flameboy Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 Yep all models as it will simply be done via the PSN store much like it is now...
canand Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 Yep all models as it will simply be done via the PSN store much like it is now... When does the psp go come out?
Ike Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 Yep all models as it will simply be done via the PSN store much like it is now... Kind of makes the Go redundant if that's the case, I thought that was it's biggest selling point. With the older models you get best of both worlds. How much are the downloadable games gonna cost? Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite is $25 for the download, but play.com is selling it for £15.
flameboy Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 When does the psp go come out? 1st October matey!
canand Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 1st October matey! Because Wikipidea said 2nd October for UK 1st October for USA and 25th September for Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PSP_Go&diff=313239563&oldid=313238774
flameboy Posted September 12, 2009 Posted September 12, 2009 Kind of makes the Go redundant if that's the case, I thought that was it's biggest selling point. With the older models you get best of both worlds. How much are the downloadable games gonna cost? Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite is $25 for the download, but play.com is selling it for £15. Yeah you are right in someways which is precisely why I'm not picking one up. I will still be able to download Minis and if I want I download any games I choose to. The only real advantages are its Bluetooth compatible and it can have ingame XMB.
iplanet77 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) It's speculation and I doubt it'll happen but this would be the PSP Go's killer app for me. You can stick up to 48GB of memory in this thing! I think it would make great media player. 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 reckon there will have to be a cut off point. So after you've registered your PSP Go, you would have maybe 2 weeks to register your UMD's. If so, people would just be stocking up on cheap UMD's off eBay before they even bought their new PSP Go. Edited September 15, 2009 by iplanet77
Erin14 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 If we lost a umd but like still had the case would the code be on there? Oh ya and since it comes out 1st october looks like im getting it for my birthday cause my B-Day is october-19.lolz
Sheikah Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 You can stick up to 48GB of memory in this thing! I think it would make great media player. I reckon there will have to be a cut off point. So after you've registered your PSP Go, you would have maybe 2 weeks to register your UMD's. If so, people would just be stocking up on cheap UMD's off eBay before they even bought their new PSP Go. I think people would just stock up on UMDs before registering tbh. Still seems like a terribly hard to implement system.
flameboy Posted September 16, 2009 Posted September 16, 2009 It's not gonna happen...best bet if you have UMD's then keep them and your old PSP...
Will Posted September 16, 2009 Posted September 16, 2009 I would imagine there will be a limit on the amount you can transfer and some sort of system to stop people getting a digital copy more than once. Now we get GT for free it makes the price I'm paying a pretty good deal (Got it ordered when Game had it up at £180), I'm rather looking forward to it.
h4rri3r Posted September 16, 2009 Posted September 16, 2009 Oh dear...£25 cheaper than something that has a Blu Ray player as well as vastly superior components. Silly Sony. This is a portable console, it's more difficult to put all that hardware together in a small device like PSP Go, so the production costs are higher, obviously.
Sheikah Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 This is a portable console, it's more difficult to put all that hardware together in a small device like PSP Go, so the production costs are higher, obviously. Umm, no. The majority of the technology for the PSP already exists inside current (and cheap) PSPs... besides that you are not getting an expensive, likely £150+ Blu Ray player like with the PS3. Does it fuck justify the price, lol.
Sheikah Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 PS3 is more expensive for Sony no question, but does PSP sell software? It doesnt share parts with the 3000 and the 16gb flash costs abit. They cost Apple alot too and Sony dont get them at those Apple prices either. It must be the same basic spec in that it plays the same games. It has additional features, but they certainly don't justify the cost.
Sheikah Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Thats a matter of opinion. The PSPgo does have cool extra features that some gamers may really like. Bluetooth was clever. Not everyone is a fan the PSP 3000 screen either. Not really...just tot up the cost of components and deduct the fact it's using somewhat old core technology that surely should be quite cheap now (given how long the PSP has been around). It's obviously overpriced. The PS3 is just a tiny bit more expensive but has a far, far better specification.
iplanet77 Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 I think £199 by Tesco is a good price plus you get GT PSP free. PSP gaming is really hotting up. The 3000 isnt bad though and does the job. My main problem is will Sony deliver on downloadable content for the PSPgo? Tescos have put the price back up to £220, Gameseek are the cheapest now at £210 - http://www.pspgoprices.co.uk/ . I think Sony will deliver on the DLC for the PSP Go, but it won't be free. Now that they have the game distribution channel sewed up, I think they're going to milk it for all it's worth.
Sheikah Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Its definitely not overpriced. Its still the most powerful 3d device of its size. If you want overpriced try DS and Wii first. It is definitely overpriced. Proven by how they PS3 is only about £20 more expensive. You are a deluded Sony fanboy and everyone on this forum knows it.
Sheikah Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 If you are going to argue overpriced hardly anything in the world is as bad as the Wii or DS. You're like a politician. Instead of addressing the fact that something about it is bad, you just compare it to other badly priced things to get away from the issue. The PSP Go IS overpriced. Fact. The PS3 is just marginally more expensive to prove this point. The top PSP games look nicer than the top Wii games for just one perspective. Actually, no. There is nothing that looks better than Mario Galaxy on the PSP, and there never will be.
Goafer Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 The top PSP games look nicer than the top Wii games for just one perspective. Put them both on the same size screen and I doubt the PSP will fare as well. It's irrelevant how much the Wii and DS are overpriced, the PSP Go is still overpriced. Either way, the PSP Go is still a good thing. Hopefully it will rejuvenate the PSP and get some decent games made.
Ganepark32 Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 ^ I've come in as I have questions about this because I may be considering getting one if I can find a reduced price and a decent bundle. But that last statement, sir, is the biggest piece of s**t I've seen you write. Mario Galaxy has not been surpassed by either Soul Calibur or Gran Turismo on the PSP. Yes, I have seen both titles running in real life to know exactly what they look like and Galaxy is still above them in graphical terms. However, bringing Galaxy in to a comparison with those games is like comparing apples and oranges: they're all games but all very different. My main point is that you Choze need to step back from this fanboy attitude you have with anything Sony related because any and all argument you make on here comes down to your fanboy nature. Yes, both Soul Calibur and GT PSP are very impressive in terms of handheld graphics but they aren't as good as SMG. And yes, the Wii and DS (more so the DSi than the others now) are overpriced but the PSP Go takes the biscuit at being roughly the same price as a PS3 Slim. ------------------ Anyway, enough arguing. I want to know about the downloading of games. Is it something where you'll hook up a credit card or something and just download from the PSP store or will it be like you go to your local game shop and buy a card, kinda like the Xbox live points cards, which has a download code for the game? As much as people didn't like the UMD, I'm not a huge fan of making a games available first and foremost as downloadable.
Cube Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 There is the PSP 3000 for those who dont want this and will still be the main PSP. I thought the Slim was the one before Go...
MATtheHAT Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 I thought the Slim was the one before Go... The 'Slim & Lite' PSP is a PSP 2000, then Sony released the 3000, then the PSPgo.
Sheikah Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 We are talking about a handheld here, ok there arent any platformers as nice as Mario. But what racing or fighting games touch the ones on PSP? There are many more games on PSP that put to shame Wii games. Oh, so now you shape your argument to maintain the 'I'm right' stance. You really should become a politician because you're such a slimeball. You said there's nothing on the Wii that looks better than those 2 games; not true, SMG does. As well as lots of other games. You can't even tell how good PSP games really look because the screen size is so shrunken in comparison to console games. At the same size, no doubt PSP games would look pretty crap.
Will Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 Anyway, enough arguing. I want to know about the downloading of games. Is it something where you'll hook up a credit card or something and just download from the PSP store or will it be like you go to your local game shop and buy a card, kinda like the Xbox live points cards, which has a download code for the game? As much as people didn't like the UMD, I'm not a huge fan of making a games available first and foremost as downloadable. As far as I'm aware you should be able to do both. You can put in your credit card details to the PSP and just download whatever takes your fancy whenever you want or go into a store and buy a top up card much as you do with xbox live. I think you may be able to buy tokens for specific games in store but I'm not 100% sure anymore as it doesn't seem to have been mentioned in a while.
Dante Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) ShopTo: PSPgo "almost dead" on arrival ShopTo has empathised with European retailers boycotting PSPgo, and reckons the format "is almost dead before it has arrived". Analyst Michael Pachter, on the other hand, thinks they're all being "foolish", and calls the entire situation "ridiculous". "It's just silly for a retailer to say that they won't sell a big ticket gaming device because they can't sell the games. Consumer electronics stores sell refrigerators and not food, everyone sells iPods and not the music for them; this position is just ridiculous," Michael Pachter, analyst for investor Wedbush Morgan Securities, told Eurogamer. "I think that it's foolish for a retailer to be selective about what they carry, unless they truly don't believe it will sell well." A much better course of action, he argued, would be to buy limited stock and then re-order if appropriate. "Refusing to carry them subjects them to the risk that Sony will bypass them for Gran Turismo or Uncharted, in which case they lose," he said. The ball began rolling when Dutch outlet Nedgame publicly opposed the PSPgo for being too expensive and for not featuring a UMD drive, thus providing no opportunity to sell games. And controlling all sales via PSN gives Sony a "monopoly" on software sales, argued the shop. Media Markt, a German retail chain that spans Europe, took up a similar position, with Spanish and Italian (and no doubt other regions) outlets prohibited from selling the device. ShopTo will not follow suit, but agrees with the sentiment. "We do have it listed on the site, but we are not concentrating any big marketing behind it," boss Igor Cipolletta told Eurogamer. "Sony has decided to cut publishers and retailers for the software of the PSPgo and deal direct with developers, giving them a 70 per cent margin for any items sold on Sony PSN. I believe if they had lowered that to 50 or 60 per cent, and given the opportunity to online retailers, it would have enjoyed greater success and retailers would attempt to promote the console to the market." Cipolletta, however, feels the damage may have already been done, and the format - which launches here on 1st October for £224.99 (€249.99) - will be a flop. "I have the feeling that as a format it is almost dead before it has arrived, and it relies far too heavily on a customer base that is prepared to pay more for download content than the equivalent disc based product, and I suspect this market will soon dry up based on the technical limitations of the hardware," Cipolletta shared. But, Pachter added, while retailers wield "some power" now, their foot-stamping won't be entertained for long. "As far as the argument that 'it's about time' retailers received their comeuppance: I think that will occur soon enough anyway, as the large hard drives in the PS3 and 360 (and the larger ones coming) will encourage a greater number of downloads in the future," he offered. "Retailers have to face the fact that games will be increasingly offered over Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, and cope with the outcome. "To draw a line in the sand," Pachter said, "is wrong." Sony, incidentally, has not responded comment on the matter. Edited September 19, 2009 by Dante
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