EA Wants a Cheaper PSP

Electronic Arts boss Larry Probst has said that Sony should consider slashing the price of PSP and introducing a new, smaller model in order to boost sales.

Speaking in an interview with Newsweek, Probst said, " I think what moves the needle is a new form factor that' s smaller than the existing unit, at a lower price, and hopefully that price is US$100 or lower.

" I think the price point needs to be lower, and I think you' re going to see that next year, along with a different form factor," he added.

Whilst Probst was careful to identify his comments as " pure speculation" , he said it " would not be hugely surprising" if Sony was to cut the price of the PSP to US$149, offering " a more fully-featured upscale unit that retails at US$249 or US$299" .

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It seems pretty unlikely that Sony is going to release a smaller version. I mean, with UMD & their button setup, there' s only so much one can downsize.

unless you drop the umd...

...like anybody cares for it. If your smart you know the proper way to get movies on your psp.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

I was thinking about that for what they' re going to do for the PSP2, which we all know will happen at some point.

I came to the conclusion that they' d have to let you upload UMD-games onto cheap-ish official Sony mem-cards, or on to a hard-drive or something, because there' s no way they can keep the Mini-Disk 2.

I think it' s much too late for them to drop the UMD format for games just like it' s too late for Microsoft to add an HD-DVD rom drive to the Xbox 360... All they can really do is drop/add those things in their next console/handheld.

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Yeah, that' s what I' m saying, ditch UMD for PSP2, and upload your UMD disks to your " Sony Brand Explodey-HDD" .