The God of War PSP bundle looks like this

not bad for 199. considering MP3 players do half of what this does and cost the same or more

it really looks like it was made in photoshop

it really really does

So if the box shows the standard full-size retail packages for the UMD movie and the GOW game...that means they are putting the regular plastic boxes in there, right? Not the cheap little cardboard disc sleeves?

says Combat Ops on the side of the box...so it is pictured...kinda

I expected better packaging... Something like how Japan has their bundle. This is too cheap looking just like the Daxter and Vader set.

Only $199.99, eh? Looks like it's time for me to finally pick up a PSP.

Despite being bundled with a testosterone laden GoW game, the nail polish red color seems too feminine.

dont forget PSP fanboys out there: DS is the harbinger of doom. hahaha. but I cant wait till this comes out I'm definitely buying this.

Man this and Crisis Core have so suddenly interested in a PSP now...I'm a happy DS owner too.

PSP 2000 or PSP Slim. After hearing about the kid who's PSP melted in his pocket I'd rather get the one he didn't.

So this is how Sony sells pink psp's to American boys?

Genius!

Boo, bad timing. If this had come out with the game, I'd have bought it in a second. Since it didn't, I just picked up GoW and borrowed my friend's PSP to play it on. Too bad too, because this would have been a system (re)seller for me.

How unexciting.

Flamboyant, much? Still, if it sells PSP's I guess it can't be a bad thing. Because we all know, some people do want their game systems to look gaudy as hell. It's not a bad deal, anyways.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...

they still have UMDs? Weird.

Memory card costs have really come down, if you catch a sale you can get a 4gb for around 40$ which is the same price as SD cards.

When that comes out, it might finally be worth investigating whether to get a PSP. I hear there's a few good games if you look hard enough: Pirates, FF Tactics, Patapon.

Ludwig, your dumb headlines like this give me so much joy. :D

Seriously, what adult would carry this around as their media device?

It's a game console. It's not ideal as a portable media device because of the cost of Memory Sticks, the size of the device, and the awkwardness of getting media into it. It's great if you have time to waste converting, dragging, and dropping into an archaic file structure, but for people who have things to do, it's hardly a convenient device.

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I do. I keep it in my pocket most times, and I use it as a Game Console, a Media Device, and a Storage Unit. Walk to the train station listening to music. get on the train, switch to games. get off the train, back to music. get to work, plug in the USB to a computer, use it as a flash drive for work related files.

i don't have any problems with it, really. I dunno about this supposed "awkwardness" of putting media onto the memory stick. it is rather seamless for me, using the Media Manager.

now i will agree that the memory sticks are a bit expensive.

but other than that, I can't say i agree with much you are saying here.

SOLD

Headline is obvious.