PSPgo: Where's the hype?
Kyougu
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
Is this dead in the water before it even hits?
We have one month to go before the launch of this, and the hype seems to be at 0. The blame falls largely on Sony I believe, with of course the price (made even more ridicolous by the new PS3 slim and the great bargains that the recent packs are) and complete lack of information. Forget a UMD trade in plan, at least tell us what PSP games will be up for download. I know there's already a few (and Capcom seems to have much of their catalog already up) but what about recent big releases like Dissidia and Rock Band: Unplugged? Big hitters likes God of War, The Metal Gear games, Crisis Core, etc. How many people will get one of these things at day one and then have nothing to play?
Then there's the little things that just makes me go "Oh Sony". No removable battery. Battery life being the same as PSP 3000 (less if you count an extended battery), the price (again), etc.
So, is anyone even remotely hyped for this, or interested? How do you guys think it'll fare? Are you all ready to buy games only through digital distrution?
Kyougu on
0
Posts
I don't see the Go selling well, long-term. I also don't see many folks "upgrading" their older PSPs for this model, since their old games will be worthless.
Honestly, I'm most curious to see how retailers will treat a console that is designed to cut retailers out of the game sales loop.
It is also ridiculously priced. The UK price is £224.99, for £5 more you can get a PS3 Slim, for £189.95 you can get a 360 elite with a game, or for £150 you can get a Wii. The real killer: £129.99 for a DSi.
Whoever the hell at Sony thinks that they can get away with charging not far off double what their (far more successful) competition are doing needs to be fired.
big one for me
And certainly not as an "upgrade" to one that took physical media. It would have to be a brand new system.
Steam: pazython
The whole decision to go completely digital download is a mistake, and I hope Sony realizes this.
And christ, I didn't realize how much the thing was overpriced in the UK. Guess that explains the pack of Gran Turismo.
It doesn't use SD cards. It doesn't even use Memory Stick Pro Duos.
It uses their newer, smaller, more expensive proprietary chip, which I believe is called a Memory Stick M2.
The current PSP 3000s have control layouts that aren't nearly as retarded, and can play both your UMDs and the fancy digital downloads. Also, the screen is bigger.
No dice on this. I really can't see this doing well, except possibly in Japan.
On a company-wide level (individual stores, districts and regions might vary) Gamestop really hasn't started pushing employees to push the Go heavily, yet. I think that says a lot. Pretty much the moment the DSi became reservable in the system, there were contests running for which stores could get the most DSi reservations. I think the nGage remodel had a larger push than the Go is getting.
Did you help them out?
And people wonder why the PS3 lacking BC is a huge deal.
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
Um....PS3 and PS2 are completely different systems; PSP and PSPGo is the same system.
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
Except this really isn't an issue of backwards compatibility, it's lacking current compatibility. Not the same thing at all.
I expect it to have a very strong, and VERY short-lived, period of high sales, IMMEDIATELY after launch, due to uninformed expectations, and possibly also due to holidays sales.
During this period of time, the Sony fanboys will crow about how they were right all along.
Then, sales will suddenly drop off, leaving them looking like even bigger fools that they do right now, for thinking that $250 is a reasonable price because it has bluetooth.
The same way that you buy downloadable PSP games right now.
Using the credit card that is already tied to your PSN account, or using point cards.
How can they?
I don't think it's even going to have a big launch. I'm predicting less than 200,000.
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
The PS2 was still a "current" console when BC was removed from the PS3. Wasn't it outselling the PS3 at that point? :P
I'm jesting, but yes, the point is, if people shit bricks over BC, then dropping CC is a HUGE fucking deal.
Same price as if you bought a 16gb card and the old PSP.
Digital distribution is the wave of the FUTURE!
Even if you really love DD, unless I am very much mistaken, this has no advantages regarding DD over the regular PSP short of having a big chunk of internal memory.
But hell, even the memory cards it uses are more expensive than the (already expensive) ones that the PSP uses.
IIRC, they are also going to be selling some boxes with serial numbers in at retail.
But seriously, are they just going quit making UMD games or what?
Check out Neogaf.
Also, Bluetooth. And the excuse that Solid State memory isn't cheap.
It's easy to rationalize anything, as long as you have an agenda.
The PS3 can't play previously released games either, correct?
It's not an issue of a new system or generation, it's the fact that it is a reboot, back to square one. The games you bought in the past are now obsolete. This is just insult to injury, doing it in on the same hardware.
But...I love Sony. And love digital distribution. And I do think it's the future.
But this is still a bad move. Wait till your next console/handheld and then do it right, Sony. Both retail and DD for your entire game catalog.
How is security for that? I mean, say a teenager wants to buy some games but his parents say one game a month is the limit. Can this teenager flip over to the Sony store and use the card on the account, going on a spending splurge?
I think that Sony has hidden the fact that it doesn't play discs well enough from the general public that they'll get some sales at launch. They might get a lot of angry returns the next day, but they'll get sales.
I also expect retailers to make SOME effort to sell the things, in good faith to Sony, just not a big one.
Also, confused parents/relatives wanting to get their kid the newest thing for the holidays.
...That's fucking retarded reasoning, and I expect more than this, especially from you.
Your N64 can't play SNES games. They are not the same system. If you buy a PS3, you can play all PS3 games. 'Cause the system was MADE for PS3 games, get it? If you buy a PSP Go, however, you cannot play all PSP games, despite the fact that said games were MADE for the PSP.
He'd need their password, so it is as secure as you are.
PSN has a system where a parent account can actually be set up to give an allowance in to the wallet of a child account, so that the child can use as much money as is in their virtual wallet, but cannot add more funds to it.
http://kotaku.com/5348986/piracy-protection-is-why-pspgos-battery-isnt-removable
SNES cartridges don't fit in to an N64.
Also, it was SONY THEMSELVES who first made such a big deal about being "the only next-gen console with full BC going back two generations."
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126