From the time when NGP was announced many people was curious - what will be price for new Sony's portable gaming console ( PSP2 )? How much should we strip from our lunches to afford this cutie, when it will be released? Right after NGP presentation some people was scared that price for such device will be too high - around $700, like PS3 was by the time of it's release, but later experts agreed that NGP cost will not be too high and for platform success should be around 300-400 USD. Whops! Kotaku finds interesting survey about NGP. $250 & $350?..
My guess, and this is a guess.
The PSP2 will launch for 349.99$
It will have no memory stick or game.
After the holidays or perhaps on the holidays it will go down to 299.99$
But they will still sell a 349.99$ version, perhaps with a memory stick or a game.
Perhaps even a 399.99 $ special version with a metal gear gloss on the outside of it.
If I am right.... well I guess I will get to feel good about it.
I think it's will be too complex to have such differentiation - if keep in account that there will be at least two models of PSP2, with 3G module and without it. So I'm pretty sure that prices will be set for this parameter ( 3G or not ), not counting the memory stick presence or something like that. But indeed - special version package may also appear, as you mentioned, with some branding on it. We have less than 6 months to wait, so soon ( well... relatively soon
) we will know for sure, how it's will be.