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euclid on 15 March 2007

do retailers do this often? I have never heard anything like this before.



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Kwaad on 15 March 2007

ioi - it is the PSP-lite The info was announced by a european sony rep I think. Nothing is known about it yet.



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euclid on 15 March 2007

do you have a link kwaad?



jman8 on 15 March 2007

they never really dropped the PSP's price, they just got rid of the Value Pak crap. I really hope they redesign it to resemble a GBA SP because then i may be able to justify trading in my current model. Bottomline is that while the PSP is selling decently, it definitely needs a shot in the arm to generate consumer faith, which is what it is seriously lacking.



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Kamahl on 16 March 2007

The PSP isn't selling bad.... sure it's not winning but its definately not bad... they should shut up.



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sieanr on 16 March 2007

Kamahl said: The PSP isn't selling bad.... sure it's not winning but its definately not bad... they should shut up.
Don't retailers have a right to be angry if a company promises the moon and then botches up a great product? BTW, the Sony rep only mentioned that they are looking at upgrades for the PSP, he never explicitly said they had a "PSP lite"



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Death2009 on 16 March 2007

Kamahl said: The PSP isn't selling bad.... sure it's not winning but its definately not bad... they should shut up.
yes, it does sell ok.



Alacrist on 16 March 2007

It's selling ok but retailers what something that's going to sell great, think about they need all the space they can get with the DS,PS3,Wii, and the 360, because they are all selling better.



 

  

 

Death2009 on 17 March 2007

Alacrist said: It's selling ok but retailers what something that's going to sell great, think about they need all the space they can get with the DS,PS3,Wii, and the 360, because they are all selling better.
The psp outsold the PS3 last month. Check the numbers.



Louie on 17 March 2007

Death2009 said: Alacrist said: It's selling ok but retailers what something that's going to sell great, think about they need all the space they can get with the DS,PS3,Wii, and the 360, because they are all selling better. The psp outsold the PS3 last month. Check the numbers.
Jupp, that´s true but the PS3 didn´t sell well in February either... the problem is that the less selling system often has shorter legs than the better selling one. So if DS and PSP numbers both go down in a year or so developers will focus on DS maybe...