[PSP] BAD PSP news for europeans
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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Mar 2005 15:44    Post subject: [PSP] BAD PSP news for europeans
Nintendo gets major head start in Europe.

Sony this week told its internal PlayStation Portable development teams that the handheld system is still "at least a few months away" from release in Europe.

According to a source close to the platform holder, teams were ushered into a meeting and given the news despite the fact that a number of the European launch games are now finished.

UK retail sources we spoke to have apparently been given no indication when the system will launch or how much it will cost, with many now privately predicting that it will be "June at the earliest" before European gamers can get their hands on it.

Sony's major competitor in the next-generation handheld stakes, the Nintendo DS, launches across Europe today priced GBP 99 with a roster of 16 launch titles, having launched in the US and Japan last year.

PlayStation Portable, meanwhile, is only available in Japan at the moment, with a US launch scheduled for 24th March with a price tag of $249.99.

Sony said it had no comment to make this morning.


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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Mar 2005 15:48    Post subject:
arghhHhhhhhh!!!!


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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Mar 2005 15:50    Post subject:
wow :/ also with the Ds going online the psp has a long way to go to make up the price tag. from what games ive seen i think that the DS has better games so far.


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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Mar 2005 19:59    Post subject:
emm btw any source on this one? just fron a website?


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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Mar 2005 20:08    Post subject:
eurogamer.net has the news
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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Mar 2005 20:18    Post subject:
Martinius wrote:
eurogamer.net has the news


Thanks...


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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Mar 2005 20:36    Post subject:
which is better, i am torn... psp better graphics? mature games??? HELP
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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Mar 2005 20:52    Post subject:
PSP - > PS2 Graphics, Wi-Fi, MP4 Movie playback, Mp3 player, Jpeg storage, Firware updates, UMD discs for Movies and Games, USB 2.0.

DS - > N64 Graphics, Wifi, Touch screen, dual screen, Mic,

hmm that should be the overalls and as u might expect: Yes Im gonan buy the PSP Wink


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PostPosted: Sat, 12th Mar 2005 01:53    Post subject:
I blame this on the french...

... and the EU "portable volume" limitations.


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PostPosted: Sat, 12th Mar 2005 11:18    Post subject:
Now old on guys this haven't been confirmed yet...


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PostPosted: Sat, 12th Mar 2005 11:23    Post subject:
I do hope to see an April release date
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PostPosted: Sat, 12th Mar 2005 11:34    Post subject:
yeah me2 or else im gonna do soemthing bad to my wrists


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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 19:01    Post subject:
Followup on this case:

http://www.ferrago.co.uk/story/5331


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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 21:31    Post subject:
Mutantius wrote:
PSP - > PS2 Graphics, Wi-Fi, MP4 Movie playback, Mp3 player, Jpeg storage, Firware updates, UMD discs for Movies and Games, USB 2.0.

DS - > N64 Graphics, Wifi, Touch screen, dual screen, Mic,

hmm that should be the overalls and as u might expect: Yes Im gonan buy the PSP Wink


You fail to mention the fact that the portability of the DS is much better. And I dont consider the fact that the PSP can play movies as a benefit, when you only have 2.5 hours of battery life while watching a movie on it.
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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 22:29    Post subject:
Mchart wrote:
Mutantius wrote:
PSP - > PS2 Graphics, Wi-Fi, MP4 Movie playback, Mp3 player, Jpeg storage, Firware updates, UMD discs for Movies and Games, USB 2.0.

DS - > N64 Graphics, Wifi, Touch screen, dual screen, Mic,

hmm that should be the overalls and as u might expect: Yes Im gonan buy the PSP Wink


You fail to mention the fact that the portability of the DS is much better. And I dont consider the fact that the PSP can play movies as a benefit, when you only have 2.5 hours of battery life while watching a movie on it.


Portability u mean U can close the console? Razz
Im gonna watch TV-Series... about (160 mb) Usual 30 min lengh So it doesnt bother me and If I wanted to watch a movie on the PSP I would conenct the adapter...

and Im gonna buy an extra battery...


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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 22:33    Post subject:
And how much will that cost? After you are forced to buy sonys new propriatary UMD with the movies on, then you will also buy ANOTHER battery?

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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 22:35    Post subject:
I will compress them and transfer em on a Memory Stick duo...


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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 22:42    Post subject:
Yeah, Uh-Huh. Good luck with that. Im sure you'll easily be spending over 400 US dollars just to do that.
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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 22:49    Post subject:
not really...


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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 23:02    Post subject:
they in bits or bytes?


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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 23:03    Post subject:
PSP - $230
Extra Battery - $30~
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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 23:07    Post subject:
Sublime wrote:
they in bits or bytes?


*Bytes

So Mchart?


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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Mar 2005 23:48    Post subject:
So my entire point is -
The psp costs a shitload more, and it has sucky battery life.
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PostPosted: Tue, 15th Mar 2005 07:22    Post subject:
Well sure but with that much power between my hands im willing to get it..

It's still cheaper then a PDA....


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PostPosted: Tue, 15th Mar 2005 10:06    Post subject:
i have the psp and ds, both are excellent and both batteries on each have provided more than enough play time, so all this battery crap is basically crap, and the UK version gets a new one anyway with 30% extra play time which if your bothered about it can be brought seperately at launch anyway
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PostPosted: Wed, 16th Mar 2005 16:25    Post subject:
Sony Delays PSP Euro Launch
Sorry, EU friends -- rabid Americans are hogging up the lot.
by David Adams

March 15, 2005 - Sony will delay the European launch of the PlayStation Portable, according to a Reuters report today. The company is holding back in Europe by several months in order to ensure enough PSPs are available for the portable system's North American launch on March 24.

The company will wait to see how well it can accomodate American demand before it finalizes a new European launch date, which was previously set for the end of March.

"It's been deferred. We were originally hoping for an end of fiscal year (March 31) launch, but now that's not going to be the case," the Reuters story quotes a Sony spokesman as saying. "It is likely to be a matter of a few months rather than a few weeks -- it's a matter of allocation."

Sony has already announced it will make at least one million PSPs available for the North American launch, a healthy number reflecting the high demand the company expects for the system.

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PostPosted: Wed, 16th Mar 2005 16:31    Post subject:
psp are gonna make a killing if they sell 1million at launch price.


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