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Sony Cuts Price for PSP Device
April 3, 2007 9:16 a.m.

Sony Corp. cut the price of its popular PlayStation Portable, or PSP, hoping to boost its share of the portable-games market. Sony's U.S.-based videogame division said starting today it will sell the "core" PSP in the North American market for $169, down from $199. While this is the first formal price cut on the PSP since its launch two years ago, the PSP is still more expensive than Nintendo Co.'s DS device. Sony said world-wide shipments of PSP devices reached 25 million at the end of 2006.

what! PSP is amazing, i have to go to college everyday on train and when i get bored whip out the PSP and first class entertainment right there.

I think the PSP is priced well good, for the stuff you get, like graphics, the games, the amount of things you can use it for, e.g. Internet and Music. Also it can even store pictures. That not bad for £160+ thats why i have one

PSP... high tech ****!

I should get one myself.

Alex wrote:

PSP... high tech ****!

I should get one myself.

Yeah you should, could do link up on some games then lol. I dont see why people dont like the PSP theres nothing wrong with it to me

It's the price i don't like. I don't care if it can store pictures and songs, so can a £10 MP3 player and that's exactly what i'd buy if i wanted to listen to music.

I buy a hand held for my gaming entertainment, i'd not buy a PSP cause the price and the lack of decent games (compared to the DS.) just makes it not worth the time.

CreepyPirate wrote:

It's the price i don't like. I don't care if it can store pictures and songs, so can a £10 MP3 player and that's exactly what i'd buy if i wanted to listen to music.

I buy a hand held for my gaming entertainment, i'd not buy a PSP cause the price and the lack of decent games (compared to the DS.) just makes it not worth the time.

To be honest what is wrong with the price? And the games? DS has games like mario and thats about it while with PSP you have decent games like Call of Duty, Medal Of Honour, GTA, Fifa Football, so i dont get how the DS can be better then PSP.

All of which i can get on my 360, with multiplayer support. And it's decent looking.

To claim the DS only has mario is silly and shows you've not even looked into it. I stand by my comment that the DS has better games, i've looked at both the PSP and DS and the DS is beating it hands down.

+ You could just look at sales figures.

Author:	Cowboyofdeath [ April 3rd, 2007, 12:07 pm ]
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The Wall Street Journal Online wrote: Sony Cuts Price for PSP Device April 3, 2007 9:16 a.m. Sony Corp. cut the price of its popular PlayStation Portable, or PSP, hoping to boost its share of the portable-games market. Sony's U.S.-based videogame division said starting today it will sell the "core" PSP in the North American market for $169, down from $199. While this is the first formal price cut on the PSP since its launch two years ago, the PSP is still more expensive than Nintendo Co.'s DS device. Sony said world-wide shipments of PSP devices reached 25 million at the end of 2006. URL for this article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117560483313658167.html I am very happy about this. Hopefully, people will see that the PSP is really worth getting and the DS is not. Disclaimer: I am not a Sony fanboy. I personally think the PS3 is crap and the PS2 isn't as good as the Xbox. I am, however, a fan of the PSP.

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Author:	Zachy [ April 3rd, 2007, 1:06 pm ]
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I admit that the PSP is a very good handheld system...Once it hits 100 I'll buy it. ;]

Author:	CreepyPirate [ April 3rd, 2007, 1:31 pm ]
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They can cut it as much as they like. Their dreaming if they think i will ever pay over £150 for a freaking hand held. Nintendo DS is still going strong, doing better and is a lot more fun at £100.

Author:	Gontcha [ April 3rd, 2007, 3:40 pm ]
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FFS!! now I flushed 50 bucks down the toilet, oh well, I still got free games for it (3.03 OE-C Pwns, k?)

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Author:	trekkie [ April 3rd, 2007, 3:43 pm ]
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i still believe nintendo will win. the 3 just need to start getting new games out.

Author:	Andy [ April 3rd, 2007, 3:59 pm ]
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Nintendo = general audience, game interface Sony = Fanboy, blazing graphics, HC ppls Xbox = Not sure why ppls like them

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Author:	Luke [ April 3rd, 2007, 4:05 pm ]
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what! PSP is amazing, i have to go to college everyday on train and when i get bored whip out the PSP and first class entertainment right there. I think the PSP is priced well good, for the stuff you get, like graphics, the games, the amount of things you can use it for, e.g. Internet and Music. Also it can even store pictures. That not bad for £160+ thats why i have one

Author:	Alex [ April 3rd, 2007, 4:19 pm ]
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Luke wrote: what! PSP is amazing, i have to go to college everyday on train and when i get bored whip out the PSP and first class entertainment right there. I think the PSP is priced well good, for the stuff you get, like graphics, the games, the amount of things you can use it for, e.g. Internet and Music. Also it can even store pictures. That not bad for £160+ thats why i have one PSP... high tech ****! I should get one myself.

Author:	Luke [ April 3rd, 2007, 4:43 pm ]
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Alex wrote: PSP... high tech ****! I should get one myself. Yeah you should, could do link up on some games then lol. I dont see why people dont like the PSP theres nothing wrong with it to me

Author:	Mr Pink [ April 3rd, 2007, 5:24 pm ]
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Psh I already have PSP for over 2 and a half years now.

Author:	CreepyPirate [ April 3rd, 2007, 6:09 pm ]
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Luke wrote: Alex wrote: PSP... high tech ****! I should get one myself. Yeah you should, could do link up on some games then lol. I dont see why people dont like the PSP theres nothing wrong with it to me It's the price i don't like. I don't care if it can store pictures and songs, so can a £10 MP3 player and that's exactly what i'd buy if i wanted to listen to music. I buy a hand held for my gaming entertainment, i'd not buy a PSP cause the price and the lack of decent games (compared to the DS.) just makes it not worth the time.

Author:	Luke [ April 4th, 2007, 2:39 am ]
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CreepyPirate wrote: It's the price i don't like. I don't care if it can store pictures and songs, so can a £10 MP3 player and that's exactly what i'd buy if i wanted to listen to music. I buy a hand held for my gaming entertainment, i'd not buy a PSP cause the price and the lack of decent games (compared to the DS.) just makes it not worth the time. To be honest what is wrong with the price? And the games? DS has games like mario and thats about it while with PSP you have decent games like Call of Duty, Medal Of Honour, GTA, Fifa Football, so i dont get how the DS can be better then PSP.

Author:	Anubis [ April 4th, 2007, 4:37 am ]
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I've done that for you since it's in the ONM April. January 2007 Figures - NPD Sales Data - Nintendo Wii - 486,000, 27.2% Market Share XBOX 360 - 294,000, 18.3% Market Share PS3 - 244,000, 15.2% MS Nintendo DS - 239,000, 14.9% MS PSP - 211,000, 13.2% MS Gameboy Advance - Numbers not given, 11.2% MS

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Author:	CreepyPirate [ April 4th, 2007, 4:26 am ]
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Luke wrote: CreepyPirate wrote: It's the price i don't like. I don't care if it can store pictures and songs, so can a £10 MP3 player and that's exactly what i'd buy if i wanted to listen to music. I buy a hand held for my gaming entertainment, i'd not buy a PSP cause the price and the lack of decent games (compared to the DS.) just makes it not worth the time. To be honest what is wrong with the price? And the games? DS has games like mario and thats about it while with PSP you have decent games like Call of Duty, Medal Of Honour, GTA, Fifa Football, so i dont get how the DS can be better then PSP. All of which i can get on my 360, with multiplayer support. And it's decent looking. To claim the DS only has mario is silly and shows you've not even looked into it. I stand by my comment that the DS has better games, i've looked at both the PSP and DS and the DS is beating it hands down. + You could just look at sales figures.

Author:	Luke [ April 4th, 2007, 5:29 am ]
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CreepyPirate wrote: All of which i can get on my 360, with multiplayer support. And it's decent looking. To claim the DS only has mario is silly and shows you've not even looked into it. I stand by my comment that the DS has better games, i've looked at both the PSP and DS and the DS is beating it hands down. + You could just look at sales figures. Well the figures show that PSP is lower then DS, but I still dont get how you can say that DS has better games. For one the PSP has better graphics and also the PSP gets updated via internet. Overall il still say that PSP is better at everything then the DS.