This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks. December deals : Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details . PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK (another £10 off for refurbs) Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale). Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!) First up is Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europ...
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Hi, just wanted to say I appreciate your blog - I clicked through from Engadget. Godo work keeping up with PSP and PSVita news, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI used to be hyper-hyped on the PSP back when it was announced in 2003 - the wait till 2005 was pretty excruciating back then. I actually recently (like..last weekend) bought myself a PSP 3000 as the shops are dumping them due to relatively low demand the the looming PSVita and iPhone5 releases. I have a launch PSP 1004 as well but its battery is quite dead and I keep it as a "museum" piece with firmware 1.5.
Rediscovering the PSP is awesome - I have to admit it's a bit antiquated by now (screen resolution, graphics, internet/UI integration when compared to smartphones) but, as opposed to phones, the PSP still has full-on PS2 ports and full games - like Persona 3 (which is omg awesome), FF Dissidia, and the PSOne PSN classics. Just bought FF7 PSN and plan to play through FF8 and FF9 too haha.
These Sony portables got real heart, and the Vita looks like a real stunner with those specs, PS3 integration, etc..
Oh and about your post. These "blu-ray-esque" boxes do look nice on the shelves. The crucial mistake on UMD was that UMD's were too expensive at launch ($40-50). The current UMD prices ($20-30 for premiums and $10-20 for platinum/essential) are much better.
Cheers-
Erwin
Cheers Erwin,
ReplyDeletedelighted you like the site.
I got a Jap import PSP on day one (plus postage) and, though its been a rough ride sometimes, its still my favourite gadget, and the last year has seen a great resurgence in form - although it helps to like Japanese games.
Much thanks to Atlus, Ghostlight and others for keeping up with the conversions.
The Vita looks like the device I'll probably use over anything else. Can't wait to get hold of one.