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Is the sony psp worth buying at the moment or should i wait

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  • 18-02-2005 6:07pm
    #1
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 20,089 ✭✭✭✭


    just been looking at the psp reviews and man that thing looks class, finally hand held gaming is coming of age

    what im wondering tho, is it worth buying now, or are there sufficient games available to make it worth my while?

    how much should i be looking to pay?


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    #2
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    You should be paying about €200 for the PSP alone.

    There are about 3 really good games out now and another batch of great looking games are coming out for the American lauch. Its up to you if you want one now.


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    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,393 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    If you can get one at standard price then it wouldn't be a bad deal. If you are going to use it for MP3's a movies as well its a good deal. Just remember that you will also have to pay for a very expensive memory stick as well.

    For me its not worth it. Not many games other than lumines interest me. I will wait until there is a must have game or the inflated prices have settled down. The other features don't interest me, just the games.
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    mp3guy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭mp3guy


    sure, if you want to buy a Play-Station-Portable-For-Only-2-And-A-Half-Hours go ahead..


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    L5
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    mp3guy wrote:
    sure, if you want to buy a Play-Station-Portable-For-Only-2-And-A-Half-Hours go ahead..

    Stop talking out of your ass. The battery lasts 5-6 hours.


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    Zhane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭Zhane


    do people just close their eyes and ears when the battery life is mentioned, sure seems like it, cos iv seen them mentioned at least 10 times on this board.

    It runs for about 3-5 hours when playing games, mate. look if ya have the money and you want it, get it.


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    yawnstretch
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭yawnstretch


    If you can get one at a reasonable price then go for it - all I would say is watch out for customs if you're buying from outside EU.

    It will be out soon and so will all the games - at this stage it may be worth waiting.

    If anything - PREORDER. There wont be many.


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    hal9000
    Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭hal9000


    http://www.videogamesplus.ca/ have their preorder page up for the psp and their charging 300$CDN ~ 186euro for the value pack which is the cheapest ive seen yet. Plus if u change ure mind u have the option to cancel it tilll the 21st of march, btw does anyone know if wipeout pure is confirmed to miss the american lauch date or what?


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    #9
    Winters
    Registered Users Posts: 14,761 ✭✭✭✭Winters


    Its well wort getting.

    I am very pleased with mine. I paid a lot more then what I would have paid if I had bothered to wait till it arrived out here ... but I just couldnt wait someone was a bad influance ;)

    One of the best buy's ive made in the last while.


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    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,080 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    Is it set to get a battery upgrade?...
    http://news.spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=8340


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    #11
    ViperVenoM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 807 ✭✭✭ViperVenoM


    european release date is now may 20th or something i think..

    so id defo get 1 imported! they rock :D

    2hr30 battery my arse...


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    Bluehair
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭Bluehair


    Dunno why people are still freaking out over battery life, I'm getting at good 5-6 hours out of mine playing Ridge Racers which is fairly power intensive (even regular umd access).

    imho it rocks, might still pick up a ds soon but frankly it's not in the same league.


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    dearg_doom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭dearg_doom


    monument wrote:
    Is it set to get a battery upgrade?...
    http://news.spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=8340

    wouldn't take spong.com too seriously, thye seem to get their info from tea-leaves or something

    if you read it elsewhere, might be true:)

    while I was looking for some info on that I found out sony are to fix all the dodgy [] buttons because they just copped that it WAS a fault :rolleyes:

    link


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    dearg_doom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭dearg_doom


    Bluehair wrote:
    I'm getting at good 5-6 hours out of mine playing Ridge Racers which is fairly power intensive (even regular umd access)league.

    isn't RR CPU limited?


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    Illuvatar
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    I plan on waiting a bit to get mine. There's not a very good game selection at the moment. And if there's anything wrong with it it will give them time to work it out.
    I don't know much about currency but it's going to be around $150 for the PSP and $180 to $190 for the PSP plus all the extras.


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    L5
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    Illuvatar wrote:
    I don't know much about currency .


    you can say that again.
    Its $250 for launch in US with the "extras". There is no way of buying the PSP on its own without said extras in the US. so if you want one there it will cost you $250. So it will cost at least that here, in Sonys eyes $1 = €1


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