PSP Release Titles

[RagedHybrid]

- Here is a list of PSP launch titles in North America.

* Ape Escape: On the Loose (SCEA)
* ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails (SCEA)
* Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (Capcom)
* Dynasty Warriors (Koei)
* FIFA 2005 (Electronic Arts)
* Gretzky NHL (SCEA)
* Lumines (Ubisoft)
* Metal Gear Acid (Konami)
* MLB (SCEA)
* MVP Baseball (Electronic Arts)
* NBA (SCEA)
* NBA Street Showdown (Electronic Arts)
* Need for Speed Underground Rivals (Electronic Arts)
* NFL Street 2 Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
* Rengoku: Tower of Purgatory (Konami)
* Ridge Racers (Namco)
* Smartbomb (Eidos Interactive)
* Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
* Tiger Woods PGA Tour (Electronic Arts)
* Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix (Activision)
* Twisted Metal: Head On (SCEA)
* Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade (Sony Online Entertainment)
* Wipeout Pure (SCEA)
* World Tour Soccer (SCEA)

- Sony also announced that the price of PSP software will be around US$39.99.

Source: The-MagicBox

[Crash]

not bad, i assume that will be launch window (3-4 months) not launch day...

and I'll bet launch titles will also be selling at $49.99

[Null]

i doubt they will. i think they will be 39.99 at launch. at the very least the first party ones will be. sony has always released thier ps2 games at 39.99

[KillerGremlin]

That's a pretty decent launch list, but I still don't think it justifies the cost of the handheld. I'll consider the purchase of a PSP come one or two price drops.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

That's a pretty decent launch list, but I still don't think it justifies the cost of the handheld. I'll consider the purchase of a PSP come one or two price drops.

Being a handheld has nothing to do with it.

It has to do with being part of Sony.


What was the price of the PS2 at launch? 700 bucks.

What was it months after that? 300 or so.


Its all about getting back your inital cost of making them. Some people wont buy it until its cheaper, but their are diehard fans, or people that just want it that cant wait it out, and have to have it the week it comes out.


And those are the people that are baffled when the price drops months later. Astounding, No?

[Null]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Being a handheld has nothing to do with it.

It has to do with being part of Sony.


What was the price of the PS2 at launch? 700 bucks.

What was it months after that? 300 or so.


Its all about getting back your inital cost of making them. Some people wont buy it until its cheaper, but their are diehard fans, or people that just want it that cant wait it out, and have to have it the week it comes out.


And those are the people that are baffled when the price drops months later. Astounding, No?

PS2 was never 700 at launch, some crappy stores might of only sold it in bundles that added up to 700, but it wasnt anywhere near that price officially

anyone could of easily got it at its launch price of 300.

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Null

sony has always released thier ps2 games at 39.99

Not always. They were $49.99 up until about a year ago or so (I think) then Sony said all first party games will be $39.99

[Null]

thank you jonbo. i think i just said that. and its been about 3 maybe 4 years since they been doing that.

[Jonbo298]

Null thanking me?! Its the end of the world! (I"m kidding)

But uhhh...yeah..*points to a random thing and runs off*

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Crash

not bad, i assume that will be launch window (3-4 months) not launch day...

and I'll bet launch titles will also be selling at $49.99

No actually, that's launch day...

If it counted "3-4 months", the GTA game that's in the works (among others) would be on it too...

However you're right about 49.99... Sony's own games will be 39.99... And maybe some third party games... But a lot will cost 49.99... Basically the same situation there is with PS2...

[Stray_Bullet]

I thought I heard something about the PSP itself being expensive and the games being relatively cheap. D'oh.

[BlueFire]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

No actually, that's launch day...

Where did it say that? o.O

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by BLueFire

Where did it say that? o.O

Well they're called launch titles, and IGN has that same list and says

"Sony also announced the preliminary list of launch titles, to be released simultaneously with the handheld:"

before it, so yeah... Seems to make it sound like titles that shall be released on launch day...

http://psp.ign.com/articles/584/584983p1.html

Plus EBgames has all the titles there listed as shipping on launch day... Of course game retailers aren't always the most reliable of sources...

So all signs so far point to those titles all being availble on launch day... With even more titles not listed there being released in the few weeks and months following...

[DarkMaster]

I actually got a chance to play Lumines (from the makers of Rez and Space Channel 5), and man is it wicked. If only people knew of its awesomeness, it could easily sell systems. Impressions from people who imported aren't any different either, one guy I know claimed it to be the best handheld game he'd ever played.

So yeah, anyone interested in buying a PSP at some point or another, definitely check out Lumines.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally Posted by Crash

i assume that will be launch window (3-4 months) not launch day...

I'll bet launch titles will also be selling at $49.99

of course you do...