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Old 11-29-2010, 02:04 AM
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Default Re: PSP Go a failure - Should we buy one.

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Exactly my point, first time buyers had to pay a huge premium for the console, then pay considerbly more to rebuy the game on PSN for a game they could never sell on. - it would have worked if it was a digital only platform in the first place but not 4 years after the UMD drive. Everytime a new refresh of the system has been released there was never a need to buy all the games again.
What I meant by 'first-time' buyers, are those people who have never owned a PSP before buying a PSPGo, thus they wouldn't have to rebuy games off of the PSN, because they never bought UMD's in the first place. I'm just pointing out a different demographic Sony was trying to reach with the PSPGo, but admittedly, they have failed miserably. In fact, one of their corporate reps has pretty much said the same thing, in different words. Also, Sony hasn't forced consumers to buy a PSPGo -- it's just an option for those who want the convenience that a PSPGo offers. And often times, convenience comes at a price. If you want a laptop with the same specs as a desktop, you will pay more for the laptop, and so on, and so on.

And again, Sony still sells regular PSP's, so it's not a huge deal. If Sony only started selling the PSPGo at the retail level and got rid of the UMD models, that would be a major problem.

The only thing that sucks for PSPGo buyers is that often times new releases on the PSN cost the same as their UMD counterparts. You would think that digital releases would be cheaper since there is no cost of packaging.

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Ok I may have exaggerated a bit here, but my point is that those few that did re-buy the games were not at all happy and more than likely reduce their amount of purchasing of newer games. Sony being a multi-million dollar corporate entity has made them arrogant. It not like the Playstation platform has made them the multi millions everyone keep shouting out.
The thing is, Sony initially stated they were working on a solution for existing PSP owners with UMD's. That proposition never materialized for whatever reason, and I can't say for sure that their reasoning behind this decision was invalid. I have to believe that highly educated individuals in business have a better grasp on their market and products than you or I.

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They made a $3 billion loss on on first few years then they finally make a profit of £100 million, how many years will it take to make all the money back. No one seems to ask that question, the answer is never. The company is stuck in tradtion and the old ways that worked before.

The company is just to big and diverse to make a decision that is right for the company. It's because the Playstation platform did so well before and was a cash cow that they just kept saying yes to the gaming devision, but it has so far turn out to be a huge mistake. They would have been £3 billion better off if they didn't start the PS3 project and kept supporting the PS2. It's not like they don't have the smart people, they do, infact some of the best, but using them their maximum potential is what hardest.

Someone somewhere should have looked at the spiralling cost of the PS3 development and the part costs and said would they actually make money from this venture. Instead they put their trust in the division without anyone overlooking the project from the outside.

What happen next was the PSPgo one of the biggest flops in gaming histroy.
The PSPGo may have been a flop, but the PSP platform itself is strong, especially in Japan. So, I don't think Sony will bat an eye at the PSPGo's failure, because, as I have said before, Sony patently wanted to test out the digital distribution market. And that's not a bad endeavor actually, as they can now take what they've learned with the PSPGo and apply it to the development of the PSP 2.

As for the rest of your statement, it seems to be a mixture of speculation and facts, so I won't address them.
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