With another overpriced portable ? The 3DS is £200 the NGP will probably be £300. (Im hoping) Now to me a gamer, the NGP's technology warrants its price. But IMO Nintendo's mass profit came from the more casual crowd, people who dont even play games. True you could pin down some of the success due to games like brain training, but the DS was just over the £100 mark. Sony are just going to see a repeat of the past where Nintendo zooms past them if they put it too high.
Hopefully the piracy problem the PSP had doesnt repeat, i heard it put alot of developers off, i might be wrong but that makes sense to me. Anyway apart from gamers and gadget collectors who else will be purchasing one ? I doubt the casual crowd will be happy with the price, and thats Sony's first mistake and possibly their biggest. If a father of two sons went christmas shopping and saw that price tag, he would think "The Playstation 3/Xbox 360" is almost/is cheaper..well i wont be getting them a NGP for christmas"
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