Sony revealed a $300, 16GB Memory Stick at Ces (joystiq.com)

[8th lutz]

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/07/sonys-ne...b-memory-stick/

 

The PSP- and PS3-compatible proprietary storage solution will cost a whopping $300 when it comes out in March.

 

I am interested on how long this will stay at this price. I don't know how many people are will to by a $300 Memory stick after buying a PSP and a ps 3.

 

I expect the 16 GB memory stick to start to do well after the price cut happens for it. I expect the price cut to happen by this time next year due to the price of memory doing down for costs.

Edited January 8, 2008 by 8th lutz

[Crimefighter]

Eight megs are something like $80. Probably by Thanksgiving you'll be seeing these 16 megs at $80

[JamesD]

Eight megs are something like $80. Probably by Thanksgiving you'll be seeing these 16 megs at $80

I just picked up an 8MB USB Flash Drive for $30 at MicroCenter so $80 sounds kinda high.

<edit>

Oh wait... this is a SONY Memory Stick so it has to be more expensive than similar devices.

And people wonder why I can't stand SONY.

Edited January 8, 2008 by JamesD

[moycon]

It's not MB... It's GB.

Edited January 9, 2008 by moycon

[JamesD]

It's not MB... It's GB.

I thought he was implying a *similar* drop in price as MB drives and I was saying it's still too expensive.

I guess I didn't read his post right.

 

If you look at the multi-GB Flash cards from other manufacturers that are coming out you'll still find the SONY expensive.

Edited January 9, 2008 by JamesD

[ninermaniac]

That much memory is crazy. You gotta do nuttin but play games all day to use something that large. I had a 4GB for my former PSP. That was too much. WOW!

[warmachine]

This is awesome! I can't wait to pick one up.

[chris_lynx1989]

I cannot imagine having a 16GB(!) stick in my PSP (it sounds really COOL though).I've had a 4GB Datel HDD plugged in for 1 1/2 yrs now and I STILL have 2.172GB of it to use!I have 302 game saves,260 photos,36 videos,5 demos and 1 game software update.Also,I have 59 MP3 music files.Not sure how to use 16GB up.WOW!Movies maybe??

Edited January 11, 2008 by chris_lynx1989

[dalton4life]

That should at least drop the price of the 8GB in a little while. My 4GB is cool for my PSP, but a 8GB would be nicer. I just don't want to pay more than $100 for a real one.

[carmel_andrews]

I think thatprices will come down drastically (in line with hard drives) nowadays a 200 gig hd can be bought for betw. 55-80 gbp (depending on supplier) brand new

 

Here's my thinking

 

8 Gig psp stick -30 gbp

16 gig psp stick -55-60 gbp

 

bearing in mind that you can get a 20 gig hd for less then 20

[chris_lynx1989]

That should at least drop the price of the 8GB in a little while. My 4GB is cool for my PSP, but a 8GB would be nicer. I just don't want to pay more than $100 for a real one.

Where have you seen 8GB?In my area,I've seen 1GB($29.99),2GB($49.99) and 4GB($79.99) for PSP use.Game Stop,EB Games,Circuit City,Best Buy,Office Max,K-Mart and Wal-Mart are all I have to choose from.Price and selection is the same at all.

[Bucket]

Well, with upcoming plans to be able to download Blu-Ray movies from your PS3, some people shouldn't have any problem filling all that up.

[Albert]

There are already 16GB SDHC cards available. Here's one for only $75 from Newegg:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820211245

 

Sony is a ripoff and I'm glad I have nothing that uses their proprietary "Memory Stick" cards. $300? Are they serious??

 

..Al

[ls650]

That much memory is crazy.

Video = memory hog. I have a measly 1 GB in my PSP and I find it nowhere near enough. I think a 16 GB at a less-stratospheric price would be useful.

[dalton4life]

I think thatprices will come down drastically (in line with hard drives) nowadays a 200 gig hd can be bought for betw. 55-80 gbp (depending on supplier) brand new

 

Here's my thinking

 

8 Gig psp stick -30 gbp

16 gig psp stick -55-60 gbp

 

bearing in mind that you can get a 20 gig hd for less then 20

 

But you pay more the smaller stuff gets. Even the smallest hard drive around isn't too portable as far as handhelds go.

[shadow460]

I cannot imagine having a 16GB(!) stick in my PSP (it sounds really COOL though).I've had a 4GB Datel HDD plugged in for 1 1/2 yrs now and I STILL have 2.172GB of it to use!I have 302 game saves,260 photos,36 videos,5 demos and 1 game software update.Also,I have 59 MP3 music files.Not sure how to use 16GB up.WOW!Movies maybe??

 

Two things:

 

ISO/CSO and video. Either of the GTA games can hog an entire 2GB stick by themselves with a few game saves and a small handful of custom tracks. Witness the power of a ripped game versus the UMD and see the performance increase for yourself.

wipEout purE needs almost 100 megs on your memory stick to save all the additional content, plus the game itself is around 275MB should you choose to rip it from the UMD.

 

Why carry around eight to twenty UMDs when you can carry just the 16GB memory stick, enjoy faster loading times and higher performance/framerate with about the same amount of battery life?

 

That said, I don't condone illegal game copying, and I also think $300 is a little on the outrageous side.

[warmachine]

Technolgy usually gets cheaper, smaller, faster, and more powerful as time goes on, so it won't

be too long before it decreases to a price that we are willing to pay in spite of whatever negative

things that the "sony bashing is the popular thing to do since nintendo is doing so well" crowd

repetably conjure up.

[Gabriel]

This thread reminded me of the capacity of the memory sticks I own, the unlocalized anime videos I had on my hard drive, and the media capabilities of the PS3.

 

Watching Macross Zero on my big screen TV = Teh Win!

[Albert]

Technolgy usually gets cheaper, smaller, faster, and more powerful as time goes on, so it won't

be too long before it decreases to a price that we are willing to pay in spite of whatever negative

things that the "sony bashing is the popular thing to do since nintendo is doing so well" crowd

repetably conjure up.

That's not why I "bashed Sony" on their memory stick. It's because they introduced a new, proprietary memory card format when there were already several viable alternatives in place. The only reason for them to do so was to try and push their new format as a "standard", which fortunately has backfired on them. It's used in many Sony products, but that's about it. This is not the first time Sony has tried to do this and certainly won't be the last.

 

..Al

[warmachine]

My comment wasn't directed toward you directly, but rather more toward this one.

 

I just picked up an 8MB USB Flash Drive for $30 at MicroCenter so $80 sounds kinda high.

<edit>

Oh wait... this is a SONY Memory Stick so it has to be more expensive than similar devices.

And people wonder why I can't stand SONY.

 

I'm pretty sure that if I "couldn't stand" a certian company, I probably wouldn't want to spend any of

my hard earned money on their products and therfore wouldn't care if they were selling a

product that I could get cheaper from another company since I wouldn't buy it anyhow.

 

I wouldn't doubt that sony is selling the memory stick for much more than it should realisticaly cost,

possibly to offset somewhat the lost profit potential created by people downloading pirated software

to fill those memory sticks with.

 

That's just my viewpoint and I could be wrong, but it's fun speculating.

 

I also wouldn't doubt that nintendo is doing the same with their antiquated cartridge format,

selling the games for much more than they should realistically cost in order to recoup the lost profit

potential caused by people downloading the games off the internet and playing them on their ds

with the many piracy enabling devices that are available.

Edited January 12, 2008 by warmachine

[dalton4life]

Technolgy usually gets cheaper, smaller, faster, and more powerful as time goes on, so it won't

be too long before it decreases to a price that we are willing to pay in spite of whatever negative

things that the "sony bashing is the popular thing to do since nintendo is doing so well" crowd

repetably conjure up.

That's not why I "bashed Sony" on their memory stick. It's because they introduced a new, proprietary memory card format when there were already several viable alternatives in place. The only reason for them to do so was to try and push their new format as a "standard", which fortunately has backfired on them. It's used in many Sony products, but that's about it. This is not the first time Sony has tried to do this and certainly won't be the last.

 

..Al

 

Yeah I agree Sony should be bashed and big time for that and a lot of other stuff. I never liked Sony for the way they've tried to force proprietary format down our throats. It pains me a little that Blu-ray seems to be winning the "format war".

Edited January 13, 2008 by dalton4life

[Albert]

Yeah I agree Sony should be bashed and big time for that and a lot of other stuff. I never liked Sony for the way they've tried to force proprietary format down our throats. It pains me a little that Blu-ray seems to be winning the "format war".

To be fair, the Blu-Ray consortium is comprised of MANY companies, not just Sony. It has much broader support than HD DVD, which is the responsibility primarily of Toshiba and Microsoft. You can mostly blame Toshiba (which headed the "DVD Forum") for splintering off and developing a competing format to Blu-Ray. Partly because of this, I really do not mourn HD DVD's imminent demise and Toshiba and Microsoft have what's coming to them.

 

..Al

[Starscream]

To be fair, the Blu-Ray consortium is comprised of MANY companies, not just Sony. It has much broader support than HD DVD, which is the responsibility primarily of Toshiba and Microsoft. You can mostly blame Toshiba (which headed the "DVD Forum") for splintering off and developing a competing format to Blu-Ray. Partly because of this, I really do not mourn HD DVD's imminent demise and Toshiba and Microsoft have what's coming to them.

 

..Al

 

 

This is incorrect. Toshiba and NEC partnered to create the HD DVD standard and in turn, used features from Microsofts iHD. Intel and MS were simply the first supporters of the HD DVD standard. If MS support went as far as a built in HD dvive in the 360, or pc's that had HD drives, then there would be some sort of a crappy situation. I firmly believe the theories that MS only supported HD to create a market split and confusion which in turn would make digital downloads the best solution. If that theory is true, I will be very thankful for Microsofts interference in this whole matter.

[warmachine]

Isn't that just promoting one evil over another?

 

I don't think i'd want some kind of monopolized steam like content distribution program

clogging up my computers valuble resources with clunky DRM protections that would

prohibit me from moving my content to another computer should the need arise to upgrade,

or more realistically, preventing me from converting said content onto a portable device

without purchasing another liscense to do so.

[Albert]

To be fair, the Blu-Ray consortium is comprised of MANY companies, not just Sony. It has much broader support than HD DVD, which is the responsibility primarily of Toshiba and Microsoft. You can mostly blame Toshiba (which headed the "DVD Forum") for splintering off and developing a competing format to Blu-Ray. Partly because of this, I really do not mourn HD DVD's imminent demise and Toshiba and Microsoft have what's coming to them.

 

..Al

This is incorrect. Toshiba and NEC partnered to create the HD DVD standard and in turn, used features from Microsofts iHD. Intel and MS were simply the first supporters of the HD DVD standard. If MS support went as far as a built in HD dvive in the 360, or pc's that had HD drives, then there would be some sort of a crappy situation. I firmly believe the theories that MS only supported HD to create a market split and confusion which in turn would make digital downloads the best solution. If that theory is true, I will be very thankful for Microsofts interference in this whole matter.

Way to blanket my entire statement as "incorrect". Microsoft was involved before the HD DVD standard was finalized (in terms of the software side of things), and Toshiba and Microsoft were the first two companies to jointly announce development of HD DVD players.

 

For those who want to read more:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

 

..Al