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Wass said:
Icyedge said:

DD only is the way to go. The earth is dying faster than most people realize, we need to be less materialist. Also contrary to some people think, the price of games will lower. Company will make more profit (can develop more), and consumer will also save money because you dont need to pay for retailer profit, gaz charges, manufacturing cost etc. Its a win-win situation.

I agree with the article when they say that majority of consumers are not ready for it, but I dont see how the PSP Go can flop considering that Sony has probably already pay back their investment, and anyway they have to support the PSP itself, its not very difficult to also support the PSP go at same time.

The PSPGo cannot die and cannot be a flop because it almost cost 0$ for Sony to support it because they take the normal PSP games and upload them to server. This device is a serious money making device even if they do not sell a lot of them.

Bottom line the PSPGo will only die when the normal PSP will.

Are you saying that you don't like the smell of Blu-Ray disks and brandnew game boxes and manuals?

I don't think he's saying that at all. What I believe he is saying is that people need to start using less resources, in all sectors of society, and the gaming industry and the way we play games is no exception. The good thing about DD is that everyone WINS! Including the environment. When people talk about DD, it's not only limited to games, but everything, including movies. I personally expect that DD will be a standard in about 15 - 20 years. Do I like the smell of brand new manuals and the shine of blu-ray discs? Yes. Do I like living on a planet that has enough resources to sustain everyone more than stupid manuals?? Hell yes! 



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I think as time goes on sales for the Go are going to improve. Sony needs to market the go properly and tell people what it is and how its used.

One huge problem that the Go has got though is this

You have to use a facking router to get online WTF is that shit. Isnt the whole idea of being portable to be well portable. Not bound to a wifi hotspot or your house to get the games you want.
I was expecting the PSPgo to be online ready anywhere. but it really isnt.



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Jesus christ, what's with all anti PSP threads these days??? Its making bigger profits than PS360 and its the best selling non nintendo handheld, PSP Go(d) is making very high profits... No matter how you wanna spin it, PSP ( and PSP Go ) IS NOT A FLOP



This reminds me so much of 2007.



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Serious_frusting said:
I think as time goes on sales for the Go are going to improve. Sony needs to market the go properly and tell people what it is and how its used.

One huge problem that the Go has got though is this

You have to use a facking router to get online WTF is that shit. Isnt the whole idea of being portable to be well portable. Not bound to a wifi hotspot or your house to get the games you want.
I was expecting the PSPgo to be online ready anywhere. but it really isnt.

that would be a great deal at $250. Amazon Kindle is just a e-book device and it's priced higher than PSP Go.



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saicho said:
Serious_frusting said:
I think as time goes on sales for the Go are going to improve. Sony needs to market the go properly and tell people what it is and how its used.

One huge problem that the Go has got though is this

You have to use a facking router to get online WTF is that shit. Isnt the whole idea of being portable to be well portable. Not bound to a wifi hotspot or your house to get the games you want.
I was expecting the PSPgo to be online ready anywhere. but it really isnt.

that would be a great deal at $250. Amazon Kindle is just a e-book device and it's priced higher than PSP Go.

trust. I think it would have been much better for it to be online anywhere and charge you a yearly/monthly subscription fee. And it wouldnt have really mattered about selling lots of software because they get lots of profit from the HW plus money for the online anywhere.



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scottie said:
Indeed NJ5, Apple by no means endorses an open system, and the app store is doing very well for its self

They don't? I can buy a lot of the movies and music available on iTunes many other places on the web. That seems pretty open to me.



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The Go could never fail at its price point. Its not a new product, its just a new form factor -- it probably didn't cost that much R&D to develop.

I would actually say that, given its high price point, the PSP Go is a resounding success. Some people are willing to pay $80 for the new form factor and 16GB of internal storage, while losing the UMD drive.

If the PSP Go had been priced at around $200, I bet its sales would be double or more. No retailer would carry it for that small of a retail cut, though, and Sony isn't going to directly pay retailers to sell them at a loss. The used software retailers damaged the Go's business model, because it wasn't compatible with their own -- but they didn't quell it completely.

The software publishers probably make more than 2x as much per software unit sold on the Go, so the number sold is very misleading, in terms of the big picture. Each one put into the wild likely yields more than 2 PSP-3000s worth of publisher software profit, in the long run, in addition to the hardware profit garnered from the device sale itself. On top of that, Sony gets to refine its pricing structure to fit its demographics well, and now has an active DD experiment in the works. The PSN PSP download library is VASTLY superior to the WiiWare library, after all. If Nintendo and Sony are going digital in the next gen, Sony will have at least one significant advantage thanks to this early experience.

Turning a blind eye to the PSP Go, and pretending that its a "failed experiment" like the GameBoy Micro, etc., is folly. It didn't fail at all. If you think so, you're looking at it from a very limited perspective, and you won't "see it coming" when the future is upon us all.

Selling half the devices, and making twice the profit per device, can be a very good thing -- because there's more potential for growth, assuming the model it uses is prevalent in the future. The PSP Go isn't at that "halfway" mark, but it's good enough to be considered an experimental success, in my opinion.

Honestly, I don't know why Sony doesn't allow retailers to sell PSN cards at a discounted price (via a point system, like MS or Nintendo -- say $20 for a 2400 point card, where 2400 points would cost $24 online), and, in return, have the retailers sell the PSP Go for something closer to $200. Thus, everyone is happy, and everyone makes more money... except the used retailers that is. The big department stores would be pleased, however. HUGE shelf space savings for them to stock tiny cards that net such large profits.



 

DaBuddahN said:
Wass said:
Icyedge said:

DD only is the way to go. The earth is dying faster than most people realize, we need to be less materialist. Also contrary to some people think, the price of games will lower. Company will make more profit (can develop more), and consumer will also save money because you dont need to pay for retailer profit, gaz charges, manufacturing cost etc. Its a win-win situation.

I agree with the article when they say that majority of consumers are not ready for it, but I dont see how the PSP Go can flop considering that Sony has probably already pay back their investment, and anyway they have to support the PSP itself, its not very difficult to also support the PSP go at same time.

The PSPGo cannot die and cannot be a flop because it almost cost 0$ for Sony to support it because they take the normal PSP games and upload them to server. This device is a serious money making device even if they do not sell a lot of them.

Bottom line the PSPGo will only die when the normal PSP will.

Are you saying that you don't like the smell of Blu-Ray disks and brandnew game boxes and manuals?

I don't think he's saying that at all. What I believe he is saying is that people need to start using less resources, in all sectors of society, and the gaming industry and the way we play games is no exception. The good thing about DD is that everyone WINS! Including the environment. When people talk about DD, it's not only limited to games, but everything, including movies. I personally expect that DD will be a standard in about 15 - 20 years. Do I like the smell of brand new manuals and the shine of blu-ray discs? Yes. Do I like living on a planet that has enough resources to sustain everyone more than stupid manuals?? Hell yes! 

 

Exactly, thx a lot! Sure I like the smell of a new game but one day or another if we keep on like that it will be too late. Every that can be digital should be digital as soon as we can.



Procrastinato said:
The Go could never fail at its price point. Its not a new product, its just a new form factor -- it probably didn't cost that much R&D to develop.

I would actually say that, given its high price point, the PSP Go is a resounding success. Some people are willing to pay $80 for the new form factor and 16GB of internal storage, while losing the UMD drive.

If the PSP Go had been priced at around $200, I bet its sales would be double or more. No retailer would carry it for that small of a retail cut, though, and Sony isn't going to directly pay retailers to sell them at a loss. The used software retailers damaged the Go's business model, because it wasn't compatible with their own -- but they didn't quell it completely.

The software publishers probably make more than 2x as much per software unit sold on the Go, so the number sold is very misleading, in terms of the big picture. Each one put into the wild likely yields more than 2 PSP-3000s worth of publisher software profit, in the long run, in addition to the hardware profit garnered from the device sale itself. On top of that, Sony gets to refine its pricing structure to fit its demographics well, and now has an active DD experiment in the works. The PSN PSP download library is VASTLY superior to the WiiWare library, after all. If Nintendo and Sony are going digital in the next gen, Sony will have at least one significant advantage thanks to this early experience.

Turning a blind eye to the PSP Go, and pretending that its a "failed experiment" like the GameBoy Micro, etc., is folly. It didn't fail at all. If you think so, you're looking at it from a very limited perspective, and you won't "see it coming" when the future is upon us all.

Selling half the devices, and making twice the profit per device, can be a very good thing -- because there's more potential for growth, assuming the model it uses is prevalent in the future. The PSP Go isn't at that "halfway" mark, but it's good enough to be considered an experimental success, in my opinion.

Honestly, I don't know why Sony doesn't allow retailers to sell PSN cards at a discounted price (via a point system, like MS or Nintendo -- say $20 for a 2400 point card, where 2400 points would cost $24 online), and, in return, have the retailers sell the PSP Go for something closer to $200. Thus, everyone is happy, and everyone makes more money... except the used retailers that is. The big department stores would be pleased, however. HUGE shelf space savings for them to stock tiny cards that net such large profits.

This is all speculation.



Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.