8GB PSP Memory Stick priced at $300

14 Comments by James Ransom-Wiley Jan 9th 2007 6:25AM
Filed under: Sony PSP, CES, Peripherals

As expected, Sony will soon roll out its 8GB Memory Stick PRO Duo, priced at $300. That's steep, but given previous trends, the price should plummet quickly. Last summer, the 4GB Memory Stick debuted at $250, but could be found for as low as $65 (SanDisk model) during a recent (but expired) Google Checkout promotion on Buy.com.

PSP firmware v2.81 or higher is needed to use the 8GB Memory Stick with Sony's portable gaming device.

Tags: 8GB, Firmware, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro Duo, MemoryStick, MemoryStickProDuo, PSP

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PurpleSfinx: Jan 9th 2007; 8:07AM

$300? $300?!

I can buy the whole damn PSP for that price. Damn Sony and their damn propriety formats.

That being said I have alot of bad things to say about Nintendo and Microsoft.

Leo: Jan 9th 2007; 8:08AM

I don't know about you but I got a sandisk 2GB Pro Duo Card from Amazon a few weeks ago for $30, no joke.

matt: Jan 9th 2007; 8:25AM

Not that I'm getting one, but thank goodness for SanDisk. I bought their 1GB Pro Duo for my Sony camera about a year ago, and I couldn't tell the difference from a Sony branded memory stick. You'd think someone over at Sony would notice their are out pricing themselves.

Michael: Jan 9th 2007; 8:29AM

Best price I've seen is a 4gb on sale for $79.99.

The1: Jan 9th 2007; 8:37AM

$300 bucks, SONY is or Crack? What has Ken been giving his people?

Chocolate Starfish: Jan 9th 2007; 9:01AM

I bought a Wii and a game for roughly that much.

aC: Jan 9th 2007; 9:09AM

why do you call it a PSP memory card? It's a PSP memory card second to being a digital camera memory card.

Remember that's where MemoryStick originated and advances first, not for a secondary niche handheld gaming device :P

Oh and the newest largest cards always come out at insane prices, then the price drops like a rock all of a sudden.

-aC

justin: Jan 9th 2007; 9:57AM

It's not just for a PSP, so don't complain about the price. When you buy a $8,000 camera that records to these cards, $300 isn't bad.

sweethavok: Jan 9th 2007; 10:06AM

Yeah! Another overpriced product from Sony to go with the overpriced PSP.

aC: Jan 9th 2007; 10:45AM

>>8. It's not just for a PSP, so don't complain about
>>the price. When you buy a $8,000 camera that records
>>to these cards, $300 isn't bad.

LOL... sony have an $8,000 camera? let alone one worth buying? Even after absorbing Konica/Minolta, that'll be the day.

The $900 Alpha is about as good as they'll come from Sony for quite some time.

Scott: Jan 9th 2007; 11:26AM

"I couldn't tell the difference from a Sony branded memory stick."

That would be because SanDisk is the OEM for memory sticks. The Sony branded sticks are made at a SanDisk factory.

Sony still has the gall to think they can charge higher prices based on their name alone. I guess they think consumers are still living in the 1980's. I think most of us figured out that you have about a 50/50 chance of getting something quality from Sony. (PS1's only working upside down, PS2's failing to play DVDs, not sure what the failure rate on PS3's is but that's quite a gamble for $600!)

Burnt Meatloaf: Jan 9th 2007; 2:16PM

How fast is it? The reason why memory cards very wildly in price because some are slow as dirt. You pay not only for capacity, but also speed.

Kelvin: Jan 9th 2007; 7:19PM

I thought the price of a 4GB Memory Stick was to sleep with a hot girl. Isn't that what those PSP commercials are telling us?

Desiri: Jan 10th 2007; 1:25AM

8GB SD and CF cards are already down to 1/3 that price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Order=PRICE&Page=1&Category=7&Nty=1&N=2010070068+1053313634&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=68

How long will customers put up with being reamed by this type of proprietary BS.

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