European PSP Release Date Announced

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."

Comments

They can go *$%$*

[FidelCatsro]

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

Wow, thank you Sony...

[Fred Or Alive]

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.