PSP 'base pack' to ship Wednesday for 149.99 (U.K.)
Sony has revealed it will demand punters pay a penny under £150 (approx. $263 U.S.) for
the basic PlayStation Portable package when it launches here on 22
March. Announced last week, the box contains just a PSP and a mains adaptor, unlike the bundle-heavy Value Pack that launched in September 2005.
Note from Auri: This means the 2006 PSP Base Pack will cost about $13 more than its U.S. counterpart AND not include the value pack's options - I hope this is all typos!A Sony Computer Entertainment Europe spokesman confirmed the £149.99
price and its Europe-wide debut this coming Wednesday. Eurozone
consumers will pay €199 for the package - the equivalent of £138 based
on today's exchange rate.
The company blamed the £12 price differential on local tax levels
and a wide number of other factors that boost UK prices above their
Continental equivalents.
Sony already offers the £180 Value Pack, which adds headphones, a
case and a 32MB MemoryStick to the contents of the basic package, and a
£210 Giga Pack, which drops the 32MB MemoryStick for a 1GB version.
Source: The Register