hsrob said:
Reasonable said:
perpride said:
Is it just me, or was it WAAAAAAAY to early for any console-maker to introduce a console that can only get games through the internet? I mean, not everybody has an internet connection. Out of people who do, many of them simply don't have the speed to download a game that is a gig.
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I think that's why the Go is actually pretty crafty. The regular PSP remains as a safety net, while the Go is really an experiment to test the waters. If it doesn' t tale off enough it doesn't matter, information learnt. Also, I think a handheld, with the acceptance of iPhone, etc. is the safer place to also try digital vs say a home console.
If you think about it Sony can observe:
a - continued UMD sales
b - digital sales to regular PSPs
c - digitial sales to Go
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Yeah, but if the PSP Go fails, why did it fail? Was it because people didn't like DD only, was it "fewer features",was it the price, was it the public outcry about DD and price, was it the smaller screen, or some other factor?
In the end if it fails to ever properly get off the ground Sony may learn nothing more than most people didn't like it enough to buy it.
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That's the risk they take. But they'll get a pretty decent idea. For example low sales and a very low attach rate shows the whole thing failed, low sales but a high attach rate for those that did sell tells them there is a viable market for DD, but it is too small right now or their pricing / features are wrong.
I suspect that, despite all the posts, at this point the Go in a sense can't fail. Enough people will buy it to give Sony an initial idea of acceptance, then they can drop the price and see if it starts broadening out. The profit on the Go must be good, because we know the PSP is profitable HW, and I don't think huge sums went into the Go development.
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