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The latest PlayStation -- known as "PSX" -- just announced in Japan about an hour ago:
It's got a DVD recorder, a 120GB HDD, TV recording functionality (think Tivo), can play PS2 games and movies, has built-in Ethernet and USB 2.0, multiple inputs, Memory Stick support... the list goes on and on. The only thing it doesn't yet have is a price, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out why. My guess? Somewhere in the range of $600. Maybe 79,800 yen or something. Better start saving your pennies.
Posted by john tv at May 28, 2003 05:35 PMthe word on price is 99,000 (i guess you probably heard this by now from Hasegawa-san).
which puts it well into the luxury product range. it would have been nice if the games division put this out as a loss-leader with a hefty discount (i'd definitely get one for 40-50,000), but its coming from the electronics division instead, apparently.
did you notice that the controller ports are on the back?! i think that says a lot about its target audience: people who figure they may as well get the HDD/DVD recorder with the PS2 included, just in case they ever have kids to entertain.
Posted by: Cormac at May 30, 2003 04:22 PMThe thing I want to know is, are you going to be able to play games with the system in its vertical standing position? Because it looks like the ports for the controllers and whatnot would be flat against the ground, which is obviously NG.
And yeah, he did mention that price, but I'm still skeptical. Not that I'd be surprised if it cost that much, but they can definitely make it for cheaper and still pull a profit, so I don't see the need to launch it that high. Then again, it is something of a luxury product, as you said, so who knows. We'll see soon enough, I guess.
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