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Thinking about buying a PSP

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Mrfrog840

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A few questions. Are the ones on ebay the same as the ones that will be shipped out to the US except for the fact that the instructions are in japanese? Is there any downside to getting one off of there? Anyone else going to be buying one when they come out?
 
i would imagine a better deal / warranty if you waited a couple weeks and got it when the US version comes out

i got mine preordered and i can't wait to get it

portable videos for albis 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Mrfrog840
A few questions. Are the ones on ebay the same as the ones that will be shipped out to the US except for the fact that the instructions are in japanese? Is there any downside to getting one off of there? Anyone else going to be buying one when they come out?
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they are basicly the same the games are not region encoded, but UMD movies will be. Ic an't wait to pick one up on the 24th
 
Wait 6 months or so, it'll drop by at least $50.00 I really can't see paying $250 fr a device that has only a handful of games
 
Originally posted by: AnyMal
Wait 6 months or so, it'll drop by at least $50.00 I really can't see paying $250 fr a device that has only a handful of games
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i dont know sony's already loosing over $100 per psp sold. And there are 24 games coming out at launch. Seems pretty cool to me.
 
Originally posted by: suse920
Originally posted by: AnyMal
Wait 6 months or so, it'll drop by at least $50.00 I really can't see paying $250 fr a device that has only a handful of games
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i dont know sony's already loosing over $100 per psp sold. And there are 24 games coming out at launch. Seems pretty cool to me.
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Microsoft lost money on the xbox at launch, they lose a ton of money now.
 
Just preorder. It is out on the 24th March.

I have one but I have it since 5th January 05 and I couldn't be bothered to wait for the USA or UK release. UK release has also been delayed till some other time 😛

Koing
 
Originally posted by: rpbri2886
Originally posted by: suse920
Originally posted by: AnyMal
Wait 6 months or so, it'll drop by at least $50.00 I really can't see paying $250 fr a device that has only a handful of games
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i dont know sony's already loosing over $100 per psp sold. And there are 24 games coming out at launch. Seems pretty cool to me.
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Microsoft lost money on the xbox at launch, they lose a ton of money now.
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ALL console makers (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo) always lose money on a console launch, and typically do on the entire life cycle of said console. BUT, the plan is to make back the money lost plus some on games and accessories. From what I've read in my gaming years, a console can typically remain unprofitable for up to 3 years after it's introduction.
 
Originally posted by: AnyMal
Wait 6 months or so, it'll drop by at least $50.00 I really can't see paying $250 fr a device that has only a handful of games
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no it wont. It was over a year before the ps2 dropped in price at all.
 
I have one pre-ordered with some games. Thinking about just selling it on ebay.... decided I probably won't play the darn thing anyway.

I heard that they are going to have a million units for the U.S. launch - if those all get purchased there might be some lag time between a new production of units.
 
Originally posted by: AnyMal
Wait 6 months or so, it'll drop by at least $50.00 I really can't see paying $250 fr a device that has only a handful of games
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it has the biggest launch line up of any system ever to date...
read some articles.. there are already huge games lined up for release month after month after the release...
gamestop printred me out a whole list up to summer...

apparently this is very similar to the PS2 to write for and all the companies that normally write for PS2 are all over this thing..
 
I saw about 10 minutes of footage from the PSP the other night on CinemaTech. I was pretty impressed with what I saw. One game was some First Person Shooter that I hadn't heard of. Looked pretty darn good and used a Metroid-looking locking system it appears. The other game they showed was some Jap release. Don't really remember it, but it did look nice.

Overall, I was impressed with the footage. Screenshots are cool and all, but they rarely show off what you truely get.
 
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