Epsilon-Zero
January 6th, 2005, 03:50 AM
CES 2005: No Delay, But No Date
Price? Release date? The same question that left us scratching our heads in Tokyo hovers over Vegas.
By Nix
January 5, 2005 - Fans of Sony Computer Entertainment's new handheld might have had an inkling from all the news and rumors surrounding the system's special and secret official US debut that certain pieces of the puzzle would be given at last at the event. That debut event, a pre-CES announcement event, has just closed, and the biggest news on that front is that there is no news - SCE America gave a vague Late March 2005 release date for the system, and did not announce a price.
Those of us who have been following the system all this time might have had a better feeling for what would and would not be announced at the event. Sony took the same tactic at TGS, focusing on the games instead of the big details. It's very-welcomed secret compartments tactic worked on that end - few in the room at CES have ever laid eyes on a PSP, and once they got a chance to play the games and see the screen, many of the questions fell away.
Of course, you at home were not here to be wowed by the system, so your boiling questions are still whipping up the waters. In Japan, Sony waited until about a month before launching the system to announce price and date - two announcements that ended up being so shocking that they created their own buzz away from show event coverage. It is expected that SCE America will take the same tact, waiting until just before the launch to run a blitz of big PSP announcements … it is unknown if Sony has another shocker in store like the sub-$200 Japanese import price, but we're eager to find out one way or another.
That's the story so far: PSP will be released, as originally announced, in time for Q4 2004's close and was said to be planned for late March 2005. There is no price set for the system. Now, please stop sending us emails asking when it's coming out and for how much … please?
Source:
http://psp.ign.com/articles/577/577550p1.html
Just as i predicted Sony would show off their PSP quite a bit. but no date? sheesh they must be having alot of trouble with the bugged ones
Price? Release date? The same question that left us scratching our heads in Tokyo hovers over Vegas.
By Nix
January 5, 2005 - Fans of Sony Computer Entertainment's new handheld might have had an inkling from all the news and rumors surrounding the system's special and secret official US debut that certain pieces of the puzzle would be given at last at the event. That debut event, a pre-CES announcement event, has just closed, and the biggest news on that front is that there is no news - SCE America gave a vague Late March 2005 release date for the system, and did not announce a price.
Those of us who have been following the system all this time might have had a better feeling for what would and would not be announced at the event. Sony took the same tactic at TGS, focusing on the games instead of the big details. It's very-welcomed secret compartments tactic worked on that end - few in the room at CES have ever laid eyes on a PSP, and once they got a chance to play the games and see the screen, many of the questions fell away.
Of course, you at home were not here to be wowed by the system, so your boiling questions are still whipping up the waters. In Japan, Sony waited until about a month before launching the system to announce price and date - two announcements that ended up being so shocking that they created their own buzz away from show event coverage. It is expected that SCE America will take the same tact, waiting until just before the launch to run a blitz of big PSP announcements … it is unknown if Sony has another shocker in store like the sub-$200 Japanese import price, but we're eager to find out one way or another.
That's the story so far: PSP will be released, as originally announced, in time for Q4 2004's close and was said to be planned for late March 2005. There is no price set for the system. Now, please stop sending us emails asking when it's coming out and for how much … please?
Source:
http://psp.ign.com/articles/577/577550p1.html
Just as i predicted Sony would show off their PSP quite a bit. but no date? sheesh they must be having alot of trouble with the bugged ones