PSP price drop? when?

[Sebastian]

Well... i was planning to get one of those - but the price is way too "up there" for me right now...

Are we to expect a price drop on this PSP thing any time soon? After X-mas mayby? when the PS3 comes?

I was just thinking it would be smart to ask those questions the dp experts who were watching price drops since Atari was around :]

[GamecubeFreek]

I think it is possible for Sony to drop the price for the holiday season, you know, since they dont really have any games and the DS is going to have a killer Fall/Winter. Perhaps around the launch of the Nintendo WiFi connection. All I know is that I am super pissed that I paid 250 dollars for a system that I hardly ever touch...and that I don't foresee touching in a while.

[joshnickerson]

All I know is that I am super pissed that I paid 250 dollars for a system that I hardly ever touch...and that I don't foresee touching in a while.

But touching is good!

Sorry. I couldn't help it.

[hezeuschrist]

I'd guess around the release of the PS3. Can't afford our $900 console? Buy our $200 portable!

What complicates matters though is the bundle it comes with. Dropping the bundle puts the system at $200 as it is, so will they just drop the bundle, lower the price of the bundle, or do both?

[Sebastian]

what about the DS? are they sticking to 129 or is it going down a bit more?

[Jibbajaba]

I don't think that they will drop the price anytime soon, but I could see them releasing a non-value pack in time for the holidays. It's a tough call. With the release of GTA at the end of next month, that may be enough to sell a bunch of systems for the holidays. The games that have come out thus far do a good job of showing off the system's abilities, but I don't think that they are going to attract many people who haven't bought the system already. I certainly don't regret buying mine, but I will admit that I don't play it much, and I would if it had some games that I wanted to spend more time playing, like an RPG or game like GTA. Everything that's out right now is a 'sit and play it for a little while' game. I want something that I can get into enough to play it for hours.

As far as the DS price going down more, I highly doubt it. Their price structure right now is good. 79 for an SP, 99 for a micro, and 129 for a DS. If the DS were to go to 99 now, it would kill the sales of the micro and SP I think.

Chris

[dbiersdorf]

DS isn't going anywhere for awhile now.

I really want the PSP to drop soon too, because I want to get it at a store so I can get a warranty plan. If it doesn't drop within the month (because I NEED to buy one of these things) I'm just going to buy it off someone from here or at CheapAssGamer for around $165 or something. $250 is too damn much for a handheld and I will NEVER pay that much for one.

[MegaDrive20XX]

Knowing Sony's previous moves, they are going to just sit back on this one. PS2 took a few years (or more like a year and a half) to even budge from it's original price.