Is it just me or does the two-toned black and red PSP-3000 being packed in with the upcoming God of War: Ghost of Sparta Entertainment Pack look like an old pair of Air Jordans? No, it doesn’t actually look like a pair of shoes in shape, but the color scheme reminds me so much of kicks like these and these. Seriously, this PSP should be part of a bundle for NBA 2K11 instead seeing as Michael Jordan himself is the cover star, because, honestly, this color scheme does not make me think of God of War.
Either way, the PSP still looks hot, and the included content is grand enough to woo in new PSP customers. This is what you get for $200:
* Black and Red Two-Toned PSP-3000
* God of War: Ghost of Sparta UMD Game
* God of War: Chains of Olympus PlayStation Network Downloadable Game Voucher
* Kick Ass UMD Movie
* 2 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo
Also remember that by pre-ordering the Entertainment Pack (or the standalone game), you’ll receive the Ultimate DLC Pack as another added bonus, which itself comes with the game’s soundtrack, PSN avatars, XMB themes and more.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta ships on November 2nd.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta Box Art Revealed [PlayStation.Blog]
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so nice.. i should have waited 🙁 i got the psp 3000 value pack for $140
Hey Matt – know what is hilarious (unintentionally, I am sure)? Sony gives you a PSN voucher for the original God of War and a 2GB mem stick … and God of War by itself is 1.8G
Yeah, yeah, I know. Sony is evil and the PSP is the worst value in gaming history 😉
OK, I know I beat that drum a lot … but I really didn’t spell out my point.
You get a 2GB memory stick, 1.8+ is filled with the first God of War (a PSP ‘must have’, BTW), and then for pre-ordering you get the ‘Ultimate DLC Pack’.
Knowing that the formatted 2GB memory stick holds less than 2GB, I am wondering if you can even fit the entire ‘Ultimate DLC Pack’ on to the mem stick along with GoW and saves … I am assuming you *can* do it, but looking on the PSN forums the question has come up but not been answered.
Oh, I understood what you were getting at, just ribbing you a little from our previous PSP debates 🙂
In all seriousness, it is a valid point of criticism, and probably one Sony didn’t even think of since they’ve been doing these Entertainment Packs with 2GB memory sticks for so long now. That or they did think about it and just didn’t care.
Then again, it is a PSP-3000 which most people will use UMD games on and not need much extra space. At this point I think people should know going in that the 2GB memory stick is just a starting point, and memory sticks are generally pretty cheap nowadays for those who want to expand later on.
But yeah, it will suck for those who buy it only to discover they can’t even download the DLC pack goodies. Between the soundtrack and behind the scenes video thingie I imagine the DLC has to be fairly large.
Oh – on the *GOOD* side, Sony has announced that for PSP Go owners, if you buy the new GoW between Nov 2nd and 9th through PSN you will get all of the same goodies that the UMD folks get!
That was a major concern on the Playstation forums … it is sad to see the constant angst of PSP Go users, because honestly I would be happier just being a grumpy old man than seeing comments harsher than anything I’ve said repeated in thread after thread after thread on those forums …
Yeah, it was announced from the beginning that the DLC pack would be given to those who buy the game from PSN during the first week of release, so it’s nice that they aren’t forgetting about PSP Go users this time (though it’s pretty obvious Sony wants to forget all about the Go in general).