Game console prices?

henrikhojer · (#1 (**permalink**))

Hi all, I have a friend going to Tokyo next week and he will visit Akihabara. What is a good price for a standard PSP Slim? A Nintendo DS?

In other words, how much money should he bring?

Best Regards
Henrik (from Sweden)

xfromwenzyoucamex · (#2 (**permalink**))

OMFG!!! Lucky friend!!!! Why didn't he bring you?
Er besids that I can't help. Japan has kick ass shops and personaly I would bring all the cash I have.

Tyrien · (#3 (**permalink**))

Bring at least the equivalent to $200 USD. That will cover the system and a game. At least it should.

DivineBled · (#4 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Tyrien

Bring at least the equivalent to $200 USD. That will cover the system and a game. At least it should.

probably, but your friend will need a little more. Since he is buying the original games, and system, I guess, he/she may run into a problem, playing the original came on the American version of the system.

MMM · (#5 (**permalink**))

The DS is region-free, but there is no advantage to buying it in Japan. It's the same piece of equipment. PSP is also region-free, except for UMD videos, which are region-coded. So you couldn't buy movies in the US for it.

I am seeing it at about 230 dollars on Amazon Japan...but know that the PSP Slim isn't THAT much different from the original PSP.