The PSP Go was a MAJOR flop. We need to talk about it.

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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?

 +1

 Personally, as odd and off the wall as it sounds - I think Sony should partner with RIM to bring push email and BBmessenger to a PSP, and the Go should also be a phone. Ofc a little redesign needed etc, but in principle I agree that is the direction they should have gone if they wanted to charge more for a DL-only devivce.

 Heck, I would consider trading my Blackberry for a PSP if that happened - as long as Sony managed to cook up a decent product. I would love to have a smartphone that I could play real games on.  Maybe I am a minority though, I have no idea since I am not really into the mobile gaming scene.