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Sony Announces PSP Launch Date

Posted by Zonk on from the brace-for-impact dept.

Today we have word that Sony has announced a U.S. launch date and price for their upcoming PSP handheld. The date? March 24th, and the unit will retail for $249.99 when it hits the street. From the article: "the PSP Value Pack contains ... [a] 32 MB Memory Stick, headphones with remote control, battery pack, AC adaptor, soft case and cleaning cloth, movie/music/game video sampler UMD disc including multiple non-interactive game demos, and for the first one million PSP Value Packs shipped, a special UMD video release of the feature film Spider-Man(TM) 2 from Sony Pictures Entertainment."

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  1. Buzzwords by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    including multiple non-interactive game demos

    Wow... I never thought a marketing drone would be able to come up with such a convoluted way of saying 'commercials'.

  2. Re:As a best buy Employee... by e2ka · · Score: 5, Funny

    None of the Best Buy employees I have ever seen have had any product knowledge anyways.