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PSP Price Drop Official

Posted by Zonk on from the now-more-reasonably-out-of-reach dept.

GamesIndustry.biz reports that Sony has officially dropped the PSP price here in the US. Other markets will have to wait and see about a reduction in cost, but stores are already selling the portable console for $169.99, down from $199.99. "When asked if Sony has any plans to cut the price in Europe the spokesperson replied, 'We have no announcements to make about the PSP in the European market at this time.' The PSP competes in the handheld market with the Nintendo DS Lite, which has a lower price point of USD 129.99 / GBP 99.99. Last month Nintendo announced that more than 3 million DS units have now been sold in the UK, securing Nintendo a 68 per cent share of the market. "

6 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. Wow. Just.. wow... by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Core pack includes a PSP, battery and adaptor, and retails for GBP 150 in the UK.

    150.00 GBP = 296.374 USD

    Jesus Christ, you must all be walking permanently bowlegged over there from such a pounding.

  2. Only two apps I want for it by Krishnoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Plucker and adobe reader. If I could take the floorplan of my house in acrobat format, carry it in to the local hardware store, and zoom in to get the measurements of various areas, good enough for me.

    1. Re:Only two apps I want for it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      If I could take the floorplan of my house in acrobat format, carry it in to the local hardware store, and zoom in to get the measurements of various areas, good enough for me. Sorry man, I'm not baiting...but...if I'd sat and thought for a week I could not possibly have come up with a duller use for a PSP...
  3. Re:Price drop?... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    $30 is even less enticing.

  4. Re:PSP sits collecting dust. by nutshell42 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I have a PSP. I've used it one time when I got it in another state, and used it during the flight.

    And that was when I wasn't using my IPOD. I have movies which I've watched already, and a few games that suck.

    Lucky you! I have ten of them lying around. Never even booted them up, they just look so shitty!

    I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person who buys stuff he doesn't want and then keeps it just so he can troll about it on /.

    --
    Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
  5. Re:Yeah, like the DS doesn't live and die by ports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >So I'll give you four of the top 20 as having
    >actual novel functionality that actually makes
    >specific use of the DS hardware.
    >Congratulations on 5% originality.

    Don't worry, I'm sure you will learn how to divide by graduation.

    No child left behind and all that.