Sony Officialy drops the price of the PSP by $30

Well FINALY. Its not much but better then nothing.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/scea/daxter-syphon-and-psp-get-price-drop-249177.php

"As we reported yesterday, Sony has officially dropped the price of the Playstation Pportable Core Pack today.
The PSP will now sell for $169.99. And in a very smart move, SCEA also dropped the price of two of the better PSP games, adding both Daxter and Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror to the PSP Greatest Hits collection, making them both about $20 each. That, is three good reasons to buy a PSP.

"We have always been passionate about making great entertainment accessible to everyone, and the new price for PSP, as well as the continued growth of the 'Greatest Hits' library, reflect our ongoing commitment to supporting and expanding the PSP community," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "We are pleased that we are able to engineer savings for the consumer at this stage of PSP's lifecycle, allowing more individuals to experience PSP for the first time. In particular, we have recently seen a steady rise in the number of teens adopting PSP as their primary handheld entertainment system, and we expect the new price will accelerate that trend."
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The press release goes on to say that gamers should expect new titles from the God of War, Ratchet & Clank, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs and Syphon Filter franchises."

Now if only they also dropped the price of loco roco. I would finaly go out and buy it (i want it but am waiting for the price to drop).

 

lol, I probably chose the WORST time to get a PSP. But then again, it was a B-day present.

 

About time too, maybe i'll be able to buy 2 now.

 

Tempting, I'll wait for that rumored model with 8gb onboard. Should make this model cost about the same as a 1st gen GBA.

 

Crisis Core

 

muahahaha

 

Did they really have a choice? The DS is just destroying it! Not that I don't like my PSP (for homebrew anyway...) but even from the start the price was excessive.

 

Shocking that from the start the PSP was doing equal or better then the DS in most territories. It was not til the lite that the DS really started beating the crap out of the psp.

Personaly the price drop was needed but it needs to be $150 not $170. As well they need to push more titles into the greatest hits line. Sony has really been dropping the ball on the psp too much. The unit has an awsome array of games and japan has some sweet colors. Now if only they would bring them to usa and make the price $150.