So how much do PSPGo games cost?  I assumed it was going to be less because it's digital but I can't actually find their prices.  When I got to the playstation store page, it wants me to install something in order to actually see the price and I just don't want to do that.

So, the only thing I can really find is this which says they will be as much as retail games.

If that's the case, I'd love to see the auctions where you sell your used games for as much as a new retail game.

Also, you make it sound like owning things like original NES cartridges is a waste of time.  You obviously aren't any kind of retro gamer but give it 10 years and you'll love playing with those old BluRay discs and UMD's (if you still have any).

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And to answer your question about the DS-- it depends.

I have no interest what-so-ever in the DSi because it can't play my GBA games but that's because it's marketed as a DS.  If they made a DS2, I wouldn't care if it couldn't play my DS games because it's not a DS, it's a DS2.  I would obvious prefer it to be backwards compatible, but it wouldn't be a deal breaker if not.

So how much do PSPGo games cost?  I assumed it was going to be less because it's digital but I can't actually find their prices.  When I got to the playstation store page, it wants me to install something in order to actually see the price and I just don't want to do that.

So, the only thing I can really find is this which says they will be as much as retail games.

If that's the case, I'd love to see the auctions where you sell your used games for as much as a new retail game or more actually since you said you made money on rebuying your collection.

Also, you make it sound like owning things like original NES cartridges is a waste of time.  You obviously aren't any kind of retro gamer but give it 10 years and you'll love playing with those old BluRay discs and UMD's (if you still have any).

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And to answer your question about the DS-- it depends.

I have no interest what-so-ever in the DSi because it can't play my GBA games but that's because it's marketed as a DS.  If they made a DS2, I wouldn't care if it couldn't play my DS games because it's not a DS, it's a DS2.  I would obvious prefer it to be backwards compatible, but it wouldn't be a deal breaker if not.

I thought the high overhead of profit was reserved for the retailers, though.  I think the only way this benefits Sony is by eliminating used sales and controlling price points for every Go game sold.

I'd show you the auctions, but I'm not going to hand out my eBay account id on an internet forum... I apologize that I can't "prove" it to you in this manner.  I have an alternative for you, however.. a better one, actually.  Just visit eBay, start the process of "selling" an item, and you can find the average sale price very easily, if you're interested.  I think you'll be surprised.

Until publishers offer a trade-in program for UMDs-to-digital, the eBay solution is actually a pretty decent one, IMO, if you currently own a UMD PSP and want to upgrade to a Go.

Fine, show me an auction where a used copy of a PSP game goes for retail price or more.  It doesn't have to be more, I just want to see something even close. 

I find it absolutely absurd that you think it's alight to just completely rebuy your collection and think people can get a bargain somehow by using eBay.

Let me pose this question:

If the next Nintendo handheld played digital DS games for backwards compatibility, but did not have a cart slot... would you buy it?

Do you guys realize that DSiWare is, effectively, the first step towards that?

The PSP Go has more quality titles readily available than any other handheld, as far as the average joe, who does not like to visit the local GameStop, and paw through the used DS pile, is concerned.  By November a huge portion of all PSP games ever made will be available in the store.

For a new consumer... that's a pretty sweet deal, I think.  I doubt the PSP Go will flop, for that reason alone.  People thought the iPhone was dumb and overpriced too.  Having all those titles available, and in your pocket thanks to the large internal storage capacity... is a pretty powerful thing.

Wow you're stubborn.

Go to eBay, like I said, pick "Sell an item" from your account drop menu.  Then type some game titles into the "What's it Worth" box.  Note that RPGs, like "Brave Story PSP" ($17.19 -- a bit more than $2 above PSN price), "Disgaea PSP"($29.23 -- near $15 more than PSN price), etc. tend to sell for, on average, at least what they cost in the PSN store.  And, indeed, I sold my Brave Story for 19.99, and my Disgaea for $24.99 -- I didn't even get to the average on the latter.  I charged $2.99 shipping, to boot (it actually costs me like $3.50 to ship, including the packaging though).

I'm not trying to make you mad, twesterm.  I just wanted to point out something that is a perfectly viable option... at least in my book.

The thing about using that average thing you're talking about is that it's not exactly accurate.  You say you got $25 for it on eBay except I can pick it up now on eBay for about $11 so in that case I'm going to lose $10.

I'm not really angry or trying to push you, I'm just saying eBaying all your old UMD games and then buying them again on the PSN isn't in any way at all a deal.