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Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more - The price point

Posted Jan 29, 2011 at 1:59AM EST by Ryan F.

Listed in: PSP, PS Vita Tags: next generation portable, ngp news, ngp updates, Sony

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Speaking in two seperate interviews conducted by Eurogamer and Game Informer recently, Sony's Andrew House and Shuhei Yoshida has offered their insights on the price point of the device, with Yoshida quoted as saying "It's not going to be $599."

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Yoshida says, "from the very beginning of the project -- since 2008 -- pricing was one of the considerations that we had. Hopefully when we announce the price, people will see the proper value."

When quizzed by Eurogamer, SCEE's Andrew House stated: "I can't put a ballpark on it in terms of figures, but I think what I would say is that we will shoot for an affordable price that's appropriate for the handheld gaming space."

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Perhaps. Regarding the 3g, have they mentioned a carrier?

As for price, if it's $250, it'll sell really well. For $300 it'll probably still do alright. Any more than that and it's gonna' be the ps3 all over again: nobody wants to spend that kind of money on a handheld, so only the hardcore early adopters will buy it.

It looks nice, but I don't think I'll be getting one. I'm just not liking Sony as a company lately and I don't want to deal with them any more.

-1 # RE: RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — SaDuWoOFFLINE 2011-01-30 16:26

Yes, because you've been suffering soooo badly because of them, haven't you? They've just ruined your life. Boo-fucking-hoo.

+1 # RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — HangmanSwingset 2011-01-29 03:58

"Hopefully when we announce the price, people will see the proper value."

That means it's going to cost you your left dick.

# RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Xeinix 2011-01-29 04:24

Quoting HangmanSwingset :

"Hopefully when we announce the price, people will see the proper value."

That means it's going to cost you your left dick.

I actually think Sony does a decent job of learning from their mistakes. I'm thinking we might see a price of 300-350 dollars, and considering that the system is considerably more powerful than the 3DS, it would be a fair price. Hell, if the software lineup is good enough and the thing is worth having right away it might be even worth 400. Hope I don't eat my words when the price-point is revealed, but I get this feeling that I won't.

-5 # RE: RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Techni 2011-01-29 04:37

Quote:

I actually think Sony does a decent job of learning from their mistakes

They learned nothing from PSP Go's failure due to not letting existing owners use UMDs.

-1 # RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — trigger_ftu 2011-01-29 05:22

Quoting Techni:

Quote:
I actually think Sony does a decent job of learning from their mistakes

They learned nothing from PSP Go's failure due to not letting existing owners use UMDs.

ya know what. no one bi***ed when the psp 1st came out and it cost about that much if not more. yet new tech comes out and people start ackting like dumba***es "ooh it cost to much they lowered the price on the psp 12 times before i baught one" ok then wait another 5-8 years for the NGP to go down in price then buy one. other than that quit complaining. new tech == higher price.

# yea but.. — alexZander2008 2011-01-29 11:08

6 years ago we werent is such a economical mess. yea people are going to bitch about the price cuz sony has screwed us before with the ps3. 300 dollars is the sweet point for it. anything more and its not worth it. yea sony might take a hit with every unit sold but if they were smart they would bit the bullet and deal with it. sony is very money hungry

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Techni 2011-01-29 16:22

Quote:

no one bi***ed when the psp 1st came out and it cost about that much if not more

Yes they did

But Im not complaining about price

# RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Kreationz 2011-01-29 07:08

Quoting Techni:

They learned nothing from PSP Go's failure due to not letting existing owners use UMDs.

Actually the learned spinning motors kill battery life and with the UMD you can save money to pack in other better tech.

-1 # RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Techni 2011-01-29 16:23

And yet PSP Go has worse battery life than the others

-1 # RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — UltimaXX 2011-01-29 08:03

The Go failed because people aren't comfortable with buying everything online, which is what they learnt, and at its release price the only people willing to buy it would've been existing owners who didn't want to repurchase their games.

The NGP is a successor, not a rehash. The vast majority of PS3s don't have PS2 BC, and while it would be desirable, it isn't a deal breaker. You want to talk about Sony learning from its past releases, well try that on for size.

+1 # No — Acteon 2011-01-29 13:14

The Go failed because the price of downloadable games was higher than retail. They also reneged on their promise to release everything on PSN (they didn't) and to create a legacy program for UMD's (which they bottled at the last minute, screwing everyone who pre-ordered).

The message from Sony HQ on all these issues was just meaningless marketing bullshit, which is pretty much what we've got in this "story". The SKU details were revealed days ago, and as for the battery life and price issues, they've told us absolutely bugger all.

Don't get me wrong, I love the PSP, but a donkey with 3 legs could do a better job of marketing than the witless cretins Sony employs.

# UMD VS Digital Distribution — dalearnermansn 2011-01-29 11:40

You have a slow internet. But Digital Distribution cost less money, because UMD discs cost a little money plus a lots of disc to sell. In Digital Distribution Sony don't need to buy more UMD which they upload makes it less money. Didn't the NGP has 3G.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Ipadboy 2011-01-30 14:35

Quoting Techni:

Quote:
I actually think Sony does a decent job of learning from their mistakes

They learned nothing from PSP Go's failure due to not letting existing owners use UMDs.

I heard that the NGP will be using little memory cards to hold onto the game...So you will now be able to download DLC/Game Updates and store them on the card, which pwns the UMD...(The card will be like a DS game)

+3 # RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — ZodiacD 2011-01-29 04:15

These "Read Page 2 of this Story >>" are annoying the hell out of me. I miss my old Qj =( I now resort to using QJ via my iphone so it won't at least play those annoying ads.

# yeah — fearlubu 2011-01-30 03:09

qj is pulling a youtube...they keep on changing things up for the worst...seemingly with the sole purpose of annoying its community

+1 # RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — AssassinXCV 2011-01-29 04:17

"it wont cost you $599"

right, it's going to cost $598 with a $100 $ony tax

# RE: RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — flashmax 2011-01-29 05:08

exactly what i was thinking of!

# lmao — fearlubu 2011-01-30 03:10

i was thinking the same thing!

but i do not approve of using $ when speaking of a company. well gaming company at least. just say sony, dammit.

# Remote Play — Pixels 2011-01-29 04:23

As the new NGP portable includes dual analog sticks will Sony now fully implement the Remote Play feature on PS3 to allow us to play PS3 games through the new device? Previously the reason given for not doing so was because of control issues.

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Azer 2011-01-29 04:58

Who cares this thing IS A beast and will last for years and years to come. I pay more for quality product then a shitty device. And 100$ gets u like 1-2 game so it's not like u have to take a bank load for this. Sony made all the right choices here to give hardcore gamers the ultimate device so stop ur nagging damed

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Urbz1988 2011-01-29 05:04

299.99 for wifi only NGP 349.99 for 3G NGP 399.99 for wifi bundle NGP and 449.99 for 3G NGP bundle

# Price — cyber_marco 2011-01-29 05:10

I know that by the time the NGP will hit stores on late 2011, the 3DS will have dropped the price to 200$ or something like that!

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Kreationz 2011-01-29 07:12

I figuring probably $299 WiFi model and 349$ 3G model. Those seem to be standard price points.

# ... — Aiden 2011-01-29 09:28

So, $299 ~= £190. Give that a 100% mark-up for the UK (just like the PS3), and it'll cost about £380 for WiFi only.
It's looking like being an expensive piece of kit, but one that I'll most likely be adopting from the start.

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — raymandude 2011-01-29 07:20

I think SONY should have one SKU where you don't get Blutooth,3G, the built in micropone and the two camreas. That would hopefully put the price down to $299 in the US and around £250 in the UK.

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — raymandude 2011-01-29 07:23

Oh and they should remove internal memory from that SKU as well.

# SKU — PSPGAMer12455 2011-01-29 08:52

I think the 3G SKU might have phone capabilities because it has everything that my Samsung Vibrant has haha, idk maybe the so called PSP Phone is the 3G NGP? just a thought i know there hasnt been any rumors but it would be cool!

# Looks can be deceving — snowserpent 2011-01-29 09:40

Ok this looks cool but where is your price SOny!.. Touch sceen portable gaming devices are not cheap by all means!

# jesh — Christian Banks 2011-01-29 09:50

when I first just scanned the article looking for digits... I say the 599 as was like....haaaaaaaaaa yea right.
.. good thing I read that line.

# RE: jesh — Christian Banks 2011-01-29 09:51

saw*** not say..

+1 # ... — symbal 2011-01-29 11:14

Turn that 3G modem into a phone and i'd be happy to spend $500-$600, but without i'm not willing to pay more than $250 for any handheld.

# i agree — trigger_ftu 2011-01-29 12:13

i'd simply buy the wifi version rather than the 3g version. and do like i do on my pspgo!. if i want internet anywhere i'd tether my phone to my system ether through wifi or through blue tooth and i'm online anywhere. no need for paying for an extra internet service.

+1 # ... — Afrit 2011-01-29 13:08

Well, you rised a good point here.

However, I'm totally with Sony in not officially enabling phone service in it.

Sony trying to differentiate NGP from the other in market.

They had to choose one form either: a killer all-in-one device or a killer gaming device, but not both (I'll explain later why)

So they decided to make it the ultimate portable gaming system instead.

Look at the size

The NGP won't need to fit in your pocket because it's not trying to replace your phone. It's not even exactly trying to replace your iPad. It's simply trying to become the best portable gaming system on the planet.

Including phone will be bad for the Handheld image.

1-It will adversely affect the battery life. Already they're straggling to increase it past 5h
2-Serious gaming will kill the battery fast render it useless as a phone at the time when you're out and u need it.

3-The idea of carrying a big ass Phone will affect its image and lower its reviews and defies the purpose of the device.
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just like apple refused to make iPad be able to use Phone service. it's not meant to be a phone.

For me this model is better than making it "Jack of all trades, master of none"

# RE: ... — PS360 Owner1 2011-01-29 13:51

Would've you liked iPad had a phone service?

Look at its size, to make it acceptable you'd have to use a bluetooth device to talk to people, or something else like it.

-1 # RE: ... — symbal 2011-01-29 14:30

Yeah obviously there's technical and physical hurdles stopping it work as a phone which can't be overcome unless eventually they release a NGP mini, but the point is just throwing technology isn't enough anymore. The NDS works because it's built like a toy and Nintendo advertise to the casual/kid gamers, Apple does the best OS for idiots and because it's a phone you always have it with you so spend more money on cheap mobile games. But Sony's basically created another Psp1, a hardcore console that's too fragile for kids and you always feel the need to polish it and not let people get their sticky fingers on it. Outside Japan the Psp1 really is on it's last legs partly because it's too old fashioned compared to competition, and i honestly see the NGP going the same way because people just expect phones to replace everything now.

-1 # ... — Afrit 2011-01-29 15:19

Quoting symbal:

because people just expect phones to replace everything now.

This Notion is undeniably correct.

Sony answer was the PS suite.

But Nintendo answer for it was really cleaver... it is the pedometer + game coins system

Indirectly they want to make people always carry their 3DS beside their phone.
to achieve more coins whenever they walk out and get special in game rewards.

# ... — Afrit 2011-01-29 14:04

In the other hand the announcement of the Playstation Suite made me become more interested in Xperia Play (I'm planning to get a smartphone in the next 6 months anyway)

It is SDK for making games that works on Androids >2.3 and PSP2 [and probably PS3].

If the PS Suite worked well and attracted developers (PSone already a good start for me).

I might end up buying XperiaPlay.

and If the rumor is right that Sony is making a server for over the cloud save game data service.

I might end up buying both

But I'll wait see how everything materializes

# Price — Kali B. 2011-01-29 11:22

So that means it's going to be $699.95 plus tax. Either way Sony is getting my money!

# ... — SolaceIX 2011-01-29 12:06

I think 299-349 sounds just right! The original PSP launched at 299 where I live. If it goes above 400 though, my PS3 plays PS3 games just fine.

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — danhm001 2011-01-29 16:52

279 for wi-fi only....thats what i plan to pay.....not a single penny more...

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — -_- 2011-01-29 17:03

Does anyone less think that the PSPGO was just a decoy for this?

# battery life — eriboy 2011-01-29 17:33

You know i always thought, why not just add 2 batterys to the system you kno? The psp2 could have power coming from 2 batterys at the same time! It could probably solve the battery issue.

# psp meeting 2011 fully translated online — Neles89 2011-01-29 17:45

All videos of the ps meeting are translated and put online by sony:

http://www.playstation.com/psmeeting2011/

# hm — 1ofamillion 2011-01-29 17:55

So will 3G be free? =S

# aww man — lolzzz 2011-01-29 17:57

im a junior in high sclool and a failed 2 classes my freshmen year

so now i have to pay $175 for each, and $350 for both

so im not going to have money to buy it...

+1 # umm — bill 2011-01-29 21:57

Maybe you should focus on your studies. If you do well you might get one for Christmas.

# RE: aww man — slimpsp 2011-01-29 23:41

Sucks for you....

# ... — therealpsndonutdude 2011-01-30 00:18

You pay for highschool?

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — your m otha 2011-01-30 05:30

If it's over 300$ I am going to punch Kaz Hirai's ballsack so hard his voice will sound like a bird with a stick up her a$$z

# wont be 599 — lunas 2011-01-31 07:51

Sure it wont be 599 with a contract...

it will probably have a 2 year contract that has a subsidized price of 199...

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — nickelwise 2011-01-31 14:40

Why did I have to go to page two of a 400 word long story?

# SpyTech — bluntedout247 2011-02-01 10:11

I know i'll be covering my camera ports so they wont get me on file when this one's fw gets broken.

# Maybe $249 — bluntedout247 2011-02-01 10:12

they cant charge too much

# RE: Sony talks NGP pricing, multiple SKUs, battery life and more — Javi 2011-02-01 21:30

Duuuuh, obviosly an arm and a leg is out of the question (I'd pay millions for my body parts)but you can count on it being priced around 400 bucks.

# bro_kazz — D Tate 2011-02-04 03:22

seriously dudes, there is currently nothin that comes close to the potential of the ngp, course yer gonna pay more, suck it up, its only money, you'll all buy one and yeh there'll be plenty to moan about, kinda ironic eh?

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