http://www.us.playstation.com/pressreleases.aspx?id=250

March 24th, 2005.

Value Pack priced at $249.99. No word yet on just the PSP (or if it will be offered. But it is assumed it will be.)

Here's a quick summary:

The Value Pack Contains: "32 MB Memory Stick Duo™, headphones with remote control, battery pack, AC adaptor, soft case and cleaning cloth, movie/music/game video sampler UMD disc including multiple non-interactive game demos, and for the first one million PSP Value Packs shipped, a special UMD video release of the feature film Spider-Man™ 2"

Launch Titles:

# Ape Escape®: On the Loose, Sony Computer Entertainment America

# ATV Offroad Fury®: Blazin' Trails, Sony Computer Entertainment America

# Darkstalkers Chronicle™: The Chaos Tower, Capcom

# Dynasty Warriors®, KOEI

# FIFA 2005, Electronic Arts

# Gretzky™ NHL ®, Sony Computer Entertainment America

# Lumines™, Ubisoft

# Metal Gear Acid™, Konami

# MLB™, Sony Computer Entertainment America

# MVP Baseball, Electronic Arts

# NBA, Sony Computer Entertainment America

# NBA Street Showdown, E lectronic Arts

# Need for Speed™ Rivals, Electronic Arts

# NFL Street 2 Unleashed, Electronic Arts

# Rengoku™: Tower of Purgatory, Konami

# Ridge Racer™, Namco

# Smartbomb, Eidos Interactive

# Spider-Man 2™, Activision

# Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®, Electronic Arts

# Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix , Activision

# Twisted Metal: Head On™, Sony Computer Entertainment America

# Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade , Sony Online Entertainment

# Wipeout® Pure, Sony Computer Entertainment America

# World Tour Soccer, Sony Computer Entertainment America


Here's the ones I am keeping my eye on:

Wipeout Pure
Lumines (Supposedly addicting as heck)
Ridge Racer (The OMG GRAPHICS game)

I hope they release the PSP by itself, since I really don't care for the extras, and I want to get myself a 512 MB stick of memory anyway.

THUG2! YES

Oh, not Paint Shop Pro.

$250 is too expensive.

Almost all the launch titles are the same old stuff, only portable...it'll be cool to see how well it can pull those off, though!

I just want the damn DS to release some new games. Nintendo ALWAYS has that problem. They spend so much time focusing on a few things they never have much time to complete many games upon release...then again I am happy they aren't rushing either...but still...I want my Crystal Chronicles DS, Sonic DS, and Rayman DS NOW DAMN IT!!!

And yeah $250 is a bit steep. I know that I'll pick one up, but chances are it won't be for atleast half a year.

All the games I'm lookin forward to are PSP only. But either way, it definately beats out the DS in the games department. This was almost bound to happen. Sony has a track record for having tons of games.