An article
released yesterday from news source Bloomberg reported that Sony is currently chatting Samsung up about increasing their
purchase of flash chips from the Korean company. The deal, which appears to be even bigger than the one Apple Computer
struck with Samsung recently, could account for one-fifth of Samsung's NAND chip production, an arrangement that could
potentially mean around $1.8 billion for Samsung's coffers. While Sony reports that the chips are for a new line of 8
GB MP3 players, the news suggests that Sony may be considering dropping the price on PSPs to meet their goals of doubling sales in 2006.
The bulk purchase of the chips makes them cheaper individually, which means that the Big S may be able to shave off a
few dollars per unit sold. Nothing's certain yet, but seeing as the main complaint everyone has about the PSP is its
price, it seems likely that Sony will be able to push more of the consoles into gamer's hands at a cheaper, more
competitive price point.[via Punch Jump]
[UPDATE:] Read up on Engadget's take on the news.













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12-28-2005 @ 7:33AM
Matt said...
I think the PSP price is pretty fair given how good the hardware is. Sony needs to get Triple-A games onto it to boost sales because at the moment there's not many titles out there that would have you dashing to buy a PSP.
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12-29-2005 @ 2:24PM
ixeos said...
Forget the flash cards....WHEN are they going to release a version that has an INTERNAL HD? I'll pay extra for it....
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12-30-2005 @ 1:48PM
Mac said...
But they havn't disclose when they are launching the new version
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12-31-2005 @ 6:06PM
mike said...
um.. why even release this news? they could shave the costs and keep the same price.. and make more profit..
the bottom line is if the price drops it's because of the DS, not because Sony's feeling generous. If it were up to them, the costs would go down and the price would stay the same...
and no, there won't be an internal HD. Obviously, they don't want a portable XBOX (hacks..)
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