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PSP Site Launches, Launch Titles Confirmed

Posted by Zonk on from the i-said-lunch-not-launch dept.

The Official PSP Website has launched with details on the system and games. GamesIndustry.biz has a list of the PSP Japanese Launch Titles we can expect when the system hits retailers. From the Article: With just over three weeks to go until the PlayStation Portable launches in Japan, Sony has revealed that buyers will have six games to choose from on day one, with around 20 games total due out before the end of December."

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  1. Competition is good by MinusBlindfold · · Score: 3, Interesting

    in this particular market.... Its pretty much just been Nintendo Gameboy in the mainstream... its good to see a name (Sony) that everyone is familiar with finally breaking into it. Hopefully this will cause pressure to reduce pricing of systems overall. I believe the new system coming from Nintendo will have a similar number of launch titles. The pressure is on.

    1. Re:Competition is good by Goldfinger7400 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      How exactly is this going to drive down pricing? The nintendo has always been priced very affordably. Plus, these PSP games are like $50 bucks while Nintendo DS games are $30, according to EBGames. As for launch numbers, I'm not terribly excited about any of that list for the PSP (albeit I'm not Japanese) whilst the Nintendo has Mario at launch! and tons more next!

      My prediction: PSP = GameGear = nGage = flop.

    2. Re:Competition is good by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Interesting

      You'd figure the GameGear/Lynx came out what, 15 years ago...they'd have figured out how to get 10-20 hours of out of the damn things by now.

      Anyone use a laptop back in 1990?

      $3,000. 2MB RAM. 386 processor. 40MB HD. 640x400 CGA screen. 2 inches thick, 10lbs, and you'd be lucky to get anywhere near 2 hours battery life out of the thing.

      What are todays laptops like?

      Half the cost. half a gig of ram. 1.5ghz processor. 60GB HD. 1200x800 screen. 1 inch thick. 4 lbs. 5 hours battery life. Integrated sound, DVD drives, wireless networking...

      You'd figure we'd have some pretty decent handhelds by now. We're better off emulating SNES games on our PocketPCs.

  2. 19,800 Yen = $190 by kuwan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, it looks like the Japanese price is 19,800 Yen which turns out to be about $190. I don't know if that's what Sony will sell it for here and I expect they might sell it for lower considering the Nintendo DS will be selling for $150. But who knows.

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    1. Re:19,800 Yen = $190 by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It will be interesting to see how Sony and Nintendo plan to play the strong Yen. Nintendo's first ever loss came largely as a result of the weak dollar, and that was when Nintendo did not have any major hardware rollouts(ssoftware has a very small marginal cost to produce). The Yen has been relatively stable recently(varying from 110-105 to the dollar), but there is very little to suggest that the dollar will grow stronger any time soon. Quite the contrary, because of the huge trade and budget deficits that show no signs of abating, there is a very real chance the dollar could take a plunge, and Sony and Nintendo could wind up losing a lot of money for each American sale...

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  3. Region Free by x40sw0n · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Liksang.com reports that the PSP games are going to be region-free.... meaning you could actually buy an import unit from liksang.com in december and play your US games when they get released. -In Absentia

  4. Re:Uh huh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It's quite possible that sony doesn't want the psp to interfere with it's PS2 Christmas sales either.

    Whether or not the PSP is selling at a loss is debateable, but it's certainly going to be selling at a lower profit margin than the PS2.

    If the PSP took away sales that could have gone to purchasing PS2 software during this critical season, it would lower sony's profit during their most profitable quarter.

    If the PSP is pushed forward to the next quarter, it is not competing so heavily with PS2 because the quarter is fairly dull as far as sales go. It has the added bonus of creating buzz, which will most likely increase sony's profit during this usually dry quarter.

    This means sony gets a good winter quarter, AND a good spring quarter.

    Seems pretty smart to me.

  5. Re:not impressed by DarkEdgeX · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I dunno, this alone has me wanting to buy one--

    Vampire Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (Capcom)

    Let the uber-accurate Capcom fighting games begin! (Now they just need to bring out a port of Super Street Fighter II and all will be right in the world).

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  6. Re:Mah Jong? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Correction, Japanese PSP players need their mahjongg. Nintendo DS players have no such fetish, and we'll be getting our hands on them first thing Sunday morning here in North America.

    Metroid Prime Hunters wireless multiplayer is T3H R0X0R. I played it from Best Buy against somebody in an Electronics Boutique in a strip mall on the next block. "!!!!!" is all I'll say about that.

  7. Re:launches in japan.. by FLAGGR · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The thing is, the idea of a plumber collecting mushrooms and jumping on turtles is so retarded that its funny, the thought of a game with pink lizards that use magical space eggs that spread love to an all-girl japanese school is so scary I think it might be illegal ;)