[Dave Baumann]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24796

"SONY HAS been telling its first party retailers in the UK that PlayStation Portable games will cost £34.99 each in the UK when the handheld console (finally) launches in September."

If this is true (and going by Play's RRP's it appears to be) its another case of UK users getting the shaft. Conversion rates from the US right now puts the games between £20-£25 (and thats with the dollar being stronger than it has been for a while), so even with the online discounting thatz £5-£10 more per copy.

Looks lik I'll be ordering overseas then.

[jvd]

how much would it cost me to send u a game in the mail dave ?

[xmu]

Originally Posted by jvd

how much would it cost me to send u a game in the mail dave ?

No need to concern yourself with that.. instead let's investigate how much it would cost to send a game to ME instead!

But seriously though, the actual posting should be cheap, but the customs, the customs .. For example I ended up paying over 10 euros of customs for Burnout 3 since the customs caught it.

[Miksu]

Originally Posted by xmu

No need to concern yourself with that.. instead let's investigate how much it would cost to send a game to ME instead!

But seriously though, the actual posting should be cheap, but the customs, the customs .. For example I ended up paying over 10 euros of customs for Burnout 3 since the customs caught it.

You should be able to send the packages as "gifts", thatway bypassing the need to pay customs.

And atleast here in Finland your order needs to be over 45 euros before custom caughts it.

[hey69]

i imported a lot of games. still much cheaper then buying here

[Teasy]

The inquirer have gotten their numbers wrong. PSP games in the US cost the equivalent of £23 to £28.60 before tax. Add on VAT and that's £27 to £33.60. In the UK RRP will be £35 after tax so the prices aren't all that bad comparatively.

[BlueTsunami]

Originally Posted by Teasy

The inquirer have gotten their numbers wrong. PSP games in the US cost the equivalent of £23 to £28.60 before tax (most seem to be the higher price). Add on VAT and that's £27 to £33.60. In the UK RRP will be £35 after tax so the prices aren't that bad comparatively.

Wow, I never have visited the Inquirer before...but from what I've seen and heard from these forums (about News from the Inquirer) they seem to be very unreliable and mess up on things that would really make people angry.

There needs to be Accountability!!!!!!!!!!!

[Teasy]

Oops my mistake, I didn't realise the last bit of Daves post wasn't quoted from the inquirer. So I take it back, the Inquirer aren't wrong, on this occasion.

[Rys]

Originally Posted by DaveBaumann

Looks lik I'll be ordering overseas then.

Indeed £35 for games here is pants, given they're £30 max elsewhere right now. Should have bought a bunch more games in Canada. CDN$55 was only £27 at the time.

[digitalwanderer]

People buy PSP games? Why?

[hey69]

[DigitalSoul]

Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

People buy PSP games? Why?

Hmmm, well I guess its so that the game companies can make more PSP games and maybe help put their kids through college :P

[xmu]

Originally Posted by DigitalSoul

Hmmm, well I guess its so that the game companies can make more PSP games and maybe help put their kids through college :P

No to mention that there's no 1.51+ exploits yet

[Rys]

Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

People buy PSP games? Why?

Even if you're going to rip off the majority of stuff you play, buying a few games is courteous and means you're at least doing something to help the platform you're mining for all it's worth.

Later firmware will be a requirement for games in the future, so you can't hide on 1.50 for ever

[london-boy]

And how much for a PSP in the UK then? 250 quid?

[Rys]

£199 for the value pack

[london-boy]

FXConverter - 164 Currency Converter Results

Wednesday, June 8, 2005

199 British Pound = 365.165 US Dollar

Nice...

[PC-Engine]

ouch...

[Shifty Geezer]

£179.99 from Play, delivered. I believe that's it's official RRP.
Nuplayer, sued by Sony for imports, is selling it £169.99 (preorders only of course - they can't sell imports!)

Far cheaper than I was expecting!!

[Dave Baumann]

I initially bought mine in the US with a used copy of Wipeout and a new copy of Ridge Racer and the conversion rate on the credit card came out to £196 - with VAT that would be £231 so I still essentially got a game free if we factor in VAT (moreso if we remove the US sales tax).

[jvd]

u sent the stuff in so u got the tax back right

[Rys]

£180 RRP is pretty good if that's the case (haven't been keeping on top of pricing in the UK, bar games).

It was never going to be price comparable for the unit in the UK, so I reckon £180 is pretty good considering what the PSP can do.

The game pricing is pants though. Hope it comes down by a fiver during the year end holidays.

[Dave Baumann]

When I last looked at the play pricing they appeared to have a blanket £35 price (which Play brings down to £30) - if you look at the US pricing there appears to be two common brackets: $40 and $50, with the $50 price going for the newer AAA titles. Smaller titles, like Puzzle Bobble for instance, it'll probably be better still to order from DVD Box Office (or pick them up on some pres tour or another!) but is the single price stays in the UK then the AAA titles seem to be a lot more competetive.

[hey69]

if you think i bought some games for 7 euro from japan brand new.
i forgot the names, but it was a puzler i think nobody bought.

[-tkf-]

Originally Posted by DaveBaumann

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24796

"SONY HAS been telling its first party retailers in the UK that PlayStation Portable games will cost £34.99 each in the UK when the handheld console (finally) launches in September."

http://www8.cd-wow.com/detail_result...amp;subcat=psp

Free Shpping as well....