PSP Official Release Date and Price Tag

Sony has officially announced that the Playstation Portable will be released on March 24. The PSP will be sold as a Value Pack for $249.99, which will include the PSP handheld, headphones with a remote control unit, 32MB Memory Stick Duo, a UMD (Universal Media Disk) demo disk including non-game demos, battery pack, cleaning cloth, soft case and the UMD version of Spider-Man 2 the movie for the first one million PSPs shipped. Sony has not announced a cheaper, no optional equipment package like the company released in Japan.