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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. Meanwhile, over at El Reg ... by SpooForBrains · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some intrepid explorer has travelled to the US and has posted a pretty thorough (and glowing) review of the aforementioned device.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/01/review_son y_psp/

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  2. Pre-order on Amazon.co.uk by danormsby · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is the link. Unfortunately the UK price for the basic version is £180 or about $340. :-(

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  3. Re:$250 for a handheld? by SilentChris · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't think so at all. It's not just a game console: it's an MP3 and movie player (MPEG4s). Granted, the big limitation for awhile will be storage (memory sticks don't hold much), but you shouldn't be comparing it to Nintendo's machine. Personally, I'd compare it to any of the various video players out right now. For a screen like that, it's a steal.

  4. Re:Only 3 things missing by Drey · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the specs at the end of the article, reformatted to pass a /. whitespace lameness filter:

    Main Input/Output
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    IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi)
    USB 2.0 (mini-B)
    Memory Stick Duo(TM)
    IrDA
    IR Remote

    Looks like it has Wi-Fi.

  5. Pricey still by sosuke · · Score: 4, Informative

    $250 isn't a bad price considering what the system can do, but where it starts to hurt is the memory sticks that it uses! 1GB Sony Memory Stick is ~$200USD 4GB Sony Memory Stick is ~$900USD those prices are insane where as you can buy and entire PVP, MP3 player, and handheld game system (NDS) for cheaper cost per GB of storage if they brought their memory costs down this would be a killer piece of hardware