Nintendo did it help sell Wii to the mainstream, to help them really grasp the ideology behind the new interface, but the added value of pack-in was probably the reason for the price coming in at the ceiling of what Nintendo originally promised ($199-$250). And I maintain Wii Sports is a tech demo that Nintendo fleshed out (barely) and used as an excuse to raise the system's price by $50 in order to jip people on 10 year old technology. It's NXE, it's backwards compatibility, it's a bigger HDD, it's Blue-ray, it's wifi, it's Wii Sports. In the end, it doesn't matter if you think it's a glorified tech demo (which honestly, is a read I wouldn't disagree with), Wii Sports is literally what sold Wii to a good portion of it's audience. read more

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In order to stay competitive with Apple, Sony is considering adding cell phone functionality to its portable gaming console, the PSP. The phone and game hybrid may not be marketed under the PSP name, but the device will likely have many of the similar features of the Sony PSP, including using discs to play movies and games. According to sources, a development team is expected to start working in July to combine the features of PSP and Sony Ericsson phones. Sony has not officially commented on the reports and similar rumors floated around about two years ago when Sony filed a patent for a PSP/phone hybrid. At the time, British Telecom had stated it was working with the company to bring phone functionality to the PSP. Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre , and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS . read more

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SCEE boss explains high PSP Go pricing - News - play. The PSP Go was one of E3 2009’s biggest announcements, but confirmation of the 249 USD / Euro price tag hardly inspired observers; this price tag being somewhat higher than the existing PSP model. PS3 and Xbox 360 price cuts this autumn? I mean god it’s not even far off from dare i say it the ps3 price (which i don’t think is too expensive). read more

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