What’s Better Than Half a Million PSP Consoles?

Two million, of course! SCE ups production.

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Sony is awash with glory following strong demand in Japan for its PSP handheld gaming console, with the firm upping production for the second time within weeks.

From an original production run of around 500,000 per month, Sony chief Ken Kutaragi stated that new production methods would see between one and two million units produced.

Kutaragi-san went on to say that the firm has the capacity to raise this quota by around 30% to meet demands for key sales seasons, such as the global consumer festival known as Christmas, when the baby Jesus was born and that.

In related news, more rumours have surfaced in recent days talking of a €199 price point in the EU for the PSP, with a reflected dollar price for the North American market. At the moment, SCE remains quiet on the subject of price, availability and launch date in both territories.
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errorstudios 20 Jan 2005 14:12
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Is the pop up banner on spong a joke or something? I'm not surprised such a poor news source has such an intrusive crappy banner that covers half the screen.
kid_77 20 Jan 2005 14:53
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You've somehow arrived at the wrong thread. Try here

Anyway, the other thing that's better than half a million PSP's being manufactured, is me owning just one.
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Kaxxx 20 Jan 2005 15:30
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For all their talk of upping production im still to see an import PSP going for less £260.

There is still a severe lack of units no matter what press b******s they talk.
tyrion 20 Jan 2005 16:24
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kid_77 wrote:
Anyway, the other thing that's better than half a million PSP's being manufactured, is me owning just one.

And the thing that's better than that is if 199 Euros is an official price, that's currently about £137.77!! Looks like a $140 price point to me!
kid_77 20 Jan 2005 16:38
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tyrion wrote:
kid_77 wrote:
Looks like a $140 price point to me!


Typo?

¥140 surely ;-)
tyrion 20 Jan 2005 18:05
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kid_77 wrote:
tyrion wrote:
Looks like a $140 price point to me!


Typo?

¥140 surely ;-)

God I can't type today, as a programmer, that's dangerous.

I meant to type a £140 price point, since 199 Euros is £137.77 and you always round up when doing conversions! :-)
kid_77 21 Jan 2005 10:18
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tyrion wrote:
God I can't type today, as a programmer, that's dangerous.


Heh. Yesterday I spent about half an hour trying to find a missing squiggle bracket in a Perl script. But then I am a cack programmer :/
tyrion 21 Jan 2005 13:48
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kid_77 wrote:
Heh. Yesterday I spent about half an hour trying to find a missing squiggle bracket in a Perl script. But then I am a cack programmer :/

Ah yes! The elusive bracket syndrome!

My suggestion would be to use an editor that allows you to bracket match, I'd advise UltraEdit, it's top.
kid_77 21 Jan 2005 14:39
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tyrion wrote:
Ah yes! The elusive bracket syndrome!

My suggestion would be to use an editor that allows you to bracket match, I'd advise UltraEdit, it's top.


No way, UltraEdit is my text file editor! Christ, I'm a dolt. I knew it was good, but to idiot-proof rubbish programming? I really must explore app functionality more thoroughly.
tyrion 21 Jan 2005 15:40
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kid_77 wrote:
No way, UltraEdit is my text file editor! Christ, I'm a dolt. I knew it was good, but to idiot-proof rubbish programming? I really must explore app functionality more thoroughly.

Just hit Ctrl-B and the next bracket after the cursor is matched with it's twin. You'll see the enclosed block highlighted. If it isn't highlighted, it doesn't match another bracket and you're narrowed down your search for the elusive missing bracket. This works with (), {} and [] brackets (we call them round, curly and square, YMMV)
config 21 Jan 2005 15:47
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kid_77 wrote:
No way, UltraEdit is my text file editor! Christ, I'm a dolt.


Oi! Everyone knows that UltraEdit is God's Own Text Editor, and you just used the name of God's only kiddy in vain!!! OMG!!! Gif at 11.
DoctorDee 22 Jan 2005 08:30
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errorstudios wrote:
I'm not surprised such a poor news source has such an intrusive crappy banner that covers half the screen.


Yeah, it must be real difficulft for you "special" readers to hit that close widget.

Much as I loathe and despise you for referring to our site as a "poor news source", when even a half-empty flask of dolphin semen could see that it rocks, I am intrigued by your association with Turner. What's the deal?
kid_77 23 Jan 2005 20:33
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Much obliged, tyrion.
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