i am now willing to pick it up

I am so delighted by this news I don't know how to respond.

This was already a game I was deliriously obsessed with, and now I find out it's half price?

The world truly is a beautiful place.

SOLD!

I guess it's better than putting it out for the full price and then dropping it in price in 1 month. For once, a decision is being made to not screw over early adopters of a game.

Now you people dont have a reason to NOT buy the game! ;D

Only 20 bucks? Oh hell yes.
I was going to skip it due to a constrained budget, but I'll definitely be picking it up now.

Sold. First day buy!

Sold here! This is one of the few games I've been looking forward to for the first part of the year.

My PSP has been starved to death looks like its time to feed it.

Apu writes for Kotaku now!

@Witzbold: I have a reason. I don't own the system. I also like being contrary.

Awesome headline though.

this is going to be the first psp game i haven't illegally downloaded in a long time.

@Witzbold: Unless you'd like to ship me a PSP, Witz, I still have a reason! But I definitely wouldn't complain if you were to do that for me. (cough, hint, cough, cough, hint, hint).

FUck if i had money to buy a psp. Hey anybody want to buy me one. The beat of this game is so catchy i want so bad.

I wonder if the budget price will remain intact for its UK release? Aw, who'm I kidding, I'm totally getting this anyway.

Excuse me sir, do you have any Gray Patapon?

Ok, not funny. :(

finally. i was wondering when kotaku was gonna post this news. glad its only 20 bucks.

Call me a very happy person when I get me a PSP.

You guys are lucky. They're gonna sell it over in this country like it's full price. You know, $39.99+"import fees"+taxes full price.

Solddd

I would have bought it at $29.99 ... I hope it gets some notice out in the real world and sells well. We need more interesting games like this being made.

@DigitalHero: Actually....I thought it was pretty funny XD....of course its not hard to make me laugh....lol

And....if your mailing out PSP's Witz....be sure to send one my way ;D

I was about to pre-order but stupid Amazon has it for 39.99: [www.amazon.com]

They do have a low price guarantee, but I'll just wait till it officially lowers on their site

@Witzbold: Except if you don't have a PSP yet, like me. I have to admit I'm getting closer and closer every day, though.

Katamari Damacy came here for twenty bucks and it is the stuff of legend. SOLD.

Yay! Insta buy!

Pata-pata-pata-pon.
Pon-pon-pata-pon.

Damn you, delicious patapons. Damn you all.

But...but...butt...it's not a shooter! And thank God for small favors for that. I imagine this will go down, once again as one of those great games that no one will buy.

Then the same people who didn't buy it will later lament the loss of creativity in the game industry. All while playing whatever derivitive shit EA or Ubi has most recently shit out.

Sorry, do I sound bitter?

I was thinking about waiting for this game because of needing my bank account to recuperate from the onslaught of games from fourth quarter '07, and buying it new from half.com after a couple months. Looks like I'm definitely picking it up ASAP, now..

Why the weird name? Wouldn't it sell better if they called it something cooler? Judging from the screenshot, why not call it "Giant Rhythmic Enemy Crabs"?

UMD? Please? UMD?
Hey, it looks like it is!
This could be the next Katamari Damacy - what an undervalued sell...

Patapon looks like the shit, I'm well up for it

SWEET. I had to look again to see when its coming since I'm getting a few other games before that one :P

I will buy a PSP only for this game....

Having had the delightful joy to play this game, it deserves more than a budget price.

I wish I had a PSP...

The game is great fun and is rather addictive! Granted at times it can be a little bit of a grind fest, but the characters are just so amusing that you cant stop!

Great title. That is all.

I'm just happy that no one has come onto this post to insult the game, or be a total troll. Then again, with the housekeeper posting here, you'd have to be missing a few screws. This game looks as lovely as life itself.

I've always wanted it ever since I first laid my eyes on it and that price makes it even more attractive.

Yikes! This is 8 days before God of War. Thanks for the price consideration Sony. You knew that a week later we'd be forking over full price for another game.

Buying dis bitch.

Also stop saying you would pay more before someone hears us!

@Witzbold: By saying it's a grindfest, you actually made the game even more attractive to me. I say this having just taken an Imperial Seal up to Lvl 40 is Disgaea for no apparent reason, other than to grind.

i can't believe it's going out at that price. i usually buy my games off ebay cause my wallet can't stand up to the continued severe beatings full-priced games administer.

there is pata-god.

@kingclip: lol excellent. Well grindfest more in the sense of just getting money to pay for making new patapons. Its not that bad though. ;D

Hlel yes. Day one.

Maybe they're charging $19.99 to encourage people to try something different for a reasonable price.

Can we put a positive spin on these PSP stories for once?

I'll admit; this was one of the best headlines I've read on Kotaku.

I thought I said to link the TV Spot (the girls playing) every time this game was mentioned! *resends memo*

This is awsome news, I was going to get the game anyway, but at a cheaper price... wow, I hope reviews reflect this now, since most whine about the price point when things are more expensive.

Ty Sony :D

Wow I think the budget price thing worked since about 30% of these comments are "Now I am totally buying it!"

Cool games like katamari, and Loco Roco and Patapon deserve our hard earned dollars.

I almost wish I had a PSP