Sony Claims NGP Will Be "Affordable"

[hyperdrachen]

I didn't notice the twin sticks before, that's pretty cool. But despite the vague claim of "affordable" Sony has a nasty habit of stopping me at the door retail. I really like powerful portable devices but I have no smartphone(that's iphone for you applephiles that thing steve jobs invented it a few years ago) and no psp, despite me liking it's featureset, I have to face the reality that I don't get that much time to sit down with my portable, most of the time I would have, I spend on my home system/pc.

 

[reddfawks]

I don't like the sound of those quotation marks.

It's like the difference between calling spam meat, and "meat".

 

[Brain_Cleanser]

Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Worldwide Studios, also didn't talk in exact numbers, although he joked that the NGP would definitely cost less than $600.

This just in, NGP priced at $599.95. Shuhei Yoshida commented, "See, under $600!"

I was hoping I'd be the first to make this joke...

I have no intent of BUYING this thing, EVER. It looks uncomfortable and loaded with too many gimmicks, and it's huge. I wanna know how they plan to make it affordable without taking massive losses. I don't see how they can. It just seems like it's impossible to me. I can see this handheld cycle being /way/ one sided in Nintendo's favor.

 

[Gaming King]

Sony's definition of "affordable" is something I would be extremely skeptical of.

 

[Ghaleon640]

OW... oh... ow... my arm! You took it! ... Thanks for leaving the leg.
Wait, how do I play it now?

I think it seems rather interesting, so I'll consider it... maybe wait a few years to see if there are enough interesting games on it.