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EU PSP Release Delayed Until Summer

Posted by Zonk on from the keep-your-patience dept.

Gamespot has the news that the European launch of the PSP is to be delayed by several months in order for the company to build up enough units to meet demand. From the article: "Americans need not fret--Sony has promised one million PSPs for its launch in North America."

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  1. Real link by Loadmaster · · Score: 5, Informative

    The link in the summary is wrong. Here's the real link.

    PSP Delayed

  2. Most ridiculous price for PSP ? by CineK · · Score: 2, Informative
    Last week I've seen PSP in huge electronics store (Media Markt) for 2000PLN (which makes it over $650)
    laying down next to Nintendo DS priced at 670PLN, which makes around $230.

    Funny, isn't it ? And all this definitely in EU.
    I wonder what makes such big difference between the two...

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    1. Re:Most ridiculous price for PSP ? by Fred+Or+Alive · · Score: 2, Informative

      Probably the fact that the PSP has been imported from Japan, and the DS is out in Europe officially. Imported stuff can cost you a lot of money (they know a certain group of people will [ay stupid money to get a system first), although I think you can get PSPs cheaper if you shop around.

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  3. Re:They're not that hard to get.... by GrosTuba · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just hope that a mod-chip type device will be able to save the day bypassing region coding in both games and movies.

    Sony already stated that games will not be region-locked (last paragraph). They rarely are on handheld consoles anyway.

    But I agree you still have a problem with movies...

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  4. Re:Not only that... by black+mariah · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most DVD players can change regions through a simple internal menu. I doubt the PSP is much different. What was your point again?

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  5. And another by mcc · · Score: 2, Informative

    The last I had heard was that PSP movies have region coding but that PSP games do not.

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