GCN Exclusive: Say hello to the PSP Go - First pics of PSP Go

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naznatips said:

hunter_alien said:

Lostplanet22 said:
Brett is going to have a hard time to get now sales numbers of new PSP games.

 

 

Yeah, well for Others its not an issues, because that region is terrible innacurate anyways. The only difference will be that if a game is released then the opening will be even lower because of all the gamers whom download the games day 1, and even more PSP SOFTWARE DOOOMDZ threads will apear ;)

Did you ever consider the effects this will have on PSP software sales?

UMDs sell terribly already. So bad that back in 2007 some stores in the US were threatening to stop stocking them. Consider what will happen if a large portion of the already poor sales suddenly goes downloadable. Oops. Suddenly that threat of dropping PSP games becomes real. Retail stock of UMDs will be slim, and smaller games probably won't be stocked at all.

Let's look at another major issue here... pricing. We are looking at a handheld system that will start for at LEAST the Wii retail price. Oh! But wait! It gets worse. Because PSN games never drop in price (unlike good DD services like, say, Steam) you will have to pay full launch retail price ($30-$40) for every PSP game you ever buy. Cost of ownership by that alone more than dobules.

 

I think the success of this depends 100% on 2 things.  How easy is it to save bought games on a PS3 or PC and transfer them.  The pricing structure of the rental service. 

Will I be able to download on my PC and transfer it that way?  I hope so. 

(hold on, I have to go make surem my PS3 has its ears covered)

PSN and internet browsing are too slow on the PS3.

(I love you, PS3. Kiss,)