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"Sony Corp.’s PlayStation Portable, which goes on sale in Japan later this year and overseas next spring, boasts the superb image quality of its home-console counterpart. But the big question on everyone’s minds is: How much will the handheld gaming machine cost?

"The pricing question is crucial as competition heats up in the game machine market ahead of the holiday season, when video game hardware makers rake in as much as half their annual profits.

Yuri Kageyama. Price at Issue With PlayStation Portable. WashingtonPost.com. Sept. 25, 2004.

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