Topic: PSP w/ a 50GB internal harddrive!!? iPod killer??

[BlackNMild2k1]

A rumor posted byJoystiq.com from a conference that they attended..

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One speaker (Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities) at the “Positioning for Profitability in the Video Game Economy” conference we attended yesterday let on that he had heard that Sony is working on a flavor of the PSP that includes an internal, 50-gigabyte hard drive. A prototype of the new portable might be out by year-end, but mass production of the new device probably would not happen until next year, he said.

first a possible battery upgrade and now an internal HD - how much does Sony plan on charging for this thing?

How much would you pay for something like this
-videogames
-movies
-music
-photo
-wireless
-50gb harddrive
-ms access

if they could put this out for less than $600 and increase the batterylife to something way beyond 15hrs in mp3 mode (more like 24hr in mp3 mode) then this could really take off

[vudu]

Yikes.  I would never buy something like this.  I'd much rather have seperate systems that play video games, movies, music, etc.  If I owned something like this, I'd be scared to leave a padded room for fear of breaking it.

Plus, can you imagine how big the PSP would be once you added a 50 gig HD?

[ib2kool4u912]

For $600 you could buy a laptop. It might even be a little bit smaller than a PSP with all that stuff added on.

[KnowsNothing]

For $600 I could buy myself a 30 GB Ipod Photo, a decent portable DVD player, and a DS.

[BlackNMild2k1]

$600 was just an estimated guess

but would you really want to carry around all 3 items @ the same time?

how much do you think a 50gb PSP would cost (w/ all current options)?

[BlackNMild2k1]

I just checked on line and a 60gb iPod Photo cost $450 (30gb $350)has 15hrs of music life and 5hrs of photo life

A PSP has 8-10 music life, 2-5hrs video, ?hrs photo

now if (big IF) Sony can beat the iPod in batterylife, include a 50gb HD, keep the size (of the unit) similar, still all the features of the PSP (games included) do you really think $600 is too much to ask (considering you were willing to pay $450 for a 60gig iPod Photo)?

[Stimutacs Addict]

and on top of that, they'll expect you to buy a PS3 to play games on the PSP .. so you're looking at a solid $1,000 investment (after you buy games for both systems)

go sony! count me out!  

[couchmonkey]

iPod killer no, iPod competitor, maybe.

[KDR_11k]

Well, maybe an iPod killer in the same way that Breed was a Halo killer...

Addict: Um, what do you need the PS3 for when you want to play PSP games?

[Gamefreak]

sigh....
The PSP isn't getting a 50 gig hard drive

[Stimutacs Addict]

kdr: i was referencing a rumor that the PSP and PS3 would excecise some element of connectivity, in that you could potentially run a ps3 game through the psp. i saw it on these boards some time ago, but it must be unfounded