Sony hat nun in einer Pressemitteilung offiziell den PSP Europa-Launch angekündigt.
Am 1. September wird die PSP in Europa im Handel erhältlich sein und wird im Value-Pack 249€ kosten.
Der UMD Film Spiderman, welcher den US Value-Packs beiliegt wird für Europa nicht enthalten sein. Allerdings bekommen User, die sich auf yourPS.com registrieren diese UMD umsonst zugeschickt.
Hier nochmal die offizielle Pressemitteilung von Sony Computer Entertainment Europe:
PLAYSTATION PORTABLE TO LAUNCH ACROSS EUROPE ON
1st SEPTEMBER 2005
PlayStation Portable Value Pack to retail at €249
London, 26 April 2005 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today
announced that its highly anticipated PlayStation® Portable handheld entertainment
system will be launched in Europe on 1st September 2005.
Following the success of the PlayStation Portable launches in Japan and the USA,
PlayStation Portable will go on sale in the European PAL territories on 1st September
2005, available in a single version Value Pack, priced at €249 (£179). The PlayStation
Portable Value Pack contains an added-value package of accessories and
entertainment content, including the PlayStation Portable system with a protective
pouch, 32MB Memory Stick Duo™, Battery Pack, Headphones with Remote Control,
AC Adaptor, Wrist Strap and a video/music/game sampler Universal Media Disc™
(UMD™) including several non-interactive game demos.
A copy of Spider-Man 2, on UMD Video will be available free of charge to early
purchasers of PlayStation Portable, who register their PlayStation Portable and order
their Spider-Man 2 UMD Video through www.yourpsp.com, the official SCEE web
portal for PlayStation Portable.
PlayStation Portable features a 4.3-inch, 16:9 widescreen TFT LCD that displays full
colour (16.77 million colours) on a 480 x 272 pixel high-resolution screen. PlayStation
Portable also comes complete with built-in stereo speakers, exterior headphone
connector and a range of input/output connectors such as USB 2.0 and 802.11b
Wireless LAN, enabling users to connect to the Internet and play online via a Wireless
Network. Up to 16 PlayStation Portable systems in the vicinity can also be connected
to each other directly in Ad Hoc Mode, allowing for Wireless head-to-head competition.
In addition, Wireless capabilities will allow software and data to be downloaded to
PlayStation Portable and saved onto a Memory Stick Duo.
PlayStation Portable uses a newly-developed proprietary storage medium named
Universal Media Disc (UMD). This high-capacity optical disc is the next-generation
compact storage media, and although only 60mm in diameter, a UMD can store up to
1.8GB of digital data – more than three times the data held on a CD-ROM. A broad
range of digital entertainment content such as high quality 3D games, music, movies,
video clips and other media can be distributed on UMD.
“PlayStation Portable will revolutionise portable entertainment, giving users the
freedom to play full 3D games, watch movies, listen to music and connect wirelessly on
their terms, wherever and whenever they wish to do so,” said David Reeves, President
of SCEE. “More than ever, today’s consumer demands access to their personal
entertainment outside the home, without compromising quality. With more than 100
PlayStation Portable game titles currently in development worldwide, and the ability to
download and listen to music, and view feature films with breathtaking screen quality,
PlayStation Portable lets users control their entertainment options, all in a single
package.”
Quelle: Consolewars
Den Preis hat wohl jeder erwartet aber der Release ist ja dermaßen spät, das geht ja gar nicht.
