Sony PSP - Pricing Hints Emerge?

Thanks to MCV for their interview with Sony Europe boss Chris Deering, in which it's mentioned again that Sony's PSP handheld "will be launched across the world in the final quarter of 2004." But Deering also talks price, suggesting that the PSP would launch at "closer to 200UKP [369USD] than 300UKP [554USD]" in England. Meanwhile, a Gamesindustry.biz article takes note of "information from Japanese retail sources earlier this week, who told us that a price point around 50,000 Yen [448USD], was being bandied about in Tokyo." Recent exchange-rate changes complicate U.S. launch pricing estimates, though - the PSP will likely launch at less than those raw dollar conversion rates Stateside, but is not intended to be a hardware loss-leader for Sony, with Deering suggesting: "The feeling is that this product should generate profit on hardware alone. We want to make it affordable for publishers to produce a wide range of entertainment and so [Sony-payable] royalties [on software produced for the PSP] will be lower down in the mix this time round."

Comments

Re:damn

[Zaphod Beebelbrox]

Maybe they'll have this as an option.

Re:damn

[a whoabot]

Remind me to dump my girlfriend.

Re:Way too much money

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

"as indicated by your bio on your /. hope page ("let's get more freaks and foes! let's see how many people can hate me!")"

Is that my what bio reads? I think not. My bio references fans and freaks. Typical liberal disinformation.

Take your smear campaign elsewhere. I would respond to your other allegations but I would first like an apology since you just made a false statement about me.

Re:Way too much money

[Txiasaeia]

"I have won this."

"I"? A fine thing to say from a person unwilling to use his real handle. You haven't won anything, buddy, especially if you're not willing to lay karma down on the line for it. I haven't insulted anybody but an Anonymous Coward, so I haven't slandered anybody's "good name." Can you prove otherwise, bitch? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Re:Way too much money

[Txiasaeia]

Your comment (anon):

My response:

Your response, again anon

Oooh, it hurts, don't it?

Re:Way too much money

[Txiasaeia]

"Your original lodge at me of being a ***racist*** came when I was still not using an anonymous post method."

In the referenced post, I noted the following points of your personality:

-liberal basher
-welfare people shouldn't vote
-elitist
-you like ad hominem attacks
-think you're older than me
-like bush's war
-don't think people who agree with you should have freedom
-you're a troll
-try to get people to flame you

I'm sorry, don't see racist there. Am I using small enough words? Do you understand? Yeah, didn't think so.

Re:Way too much money

[Txiasaeia]

"I am still waiting for an apology regarding the filthy lie you told about me."

Not going to happen, sweetheart. And as for "mature conversation," read my first response to your first post. That was serious. Once you threw sarcasm into the mix, I'm not going to take anything seriously you say after that. Including this delusion that somehow I owe you an apology. You weren't logged in, I could have been talking to *anybody*, I don't owe you anything and you know it.

Give it up, man - you're not going to win this one.

Re:Way too much money

[3ngine]

i've been following this thread for a while, and i've come to the conclusion that youre both idiots. acidic, if you want to have a grownup conversation, don't use sarcasm. txia, what kind of bloody racist are you? you had some good points but after all this who cares? this thread is completely fucking useless. i think you should both apologize to me for reading this bullshit!