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PSP Pricing, Battery Life Announced
zmcnulty writes "The day has finally come: Over at TechJapan, we've got a translation of a Japanese BB Watch article stating that Sony has announced the Playstation Portable will cost 20,790 yen (about $195 USD) and is to be released on December 12th. Also, the battery life is quoted as being 4 to 6 hours. Not exactly what I'd call fantastic, but at this price, looks like Nintendo is in for some serious competition. Free your doubts about software too, as Sony has announced 21 titles will be released in December as well. Here's the official Japanese PDF press release regarding the PSP's release."
That's 4 to 6 hours in standby mode, right?
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
What are developers going to do ? Randomly decrease the screen brightness or turn off the screen for a couple seconds at a time ?
I hear the Doom3 port will be able to run for 12 hours on this thing... : p
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
Looks like it's not just iPod owners who will be mugged based on the colour of the PSP's headphones.
we're all happy you're so succesful, but in reality most people don't sleep naked atop a big pile of cash as you do.
Oh yeah, Sony just introduced some new product that can do that.
I think it's called "Pee Ess Too" or something. I don't think it'll catch on though. The Dreamcast's VMU is just too entrenched.
Two hundred smackers for something you might accidentally leave on the bus
You don't own sunglasses do you?
Indy Media Watch-Proctologist of the Internet
your probably right, and that scares me. Seriously though, they are probably willing to take a hefty loss on this if they think that it will mean standardization on one of their proprietary formats. I wouldn't be suprised if their line of thinking went something like.
- step 1: release PSP with proprietary format
- step 2: ???
- step 3: proprietary format is now used in every portable media device in the world.
- step 4: profit!
where step 2 probably has something to do with using the PSP as an example of why this format is a good way for manufacuters to go.Not sure if this is true or not, but a friend of mine told me that the PSP will use a slide out disk tray like the PS2, if so they this thing has no chance in the 9 hells of working, those things will snap off the first time your trying to change games on a flight and hit turbulance.
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in reality most people don't sleep naked atop a big pile of cash as you do.
They wear pajamas...
Indy Media Watch-Proctologist of the Internet
"With high-quality graphics processing capability equivalent to that of Playstation 2..."
Is anyone else tired of Sony's marketing department? When this was first announced, it was supposed to be PS1 quality. Then it was between PS1 and PS2. Next, it's closer to PS2 quality. Now it's equivalent. By the time it releases in Japan, it will be between PS2 and PS3. By the time we get it...it will be equivalent to PS7.
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... Uh... "advise" you sooner.
Get Back to me as soon as possible! That way I will be able to
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Oakleys? OAKLEYS? Jesus Christ, guy; 1986 called, they want their sunglasses back.
Defensive about your sunglasses much?
I can't wait to hear you defend your decision to stick with the Members Only jacket.
Right. Because we all know that games with attitude are instantly better than ones that are inherently creative. I'd much rather play Jak & Daxter PSP than Super Mario 64DS because that crazy Daxter is sooo much more mature than a plumber.
Oakley must have been quite the innovator, having a web site in 1984.
You got it WRONG the PSP will win because it uses memory sticks. Memory sticks are THE most popular memory expansion cards EVER. The battery life is awesome because Sony forces the developers to make their games apply to their specs.
- Danny