PSP sales will be interesting - money talks, BS walks

[FurinkanianFrood]

I don't know what anyone sees in this thing, but the price is what is really ludicrous.

Especially with the cost of memory for playing MP3's and such.

If people are interested in the non game functions they might as well buy an MP3 player and some other game device, or some other fancy gadget.

People don't know jack about this thing. What if Mr. Yuppie-wannabe buys it then finds out he can't fit MP3's on the damn thing when he gets it home?
How many people will want to buy the kind of memory needed to actually store a reasonable amount of music? How many people can actually afford it?

The extra features just cause this thing to have even more competition, like that dumb PSX PVR thingy, or whatever the hell it was (and is again it seems....).

It's not just competing with Nintendo, it's competing with all of the gadgetry on the market, IPods and all that junk for instance.....

And dedicated devices perform nearly all of it's functions better and more cost effectively.

This seems like a desperate attempt for Sony to catch up in the gadget market, and UMD ain't a way to do it.

Everyone loves expensive proprietary formats.

UMD and/or Bluray = Beta ?

[zektor]

I'm wondering how it will sell in the stores that Arcade Antics doesn't go to, stores Kaine23 DOES go to, and stores that have the same number of letters in their name when comparing the two lists of stores. After sorting them by ZIP code, I'd like to know how they're selling in the fourth store on that list. Only then will I be satisfied with what I want to know!

And though I didn't think I"d actually do it, I bought one. The thing is just so damn sexy. I don't do a lot of handheld gaming but I see this system as changing all of that for me.

Well, Joe, one thing is for sure. Portable gaming is where it's "at" nowadays. ANd it is getting (gotten?) to the point that the handheld is right along side the home console in terms of power. But now, you can put that power in your pocket. Now you're REALLY playing with power! LOL

[kainemaxwell]

It's not worth the money Sony's asking for it right now, especially since it sdoesn't come with a game, but a way to start shoving UMD down people's throats.

[digitalpress]

OK, we've got an "official" thread for this now, so let's direct all PSP launch day stuff over here:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56631

Thanks!