It has only sold 65k so far?...............
Might as well have spent the R&D boosting the original PSP's sales.
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Oh well, I myself am interested in a PSP GO, but after holding it, it feels really cheaply made =S
Maybe they did that to make the PS3 seem cheaper? 50 dollars more, and you can get a PS3? I guess I'll get a PS3, then. Then, there's always that person that buys the Go, which is seriously overpriced, and the profit turned from one would be the same as 10 units sold at a decent price. Anyway, like I've been saying for a while, I want 4000...
I actually love the concept behind the Go. In my eyes it truly is the first portable system since you don't have to carry any additional cartridges around. Everything is stored internally so just pop it in your pocket. Aesthetically I think it's a design masterpiece. I'd never be seen in public with the older PSPs but the Go is pure modern slickness.
The price tag is absolutely horrendous though. Where did all the extra expenses come from? What a crazy strategy Sony's trying to employ here. Content to take a loss with the PS3, but need to make a monster profit with the Go. No matter how much potential it has, that is definitely not the way to win people over to a new, very different, system.
It's all about the game.
I don't really see how it can be called a flop. It was only another option for people interested in the PSP. It's like saying the 360 core or elite are flops.
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Well, PSP Go was made to a purpose to make money to SCE:s horrible financial situation. If SCE wouldn't be doing so badly, it's unlikely that PSP Go would have been born. Or maybe Sony is just scared of iPod Touch.
I suggested Sony to use the same model with PS3 two years ago.
@Leo-J: PSP Go is a little different story that DSi XL or DSi. GBA compatibility is more of a non-factor, when you have to search for GBA games if you want to buy them, when PSP Go doesn't play PSP games.
Also, DSi XL is a product that the market wants. I, for example, didn't get DSi this christmas because XL is coming out and i really prefer the bigger screens and bigger stylus.
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| solinox said: Going all digital is fine, it's worked with the iPhone so far. Sony needs a PSP Phone. Whats the point of being download only, if I can't download from anywhere? Needing a Wifi connection to download is limiting Compare the PSPGo to the iPhone, and the difference is clear. For $199 you get an MP3 player, movie player, 100,000 apps, Phone, Videogame Player, GPS device, touchscreen, etc. The PSPGo cost $249, you get an mp3, video player, and you get to play games. But first you have to convert the video into something ridiculous. They need to leverage the PSN the way Apple has leveraged iTunes. I mean, Sony owns music and movie studios!! Combine that with the excellent first party games, and I'm not sure why their not raking in the cash. Oh yeah...they make stupid pricing points and confining propriatory connections. Seriously, Sony's proprietory plugins and sd-cards need to END! I've avoided a lot of their cameras due to the proprietary stuff. Geez, what are these guys thinking? |
+1
Personally, as odd and off the wall as it sounds - I think Sony should partner with RIM to bring push email and BBmessenger to a PSP, and the Go should also be a phone. Ofc a little redesign needed etc, but in principle I agree that is the direction they should have gone if they wanted to charge more for a DL-only devivce.
Heck, I would consider trading my Blackberry for a PSP if that happened - as long as Sony managed to cook up a decent product. I would love to have a smartphone that I could play real games on. Maybe I am a minority though, I have no idea since I am not really into the mobile gaming scene.
leo-j said:
Not fully supported? Most of the PSP game library is on PSN.. atleast the games that matter. Sure it may be overpirced, but in fact, for what you get in a PSP its under priced, you get one of the best portable multimedia systems on the market, for just $169. While you get a DS that only plays games, for $129? How does that make sense? DSLL is just a DS that has been boosted up in size significantly, and isn't getting anything added to it at all, and people don't hate on it. I didn't see many people going crazy that the DSi completely killed of the GBA compatibility. But ofcourse, lets all hate on the PSP GO because its $249, and even though it offers 16GB of memory, bluetooth internet capabilities via cellphone, and the pause game feature added to what a PSP can already do, but the DSLL is priced not too far from $249 in japan, and offers absolutely nothing more than what a DSi does, and it sells like crack. |
You can't really compare to DSi LL to the PSP Go. If a person buys the DSi LL they can still play all of their (previously purchased) DS games on it. The LL also has increased battery life compared to the regular DSi. PSP Go has the same battery life as the 3000.
The price of the DSi LL in japan is 20,000 yen. The price of the PSP Go in japan is 26,800 yen. (at current exchange rates that a difference of $74 between them)
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PSPGo screams laboratory experiment to me. All signs point to this:
1) High cost so each unit sold would bring in a large profit
2) Digital Distribution - all monetary sales go directly to and through Sony (no more middlemen)
3) No marketing WHATSOEVER - Keep upfront costs as low as possible
4) No UMD - force pubs/devs to make digital distros as well if they want their product on the Go
5) Require everything works on the old PSPs as well.
I think the Go is an experiment for the next inline PSP2. They are trying to figure out what works and what does not, what the customers want and does not want, what the customer is willing to pay, and how willing customers will be to download ALL their content and much more.
The Go is like a Focus Group but instead of them paying you to give your input, they sell you an expensive piece of equipment and then you give them your input.
at gamestop we are selling a used 16 gb memory stick for 75$ giving that the GO has it built in along with blue tooth support for my ps3 controller i love it, the price is a lil much but not that big of a deal if you compare it to the price of a memory stick. and in convenience of being able to cary 20+ games without having all the damn UMD's its very convenient
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