Some may criticize the PSP's relatively high price point. However, considering its media capabilities and superior graphics, the PSP is a great value for the handheld gamer that wants to do more while on the go. Although the hardware may be more expensive, the Curmudgeon Gamer researched the EB Games website and found there are more budget sub-$20 games for the PSP than the DS (30 versus 26).In the long run, cheaper software helps gamers. The website applauds the flexibility in Sony's game prices: "There are PSP games launching at prices from $50 down to $20, which makes it possible for a game to portray itself as anything from a big-name release down to a chintzy piece of shovelware... Nintendo's model, especially for its big-name games, has seemed much more rigid. The price for New Super Mario Bros. will probably still be $35 two years after its release, whereas the price of Liberty City Stories on the PSP has dropped from $50 to $20 in just over a year."
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11-19-2006 @ 11:19PM
Oober Dude said...
Dose anyone else think that wallet looks...
Like.. well Umm ....
yea..
O yea.. viva - La PSP ...
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11-19-2006 @ 11:59PM
Max said...
Jeez, enough with the bullshit about how the PSP does so much more than a DS. Who actually uses their PSP for anything but games?
And before you say I'm a Nintendo fanboy, I sold my DS Lite and kept my PSP. Why? The PSP has better games.
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11-20-2006 @ 1:59AM
daniel-kun said...
Max, I agree that we all already know what the PSP does and is meant for, and what a NDS is.
But, for "Who actually uses their PSP for anything but games": I myself use it as an mp3-player at work, watch anime shows on it while lying in bed, subscribe to video-podcasts via the RSS-feed and surf the net while taking a dump. Err, forget that last one. I agree that the friends I know don't use their PSP that excessively, but they sure use it for more than just games. Much more.
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11-20-2006 @ 2:08AM
Claudius said...
I use my PSP as a portable video player and internet browser, two amazing functions I can't live without.
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11-20-2006 @ 2:22AM
Chris Matchett said...
That clipart is so wrong
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11-20-2006 @ 3:32AM
cycosuicide said...
I use it for watching movies, TV shows, I download news podcasts and watch the news on my PSP. I use it to play MP3s of songs. I download talkradio podcasts and listen to them. I sometimes surf the web with it, and most definitely play games on it.
For me, the DS is to childish. I really like that the PSP's multimedia capabilities. Works for me.
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11-20-2006 @ 5:23AM
zjoe said...
26 DS vs. 30PSP games means the PSP has more affordable games???
With the majority of PSP games priced at $40 - $50, I think it can safely be said the DS features more affordable games with pricing maxed out at $35.
Even looking at sub $20 games, 26 DS vs 30 PSP games is statistically a tie.
Rabid fanboyism is a disease that should be avoided at all cost.
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11-20-2006 @ 6:37AM
Darkfly said...
The PSP is defintly better value than the DS,to play music,watch films & go on the internet for the DS it costs just as much as the PSP.
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11-20-2006 @ 10:06AM
St said...
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought that clipart was... wrong.
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11-20-2006 @ 12:02PM
pixelator said...
The $50 price point for PSP games is another fanboy myth perpetrated by bashers. In reality, EB has all of TWO games priced at $49.99 - the rest are $39 and $29. There seems to be a slim majority of $39 titles, meaning there's almost half the PSP library is priced below the upper tier DS titles.
Some DS games even debut at $39.99, like Final Fantasy & Zelda, while a vast number are at that $34.99 mark. So all in all, PSP games simply aren't much, if any, more expensive on average.
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11-20-2006 @ 1:45PM
Wizky said...
Duh the demand for PSP games aren't as high as DS games. I only have one PSP game and its THUG2 i've had it since launch. My PSP is nothing more than just a MP3 player, since my RIO broke...so there us go, Sony shouldn't be going all multimedia in a GAMING INDUSTRY
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11-20-2006 @ 1:59PM
Alien said...
Well I use it mostly for games , but I often put on it pictures , listen to music , watch movies , but I dont use that much the internet functionality , because I mostly do that on my PC , but still I often spend much more time with my PSP than PC or any other consoel . The DS is just not good for me , thats all :? I need more functionalityes .
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11-20-2006 @ 5:40PM
Danny said...
All games cost the same over here (besides next-gen titles) at £30.
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11-20-2006 @ 11:57PM
7r1ck13 said...
Wow..
Umm.. What was the article about..?
I just had to jump to the comments..
I see Im not alone..
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11-21-2006 @ 1:49PM
Mobat555 said...
This to me is all about demand.
With the exception of GTA LCS how many of those $20 games do you actually want?
It seems to me NDS games stay at a high price because people are willing to buy them at that price. Which does not seem to be the case with most PSP titles.
The lack of software sales for the PSP are driving developers to take this course of action and hopefully sell as many of the already produced units as they can.
Count ourselves lucky that the PSP hasn’t done so well or the games wouldn’t dropping to an appealing price range.
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12-02-2006 @ 9:17AM
migzzzzzz said...
hey guys, can you guys watch mini disc in your psp?
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