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Friday, June 26, 2009

Sony explains the PSPgo $250 price tag
By NutMan @ 8:42 AM :: 557 Views :: 5 Comments ::

:: PSP

The PSPgo has a smaller screen than previous iterations and lacks a UMD drive, but for some reason it's still $80 more than the PSP-3000. Why is that? Sony says its because "When you introduce a new piece of hardware you have the opportunity to say there is a certain premium that is associated with it, and we took that into account."

So basically, the PSPgo is $250 because it's new. Well, at least they're honest.

Comments

By Sheep @ Friday, June 26, 2009 10:57 AM

...because there will always be people that need to have It first, why not make a quick buck of them. :D

By Knowledge @ Friday, June 26, 2009 11:09 AM

Sony is done.

By kolop1 @ Friday, June 26, 2009 2:56 PM

Why would I want the PSP go when my current PSP can play UMD games and downloaded Ps1 and PSP games? The PSP go can only play downloaded games.

By madmex @ Friday, June 26, 2009 4:28 PM

This is stupid, granted Nintendo did the same thing and the ocean of morons went crazy over the DSi. Maybe, after Sony fails again they will restructure their R&D department and the decision makers to benefit the gaming public.

By ProxyCell @ Friday, June 26, 2009 11:28 PM

guys, its 230 pounds in the UK... that $380 USD....
they don't even sell playstation network cards in the UK so every customer has to buy the downloadable games with their credit cards

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