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IGN: How Sony Can Save the PSPgo

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The latest addition to the PlayStation Portable family, the PSPgo, hit North American retailers in October with Japanese markets following this week. While reports of the domestic release have been varied and official sales statistics have yet to be released, news out of Japan this week further compound suspicions that the handheld is off to a slow start.
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Published: 52 days 19 hours ago | Article | Sony PSP
 
 

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mephman - 52 days 19 hours ago
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I doesn't need saving? It's an alternative, not a replacement and it's sales haven't actually been that bad considering.
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Wilhelm - 52 days 19 hours ago
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Yeah, it's like the DSi LL --- another choice if you want it. It's not like the UMD versions are going away anytime soon (aka PSP-4000).
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Saaking - 52 days 18 hours ago
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So now that PS3 is taking off, they've got now choice but to start the PSPgo is doomed articles? IGN is pathetic these days.
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Lifendz - 52 days 18 hours ago
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1.3 - I think people are misinterpreting what Sony envisions the Go to be
It's not a replacement for the PSP. It's not the PSP that current PSP owners have to run out and get. It's an option for someone yet to get a PSP. It's competitor is probably the Iphone. Sheesh people.
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buckethead_911 - 52 days 18 hours ago
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In my honest opinion, Sony dont care about the PSPgo. I think they released it just so that people could buy original PSP games from the Playstation Network and that take cares of the BC in the PSP2 when Sony release it coz it probably wont use UMD. For a lot of people anyway.
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Kassanova07 - 52 days 18 hours ago
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Saving? PSP Go is an alternative and all current worthy UMDs will eventually end up in the PSN store. IGN you FAILED.
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Sarcasm - 52 days 17 hours ago
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It's like the PS3 all over again. The thing holding the PSPgo is it's price.

I really want one for the size, but still cant justify $249 or around $280 after tax.
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BaschPS3 - 52 days 16 hours ago
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IGN, I'm sorry, but this just doesn't make any sense. Here let me help you. In one region alone, the PSP Go sold 29,000 units in one week (latest), that's not even counting the other 35,000 regular units sold that very same week. The PSP brand as a whole is starting to pull DS numbers, if anything Sony should try to push more 1st Party titles for the system. We have enough for PS3; share some love Sony.

Strange how the PS3 is starting to pull Wii numbers and PSP DS numbers, but I like it. PSP as a whole just needs more games.

Again, I wouldn't call that failing. This is nothing but blatant yellow journalism.
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raztad - 52 days 16 hours ago
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Sony will prove the doubters wrong yet again. As always some morons here and there with a keyboard think they know more about the videogame business than Sony.

The PSPgo is just the testbed for the dlc only model. This model has been working illegally for years, first as a way to get media content over the web, and later it was officially adopted by Apple with iPod with incredible success. Sony is trying to position the pspgo as the ipod of videogames.

The only thing I see playing against Sonys goal is the elevated price of legal digital copies of games. No retails, no physical media, should translate in attractive savings to consumers, still Amazon has GTA:CTW $36.99 and PSN in $39.99. It doesnt make sense.
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Rock Bottom - 52 days 10 hours ago
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The pspgo needs to die, bring the 4000.
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rockleex - 51 days 23 hours ago
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1.10 - The PSP Go numbers for Japan so far...
Only includes its FIRST DAY SALES.
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Ldubbz - 52 days 18 hours ago
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2 - How Sony Can Save the PSPgo?
Fire. Lots of it.
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gamingisnotacrime - 52 days 18 hours ago
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3 - Sony never intended for the PSP Go to take over the PSP market
How can it, when the UMD enabled 3000 is almost a $100 less. Im loving my PSP Go, so thx Sony for taking the risk

lol IGN are the same ignorants that wrote article after article explaining how the PS3 is doomed, or mistakes made by Sony etc etc, now they picked on the PSP Go

What a pathetic "major" web site
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n4gn4gn4gn4g - 52 days 18 hours ago
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4 - If you're in Canada
it is $179.99 shipping included at MyAxs.com

You must be a TD Canada Trust Visa user.

Just bought mine.

Woot!
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FwanK - 52 days 18 hours ago
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Save?

The PSP Go is selling like hotcakes
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chrisulloa - 52 days 18 hours ago
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The PSPgo is doing really bad, the sales are low. Getting rid of the UMD was a bad idea.
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SPECOPx - 52 days 18 hours ago
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7 - Who at Sony thought...
Who at Sony thought that the PSPGo actually stood a chance? Don't people who work there have any common sense?
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Bonsai1214 - 52 days 18 hours ago
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they would get my purchase if they had put a good wireless card in there. but wireless b... seriously? 2 tech standards lower than my 2 year old laptop.
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bigrudowsky - 52 days 18 hours ago
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it would have been my first handheld but the price drove me off. Im going to wait for the psp2 if rumors are correct then it should launch next year. Im assuming with near hd graphics which would def. be worth the purchase
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Ldubbz - 52 days 18 hours ago
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Why this system was released only Sony truly knows, but it was a failure before it was released. As an underwhelmed launch PSP owner, I have no idea who they thought the market for this would be. But this is what kills me...

"While there are plenty of alluring benefits of an all digital distribution service, there are also some inherent downsides, like that consumers have no physical ownership of the game media. If a user's purchases are lost on either their PSPgo or PC's MediaGo software, then it is gone forever."

Lost...forever? You mean to tell me that they didnt follow LIVE's example, that if you purchase any TV show, or game, its always available to re-download if you erase it. That has to be the case for PSN, right? I know I purchased WipeOut HD on my roomie's PS3 b4 I had one, and then I was able to download it to mine once I had my PSN info setup. Something has to be false here...or at least I hope so...
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n4gn4gn4gn4g - 52 days 17 hours ago
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10.1 - Games and the new Comic shop
have redownload ability and 5 active system ability...the video store doesn't and thus I'd never recommend purchasing video .. rental only.
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Subzero200x - 52 days 17 hours ago
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11 - How Sony Can Save the PSPgo
you cant jim...it's dead

"it would have been my first handheld but the price drove me off. Im going to wait for the psp2 if rumors are correct then it should launch next year. Im assuming with near hd graphics which would def. be worth the purchase"

lol you actually believe that? omg you must be thick, and hd wont do anything good if they don't have good software with it.
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The_Perverted_Ninja - 52 days 16 hours ago
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Yeah like IGN cares about Sony or gaming at all. Someone needs to write an article about how we can save gaming journalism because it is what is really in need of bringing back to life. :) JK and as for the PSP GO subzero is right it's dead. It died a long time ago at the moment we found out what it was and what it would cost. If someone wants a PSP most people will go with the 3000. If the Go had a second analog and still a UMD however I could have seen it working out but at 250 dollars it's at a price higher than a WII and XBox arcade and almost what a PS3 slim is. So no matter how much they try it's just never going to work out.
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dkgshiz - 52 days 16 hours ago
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13 - did sony think this thing would be flying of the shelves like mad?
NO! Its just another option like everyone said. Even Sony said that. Its pretty much testing out how many people actually like downloadable content.
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cliffbo - 51 days 23 hours ago
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what the Fiq are they on about? the PSPgo is a PSP and why does the PSP need saving? 52 million sold!!!!!!!!!!!! is that a fail? PSPgo has help sell more PSPs. is that a fail too? nonsense!!!
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