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solinox on 28 December 2009
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dahuman said:
V-r0cK said:
solinox said:
Going all digital is fine, it's worked with the iPhone so far. Sony needs a PSP Phone. Whats the point of being download only, if I can't download from anywhere? Needing a Wifi connection to download is limiting

Compare the PSPGo to the iPhone, and the difference is clear. For $199 you get an MP3 player, movie player, 100,000 apps, Phone, Videogame Player, GPS device, touchscreen, etc.

The PSPGo cost $249, you get an mp3, video player, and you get to play games. But first you have to convert the video into something ridiculous.

They need to leverage the PSN the way Apple has leveraged iTunes. I mean, Sony owns music and movie studios!! Combine that with the excellent first party games, and I'm not sure why their not raking in the cash. Oh yeah...they make stupid pricing points and confining propriatory connections.

Seriously, Sony's proprietory plugins and sd-cards need to END! I've avoided a lot of their cameras due to the proprietary stuff. Geez, what are these guys thinking?

Why's people always comparing the PSP Go with an iPhone? Its PSP Go vs Ipod Touch and relatively speaking are more at the same level.

 

Price wise you just have to shop around people.  Dell had the PSP Go at $199 for the holidays, and some big stores like Bestbuy would price match that and deduct another %10 off the savings.  Not a bad deal.  Sure its still a little pricier but with a built in HDD $199 beats those bundle PSP ....but as well its all peoples preferences.

not HDD, it's Flash, all you'd have to do, is get a Mem Stick converter for like 4-8 bucks, drop a 8 or 16 gig micro SD in it, put it into the PSP 3k, format, and it would act the same as a PSP Go, with an UMD drive, and a bigger screen while still being cheaper! cha chin!

People compare the PSPGo to the iPhone because it's all digital. You're right though, maybe it should be compared to the iPod touch. But even then, it still doesn't warrant it's price. They need to take a page out of Apple's book.

1.) Proprietary formats need to DIE! The extra money they make from their cables doesn't make up for the customers that they lose.

2.) PSN. This should be the gift that keeps on giving. Apple advertises the fact that the AppStore has over 100,000 apps, and even shows some of them. How many average consumers know that the PSN has movies, games, demos, music (soon), etc.? Show off the different services!! When a new movie comes out, advertise the fact that it can be bought/rented via PSN!! The district 9/GOW 3 tie in should've been used to push the PSN into the mainstream. Have PSN/Home kiosks at BestBuy/Frys, and show consumers it slick interface.

3.) Price. It costs $3 to rent one movie on PSN, but netflix cost $9 dollars a month for unlimited rentals/streams? Are Sony insane? iTunes is beating them when it comes to pricing TV shows. Nexflix is beating then when it comes to rentals. Sony needs to do things better!!