From Joystiq: "The system will also come in two new colors which are also part of two new packs. First is the Ice Silver, part of the $199.99 Entertainment Pack that comes with a 1GB Memory Stick, Daxter, and the Family Guy Frickin' Sweet Collection on UMD. Also is a new, white Star Wars-themed PSP that will retail in October for $199.99 packed with Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron. These release plans are for North America, announcements for Japan and Europe are forthcoming." SWEEEET!!
Wait... so they reduced the size and weight by switching to newer tech and thus reducing their costs to produce and ship the unit, but they are still going to charge the same price?
Are we supposed to celebrating Sony's move to increase their profit margin on a less then top-selling handheld, or the TV-Out feature they threw in as an afterthought? I'm confused. I honestly don't mind a company reowrking things to make more money as long it's done legally, but don't go putting on a song and dance show and try to convince me that this has anything to do with better serving the consumer. If you wanted to impress me, you'd have fixed those crummy controls we've been complaining about since the thing first shipped, or at least install an HDD so we can better make use of it in the only capacity it's really worth a damn in: playing videos on the go.
The ironic thing is, of all the 'how would you change the PSP' threads I've read, I can't seem to recall the PSP's size or lack of TV hookup ability ever being mentioned.
THE TWO BUNDLES (THE SILVER PSP & STAR WARS BUNDLES) ARE $199.
THE BLACK UPGRADED PSP WILL COME OUT A FEW WEEKS LATER AT $169, THE PRICE OF THE CURRENT PSP, WITH JUST THE SYSTEM, COMPONENT CABLE AND CHARGING PLUG.
JUST AS SONY IS PHASING OUT THE 60GB PS3 THEY WILL ALSO BE PHASING OUT THE ORIGINAL PSP NEAR THE UPGRADED PSP'S LAUNCH.
ALSO WHAT THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT MENTION IS THAT THE UPGRADED PSP HAS A NEW TRAY FOR THE UMD'S. INSTEAD OF A SPRING LOADED TRAY, THE NEW TRAY OPENS UP, YOU HAVE TO PLACE THE UMD ON IT AND THEN CLOSE IT, SIMILAR TO CLASSIC CASSETTE PLAYERS.
Cash, you're dumB. When you switch to newer tech, you don't reduce the production cost, you increase it; Sony's spending more money. The only units that are going to cost more than the current $169 model are going to be the silver and white bundles that include games and bigger memory cards, for $30 that's a pretty good deal. So do explain how any of what Sony's doing as being illegal, please. And as it goes for the HDD, WTF do you think the Memory Sticks are for, what are they up to now, 8GB and growing. If you want to be thought of as an intellectual, say something intellectual, though I'd rather not.
As it goes for the rest of you haters; THIS IS NOT PSP2. When the mini PS1 came out did you all go, "what a lame PS2"? When the Slim PS2 came out did you all go, "what a lame PS3"? It's a revamping of a system that needs to happen every once in a while. As technology improves, so does the product it's placed in. I thought all you nintendo lovers would've realized that what with the half dozen revampings of their handheld.
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Georgi @ Jul 11th 2007 3:03PM
Price?
Frankenstein Black @ Jul 11th 2007 3:12PM
Exactly! Make it a "reasonable" price point release the camera here in the US add Skype and, well, SOLD!
Frankenstein Black @ Jul 11th 2007 3:54PM
From Joystiq:
"The system will also come in two new colors which are also part of two new packs. First is the Ice Silver, part of the $199.99 Entertainment Pack that comes with a 1GB Memory Stick, Daxter, and the Family Guy Frickin' Sweet Collection on UMD. Also is a new, white Star Wars-themed PSP that will retail in October for $199.99 packed with Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron. These release plans are for North America, announcements for Japan and Europe are forthcoming."
SWEEEET!!
Cash @ Jul 11th 2007 9:49PM
Wait... so they reduced the size and weight by switching to newer tech and thus reducing their costs to produce and ship the unit, but they are still going to charge the same price?
Are we supposed to celebrating Sony's move to increase their profit margin on a less then top-selling handheld, or the TV-Out feature they threw in as an afterthought? I'm confused. I honestly don't mind a company reowrking things to make more money as long it's done legally, but don't go putting on a song and dance show and try to convince me that this has anything to do with better serving the consumer. If you wanted to impress me, you'd have fixed those crummy controls we've been complaining about since the thing first shipped, or at least install an HDD so we can better make use of it in the only capacity it's really worth a damn in: playing videos on the go.
The ironic thing is, of all the 'how would you change the PSP' threads I've read, I can't seem to recall the PSP's size or lack of TV hookup ability ever being mentioned.
Tuan X @ Jul 22nd 2007 12:05PM
THE PRICE IS NOT JUST $199!!
THE TWO BUNDLES (THE SILVER PSP & STAR WARS BUNDLES) ARE $199.
THE BLACK UPGRADED PSP WILL COME OUT A FEW WEEKS LATER AT $169, THE PRICE OF THE CURRENT PSP, WITH JUST THE SYSTEM, COMPONENT CABLE AND CHARGING PLUG.
JUST AS SONY IS PHASING OUT THE 60GB PS3 THEY WILL ALSO BE PHASING OUT THE ORIGINAL PSP NEAR THE UPGRADED PSP'S LAUNCH.
ALSO WHAT THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT MENTION IS THAT THE UPGRADED PSP HAS A NEW TRAY FOR THE UMD'S. INSTEAD OF A SPRING LOADED TRAY, THE NEW TRAY OPENS UP, YOU HAVE TO PLACE THE UMD ON IT AND THEN CLOSE IT, SIMILAR TO CLASSIC CASSETTE PLAYERS.
RawEdge @ Aug 2nd 2007 7:34PM
Cash, you're dumB. When you switch to newer tech, you don't reduce the production cost, you increase it; Sony's spending more money. The only units that are going to cost more than the current $169 model are going to be the silver and white bundles that include games and bigger memory cards, for $30 that's a pretty good deal. So do explain how any of what Sony's doing as being illegal, please. And as it goes for the HDD, WTF do you think the Memory Sticks are for, what are they up to now, 8GB and growing. If you want to be thought of as an intellectual, say something intellectual, though I'd rather not.
As it goes for the rest of you haters; THIS IS NOT PSP2. When the mini PS1 came out did you all go, "what a lame PS2"? When the Slim PS2 came out did you all go, "what a lame PS3"? It's a revamping of a system that needs to happen every once in a while. As technology improves, so does the product it's placed in. I thought all you nintendo lovers would've realized that what with the half dozen revampings of their handheld.