How much will the PSP cost?

[Nights]

Source: IGN

How much will the PSP cost?

Sony Computer Entertainment has not released information regarding pricing for the PSP in any territory, or commented on the record in any way regarding official pricing plans, aside to say that the company plans on being competitive with other handheld devices in all the fields that it will be competing (games, video, audio.)

So viper looks like the price you mentioned was just a mistranslated pile of bull.

[Viper]

Damn it....do I have to post it again? IGN doesn't frikkin know everything. Have you not figured that out yet?



http://www.nintendonow.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15929&highlight=deering+price


New comments made by recently promoted Sony Europe president Chris Deering regarding the PlayStation Portable have hinted at a price point in the £250 range, while Japanese retail sources quote figures in a similar range.

Deering stated that the system would diverge from Sony's traditional console business model by being sold at a price which would make a profit on hardware alone, and suggested a price "closer to £200 than £300."

This comment ties in with information from Japanese retail sources earlier this week, who told us that a price point around 50,000 Yen was being bandied about in Tokyo - in fact, the most exact figure we were given was 48,000 Yen, almost exactly £250.

Quoted in UK trade paper MCV, Deering said that "the feeling is that this product should generate profit on hardware alone. We want to make it affordable for publishers to produce a wide range of entertainment and so royalties will be lower down in the mix this time round."

A move to reduce royalties on the system would be a major boost to third party support for the PSP, especially since for many publishers, the last experience they had of handheld gaming was Nintendo's GBA - where high royalty and manufacturing costs mean that very few companies other than Nintendo itself make a profit from the system, despite the fact that Nintendo also makes a profit on hardware sales.

Earlier this week, Deering stated that the company was aiming for a global launch for PSP in November of this year, although that figure was quickly revised to mid-December by SCE vice president Masutsuka Saeki, who gave the new estimate in an interview with Famitsu.

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250 GBP = 459.126 USD

[Sandman]

Why do people seem to take IGN as the holy grail of video games. Yeah, I like them, and they're right alot of times, but they're wrong sometimes too.

[Nights]

So news that old and you stick with that over the 3 new articles stating 249 to 199... I still think you need to be more realistic.

[dncardman]

There no way it's going to be $500, I mean Sony isn't THAT stupid. I'd have to guess $300.

[Viper]

"Deering stated that the system would diverge from Sony's traditional console business model by being sold at a price which would make a profit on hardware alone."


This is why I trust his comments. If this is the case, it will not sell for less than $350.00-$400.00

[Nights]

They say it only cost arround 200 dollars for sony to make. They make a profit off of 249.99.

They might actually make 2 cents selling it for $199.99.

Three big sources seem to recently all point to the same price.

[Viper]

Show me where it said it manufactures for only $200.00

[Nights]

that's current speculation from CNN...

Show me where it says anything else.

You do realize that they always mark up consoles in Europe. The Sega Saturn went for 300 in the US when it was going for 525 in the UK. They have also deleted a few features that weren't really important to help keep the cost down.

VIPER this means..

That the Sega Saturn Sold in the US for 300 dollars and sold for 525 american dollars in the UK... Consoles are always more expensive in europe. Reason being is that americans buy more games so they make there money that way, Europeans by less games meaning they have to charge more for the system.

In america there competing to sell more software. Since Europeans aren't as lucrative with there videogame expenses, they have to charge more for the console.

[GleefulFarewell]

...there was this Jap. site i was at and it had a PSP preorder for $500 USD...i dont think that they would charge an extra $300 to preorder it...so...im going with Viper...i(we) think(KNOW!) its going to cost about $460...

[Prince]

From Reuters:

"Sony plans to launch the PSP, its most significant new game hardware in four years, later this year in Japan and in early 2005 in North America and Europe. It has not set a price for the unit, which will also play music and movies, though most in the industry expect a price in the range of $199 to $299."

"'So if you're saying 'Day one, are you going to be profitable on the hardware?' then probably not,' Hirai said. "Hopefully, this will have a 10-year lifecycle, at which point I'll look back and say 'Yes, definitely profitable.'"

Source: Sony expects initial loss on PSP handheld device (http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/hardware/2004/0405140856.asp?S=Reuters&A=REU&O=FRGN)

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They took a $180 loss on PS2 initially. They can (and probably will) do the same with PSP. I think they'll go for $199.

[Viper]

So we have on guy saying it will take a loss and one guy saying it will be for profit on day one.


Only one can be right.


The American CEO says for loss.
The European CEO says for profit.


If it does sell at under profit (at $200.00 that would be at least a $100.00 loss each) they would lose an incredible amount of money.

10 million units sold in year one x $100.00 loss = $1 billion in losses. That is huge, just ask MS.

[GleefulFarewell]

oook...well...the preorder for the DS is $200 and thats prety much what itll cost..and the preorder for the PSP is $500...so that'll probably be around the price...

[Nights]

The reason why there chargin 500... Is cause that's the max estimated price. It's easier to refund money than say oh it's going to be more you owe me.

Companies can't do that legally so they would be forced to sell there product for less than the ammount. This is a typical business model. The DS should be 179.99 cause that's the equivalent to the UK quoted price.

Just you see.

Sony isn't stupid... 500 is..

And viper

The difference is there is a lot more profit to be made in software in america. To much more that it mor ethan makes up for it. However in places like Europe and Canada that is not the case...

Also think about this.
The PSP has more developers

Recently the developers for the PSP have doubled since E3 (japanesse specifically) months ago.

No more support has been announced for the DS on the other hand...Even with the fact that they still don't have actuall finished developement kits.

Why, cause they think there games will sell on the system, this means that they thing the system will sell. 3rd party looks at install base, obviously they don't think a 500 handheld will sell much. What could have started the recent tred with 249-199 being the price right around the same time more developers sign on?

Speculation on my part... Yes, but things that are linked so clos together. The fact of the matter is 3rd party wouldn't make games for a system they don't think will sell. IE NeoGeo (had very, very few) and CDI ($500).

Tivia: the CDI had 1 lost mario game and 2 lost legend of zelda games. In one of the games, you actually played as the princess.

[Markopolo356]

Well how much money is sony willing to loose if they go for loss? And how much money do they want with keeping the price resonable? Only time will tell.

[________]

Nights, Nintendo has finished development kits.

[Viper]

Nights, Nintendo has finished development kits.
Exactly and 100 developers have them.

[goku2057]

EGM said like 399. I'd agree with that as well.

[GleefulFarewell]

Well how much money is sony willing to loose if they go for loss?

$0.99! if Sony is going to loose money its not going to be much...

[Prince]

$0.99! if Sony is going to loose money its not going to be much...

Why not? They lost $180 on PS2 and they didn't even have any competition during that time really. They initially took a loss on PS1 as well. The precedent has already been set...

Sony got to #1 by being smart in all areas, one of them being pricing.

[GleefulFarewell]

how much was PSone when it was released? Ive got one...and i dont remember...

[speed stick]

$0.99! if Sony is going to loose money its not going to be much...

I think Sony will still make a lot of money on the PSP. Its not like Sony to underprice.

[HolyPaladin]

I think Sony will still make a lot of money on the PSP. Its not like Sony to underprice.
Well, as mentioned before, Sony did take a significant loss originally selling PS2 way under cost.

Regardless of the price, whether it be lower towards the $200 end or higher towards $300, $400, or even $500, it's too much for me to be willing to pay for a PS2 that I can carry around with me. I guess I'd rather pay less for the PS2 than more for the portable version of the same thing.