Sony and Konami releasing MGS-edition PSP

Sony's just going hog-wild with these fancy new PSP editions. This time we have the "camo" version that was spotted at the TGS, complete with Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops, a "Skin of a Warrior" faux snake-skin case, three pins and a nifty certificate. The handheld should be hitting Japan on December 22nd, and Play-Asia is already offering pre-orders for a fairly hefty $449 USD -- but we suppose they've gotta make a living somehow. There's also a cheapo option that skimps on the snake-skin and certificate, but reduces the price a whole hundie. No indication yet of when the madness might stop.

[Thanks, Sengo]

[Chakrisu @ Nov 5th 2006 6:09AM]

The price is HUGE, its crazy. Who would actally buy one? The soft case looks nice though.

[Jabar @ Nov 5th 2006 6:25AM]

who they should have colaborated with in the first place (not a no talent music 'artist').

[nicholas @ Nov 5th 2006 6:35AM]

wow a certificate.

[Kim Laughton @ Nov 5th 2006 7:26AM]

The Japanese have been making expensive themed versions of consoles for a long while. Look at the number of different Dreamcasts.

[FrankDaCrank @ Nov 5th 2006 8:08AM]

Isn't this a little too late?

PSP is headed straight to the bargain bin. Sony really blew this opportunity. They should have never gotten into the portable market. Their strength was in the home console market. They should have concentrated all their resources on the PS3.

I was an early adopter, but after owning 4 games, then having absolutely nothing else to play for the following year, I decided to sell it, because there were no more good games to play. Sony was too interested in selling movies on the UMD format.

I later found this little nugget of gaming goodness call the DS, specifically the DS Lite. All I can say is WOW, never doubt Nintendo.

[iceatcs @ Nov 5th 2006 8:14AM]

well it is sony's first time on portable. Maybe 2nd gen will blow your mind, just like xbox was shit then 360 doing well at the moment.

[Paresh Patel @ Nov 5th 2006 11:12AM]

I was the complete opposite of you. I brought a DS lite and sold it because i found the games to be incredibly short and having little replay value. If you get bored of the genre of games on the DS, theres not a lot more the console has to offer.

At least with the PSP, which Sony has touted as a multimedia device, There's always something else i can do as it offers a lot more and through firmware upgrades can continue to as well. In effect they have a myriad of options to choose from as to what to do with the PSP.

[OPTICAL OUT PLEASE @ Nov 5th 2006 9:05AM]

Stop the hating already.

Nintendo is good at the handheld market, and the PSP is the first viable competitor in a very long time. Its hardly going anywhere, its all relative, DS is selling well, so it make everything look bad.

Would you rather have a Nintendo monopoly over the handheld market?

[Matt @ Nov 5th 2006 9:13AM]

How come engadget isnt posting any new things? they are very slowwwwwww...

[Alvin Ong @ Nov 5th 2006 9:23AM]

YOu better get xbox360 or save up for ps3

[gamerx @ Nov 5th 2006 10:13AM]

That military/camaflauge PSP design is just hideous looking!

[strider_mt2k @ Nov 5th 2006 10:20AM]

I traded in my PSP fairly soon after getting it too.

Sorry, but I'm just having more fun on my Onyx DS Lite.

It's about the games.

[Scott Neary @ Nov 5th 2006 11:01AM]

I got a PSP the day it came out. Then got tired of it and traded it in on a DS lite the day it came out. Now, my DS is currently on ebay cause I don't play it near as much as I did the PSP. I think I'm going to buy another PSP.

[Ray @ Nov 5th 2006 11:52AM]

There's a cheaper version of this that I'll probably be ordering for $349, it doesn't come with the certificate and the case isn't snakeskin, but it still has that nice camouflage PSP.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-vp1-71-9e-49-en-84-j-70-1oqh.html

[bizsumpark182 @ Nov 5th 2006 12:53PM]

This is kinda old news, knew about this last week.

[Dman @ Nov 5th 2006 1:20PM]

Damn it, bizsumpark182 knew about this last week!

[John Doe @ Nov 5th 2006 1:37PM]

Meanwhile I couldn't give less of a shit about the color of my DS lite. Admittedly I did hold off purchasing one until the black came out because I'm sick of all the white ipod-isk products, but "special editions". Gah.

[shon Dempsey @ Nov 5th 2006 2:14PM]

when will we see a friggin HDD instead of stupid colors? what lame gimmick.
and for the record, I sold my original PSP for a DS lite. then sold the DS lite because of all the kiddy games and crappy graphics. Sure the system looks slick, but its deffinitely a kid's system.

[Adnium @ Nov 5th 2006 4:16PM]

Will we get a 2-hour cutscene, before we can retrieve the PSP, when we open the box?

[idk @ Nov 8th 2006 8:50PM]

I'm really getting sick of hearing about the DS in these threads about psp stuff. If the origional topic had nothing to do with the DS, then DON'T talk about it. You had your chance about 2 years ago.

I own a DS, but I find it very boring to play, the games aren't very fun. On the PSP though, I can do more than just play games. When I'm on the go, it's great to have the psp with me, and the standby mode is something that I think EVERY portable system should have, It's extremely useful.


More on topic. I love the snakeskin soft case, but I think the actual PSP is too bright, camo should be darker.

[James @ Nov 6th 2006 2:43PM]

This is a lot better than that P!nk crap they've been peddling.

[Wun Chiou @ Nov 6th 2006 9:56PM]

The game actually sounds like it will be pretty good, but there's no way I'd spend that much on a bundle for a butt-ugly PSP to go with it.