Comments on: PSP Go Sells 28,275 First Day In Japan

By: ShinGundam

ShinGundam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:49:18 +0000

I think PSP GO is slow build rather than a major release like PS1 and PS3

By: matty

matty — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:55:41 +0000

Maybe they're looking at the different console models and think that they can do the same thing with handhelds?
Personally, all the different console systems shy me away, but they do sell to more-or-less different/specific gamers (basic to top of the line).
The Go and LL I see as slightly branching into different crowds that were interested in the previous models and trying to get a grip of a larger audience that look into particular aspects and features of past models. It would be interesting to see it become a trend in the future.

By: eliel

eliel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:13:48 +0000

i 'didn't say the GO sucks i said it suck it didn't sell to well is all, and im afraid by the time i save up for a PSP 3000 the next psp integration would come out and want impulse buy it (PSP 2 maybe)….im very cheap/poor…

By: ElTopo

ElTopo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:09:40 +0000

You see Sony isn't going to bring this up, they would love to push this idea through because they're really the ones benefiting the most from it. You, the consumer, are getting shafted in every way possible and there's simply no reason this is a better option.

Can retail and DD coexist? If they continue marketing as is, i.e. relatively cheap, simpler games retailing for 1/6 to 1/10 the cost with full retail games selling for the same price as a digital download. (Which is crap, it eliminates all costs associated with production/distribution increasing overhead by a huge margin however they can't lower prices on DD without pissing off retailers who are undercutting physical media)

By: TokyoGuy

TokyoGuy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:01:45 +0000

You raise a valid point really- wait for the new PSP or just get a 3000. Personally I find it a bit ironic that Sony, who always touted the screen size of the PSP, decided to SHRINK it with the Go, and Nintendo is making its DSi LL screen larger. I think both of them have warped priorities really: Sony shouldn't go down and Nintendo should have been at the DSi size from the start.

Anyway, both companies are just whoring out their handhelds now, but at least Sony made a radical change with the PSPGo. Nintendo looks absolutely idiotic to release a new DSi one year later with nothing but a larger screen. Please.

By: matty

matty — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:55:09 +0000

Hmm… I'm not so sure most game players are familiar with Apple devices and PCs/consoles are more versatile with DD to me than a handheld system completely dedicated to it – at least with what the Go has shown.

It seems like dealing with two entirely different animals on both the consumer and system front.

By: matty

matty — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:31:22 +0000

I believe that's the key here; benefit for the consumer. The points you brought up should have been addressed by Sony long before launch, but since they didn't it just shows how half-baked they approached this thing. I'm not saying DD is a bad idea at all, it has A LOT of potential especially for folks like us if handled carefully, but not now. Not when providers are capping bandwidth, d/l speed going all over the place in different regions, and other issues people have to deal with that actually *do* have internet access.

Call me crazy, but I'd like to see Sony try this again in a few years when they get their thing together and really think this through 'cause I think all they did was have even supporters loose confidence. Be like water, Sony.

By: ElTopo

ElTopo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:49:39 +0000

Why not just buy a PSP 3000? Or wait for the next iteration? It doesn't suck at all, its consumers using their cash to vote: PSP Go sucks a$$. Just because Sony chose to go all digital with it, doesn't mean its ahead of its time.

A lot of big people/blogs/industry leaders are calling for this all digital revolution, the funny thing is the only people it benefits are the big game corporations. The consumer gets shafted, as do a large amount of the industry that's ballooned out from gaming.

-Distribution is controlled by Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft, prices will remain largely fixed at new prices, price drops will never be as cheap finding a game used (for the most part)
-Kiss collecting games goodbye
-Rental services like Gamefly are gone, forget sharing games with friends, trying your friends games out before you buy them
-Games lose all inherent value as theres no way to resell them unless you part with your console (selling your console is a whole separate problem, do you take the loss on the games or try and sell the entire system as a whole?)

Its just a big scheme for companies to make more overhead off games while eliminating resellers (which some idiots in the industry honestly believe they are entitled to some of these profits). Consumers just don't stand to benefit at all from this.

By: jarrodand

jarrodand — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:46:21 +0000

well, to be fair Nintendo always maintained that the micro was a limited/promotional release in Japan. Probably would've done better had it not released a year after it's successor hit market.

By: eliel

eliel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:13:46 +0000

i want a psp but, the GO is ahead of its time{no umd support } sucks that it didn't sell to well like its predecessors, I might end up getting one during 2010 but its still to early for me to consider buying it(and its a shame theres SH!T loads of games /psp remakes [persona 3] i'd like to try out for psp)!…cough*do a contest 4 a psp cough*…