wraggster
August 17th, 2011, 00:29
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/08/psp-e-1000.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/sony-announces-wifi-less-psp-model-hits-europe-this-fall-for-9/)
Sony had more than just PS3 price cut (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/sony-drops-ps3-price-to-250-in-us-250-in-europe/) to reveal at its Gamescom press conference today: it also announced that it will be releasing a new budget-priced PSP model that sports a new design and curiously ditches the WiFi capability that the PSP has had since its debut. No word of a North American release just yet, but folks in Europe will be able to pick it up this fall for €99 (or about $140, though we're guessing the actual US price would come in below that; the standard PSP-3000 currently demands €130 in Europe). Hit the gallery below for a closer look.
Update: Sony has now also confirmed (http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/08/16/new-psp-announced-at-gamescom-2011/) that the device will be dubbed the PSP E-1000, and that it will indeed only be available in PAL territories.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/sony-announces-wifi-less-psp-model-hits-europe-this-fall-for-9/
Sony had more than just PS3 price cut (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/sony-drops-ps3-price-to-250-in-us-250-in-europe/) to reveal at its Gamescom press conference today: it also announced that it will be releasing a new budget-priced PSP model that sports a new design and curiously ditches the WiFi capability that the PSP has had since its debut. No word of a North American release just yet, but folks in Europe will be able to pick it up this fall for €99 (or about $140, though we're guessing the actual US price would come in below that; the standard PSP-3000 currently demands €130 in Europe). Hit the gallery below for a closer look.
Update: Sony has now also confirmed (http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/08/16/new-psp-announced-at-gamescom-2011/) that the device will be dubbed the PSP E-1000, and that it will indeed only be available in PAL territories.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/sony-announces-wifi-less-psp-model-hits-europe-this-fall-for-9/