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noname2200 on 03 October 2009
jpain333 said:
noname2200 said:
jpain333 said:
I'm don't know much about the PSP Go so would someone mind answering since it's games don't use UMD then what does it use?

It's all digital, i.e. you download them into the system memory/memory stick and play them from there, like you do with your PC.

Really? Does this mean they won't have any PSP Go games sold at retail stores?? Seems like a bad move....

That's exactly what it means. You can imagine how thrilled this makes retailers...Also, there's no used market for PSP games. The latter seems to be the consumers' main complaint, although the price tag is also brought up repeatedly.



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dolemit3 on 03 October 2009
jpain333 said:
noname2200 said:
jpain333 said:
I'm don't know much about the PSP Go so would someone mind answering since it's games don't use UMD then what does it use?

It's all digital, i.e. you download them into the system memory/memory stick and play them from there, like you do with your PC.

Really? Does this mean they won't have any PSP Go games sold at retail stores?? Seems like a bad move....

There won't be actual hardware copies but you will be able to buy download coupons/codes at retail stores, much like PSN cards.



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Orca_Azure on 03 October 2009

if it does flop, it did it by itself.



Dgc1808 on 04 October 2009
noname2200 said:
jpain333 said:
noname2200 said:
jpain333 said:
I'm don't know much about the PSP Go so would someone mind answering since it's games don't use UMD then what does it use?

It's all digital, i.e. you download them into the system memory/memory stick and play them from there, like you do with your PC.

Really? Does this mean they won't have any PSP Go games sold at retail stores?? Seems like a bad move....

That's exactly what it means. You can imagine how thrilled this makes retailers...Also, there's no used market for PSP games. The latter seems to be the consumers' main complaint, although the price tag is also brought up repeatedly.

3000 and UMD's aren't going anywhere.

OT: When did it flop??? 



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ZenfoldorVGI on 04 October 2009

It also will flop because you can't get any credit for buying UMD games, not can you transfer them to the Go!



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 04 October 2009

The DS craze slowed the Wiis sales somewhat. I wouldn't doubt the PS3 price cut and, at least in Japan, releases of such major RPGs would slow the new PSP Go.



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NightDragon83 on 04 October 2009

Obviously Sony didn't learn its lesson the first time around, and that lesson is price is everything... why would someone seriously consider purchasing a PSP Go when it is $50 MORE than the 360 and the Wii and only $50 LESS than the PS3, which only does everything!



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 04 October 2009
NightDragon83 said:
Obviously Sony didn't learn its lesson the first time around, and that lesson is price is everything... why would someone seriously consider purchasing a PSP Go when it is $50 MORE than the 360 and the Wii and only $50 LESS than the PS3, which only does everything!

Don't you remember?

"[PSP Go] is for consumers to think to themselves ‘I will work more hours to buy one’. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else." -Ken Kutaragi [Speaking of the PS3]



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outlawauron on 04 October 2009

Goodness, the thing hasn't even released yet.


I hope does well so it can just shut some people up.



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The Velour Fog on 04 October 2009

Wow, we don't even have sales numbers and people are saying it flopped. Shows how bitter some people are.

Then again, even if it sold 10 million on day one, there'd still be rabid fanboys on this site who said it flopped.



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