PSP Launching Price : Japan 48,000 Yen, UK : ~250 Pounds
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That implies that everyone in Europe actually knows how Europe works in its intricacies. I know i don't fully know the details, and i've studied it for years, both in Italy and here. I don't even think big names in politics know everything there is to know...hey69 said:
marconelly!
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Eh... unless you think UK is somehow it's own continent, it's part of the Europe, yes. That's what they are teaching us in the schools in the rest of the world.
marconelly! said:
It's a bit more complicated than that, but yes, geographically the UK belongs to Europe.
back to topic...
Enough EU talk, what i wanted to know is, first of all, why was DM's thread locked? The one about PSP having 32MB Ram, therefore making it even more expensive. It was a VERY good scoop. I guess it was ruined by the usual bickering... Well, either way, can we talk about it on this thread instead, without all the fighting?
That was one good piece of news.
Second point was.... errr... I forgot the second point, will get back to me eventually... :|
That was one good piece of news.
Second point was.... errr... I forgot the second point, will get back to me eventually... :|
london-boy said:
I think because any time a DM thread gets a little nasty a huge flame war is inevitable. By the way, PC3200 DDR 256MB on Pricewatch.com is $29US. So 32MB should be fairly inexpensive I suppose, assuming it's external (and I honestly can't see how it would be anything but external).
hey69: You're Belgian? Then what's the "seni gibi fistigi yakalarsam" signature? Please don't tell me that means what I think it does.
Ty: Series3 was a failure because STM was in internal disarray at the time, and didn't know which direction it wanted to take. The technology PVR had was excellent, if maybe a bit less feature rich than GeForce 1 and Radeon 1, although few apps ever used those features (T+L mainly) at the time.
Didn't you just answer your own "why did it get locked" question?london-boy said:
It is a good point, but we still have to see what form the RAM is taking--is it now just a global external pool of 32MB (likely the 2MB VRAM and media engine eDRAM submemory stay the same), or did they toss 24MB on top of the initial 8MB main eDRAM plan? The spec upgrade could certainly have a bit to do with variance in price expectations from comments, but it's hard to guess what and how much just yet.
And again, you cannot state this like it's fact. SCEJ doesn't want to let anyone know they may be taking losses per unit sold, it's not good news for investors EVER. Do you really think they would let Deering announce to the world "Hey, yea, we plan to bleed out of our asses with PSP hardware for upwards of 3 years, we hope to make it back.
Time will tell, until E3; just wait IMO.
Paul said:
Am not taking it like fact, just heeding what was said by a high up Sony dude in a past interview. So Deering is faking it? Hmm?
There is no SCEJ only SCEI and i think their investors know their past projects are to be taking losses early on, so PSP taking losses wont surprise them. But expecting to make a profit off hardware is surprising IMHO.
ACUTALLY, EA estimated 199-249 is pretty conservative. KOEI was expecting even higher, much higher!
I never said he was faking it, he maybe doesn't know the whole story, it COULD be true, this I admit.
There is an SCEJ, The Japan division where the headquarters is located, this is why I used SCEJ instead of SCE or SCEI, same shit though
Taking losses on hardware is nothing to be extremely proud about, investors won't like it either way, even if Sony did do this with past consoles.
I wouldn't say conservative.. I would say that would be a good price for PSp to launch at concidering what it does.
But anyway, this talk about price is just dumb, we won't know the full story until E3.
From what I've heard, they are planning on having at least baseline PDA functionality with the device, and since they use PalmOS pretty exclusively they may well have a variant in there (or at least something made to look and function similarly, and swap data between easily).chapban. said:I be thinking, like Faf said, throw in a PalmOS, upped the memory and stay it as 299(not that it may be 299 originally even), include 2 batteries. It be really cool to attract more tech people. Wont hurt Sony since they are making a profit outta hardware.
No idea how "on the go" functionality will work, though, as I don't think it was ever mentioned that their LCD screen would be touch-sensitive. (And even then, it's not smart to use Graffiti on a screen you want primarily used for clear display gaming.) On the whole, I figure it will be more of a "data storage" than entry use--storing address books, date calendars, and random stuff, but transferred in from PC or other devices. Perhaps with an imput device for separate purchase, but I don't think it would have one right in the package.
Megadrive1988
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PSP obviously won't be $149. nor will it be $299
at this time, there isn't a good enough reason to go against the price EA is expecting. $199 to $249
might be $229 or anything in between $199~$249
at this time, there isn't a good enough reason to go against the price EA is expecting. $199 to $249
might be $229 or anything in between $199~$249
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