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radha on 23 June 2009
Xen said:
Why the hell would the slim be more expensive than the usual one? all you're paying for are new 45nm chips... and less material used to make the console.

"Why the hell would the "PSP GO"be more expensive than the "PSP 3000"? all you're paying for are new"16 GB flash"... and less material used to make the console."

 

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S.T.A.G.E. on 23 June 2009
makingmusic476 said:
The PSP Go is probably priced like it is because of retailer relations. According to my district manager, corporate GameStop were threatening to stop carrying the PSP if it went UMD-only. Retailers, much like the console manufacturers themselves, generally don't make much if anything on hardware sales, and instead make their money on software and accessories. They wouldn't be able to make any money on the Go from software, so Sony probably allowed them a higher margin on the product just so they would even carry it.

They do not have this issue with the ps3. Ultimately, the price of the ps3 needs to drop, and everyone, including GameStop, is telling them to do so. Sony obviously has something up their sleeves if they plan to ship 13 million ps3s this year, and I don't see how it could be anything other than a $299 price point.


Gamestop always makes things work in their favor. Those guys are a bunch of theives. Sony is no better for keeping their price point so high.



Tim_Duncan on 23 June 2009

PSP Go is priced higher because the target is not the same. PSP-3000 is for core gamers and kids, PSP Go is for high wage grown adults.

It's sexier, it's more portable, it's lighter, it's powerful.

It will sell a lot, like the Iphone does.



Catlana on 23 June 2009
FilaBrasileiro said:
Damn the Go is expensive


I do think that the price point for the PSP Go needs to be closer to the DSi for the PSP Go to succeed. 199 would be fine, but at 249 I am worried that sales will be slow.



S.T.A.G.E. on 23 June 2009
Tim_Duncan said:
PSP Go is priced higher because the target is not the same. PSP-3000 is for core gamers and kids, PSP Go is for high wage grown adults.

It's sexier, it's more portable, it's lighter, it's powerful.

It will sell a lot, like the Iphone does.


It's aimed at the exact same demographic. They just took out the UMD and forced you to do use digital downloads. Sony is rather ignorant. The PSP's war against the DS, will only get worse.



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richardhutnik on 23 June 2009
WereKitten said:
Not that different from the $180 DSi -> $250 Wii, really

The PSPgo is the premium version of the PSP, whereas the $299 PS3 would surely be the cheapest version available.
I don't see anything wrong with that, because there will be people giving a high value to the mobility that comes with the new form factor and not having to lug UMDs around.
Once the early adopters/gadget enthusiasts market will start to show diminished interest, the PSPgo will surely be re-positioned, and eventually the old PSPs will be retired and the go will fill all layers of the market.

Basing the price cut of the PS3 on the price of the PSPgo is quite a weird idea. The price cut of the PS3 will have to deal with the PS3 own problems on the market and its positioning. A $50 cut just wouldn't move it close enough to the sweet spot for the average console user, that was about $250 in the past.

The said "premium" version of the PSP has less functionality then the less expensive version, and has access to a smaller game library.  It is smaller and does have a smaller screen, so count that as a mix plus/minus.



richardhutnik on 23 June 2009
txrattlesnake said:

I think it goes better than DS Lite for $129.99 and DSi for $169.99.

The DSi is only $40 more expensive, has 4 times the internal RAM and is twice as fast.  It comes with two cameras, and also internal storage.  Plus, it has a place to slide in more storage.

Exactly how is the PSP Go superior to the regular PSP?  Is there anything the PSP Go can do that the regular PSP can't do, with additional memory stick addeD?



makingmusic476 on 23 June 2009
richardhutnik said:
WereKitten said:
Not that different from the $180 DSi -> $250 Wii, really

The PSPgo is the premium version of the PSP, whereas the $299 PS3 would surely be the cheapest version available.
I don't see anything wrong with that, because there will be people giving a high value to the mobility that comes with the new form factor and not having to lug UMDs around.
Once the early adopters/gadget enthusiasts market will start to show diminished interest, the PSPgo will surely be re-positioned, and eventually the old PSPs will be retired and the go will fill all layers of the market.

Basing the price cut of the PS3 on the price of the PSPgo is quite a weird idea. The price cut of the PS3 will have to deal with the PS3 own problems on the market and its positioning. A $50 cut just wouldn't move it close enough to the sweet spot for the average console user, that was about $250 in the past.

The said "premium" version of the PSP has less functionality then the less expensive version, and has access to a smaller game library.  It is smaller and does have a smaller screen, so count that as a mix plus/minus.

The PSP Go has in-game XMB and a few other cool quirks.  It's not just a UMD-less PSP-3000.



Seihyouken on 23 June 2009

Sony's plan isn't to keep both the 80GB and the 120GBslim on the market for the same period of time. Sony will be cleaning the channels of the current 80GB models over the summer before they introduce the slim around August or September just the way they did last year with the 40GB to 80GB transition. The 80GB model will not be continued and will not be getting a price cut, which makes sense since it would cause Sony to lose more money than off the slim model.

Now whether the slim will get a $100 price cut when it releases or closer to October/November, that's the real question now.



twesterm on 23 June 2009
makingmusic476 said:
richardhutnik said:
WereKitten said:
Not that different from the $180 DSi -> $250 Wii, really

The PSPgo is the premium version of the PSP, whereas the $299 PS3 would surely be the cheapest version available.
I don't see anything wrong with that, because there will be people giving a high value to the mobility that comes with the new form factor and not having to lug UMDs around.
Once the early adopters/gadget enthusiasts market will start to show diminished interest, the PSPgo will surely be re-positioned, and eventually the old PSPs will be retired and the go will fill all layers of the market.

Basing the price cut of the PS3 on the price of the PSPgo is quite a weird idea. The price cut of the PS3 will have to deal with the PS3 own problems on the market and its positioning. A $50 cut just wouldn't move it close enough to the sweet spot for the average console user, that was about $250 in the past.

The said "premium" version of the PSP has less functionality then the less expensive version, and has access to a smaller game library.  It is smaller and does have a smaller screen, so count that as a mix plus/minus.

The PSP Go has in-game XMB and a few other cool quirks.  It's not just a UMD-less PSP-3000.

Iactually kind of dig the Go but there are two things I can't get past:

  • $250 is way too much to pay for a hand held
  • 3-6 battery life?

I like the screen, there are a few games I wouldn't mind getting, and I like the downloading the games part, just those two things above are huge deal breakers for me.  I'm hoping I just heard wrong on the battery life but the $250 is enough to guarantee I'm not going to buy it until it gets much cheaper.