We've been sitting on this post for a while because, frankly, it's a little embarrassing to
feed a street vending machine outside an Akihabara porn shop nearly $50 bucks (¥5,000) for a chance to win a PSP and
end up with nothing to show for it except five pairs of synthetic lace panties. But we did it in the name of research.
It is better to have gambled and lost than to regret forever never taking a chance to win one of Sony's sexy little
gaming devices.
Of course, the brilliance of this strategy on the part of the vending machine caretakers must not be overlooked. It allows gambling husbands to return home and say, "look what I got for you, dear!" What's more, the vended undergarments do not have "My husband went to Tokyo and all I got was some damned underwear" emblazoned on the rear. We're thankful for that, and stuff.
Here's a photo of one of the prizes won.
How many times would you play the game at ¥1,000 per play?
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And how can a psp get trough the hole, or is there one ball with a ticket in where you can get your brandnew PSP?
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The PSP or the panties?
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Um, you do know that DS is absolutely shit-kicking that thing in software and hardware sales right?
You make it sound like the Japanese are killing each other for a shot at the PSP. They're really not.
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I'd rather have a white PSP with GTA and PES than a DS, although I love my DS too.
By the way, read this and you'll see that by 2008 the PSP will have equal sales as the DS:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09/29/news_6134710.html
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But wait! There's more! They threw in an ad hoc multiplayer mode! Sweet! Now I can sit and play this tired game in my lonely living room, wishing that I knew anyone else who was also stupid enough to have purchased a PSP. PSP's one game that might be worth playing is one we've all played 3, 4 times over already. When do we get something new?
Bah, what do I care? I've never cared for the series anyway. It was lame on PSX, and it's still kinda lame.
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a) That's an analyst, paid to talk BS that isn't worth the paper it's written on.
b) They clearly don't know the first thing about the handheld market.
c) They clearly don't know anything.
Furthermore to suggest the PSP will catch the DS alone is a bold statement, but to suggest the PSP can take on both the DS and Game Boy line is idiotic to put it politely.
Finally, if it wasn't bad enough, suggesting the Revolution will only sell 500k in 2006 is showing such a lack of industry knowledge I wonder how these guys can be paid to spout such nonsense. Nintendo have a very loyal fanbase and they alone could gather over a Million in sales within the launch window of a month, many suspect the launch around the middle of the year but heck, it could hit worldwide in November and get much more than that.
~ When will the industry learn to stop posting news from such flawed sources?
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Also love how someone has to come in and ask why a cheap PSP is bad? How about this, would you rather have $250 or $130? Even if you don't want a PSP(extremely biased), you could always sell it. I know a lot more people that much rather have a cheap/free PSP than a DS.
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why does every thread about the PSP or DS turn into a "my Console is bigger then your console" cat fight. i hate you flammers.
you disgrace your family name, i feel sorry for your ancestors. stab your selves, please.
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then click o0n the pic, you'll get a similar beaver, the older models had the raised/embossed beaver. Instead, now they have flat ones, but I live in a small town, so we still have the old furry beavers, with depth.
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