PSP pricing and battery life (in Japan)

[quote name='Rig'][quote name='CapAmerica']And I still don't want one.

DS has Mario, Metroid, Zelda and Final Fantasy!!!
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I agree DS is looking better, and I am a Nintendo fanboy at heart, but don't you think the PSP will also have some Final Fantasy games on it? I mean, they release (the majority of) Final Fantasy games on Sony's system.[/quote]

What Rig said. But I know this, come 11/21/04 im going to have 3 things in my pocket everyday: a DS, the Mario Kart cart and the Wario Ware cart, so whoever whants to throw down, we'll throw down!

Oh the PSP, its nice, I might get it when it goes the way of the Neo Geo. I mean really, I'm already sick of loading... screens on my PS2, I sure as shaq fu don't need it on a portable system
 
[quote name='WildWop']
So your fears would be "relieved" if they told you that you'd have to buy a new battery (those batteries aren't cheap... high density cell phone batteries are at least $50) to get good life out of your PSP? I fail to see the logic. Charge me more $$ up front and give me a battery worth a damn from the start.[/quote]

Since it seems like Sony will be unable to release a better battery before launch, the least they could do is promise a battery with a longer life that would be released when they develop it. That way the people who actually care, and aren't getting enough out their current battery, could purchase it. Then again they could be like Apple who release a totally new iPod in order to get better battery life.
 
[quote name='UnBRELLA']Since it seems like Sony will be unable to release a better battery before launch, the least they could do is promise a battery with a longer life that would be released when they develop it. That way the people who actually care, and aren't getting enough out their current battery, could purchase it. Then again they could be like Apple who release a totally new iPod in order to get better battery life.[/quote]

All that would insure is that people wait to buy one when the new battery comes out, the last thing they want to do is discourage a purchase in any way outside of the already stated system specs.(which should be an insentive.)
 
I think the price point is very decent, even though the battery life may be a bit on the low side. However, you can buy extra battery pack for an extra ~$45 a pop if you're one of those long travellers.

I think the good thing about PSP is that the memory stick duo slot will provide alternative use for the PSP other than gaming; such as MP3 player, GPS (via USB), simple applications (like those on PDAs), and even emulators are imminent in the future. So basically PSP isnt just a gaming handheld, its a gaming handheld that can multitask. Sexy.
 
Woah there buddy, slow down on that whole emulation thing, they've been debating that on GP32x forums and the prevailing opinion is that there's little (read "no") chance sony will let anyone run anything off the memory stick besides music and since you cant create UMDs the emmulation front is nonexistant.

Also do we even know if the battery pack is removable yet?
 
[quote name='pimp tyranny']most things cost more in Japan. i expect a $150 price on NA release.[/quote]

As has been stated many times before, the DS's price is actually higher here than it is in Japan, thus you might expect the PSP's price to be higher too.
 
[quote name='sying']But I know this, come 11/21/04 im going to have 3 things in my pocket everyday: a DS, the Mario Kart cart and the Wario Ware cart, so whoever whants to throw down, we'll throw down![/quote]

Do you plan on stealing Mario Kart and WarioWare from Nintendo prematurely? 'Cause those games aren't coming out until at least January '05 :)
 
nintendo could be under the assumption that since there are like a few million more people here who;d by the DS that 10 bucks more wont hurt the roll out and provide them with a slight boost, but at the same time remember we're talking about price conversion and they;re hardly ever perfectly accurate, unless you have perfectly up to the minute stock exchange quotes you might never know if the dollar or the yen was up at the time that was first written.

Sony on the other hand knows they;re entering a new market and as usual will take a hit to get the games in peoples hands just to make money on the games and possibly movies if they can develope a UMD library worth having (which would mean exclusives, low price points and PSP specific features since there are no other UMD players, atleast that I've heard of.
 
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