We had quite the interview with Sony's Jack Tretton, but we certainly didn't corner the market on hot new NGP details -- Eurogamer and Game Informer quizzed the company's Andrew House and Shuhei Yoshida, respectively, and came out with some important tidbits about the quad-core gaming handheld, particularly regarding pricing. Though Tretton seemed to suggest we'll see a price somewhere northward of the Nintendo 3DS's $250, Yoshida was quoted as saying "It's not going to be $599," laughing off the idea that the system would cost as much as the PlayStation 3's infamous appraisal at launch, and House said that Sony "will shoot for an affordable price that's appropriate for the handheld gaming space."

While none were willing to cough up a real ballpark estimate, the SCEE president revealed one way that the cost might come down: pushing out a lesser model, a strategy we've seen before. House said that while all devices come with WiFi, "a separate SKU will have 3G," making us wonder which of the handheld's other groundbreaking features might carry a premium. After all, OLED screens don't come cheap. Find the rest of Eurogamer's excellent interview (including a bit about how Sony will prioritize downloadable content over physical media) at our source link.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/28/sony-says-ngp-will-be-affordable-wont-cost-599-wifi-only-v/

BTW, im aware i spelled ''affordable'' wrong but i had to delete second f to make room for full head line

Okay I guess that's good but an actual price would have been nice.

I suspect:

Without 3G = $299

With 3G = $350..or $399?...how costly is it to add 3G?

I was thinking about that and had the same conclusion. I think the 3G version is going to cost Us$399,99 but it will also add other things (maybe a SD card?) and even a game.

$299/$349 sounds reasonable; Amazon charges an extra $50 for 3G in the Kindle, however, they also have to subsidize the fact that it's provided for free. My guess is that Sony won't subsidize 3G in any way, but they'll stick to the pre-defined $50 difference set by Amazon. All is off if other things are announced as removable, though.

598.99! confirmed! it aint 600 andit aint 599.99

Can someone please explain to me what this 3G stuff is everyones talking about?

8GB PSP2 $249 Wifi only

16GB PSP2 $299 Wifi Only

32GB PSP2 $399 3G & Wifi With both White and Black PSP2's.

If that were true, the 3DS would have serious competition from the 8 GB version... I would definitely consider it myself!

As it is, though, both (3DS & PSP2) would still be too expensive.

I think the problem with the system will be $50 to $60 games. I wager the system will launch at $300.