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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."

3 of 520 comments (clear)

  1. Re:$249? Ouch! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hold back and wait for a decent game library to develop.

    Or you could buy it early and use the PS2 and PS1 library that has been building since the 1990s.

  2. Happy 100th birthday Ayn Rand! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Get your own damn cake!

  3. Re:Meanwhile, over at El Reg ... by SilentChris · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "It was saved by severe screw-ups by both Nintendo and Sega."

    Actually, the Playstation never needed saving, as Sony recognized the first rule of getting console marketshare: get lots and lots of developers. They had a ton signed on before the system was even released, while Nintendo and Sega (as you rightfully put it) bullied 3rd parties in an effort to sell more of their own wares. If anything, it's Nintendo and Sega that need saving nowadays.