i'm sorry, what? it costs the same as an entire ps3 with a hard drive, a controller, and a bluray player, and it's a "good" price?Considering that the PS3 cost $600 at launch, a launch price of $250 is pretty good for the PSV. I want one, but I'll wait a year or so for more games to be released.
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i was definitely expecting a $100 spike in price from what they announced and now I'm thinking of buying a playstation portable as opposed to the 3DS...but then there's Pokémon...ugh!
Add some taxes on that bad boy and it's 410 bucks here. Other than that I'm down for one, more than for a 3DS at least.
Everyone who bought a 3DS at 250: "... Fuck."How about you keep that shit on YouTube.
When AT&T was mentioned, I yelled "Boo!!!" at my computer. The computer sent me back an echo of some sort, as if I were screaming in a cave. Sure enough, it wasn't an echo - it was the audience. Yup.
i'm sorry, what? it costs the same as an entire ps3 with a hard drive, a controller, and a bluray player, and it's a "good" price?Yeah, because the PS3's debut price was $499 and $599 don't you remember?
This is new technology in a portable space, of course $249.99 which was acceptable for the 3DS is a steal for something like the Vita which is all new technology. If you want to complain that this is still too expensive for you, than by all means wait for a price drop, but don't you say this isn't a good price.
I'm amazed by the low price. $350 for a machine that will have 3G capabilities AND play games that are graphically on par with high-end consoles? That's fucking INSANE, especially since most SMARTPHONES...which cannot do that...cost about $500 new.
The name is still terrible, though.
Surprised that this price isn't really that bad quite fitting really, and of the stuff they showed at the conference, made me actually consider getting the Vita...at some point, but if the launch line is really great, then we shall see.
@Quacktastic said:I don't know what that means!Everyone who bought a 3DS at 250: "... Fuck."How about you keep that shit on YouTube.
You don't think the 3DS that just came out is going to have a big price drop now?
Great price point. Just one problem. I still don't see any good handheld games. I only play my DS and 3DS for about 20 to 40 minutes max. The games are made with that in mind for the most part. Most of the games for the PSV still would lack that quick handheld gameplay I want. Still not a bad line up though for sure. The Modnation Racers would be their Mario Kart, and the Street Fighter X Tekken is a good counterpart to the Super Street Fighter 4 for the 3DS. Still anything with shooting is not what I look for in a handheld. First and third person shooters are over saturated in the market and require bigger screens to see what you are shooting at. I could tell that during the uncharted demo he was having trouble hitting the enemies even with auto targeting and I could barley see the dude.
Also as someone who works in game retail if they don't show some more kid friendly games they will fail again. All I ever hear from people who sell their PSP is that for months they couldn't find a game for their daughter. Or their son want a easy game like Mario on their PSP but little big planet couldn't fill that space.
But this is just the opening for this new handheld so lets see if they add some more rtitles that are more fitting to handheld games.
I'm happy with the pricing on this thing. I'm way more likely to spend $250 on this than the 3DS. I'll still be waiting a while before buying, bit the price makes it way more tempting and the device itself seems to have a ton of potential.
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