Psp Price Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!

It\'ll be interesting to see if this thing sells. Personally, I\'d be amused to watch it tank.

We\'ll see.

Will parents spend that much when they could grab their kids a Game Boy? Will adults buy it for themselves since they\'d never use it?

Hmm..

-Dan

Originally posted by THX
How much was the Virtual Boy on launch?

US $179.95 Dollars and in Japan ¥15,000 Yen

Come on you pussies, $250 is nothing.

You should try buying console related stuff in Europe... your butt would hurt from all the raping.

Originally posted by Samwise
Come on you pussies, $250 is nothing.

You should try buying console related stuff in Europe... your butt would hurt from all the raping.

Thats got  NOTHING to do with console prices in Europe and YOU KONW it

Will parents spend that much when they could grab their kids a Game Boy? Will adults buy it for themselves since they\'d never use it?

Kids nowadays get what they want, so it wouldnt surprise me. how many parents bought a portable DVD so they dont hear their kids ramlbing while traveling in car? it was the hardware that sold the most this holyday seasons.

Many adults use train, subway to go to work... a PSP will be nice :P

The PSP will sell fairly well to hardcore gamers but will not become a phenomenon like so many of you think it will. Sony seems to be banking on older gamers clamoring for one when in fact most older gamers don\'t care about handheld gaming. Other than playing with the display model at the counter while waiting in line at a gaming store I have never touched a GBA/DS.

Older gamers are not going to buy it as an MP3 player because there are better/cheaper MP3 players. They are not going to buy it to watch movies because no one but Sony is signed on to support the format and it is a small ass screen. When it comes down to it its a more advanced GBA with a couple more bells and whistles.

NOW if Sony somehow figures out a way to make this a viable addition to the PS3 then its a whole new ballgame.

enough with the gimmicks, please

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He\'s pretty much on the mark, well here anyway. I haven\'t got any mates that play with handhelds. Most of them prefer to update their pcs or buy consoles...

[Evi]

enough with the gimmicks, please

You like that word, don\'t you?

He\'s kind of right, though.

And I\'m a Nintendo fanboy.

As for the train/subway remark. I think newspapers are still cheaper.

We\'ll see...

-Dan

Out of the guys I know IRL who are shared their opinions on both DS and PSP, a majority favours PSP.

However, the guys who said they prefer
the DS are actually gonna buy the DS. Dunno if the same applies to the guys who
prefer PSP.......

Anyway, the newest of news is that the European PSP won\'t make it in  March, so I think the DS\'ll have a great opportunity to set solid base in Europe.

Personally, I\'m not gonna buy either handheld. At least not right away. I got a GBA 1st edition collecting dust in the cupboard.
I think DS is gonna be quite a succes, although I certainly don\'t like to see PSP fail.
The major concern i think PSP has is it\'s UMD format ;

- the drive slurps up way too much battery power
- the UMD, no matter what they say, will always be more prone to disk skipping than solid state media.

On the other hand ; there have already been reports of DS ROMS on the net....

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Will buy DS eventually for the new 2D Castlevania - for no other reason.

Still waiting for compelling reason to buy the friggin\' PSP.

havent watched any of the videos?

[Evi]

havent watched any of the videos?

Seriously...the graphics are the best of any handheld in history.

Real life looks pretty realistic, too. Maybe he wants something more in a handheld console.

Course, if that something is Need for Speed Underground and a Metal Gear spin-off, he\'s not looking hard enough.

-Dan