7:38 PM on 04.02.2007
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Niero
A variety of sources with more child labor than us are reporting that the PSP will drop to $169 tomorrow, making it still $50 more expensive than the world's most succesful video game console ever. Talk about a tough act to follow!
While this may be enough to entice late adopters to pick up a PSP, I leave you with this frugal thought: wait even longer to buy one. Why? Yes, further punishing Sony for that AllIwantforxmasisapsp is a good one. But seriously, take a look at what is happening on Ebay for the PSP aftermarket. It's a joke. At the time of this article the highest bid I found was $70. So heed my frugal prophecy: I'm sure that once this news breaks into the mainstream you'll probably be able to pick one up for about $100 easy. You've waited this long, why not wait another month? After all, you can't use it as a new Final Fantasy paperweight yet.
This incredibly unpopular idea has been brought to you by NieroIsAbrokeAssThisMonth.edu. So what do you think -- PSP 2 redesign coming out in a year or is this mobile living?
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Plus, I've already got a PSP.
Plenty selling for not terrible prices.
More importantly, you should search completed auctions for "liberty city stories unpatched". That's the real story of the PSP :)
Consider me OVER the PSP. I have lumines on my 360. Sorry sony, you had your chance and you blew it.
I've only seen 512k cards for the PSP anymore, so thats about 30-50 bucks depending on where you look.
So we're looking at about 200-230 dollars for a system, before you even get a game. Whereas my DS I can get for 130, and get at least 4 games for and still be under that price.
I'll stick with my DS thanks.
Used PSPs seem to be going for about $130 after shipping and roughly $150 for a new one. Seems like about what they should be selling for.
And different sizes of memory stick are EVERYWHERE for cheap. Over the holiday season I got a 2gb SanDisk Pro Duo for $30 from Best Buy. No rebates no hassles. 1gb sticks are currently $30 on the GameStop website, so that should tell you how cheaply you could get it elsewhere.
The price won't go down now for a LONG time. Sony's was already very reluctant to drop it this far.
So much PSP hate here, and after the last few months, I honestly can't understand it.
Oh, and I'm not understanding this new T-Mobile hotspot crap. Just go to ANY coffee shop or internet bar with Wi-Fi and you ALREADY get the intarwebs for free. Frankly, just about any apartment complex will do just as well since so many people don't password their wireless routers.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-DS-Lite-Polar-White_W0QQitemZ290101062138QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
See, I can provide shoddy proof for some anti-brand claim too, can I be a Kotaku editor now?
This is far more convenient
Whats with websites and not having "edit" functions anymore :( Kotaku doesn't either...
I need to get some sleep...
I wanted one so bad when they were announced and now I quite literally don't even think I'd accept one for free. They just reek of unfunness. I actually want a Gameboy Micro more than a PSP. How sad is that?
So the DS is now $119?
just wanted to know....
The PSP is such a massive block of fail, even Final Fantasy 7 doesn't make me want one. That's as it GETS, Sony. You Phail.
Though I do want one for Crisis Core
One more solid price drop and I wouldn't mind having one.