Golden Deer Pub Community Forums

Newsflash, it must compete with 3DS. You want a price tag? I'll give you a price tag. The same fucking price as the 3DS but $10 more. I would seriously not be fucking surprised to see the thing listed at $260+

Whatever. What am I miffed about? I've never purchased consoles at first release price in my whole life anyways. Nothing new here. -_-;

We'd be lucky if it's only a $10 difference, Sony isn't nearly as skilled at keeping costs down as Nintendo is.

$10 difference is absurd. The specs on it are too great for that price point. $299 is the lowest I can see them doing, though $349 is still realistic. Both are, personally, better deals than a 3DS since ... well, all they really added was 3D. Portable half-a-PS3 is very interesting.

Edit: I get to retract that now since Sony is (/maybe) selling it at a loss ... which makes $249 a relevant price point again.

And Nintendo "keeps costs down" by just having years old tech.

[spoiler]To be fair, if they dropped most the specs (seriously, rear track pad? TWO cameras? WiFi and 3G?) it would be a much easier sell at $249. Still, the tech route is what Sony went for and, if they don't want it to flop, they just cannot try to release it at >$349 and expect people to jump on it.[/spoiler]

Edit: Your sig reminded me that Hsien-Ko got confirmed for MvC3 (and, well, Sentinel).

Also, 3DS bettery life fully detailed. Basically, 3 hours is max brightness and 5 hours for lowest brightness (and 4 hours for power saver mode with max brightness). Which is kind of ... deplorable for a handheld (i.e., for commutes, flights, etc.). I mean, I don't play much when not near a charger but that's still utterly ridiculous.

With WiFi/StreetPass on, it's closer to like 2.5 hours with max brightness, ~4.2 hours with lowest brightness.

I honestly can't remember the last time I took my PSP anywhere. Well, besides work a few times. But, I'm rather used to "OMG IT'S DYING" since I own an Evo and that things goes through battery like it's crack. Especially with WiFi or 4G going. Jesus christ it's ridiculous that I can net less charge in a day _with it charging off a PC_

As for the pricing, the 3DS should've been priced at like $199; nothing component wise seems that major. To compare, an iPhone 4 is $180 for components so ... yeah. The NGP is hovering near the $250 mark for component+manufacturing cost so, if the at loss bit is true, it's possible to see a $249 model. Hell, there's a chance of it being lower, truthfully.

But, somehow, I'm fearing we're all missing "something" when calculating the cost of production and it'll be [s]THREE[/s] FOUR NINE NINE US DOLLARS.

I take my systems to work to play during break and there's the fact that I like to carry them from my couch, to my room, to the kitchen, oh hey mom wants me upstairs, *sigh* the damn dog is barking outside....

I hate being attached to the damn charging cord and it's like "oh god... the charger is upstairs, in my room... but... it's in the middle of a good show on tv...."

Plus, the cord gets in my way when I'm playing. The heel of my palm rests right where it plugs in at. Plus, it's kinda a stretch anywhere from an outlet to a place I'm sitting.

I don't mind charging it (I remember the bitter days of I NEED TO BUY AAs) but I like it to AT LEAST last me one whole playing day, which I've calculated for me to be 6 hours on my least played day, to 8-10 hours on a normal playing day (if I'm REALLY into a game).

I typically play on my couch in my apartment which has an outlet conveniently on my right side so I get to plug it in and have it not be in the way. DS was simpler with the top hanging cable. Still, I tend to play until the battery gets low and then plug it in, break for an hour, and then return to it.

As for hand placement...I'd like to note this:


[hide]hint:hand position for using the sticks.[/hide]

[spoiler]Default hand positioning blocks the speakers~[/spoiler]

Fucking hell... I didn't even notice until you told me to look at the hand positioning. ....... :[ *sigh* Idiots.

Well, usually they try out the prototype first, then months and a price drop later, they come out with another version. PSP2 SLIM anyone?

Tekken's T, probably Soul Calibur V's V in there ...

...

Kind of wish they'd stop fucking with the image.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkHfz8a0lYo[/youtube]

So excite.

HNNGG CAPCOM DOIN THANGS