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Offline jasonditz

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"PSP Lite"
« on: March 12, 2006, 06:46:59 PM »
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Sounds dubious to me... most people are inclined to believe any rumor that involves Sony being a shameless copycat.

Adding "4 Gigs" (which I'm guessing means 512 MB) of storage and a camera. So now besides being an overpriced, subpar portable media player it'll be an overpriced, subpar digital camera.

I guess this was the more logical path for Sony than, say, having some worthwhile games developed for it.
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2006, 08:52:29 AM »
I don't understand why they don't just redesign the console to have a touch screen, microphone and clamshell design.

Seriously, Sony has added features to their consoles mid-lifespan in the past, like a better processor and 480p support, screwing the people who already own the console.

I don't see what would be stopping them from doing it here where a redesign to compete would actually be warranted.
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2006, 01:36:05 PM »
Didn't the PSP just come out?  I don't see why Sony would be stupid enough to already release another version.
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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2006, 01:50:37 PM »
Thats what they said about the DS.  Also, didnt the PSP come out at about the same time as the DS in japan?
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2006, 04:04:16 PM »
All the DSL is doing is brightening the screen and making a few aesthetic adjustments. Can't say the same about this..
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2006, 05:02:26 PM »
actually it might just be an aesthetic adjustment and a bundled in camera attachment... the 512 MB might not be accessible in games and might just be for the sake of storing photos. Or it might just duplicate the function of the memory stick.

Giving Sony the benefit of the doubt, they're just trying to tantalize gadget buyers the only way they can... more features. One assumes if they were capable of getting good games on the system, they would've done so already. It's never going to compete with the DS on the basis of software, so they're trying to make it the swiss army knife of portables. It's a video player, it's a digital camera, it can theoretically play some video games. The problem of course is that multifunction systems usually don't do a particularly good job at anything. The question is, if you didn't want a PSP in the first place, will adding a camera change your mind?
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RE: "PSP Lite"
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2006, 06:37:21 PM »
Does it take video?

In that case, the "Porn Station Portable" just took one step closer to reality. Though, people are already using it for that, from what I hear.
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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2006, 06:55:14 PM »
Most of Sony's entry model cameras take video, so I'm assuming it probably would.  
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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2006, 08:55:31 PM »
Though, people are already using it for that, from what I hear.

I thought most use it as a Nintendo Entertainment System Portable?  
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« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2006, 05:00:27 AM »
hmm, well if i was Sony...i think I would be doing something to make psp....i don't know CHEAPER
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RE:"PSP Lite"
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2006, 07:04:30 AM »
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I thought most use it as a Nintendo Entertainment System Portable?


Both, actually, including an SNES portable.
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RE:"PSP Lite"
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2006, 01:56:33 PM »
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hmm, well if i was Sony...i think I would be doing something to make psp....i don't know CHEAPER

Looks like they are doing that for the current system.

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- Sony announced a US price drop of PSP to $199 on March 22, the new package will only include the PSP, AC adaptor and battery. Currently 15 million units of PSP were shipped worldwide, the PSP generated US$1.6 billion in 2005, more than both Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS combined.


I wonder how much of that $1.6 billion is actually profit.  I'm guessing none and it's all loss.  I'd like to see their profit margins compared to the DS.  Actually, I bet they're less than when you combine the DS's profit and the 360's losses.  
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RE: "PSP Lite"
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2006, 02:32:52 PM »
Sony loves to mince words and put spin on a situation, like saying they've "shipped" 15 million worldwide instead of revealing how many they've actually sold.

The $1.6 billion sounds suspect. What does "generated" mean? "Generated" $1.6 billion in losses? It sure as hell wasn't software sales.
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2006, 05:23:54 PM »
Joke Answer: It's the revenue lost to piracy of all the garbage that people play on their PSPs since there aren't real games for it

Seriously though: Uhh... maybe "generated" is the gross revenue from the theoretical retail sale price of all the hardware + games + UMD discs shipped in 2005?

Plus they probably take a guess as to how many of the memory sticks sold worldwide are eventually going to be used in the PSP.

Incidentally, anyone know how the UMD sales are structured? Does the retailers buy them from the warehouse outright? That is to say, if they aren't able to sell them, can they return them to Sony or whoever? Or are they stuck tossing them on the clearance pile like you see with some of those earlier Majesco GBA videos?

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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2006, 07:03:38 PM »
Clearance pile.

Sony wouldn't take back broken PSPs in the first few rounds of shipments. Don't see why they'd take back UMDs that didn't sell.
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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2006, 10:31:11 PM »
Don't see why they'd take back UMDs that didn't sell.

Because retailers might decide that stocking dozens of UMD movies is too big of a risk?
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