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European PSP Release Date Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the patience-has-its-rewards dept.

Tom writes "Sony has announced the official release date and price for the Sony PSP in Europe. The console will be released on September 1st 2005 and will retail for £179 (249). No launch titles have been revealed at this time, but the big games from the US launch are expected along with some more European developed titles."

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  1. They can go *$%$* by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Interesting

    249 euros , that is insane .. currently the imported models from the USA are selling for less than 250 with a game and some other goodies.
    Im sorry but that is really low , the european market should not stand for such treatment . First off considering the strength of the dollar right now.
    Do you realise that the price would be 349 USD for Europe

    I for one will not stand for such treatment consider the price in the USA is 100 less.

    lets just hope the submitter has the facts wrong

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    1. Re:They can go *$%$* by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Insightful

      ;) we get them from Japan .
      Plus im not to botherd as i would rather lose the ability(untill the hacks show up) than be ripped off .
      Plus if i got a US one i could easily get the UMD movies imported aswell , it really is not much a problem and if everyone did that it would send a nice message to sony about screwing over the EU customers

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  2. Why buy UMD movies... by Xenex · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...when you can rip your own DVDs, get a 512MB Memory Stick, then put the movie (or TV shows...) you want to watch onto it.

    I know that's my plan; my import is here 4 months earlier, and ends up costing less than the local price!

  3. Wow, thank you Sony... by Fred+Or+Alive · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I mean, it's so nice of you to finally grace us, unworthy Europeans, with your magnificent PSP only nine months after it's launch in Japan. We thank you for your benevolence. We know how hard it is to release things in Europe, we are hard to find on a map, and the road is often closed due to rockfalls, and we are thankful that you are doing your all the make sure we get your newest system as fast as possible.

    Your Grovelingly

    Fred Or Alive, Unwashed British Peasant.

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    I'm pretty sure at one point Sony said Europe would get the PSP at the same time as the US - hah! Some chance of that happening.

    Living in Europe sucks sometimes. Frankly, if I had the money, I'd just import a US or Japanese model instead. It would be cheaper anyway... I don't care about region coding, as long as the games are region free, I can just rip my own media to memory cards.

    Nintendo also screwed us, we got the DS several months after everyone else as well, although not as long as the PSPs delay. Their insult was just the fact they had a near simultaneous launch in North America and Japan.

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    1. Re:Wow, thank you Sony... by dmayle · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I mean, it's so nice of you to finally grace us, unworthy Europeans, with your magnificent PSP only nine months after it's launch in Japan.

      I feel your pain. I bought a DS in the U.S. over christmas while visiting family (I live in France), but lets be realistic. For the European market, they have to localize the software and packaging into at least French, German, Spanish, Italian, and British (voice actors). It's easier, both resource-wise, and financially speaking, to release to the biggest single-language markets first, and then to hit Europe.

      I know it really sucks (especially when my DS was stolen, I couldn't get it replaced), but it's not an attempt to slight Europe in anyway, it's just the reality of business in an international market.

  4. Too late! by ReVMD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because they left it so late I've gone and got the wife pregnant because there was nothing to distract me.

    Thanks a lot Sony its all your fault!

  5. But all their advertising & rumors... by segal_loves_pandas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    led me to believe it was coming out *just* after the DS. They couldn't have been doing that on purpose could they? To try and screw over the DS launch?

    /sarcasm

  6. Re:Europe means Australia too? by NickHydroxide · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Australia & New Zealand are listed as one of the countries on the European site (yourpsp.com), and from what I gather the release date will be the same for Australia. I guess we should be happy we even got that small bit of information :)

    More importantly, I wonder whether the cost will be prohibitive. A price tag over AUD$300 might see a very lukewarm reception. I still expect to see an aggressive marketing campaign late July, mid August (strangely enough, right around the time of my birthday :D)

  7. Re:Europe means Australia too? by NickHydroxide · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Err, hate to reply to myself, but I mean to clarify: the price tag they quote is AUD$430. This seems incredibly high compared with the price one could get by importing (slightly over AUD$300). Hence I foresee slow uptake on release date.

  8. Re:Europe means Australia too? by Blurredplacebo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bloody hell none bar the most sony addicted fanboy would buy one, its far too high for the general non-nerd population too high for most nerds even. Never mind what other bells and whistles it does i could get 2 of the current generation of consoles for that price alone.

  9. Sony (and Square), how do I love thee: by wheany · · Score: 3, Funny

    Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'll fuck you with a rake.