Sheikah Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 A quick gander at the current PSP titles on the PSN store shows nearly all ofthem at £14.99, which is 50% the RRP of DS or PSP games. Go into any gamestation and you'll find most PSP games over a year and a half old being sold at £7.99. Easily proves what I've been getting at. Basically buy the PSP Go to give Sony more money, while costing yourself loads more.
Sheikah Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 All old games are cheap in shops. You're not even able to understand the point that was being made. Follow the conversation or just don't bother. Here was the point being made - You can buy cheap games in shops, but you cannot ever get them this cheap for the PSP Go. This is because Sony set their prices for games online. Thats a stupid thing to say. Everything you buy from MS or Nintendo are beyond worse in that respect. Again, you're being a prize timewaster. Completely missed the point of that statement. The point about giving Sony more money is in regard to buying a different model PSP; where you could pick up preowned games for far cheaper, as well as a reasonably similar model for much cheaper, too. Seriously. Do you even read posts before replying to them? You just waste everyone's time.
jammy2211 Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 Go into any gamestation and you'll find most PSP games over a year and a half old being sold at £7.99. Easily proves what I've been getting at. Basically buy the PSP Go to give Sony more money, while costing yourself loads more. Indeed, it's a small issue but I'm willing to pay slightly more for the convinence of not having to carry UMD's around, albeit definitely not an extra £7. I'd imagine I'll save as much with games releasing cheaper then buying old games in the long term. Supposedly Sony are going to have to get ALOT of PSP games up on the PSN store before October 1st, so I'd imagine alot of those will be reduced once the PSP Go launches and, hopefully, the PS Store is redesigned. Sony are apparently working on a 'solution' to old UMD's going on the PSP Go too, so for all we know it could be possible to buy cheap UMD's for the Go and just copy them onto it.
Pit-Jr Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 Yeah the online library and their prices will be the determining factor for me. If its a big savings, the GO could easily wind up paying for itself (if you plan on getting alot of games for it)
Daft Posted August 10, 2009 Author Posted August 10, 2009 Also Sony don't want to isolate retailers so you can still buy PSP games in shops. It'll just come in the form of a redeemable code. You won't be able to get these second hand but they could be reduced over time like normal games.
Daft Posted August 14, 2009 Author Posted August 14, 2009 PSPgo games will be as cheap as iPhone games With the rumour mill speeding up prior to Sony's press conference at the Gamescom show in Cologne, Germany, next week, news has been leaked concerning the price of PSP games for the soon-to-be revitalised PlayStation Network (PSN). Pocket Gamer has learned that these will be priced at 1, 2 and 5 Euros, making them the equivalent of the games available via Apple's App Store. In fact, the highest priced games on the App Store are $9.99 - currently The Sims 3 and Real Racing - making PSN cheaper at the top end. It's a significant move as Sony has been hit by criticism concerning the price of the PSPgo hardware ($250, £230). Ensuring the price of games is much lower than previously experienced on the PlayStation Network provides a strong incentive for people to shell out for the heavily revised hardware. This low pricing structure for games also means Sony will have relaxed its business model to enable small development studios to get involved with PSP. There's no news concerning the revenue split between Sony and developers and publishers, but we'd be surprised if it's not the 70:30 that's become standard thanks to Apple's adoption of it for the App Store. In addition, Pocket Gamer has learned that Sony has been actively sourcing iPhone developers to bring existing titles to PSN. Obviously some rework is required due to different screen size - 480 x 272 versus 480 x 320 - not to mention transposing touch controls to joypad, D-pad and buttons - but the bulk of game logic and artwork is likely to remain the same. Sony isn't taking a leaf out of Apple's book when it comes to easing the process of publishing, however. Games will continue to go through formal console-centric Technical Requirement Check (TRC) requirements, as well as a two week quality assurance testing period. Sony will also actively control the release schedule for games, although considering the current disquiet over Apple's laissez faire attitude to app approval and release, this might not be a bad thing. At least we can expect a full launch line up of titles when PSPgo is released on 1 October. Over 50 developers have been signed up to produce content for the existing PSP and new PSPgo hardware via the digital distribution PSN channel. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/PSP/PSPgo/news.asp?c=14946 I don't think this is Go specific, more a reworking of PSN. Sounds good.
Deathjam Posted August 14, 2009 Posted August 14, 2009 http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/PSP/PSPgo/news.asp?c=14946 I don't think this is Go specific, more a reworking of PSN. Sounds good. I say it's a case of 'wait and see' but it sounds like very promising news.
Pit-Jr Posted August 14, 2009 Posted August 14, 2009 Good news! i can almost stomach the pricetag of the hardware now. Im still not totally against just getting a 3000 model either, but that 16 gigs sure would come in handy
canand Posted August 15, 2009 Posted August 15, 2009 we will now this comeing tuesday how much it will cost.
ReZourceman Posted August 15, 2009 Posted August 15, 2009 http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/PSP/PSPgo/news.asp?c=14946 I don't think this is Go specific, more a reworking of PSN. Sounds good. Ha, believe that when I see it. A quick gander at the current PSP titles on the PSN store shows nearly all ofthem at £14.99, which is 50% the RRP of DS or PSP games. Not even bringing up the point that waiting a few weeks and game prices tank, I don't know where you're seeing DS games for £30 as a flat rate.
jammy2211 Posted August 16, 2009 Posted August 16, 2009 Ha, believe that when I see it. Not even bringing up the point that waiting a few weeks and game prices tank, I don't know where you're seeing DS games for £30 as a flat rate. RRP not the price you can buy them - I can very rarely find a good DS game for under £15 though. Hopefully Sony will give us a way to play UMD's on the PSP Go, as then I can just buy games dirt cheap and still have the convinience of no UMD's, woo.
canand Posted August 17, 2009 Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) RRP not the price you can buy them - I can very rarely find a good DS game for under £15 though. Hopefully Sony will give us a way to play UMD's on the PSP Go, as then I can just buy games dirt cheap and still have the convinience of no UMD's, woo. The reason they announced the psp go is beacuse it will be digital so you don't need UMD games and they are not cheep the ones on the PSN Store will be and Sony is doing a good will program for people who got UMD games to transfer them to the PSP GO and we will now how much the PSP GO will cost in UK this Tuesday at Gamescom Edited August 17, 2009 by canand
dwarf Posted August 17, 2009 Posted August 17, 2009 Ah thanks for clearing that up Canand. Harsh, yeah, but oh well.
Sheikah Posted August 17, 2009 Posted August 17, 2009 Hopefully Sony will give us a way to play UMD's on the PSP Go, as then I can just buy games dirt cheap and still have the convinience of no UMD's, woo. I'm sure it won't be that easy... you probably wouldn't know if people had used the preowned games in shops to get the online code already. The staff at places like gamestation are often nerdy and it wouldn't surprise me if they used some of the games to get free codes (however it would be done). There'd have to be a way of you just getting 1 download copy for each single UMD game... otherwise people could just lend games and download for free.
Kirkatronics Posted August 17, 2009 Posted August 17, 2009 I'm sure it won't be that easy... you probably wouldn't know if people had used the preowned games in shops to get the online code already. The staff at places like gamestation are often nerdy and it wouldn't surprise me if they used some of the games to get free codes (however it would be done). There'd have to be a way of you just getting 1 download copy for each single UMD game... otherwise people could just lend games and download for free. I doubt they would allow you to do this, they would lose money.
jammy2211 Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 The reason they announced the psp go is beacuse it will be digital so you don't need UMD games and they are not cheep the ones on the PSN Store will be and Sony is doing a good will program for people who got UMD games to transfer them to the PSP GO and we will now how much the PSP GO will cost in UK this Tuesday at Gamescom You're missing the point. I know what the PSP Go is for, but I'm curious to know whether, if say an old PSP game costs £5 off play.com (Wipeout Pulse does for example) whether I'd just be able to buy the UMD and then 'transfer' it to my PSP Go, rather then buy it off the PS store for £8 or whatever it costs. They might not bother but they might want to convince PSP 3000 owners to convert, who knows!
canand Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 GamesCom: PSP Go to retail in the UK for £225 A SCEE rep has confirmed to VG247* that the PSP Go will retail in the UK for £224.99.It comes as the platform holder gutted the price of the fat Playstation 3 tonight down to £249, while also sticking on the same price tag for the newly revealed PS3 Slim.We see some special bundles coming for this and the PS3 Slim.
Sheikah Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 GamesCom: PSP Go to retail in the UK for £225A SCEE rep has confirmed to VG247* that the PSP Go will retail in the UK for £224.99.It comes as the platform holder gutted the price of the fat Playstation 3 tonight down to £249, while also sticking on the same price tag for the newly revealed PS3 Slim.We see some special bundles coming for this and the PS3 Slim. Oh dear...£25 cheaper than something that has a Blu Ray player as well as vastly superior components. Silly Sony.
canand Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 Oh dear...£25 cheaper than something that has a Blu Ray player as well as vastly superior components. Silly Sony. It is so funny we onley need £25 more to get the PS3 Slim Haaaa Sony you make me laugh I wanted £179.99
canand Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 You can get the PSP Go for £199 and get GT PSP with it for free. Just shop around. I want to get it at Game I allways shop there.
Sheikah Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 You can get the PSP Go for £199 and get GT PSP with it for free. Just shop around. No doubt PS3 slim price reductions/ bundles will pop up too...either way, it's still horrendously overpriced.
killer kirby Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 I loled at the PSPGo price in Australia...$450 (think children, with adding another $50 onto it and you can get a PS3!!!)
Daft Posted September 1, 2009 Author Posted September 1, 2009 Being that it is a Bluetooth device now, that means it is possible for it to detect a Sixaxis or Dual Shock 3 controller, allowing it both analog control sticks as well as the motion sensing functionality. It can do this rather easily, with no wired attachments, and the controller is small enough for you to carry around pretty easily when traveling. It has been able to use a Sixaxis or Dual Shock already, but doing so required a wired hookup which wasn't exactly convenient for gaming on the go and therefore was not supported with remote play. This means it is now possible to control any game in PS3's library via remote play. While it is not known if PS3 can handle the encoding and streaming of game data on the fly for all of it's games, many of PS3's most demanding games already include Youtube support which does a pretty similar task of encoding audio and video on the fly during gameplay, so it isn't too far fetched. If Sony is able to pull this off in the future, http://psinsider.e-mpire.com/index.php?categoryid=4&m_articles_articleid=1329 It's speculation and I doubt it'll happen but this would be the PSP Go's killer app for me.
flameboy Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 http://psinsider.e-mpire.com/index.php?categoryid=4&m_articles_articleid=1329 It's speculation and I doubt it'll happen but this would be the PSP Go's killer app for me. It is proved to be true would be more likely to consider the "upgrade" to a go.
Ike Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 Out of interest, will you be able to buy the digital games for the older PSP models or is it just for the Go?
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