta be pretty amazing to actually be worth it.
just like N-Gage (no offense),
the games might be a bit loss for the PSP,
and Sony might have to come up with a better device (or games compatible for PSP)
but Nintendo has a fair amount of cost ($99.99)
and has A LOT of games, even square-Enix (squaresoft) teamed up with nintendo.
how is sony ever going to keep up with this marketing
$450 ????!?
you can buy 2 PS2s or you can buy 10~15 PS2 games!
if Sony wants to make it worth the prize,
i think they have to come up with some games SOON
Well, true it is a more then a high priced, but for what they are puting into it. i think i should be more about 300 (still high, but IMO, it would be worth having this in english class ;) )
read the specs,plays music,plays 2 hours of dvd quality video,plays quality games,wireless internet access for multiplayer gaming and internet brousing, etc possible future tv playback and gps unit and mobile phone,4.5 inch colour screen and so on.
240 pounds english, i would pay 300 no problem.
I agree with u. Just read the specs and i think its awesome.I will be buying one even if the price is 300 sterling or $600
I'd rather have the Zodiac for PDA capibilities as well as gaming...although the software titles will be next to nothing at first, I cant justify $450.00 for an upgraded Gameboy
just give it time,the price will come down like everything else game related.
i'm sure sony will offer a combo pack to help sales of the psp
450 is too much. No person, who knows the value of a dollar, would pay that much for a piece of handheld fun. 275 maybe but it'd better have all they say it has.
Nobody will pay $400 for a gaming system!? PC gamers pay thousands for their rigs, and considering the accesories a person usually buys with their new home console (2nd or 3rd controller, memory card, remote, Xbox Live, Broadband adapter, etc, etc, etc) , it roughly equates to $300.... which chances are what the US price point will be.
i think the psp is great and all but $450 is a little to much for a game because I know my family would not get me any game that cost that much. if the price dose come down then it should be at least $200 or less !
The sony PSP is very cool with its new features, but it is way to much for kids to buy (the Sony PSP is $450).
It would be way cool to get a Sony PSP for around $150-$300. That would be enough for me to but because my allowance would almost pay for that!
If PSP is going to be $450 then just think how much would PS3 would cost ^_^"
Whow would pay $450 for PSP? Plus Games And memory card?
They gotta change the price if they want to sell a lot of PSP.
They gotta lower the price.
Yeah PC Gamers spend thousands of dollars on gaming but with that $450 Id buy a X800 PE 16 Pipeline videocard when the PSP hits stores, 450 is wayyyyy too much.
$450 is too much money, ill pick the nintendo ds over the psp just because of the price.
450$! the $ucks. the nintendo DS is 200$ and lokks cool too
the psp has 2 hours of battery life for plating movies....hmm. thats an unecessary thing to put on it then, unles you plug it into the wall. does the ds play movies?
no way in hell am i gonna pay $450 for some piece of crap that relays ps2 games!
man i'd rather buy a ps2 and a xbox knowing it will be cheaper than a psp.
I was gonna buy a PSP but man take a lot at the price. I even conducted a survey and 9.6/10 people want to buy a Gameboy DS cause its cheaper. That's why nintendo stays on top of the handheld market because their prices are cheaper. To anybody who works for Sony if you dont decrease the price of your system to equal that of the Gameboy DS's you guys are gonna lose a lot of money and be ashamed in front of the almighty nintendo.
The price of the psp is unbeleive able, with prices that high other hanheld systems will sell more and maybe make more money than sony. io a ps fan will probably buy it but newcomers will want some thing cheap and good. Nintend o a very good rival can deliver that also to people who know nintendo and like it will also buy the new nintendo handheld system the DS or dual screen because it's cheap and pretty good if i do say so my self.
The psp is a very cool looking system with cool features such as it can play audio dvds etc. or so they say, but... the DS can compare it has nice dual screens
and its size is good for road trips. the prices of the DS are good compared to the psp $200.00 to $450.00.
I will probably buy a psp to compare the previous and upcoming nintendo systems but people who think it looks cool i'll buy it i think uyou should go with psp i know i will. : )
I really want my parents to buy me the new psp
they said they will
BUT .....
my friend said they cost over 600 bob i dont no if dis iz tru but I REALLY REALLY WANT IT
I want a PSP ... but far to expensive!! :-(
My PS2 was cheaper than that when i first bought it those years back ...
But £200-£300 / $300-$400 is a little tad much ...
But i would not buy the DS at any rate ... a little too basic for the money. Sure it has 2 screens ... but thats the only thing worth about it in actual fact ...
What they are probably going to do, (what they did with the n-gage) is they are going tosome strange reason, like a motn after it comes out, they are going to lower the price $100-$200 if it is doing very badly. Thats just my thoughts though.
why buy the sony psp for $450 when you can buy the upcoming nintendo Duel Screen for $199 it's coming out Nov. 29/ 04
$450 not ME. ...
The price will drop, just like it did with PS2 which was first aproximated to be $400.
Im only 12, and saved for like a year for my xbox. I was
exited (i dont think I spelled that right) but then i saw
the price. $450!?
I COULD BUY AN XBOX, PS2, AND GAMECUBE
WITH THAT MONEY!
They sampled a DVD on the PSP.
Guess what it was?
FINAL FANTASY Vll THE MOVIE PEOPLE!!!
I CANT WAIT!!!!! :-D
seriously, i cant. i just peed my pants.
4,800 yen is $45.00
i dont think u can buy all three systems with that :-p
I have a question, do you have info on the upcoming Game Boy DS??
that is way too much
PSP looks completely awesome but way too much for a game console.
I personaly said to myself i wouldnt pay $450. But i think about cell phones and pda's this isnt just a regular mobile game system. Its a pda/phone/mp3player/internet browser/ect. Sony's top of the line cell phone sold for $800 when it first came out. And people payed $800. theres no doubt that the same people will pay $450 or even $600 just to be the first ones with one.
The price should be lowered , but if not it should come with a game.
If they want anybody to even consider buying a PSP, they have to lower the price by $300 or so. Other wise, nobody I know will even look into the Wallmart window. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE lower the prise.:-(
do they let you play ps2 games on a psp!!!!
the price for PSP is too much
THAT WAS SERIOUSLY NOT COOL!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST WROTE OUT A HUGE THING FOR THIS AND THEN CURIOUSLY HIT THE GUIDLINES BUTTIN AND THEN REALIZED WHAT I DID AND HIT BACK AND THE HUGE THING WAS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyways i think that another final fantasy game should come out at the same time as psp and then it would be worth paying 400 $ for it.
thats all that im going to bother re-writing from my page long thing that i wrote out.
hey u know how when u hit submit on the message thing and it says that it may take a few minutes for ur message to come up then it says click here to find out why?
well when u click there it just brinngs u to a site where it answers a few questions, but not that question.
weird...
I think that the psp should cost less than 200$
i think that the PSP is worth buying over the DS...because it has waaay more features, and also because the only games the DS will have are Mario, Sonic, link, and Metroid,...and some squarenix games as well (these are all great games, but why would anyone want to be limited to only playing these games? I know that after a while the PSP will have way more games than the DS and they will also have more variety). I will wait until the PSP's price drops to like $300 though ($450 is too much obviously). The only thing that would stop me from getting the PSP is if when it comes out; people find out its almost impossible to play/watch movies with because of how the batteries only last for such a limited amount of time. If thats the case, then i will not get the DS instead (ill just wait for the PS3) unless the DS has way more games and features going for it.
While £240 is about $450, it's worth bearing in mind that the PS2's launch prices were $250 and £250 - nobody bothers with exchange rates, even if it means you can get a console for half the UK price by importing.
The price is way to high. The battery life lasts for about 2 hours, it DOESNT have wireless internet accsess; it has wireless connectivity. The DS on the other hand (Estimaited $179) Will have 10 hour battery life, online gamming via wirless internet network, even an Instant Messenging program, and 16 channel steroe speakers, Nintendo has also redesigned the shell.
WTF the price is too much!!
A good price for the PSP is $299
Fighter
what´s PSP?what´s it diference to PS3?
dude 450$ is way too much man unless you are some kind of kid who gets hundreds everytime your rich uncle gives you some money or your parents are engineers or doctors you would keep your money for something else
I hope PSP can sell cheap somemore
Hey, £230 aint bad, considering what you get with the PSP. You may say you cant play for very long, but we only play games for 2-3 hours anyway, then recharge at night. Ah, you may say, what if you are on a 6 hour train journey? Well Sony are bringing out a REALLY cheat AA battery adapter for really long journeys, plus it has said its gonna try and make the battery life at least 5hours. And hey, 5 hours Minimum aint bad. But just remember, the PSPs battery life depends on the application! PSPs superior Graphics, sound, screen size, features, number of games, oh, everything will destroy the ds. you wait until all the kids have stopped going "Ooh, Mummy, a new Game Boy DS! Can I have it? Ooh, Thank you!" Then everyone will realise that the Ds isnt that good, and the kids will go, "Is there anything apart from MARIO on Nintendo consoles?" Ooh, a PSP! Look at the selection of games and Number of cool features-which-the-ds-doesent-have-and-never-will-because-it-sucks." Case Closed.
if they make it $450 then theyre kidding themselves. They have a lot of hype im really dying to get psp but for $450 ill just have to go with good ol ps2 and im sure many others will too so i guess the price will drop within the christmas months if they notice its not selling and if its 450 dont buy it ps2 is 150 now you could buy 3of themtheyll eventually lower the price so more people will buy it so they dont lose a lot of money.
psp price too much!!!!!!!!!!! at $450 i;d rather buy a ds just for the price
...450 bucks!??!? That is WAY too much for a handheld. The DS is gonna mop the floor with the PSP. Ugh, tipical sony.
$450...Wooowwww. If I made $6 per hour. I would have to work a full 40 hours a week for half a month to afford. And buy some games. Get real people. Nobody will pay that much for a HANDHELD. This isn't eveb going to be the main console that you hook up to your big screen and invite your friends to play. This is just the handheld that you play in class or on the bus. I'm a college student and there is no way that I'll pay more for a handheld system than I currently pay for my rent, cell phone, and electric bill combined.
The psp is useless. Who's is actually gonna buy a movie for the second time for the psp format. hold that thing to watch a movie for 2 hours?? I'm gonna buy regular DVD's so I can invite a girl over to watch it on my big screen in front of my couch
Besides the nintendo ds has all of the important developers making games for them.
Sorry, nobody seemed to understand what my post was getting at; if it's £240, it's going to be $240. Period.
I don`t think the psp should cost that much money. Because it`s just a portable game with cool graphics from what i know.
Yeah...like I'm going to pay $450 for a piece of CRAP!
i think we all should buy the 450 dollar psp.. because its a waste of money
me, im going wit the ds. im not paying 300+ for a psp. and i dont need all those extra features. i dont need a dvd player, gps, or a friggen cell phone! im buying it for games, and with the ds price being 150-200, im buying that. ds = earlier release date, better price, more games, funner games, 10+ hours of battery life, and reliability of nintendo. psp = better graphics, later release date, rediculous price, less games, a bunch of crap i dont need, and 2.5 - 10 hours of battery life (quite a big range, im thinking more around 5) so over all psp = crapage ds = pwnage
also might i add, ds has built in mic, wireless from 30 - 100 feet, online play, and a TOUCHSCREEN, yay!
everyones saying the psp will have more games than the nintendo ds, and ds will only have mario..... WRONG'D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! right now, the ds has more release titles, and more third party support than the psp, so try again n00bs! ds rules!!!!!!!! mwahahahhahahahahha
(btw, its NINTENDO DS not gameboy ds, so try again, cause ds is the 13373$7
i am gonna buy em both the nintendo ds and psp but psp will just have to lower there price or i aint buying same goes 4 the nintendo ds they both have the same graphics but nintendo ds has more GAMES so if i only choose 1 it would be the nintendo ds bt i really wana get metal gear acid !!!!!!!!!!!
come on £240 int that much look at xbox it was £400 with 4 games when it came out there all expensive when they first comeout but i would pay £240 for a pice of kit like that any day.
Look im a HUGH! Playstation Fan-boy, but i definetly keep an open mind. I have bought every Gameboy (exept for poket,cuz dat waz dumb) and i loved them because i love handhelds. But PSP $400,....NO! id buy it for $250 no doubt! DS has the price advantage, but also did GameCube............
Um but to b honest i just might buy both, they both have great things that set them apart from each other.
Something that made me think though was the fact there 3D........ Whats gunna happen to all our favorite 2D games? i think theres gunna be a LOT less new 2D game franchises coming out! Well PAC PIX does look cool (new pacman game for DS)..............IDK!
this is something well have to wait for!
Don't buy it anyone. Then Sony will lower the price.
Just like Xbox.
I think thats way to much for a handheld. I mean thats more then the PS2 cost when it was released. I belive handheld were made for people on a tight budget and that dont want to spend hundreds of dollars on a gaming system. I live in Canada so the price is gonna be like C600$. Unless they come up with this crazy add-on like a holigraphic projector, lol, I not gonna buy it.
If u guys don't change it,i will disreguard PS2 and Sony altogether.That is completely outragous and idiotic.
WAY TO EXPENSIVE IM ANGRY
For the Guy that asked if the Nintendo DS played movies. The answer is yes. I read in Gameinformer that the company that makes the GameboyVideo will make mini movies playable on the DS. They'll be movies as long as 3 hours, depending on the quality.
Oh and For the many people that said the DS has no support. You have to be the most ignorant people. Do u guys realize that the Nintendo DS has like 100 titles already announced. Some good and of coarse some bad. What system doesnt have bad games?
Neways, Battery life on the PSP is gonna suck my nipples. Imagine ur in subway or on a bus, nowhere near an outlet, ur on the last stage of ur favorite game and havent saved for a while. Guess what buddy If you forget to save and ur game turns off, ur basically screwed so.... "ohhhh but the PSP has a bigger screen that's why battery life is shorter" No!!! Try 2 screens buddy one that's even a touch screen what happened there, by those standards then the DS should last around 30 minutes. and we all know its gonna last around 10 hours. So there u go. Who has the better system??
lmao, $450 please. Sony, you make good products and all, but if you want your customers to keep coming back, I think you guys should reconcider the price on your PSP. Gang, just stick to PS2. (my personal opinion)
its a hella ripoff to spend 450 on a little piece of gaming equipment. the nin ds will bw almost as good and only 100$!!! wat the hell is sony thinking!
$150.00 to $250.00 would be a reasonable price. considering the DS is only $99.99
go for the DS
you could buy a dell for that much money
its a hella ripoff to spend 450 on a little piece of gaming equipment. the nin ds will bw almost as good and only 100$!!! wat the hell is sony thinking!
$150.00 to $250.00 would be a reasonable price. considering the DS is only $99.99
go for the DS
you could buy a dell for that much money
thats crazy.....450.00 dollars is way to expensive. even with its capabillities it is still an outrageous price for a handheld gaming system. i would rather stick with the nintendo ds.
u guyz r idiots thats just the price for the japanese release not the american price, Sony said that the american price wont be more than 299.99.
450 yeah i agree is way to high.But as of the 22nd japanese confirmed that the psp would be 33,000 yen which in the U.S. thats $298 still with the now confirmed price of the DS at $150 that still leaves the psp doubled. Still though U.S. price has not been set.I think if sony really wants to sell this thing in the us they are going to have to drop the price. High as i would pay, no more than $225.
I CAN BUY 3 FREAKING DS'S
THE NINTENDO DS ROCKS (Just read Green Goblins comment) especially at $149.99 compared to $300+. It also comes with a TON of features which will revolutionize the handheld gaming community.
Holly Crap...450$? Sad...I always knew that sony sucked with gameing. DS will own it!
Oh man...450? I could buy 2 GeForce 6800 with that much money and make my computer the strongest gaming system ever! And I dont think even PS3 or Xbox 2 will be that strong!
NOOOOOOO WAY!!!!!!
Nintendo confirmed that the DS will cost 149.99 USD
go to ds-insider for this info
will the psp be more expensive in europa due to shipping ?
it could be as they could learn how the plane works and could take it over which is not a good thing to all the countries.
well,the ds is only $150 so i might consider that.450$ is just too much.thats like 3 xboxs.
When will the price come down?
How soon after it is out will the price go down because I am looking into getting one, but $450 I think is a bit much!!!
well r u all nuts, wit dat price i think dat nobody will pay for dat handheld. after all it's just a gaming device and ya know wat ya can't even call anyone wit dat handheld. i think y'all should reduce it to 200$ - 250$ for each unit. well, Ciow Chin Chiow....
man thats high! WHo'd pay that much for a PSP. PSp is going to have its butt kicked on the marketplace by the DS.
200 is the limit, anything more is just a scam, but soon the price will have dropped. (does anyone remember when ps2 was 300 pound!!) ;-)
that sucks
If sony wants sails for the psp...the price should be $125-$200.
farreal son
they need to compete with ds
its really too much
at most 250 bucks ill pay
That's not that bad, I can buy maybe 20 of them with all of my Bar Mitzvah money
That is way to much when Nintendo DS is starting at $149.
I think this price is to much man. in my opinion i think the game boy advance ds is better and cheaper in price and I cant wait for it to come out aroun d cristmas