PSP2: What it Really Needs

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Toastrules said:

Do you have ANY idea of how much this will cost? I'm thinking somewhere around the $350... if we're lucky. Now who wants to buy a $350 handheld?

Besides, I'm hoping Sony's learnt from their lessons. The average consumer doesn't care about quality, they care about price. If the quality is insanely high, but so is the price, no one will buy it [PSPGo, early Ps3]. If the quality is medium, and so is the price, EVERYONE will buy it [Nintendo DS, Wii].

This hurts the hardcore gamers, but it increases profits and the #s of people owning the specified console. Would you rather the PSP2 be like the PSP in it's current state, or the DS in it's current state? Be honest

I agree pricing is crucial to the success of these handhelds. Yet if the 3DS is 250, the PSP2 could bring itself in at 300 with no issue. We all know that Nintendo is no longer the only threat in the handheld market. Apple is in hot pursuit with their own direction for being the all purpose handheld. The PSP was always meant to be an all encompassing handheld device. Thats why it should be being marketed as suck in parallel with the iPhone/iPad. These devices debut at ridiculous prices and guess what? People still buy them in droves. 600 dollar price tag is nothing for fancy new gadgets now.Now you can get an off brand touch phone with many of the same capabilities and more for less than 200 so PSP2 having 3G etc when Sony makes similar devices themselves in house should be a cake walk.