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PSP Pricing, Battery Life Announced

Posted by timothy on from the you-mean-it-has-batteries dept.

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."

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  1. 4-6 hours by justforaday · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's 4 to 6 hours in standby mode, right?

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  2. Re:4 - 6 hours still seems way too optimistic by justforaday · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

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  3. Add another one to the pile by iamdrscience · · Score: 4, Funny
    Non-gaming content for the proprietary 1.8GB "Universal Media Disc" (UMD) used by the PSP will go on sale from Spring 2005.
    Ah! Another proprietary media format from Sony that will not catch on. I guess they wanted to give Betamax, minidisk and memory stick, etc. some company.
  4. White Headphones by PhotoBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like it's not just iPod owners who will be mugged based on the colour of the PSP's headphones.

  5. Re:Yikes!!! by D'Sphitz · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  6. Re:Yikes!!! by Indy+Media+Watch · · Score: 4, Funny

    in reality most people don't sleep naked atop a big pile of cash as you do.

    They wear pajamas...

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    Get Back to me as soon as possible! That way I will be able to ... Uh... "advise" you sooner.

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