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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. Not only that... by black+mariah · · Score: 5, Interesting

    According to a friend of mine that works at Gamestop they're taking a large portion of the PSP's that were bound for Europe and bringing them here instead. Retailers were told by Sony to go ahead and up their preorder limits because of the Euro delay.

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    1. 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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    2. Re:Not only that... by Hast · · Score: 3, Interesting

      PSP isn't region coded at all. Perhaps the movies will be but who cares about that?

    3. Re:Not only that... by black+mariah · · Score: 3, Interesting

      What I last heard was that the PSP had region coding abilities, but that Sony didn't intend to use them. Whatever the case, I'm sure that the region coding can be changed via internal software. I doubt a manufacturer would make it difficult to change since that would require more effort at the factory.

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

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

    PSP Delayed

  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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