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Sony PSP in Stores in Japan
Dec 12 2004, 3:55am EST | by Luigi Lugmayr
More Photos on Yahoo Photos (AFP)
Last night Japanese game fans camped out infront of Tokyo electronics stores to get their hands on a Sony PSP.
The lucky Japanese Consumers get the Sony PSP for $189. Reuters reports that 200,000 PSPs are in stores right now.
Japanese Game Gear exporter Lik-Sang published yesterday estimated prices of $450-$600 for the PSP that foreign game fan might have to pay to get a japanese release PSP.
Business savvy Japanese guys offer their Sony PSP they got for standing in line all night on eBay. Current auctions are already reaching $780!! for a fresh from a Tokyo store PSP.
More details in Reuters story on Yahoo.
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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
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world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
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