Dyson Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Price is actually very fair given what PSP Go is. Spoken like a true fanboy.
ipaul Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 I might have gotten a PSP GO, but that is too expensive. However I think it's good value in comparison with DSi. That is such a rip off, £150 for that, they must have such a huge profit margin! I thought £100 for the Lite was steep! =/ Oh well. Think I'll be buying a used lite for £60 when I save up, seems like a much better price
Dante Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 If this turns out to be true then PSP Go would be 2nd most cost worthy of consoles/handhelds in UK. Sony PS3 80GB : £279Sony PSP Go : £229 MS Xbox 360 Elite 120GB : £219 Nintendo Wii : £179 Nintendo DSi : £149 MS Xbox 360 Premium 60GB : £159 MS Xbox 360 Arcade : £129 Sony PSP : £110
Shino Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Man, the 360 Premium is incredibly cheap, all of them are.
Will Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 and if we're totally honest, the lack of piracy will be a detracting point for the mainstream consumer. The vast majority of people don't buy a machine for the piracy, it's something that they get into afterwards, often without realizing what they're doing is wrong. PSP will have slightly more people planning to do it due to the more hardcore skew of the userbase, and it is becoming a bit of a problem. Fortunately the more hardcore/early adopter nature of PSP users would suggest that a lot of people will be looking to get into this, and that should cut down on piracy/2nd hand sales, making the PSP a once again viable platform for developers. Hopefully this will kick start a bit of a revival for the machine/software.
Daft Posted June 10, 2009 Author Posted June 10, 2009 Pachter says Sony is 'ripping off' consumers with PSP Go Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter hates the PSP Go. Alright, alright, he doesn't quite hate it, but he does despise its price point. On a recent episode of Bonus Round, Pachter matter of factly states, "$249 is too much. Period." He goes on to say that while the handheld is priced to compete with Apple's $229 8GB iPod Touch, it doesn't deliver the iTunes App Store or downloadable music from iTunes (as conveniently, at least, as the iPod Touch). Furthermore, he posits the $250 price of the PSP Go is vastly overinflated considering its contents, claiming it costs Sony less to build and ship the PSP Go than the PSP-3000 model, "The $169 PSP-3000 is a profitable device -- the disc assembly, for a UMD, costs more than 16 gigs of flash does. So this new device doesn't cost them as much as the PSP-3000 and they jack the price up $80?" When Keighley presses Pachter as to whether Sony is "ripping off" the consumer or not, he answers, "They're rippin' off the consumer... they're making a lot more money on the PSP Go than the PSP-3000." http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/09/pachter-says-sony-is-ripping-off-consumers-with-psp-go/ Pretty much.
flameboy Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/09/pachter-says-sony-is-ripping-off-consumers-with-psp-go/ Pretty much. Go back a few pages and I mentioned gametrailers where he said that...The pic if from their Bonus Round E3 round ups...
Daft Posted June 10, 2009 Author Posted June 10, 2009 Go back a few pages and I mentioned gametrailers where he said that...The pic if from their Bonus Round E3 round ups... Sorry, must have missed it!!
flameboy Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 You have to be retarded to think its cheaper to make. So wait an analyst whose job it is to find and mark trends etc...look at and remark on when price cuts are going to happen and whether they are viable or not is retarded? Pachter can be a dick at times but he almost certainly would be able to find out of costings of the USB drive and also the relevant manufacturing costs. It's his job to find out such things and analyse them.
Shino Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 You have to be retarded to think its cheaper to make. What?! Why?! Even the design and form factor were already there.
dwarf Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Can't believe how good the prices for things in America, they prices there are similar but they have high inflation so it's just begging for Brits to flog stuff from there over here. Which I'm sure many businesses and travellers do.
Goafer Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 "He goes on to say that while the handheld is priced to compete with Apple's $229 8GB iPod Touch, it doesn't deliver the iTunes App Store or downloadable music from iTunes." Of course it doesn't. It's not an Apple product and it's a console, not a Music player (at least that's not it's main function). It has the Sony version of the apps store though (Media Go). I really don't see how that arguement is valid.
Daft Posted June 14, 2009 Author Posted June 14, 2009 Can't believe how good the prices for things in America, they prices there are similar but they have high inflation so it's just begging for Brits to flog stuff from there over here. Which I'm sure many businesses and travellers do. How does region locking work for the Go? If I bought one from America could I use it with my PAL PS3 on the UK store? "He goes on to say that while the handheld is priced to compete with Apple's $229 8GB iPod Touch, it doesn't deliver the iTunes App Store or downloadable music from iTunes." Of course it doesn't. It's not an Apple product and it's a console, not a Music player (at least that's not it's main function). It has the Sony version of the apps store though (Media Go). I really don't see how that arguement is valid. http://kotaku.com/5288956/pspgo-getting-an-app-store I know it says rumour, but it isn't.
dwarf Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 How does region locking work for the Go? If I bought one from America could I use it with my PAL PS3 on the UK store? I'm the wrong guy to ask, not sure if it's known yet but it'll probably work the same as the current store, no?
m_fergy Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Can you pre-order it at Game yet? Yeah, have be able to for a while Link
canand Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Yeah, have be able to for a while Link No I mean in Game Stores.
Will Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 I'd have thought so, if it's on the online system it should be available in store too.
Ryan Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 No reason it should be in demand because you don't want it, right?
dwarf Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 You talking to me? I just don't know why you would pre-order one when it isn't clear what it or the games for it will retail at or if it'll be any good. I think it looks good but still not worth £230 or whatever.
flameboy Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 There are going to be many big games. GT PSP and Soul Calibur for starters at that time. The digital games releases are increasing but i hope all back catalogue games are also onboard. I thought they had already said they hoped to have all back catalogue games online come October...
dwarf Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 I don't know why I doubt that but it just seems a bit hinky. I don't think they will have all PSP games on there at launch anyway.
canand Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 I am not geting a PSP Go I got a Nintendo Wii instead.
dwarf Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Probably a better choice but it's not like it's a direct substitute is it?
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