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    The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"

    PS3 Price Cut When "Factors Are Aligned"

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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    Bullshit, Sony.


    Even the DSi offers new features for not much more money. The PSP just takes features away.

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    Image of Atheist Jew Atheist Jew
    06/26/09

    In reply to PS3 Price Cut When "Factors Are Aligned"
    I bought a PS3 last weekend. The only reason I did so is because the company I work for will reimburse its employee's video game purchases for up to $200 a year. Coupled with a $100 gamestop giftcard, I ended up paying about $130 for the 80 gig PS3 (Including tax. Damn you CA!)


    That said, if I didn't have this great job at this great company, there is no way on this green Earth Sony would have gotten even a little bit of my money for the PS3 at its current MSRP. Their business model surrounding the PS3 is clearly not about making money.


    ATTENTION SONY: LOWER YOUR PRICES TO INCREASE SALES.

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    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    And thus, Sony can suck on my ass.


    I will not pay over half the cost of a PS3 for this stupid thing.

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    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    06/26/09

    In reply to PS3 Price Cut When "Factors Are Aligned"
    One of those factors will be the price to build bluray players which will be cut in half by the end of the year, meaning a 50 dollar reduction in the cost to make PS3s.
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    Image of Comatose Turtle Comatose Turtle
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    Oh man, more Sony goons utterly failing to make them appear as something other than complete exploitive assholes.


    Don't tell Comatose Turtle, or he will go ballistic and write up another wall of text that no one will read.

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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    06/26/09

    In reply to PS3 Price Cut When "Factors Are Aligned"
    So I guess this is Sony's way of calling EA's bluff? Good luck with that.... I have a feeling it wasn't a bluff.
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    Don't tell me Sony is pulling that shit again. The "premium" didn't work for their Cameras, TVs, VCRs, or DVD Players. What makes them think it'll work here?
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    It's good for the environment!
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    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    PSP 3000: $170 CDN

    No UMD: -$80

    Sliding controller: -$50


    So I'd pay about $40 CDN for a PSP Go, if it were the only PSP available. I guess Sony took a page from Nintendo in removing features and jacking the price up. If you count PSP 2000 and 3000 as the same, then both of them seem to have gone:


    1st gen: Cool!

    2nd gen: Even better!

    3rd gen: No f(*#^ing way!

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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    I have been less than enthused by Sony's handling of the PSPGo. Considering I have a 1000 and 3000 series, I really have no reason to consider this as a purchase anytime in the near future.
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    Image of thesircuddles thesircuddles
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    The sad thing is that he's right. People will pay more for new things, that's just how it goes.
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    06/26/09

    @thesircuddles:


    Of course, what they're really banking on is people paying more for repackaged old things, which is all the PSP Go! is.

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    Image of DBrown4840 DBrown4840
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    I hear the 8GB iPhones are now $100. What about it Sony? Don't feel the need to compete? Its sad that they think this way. If the PSPgo had come out at a very reasonable price then they could increase their marketshare and perhaps get more developers but as it stands they will all be too busy making DS games and iPhone Apps.
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    Image of Wolfers Wolfers
    06/26/09

    @DBrown4840: I shouldn't even reply, but you do realize you need to sign up for a 2 year contract to get that price, right? Last I checked the absolute cheapest was $59.99 a month, or nearly $1500 over 2 years.


    If you're already an iPhone owner or AT&T customer, you might be eligible for an upgrade. For the 8GB model, it's an additional $299 fee. If you want to flat out buy an 8GB iPhone, it's $499. Quit trolling.

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    06/26/09

    @Wolfers: But the iPod Touch is $229 and has a faster processor, more RAM, and multi-touch screen, plus it's a vastly superior media player and has a vastly superior library of reasonably priced software. All the PSP has going for it is games, real games that control well with real buttons, and that's worth something, but not $249...
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    Image of BritBloke916 BritBloke916
    06/26/09

    @deathly: The iPod Touch is not as powerful as the PSP from a graphics perspective, simply because the PSP incorporates dedicated 3D rendering hardware which the iPod Touch does not. That's not to say the iPod Touch isn't a fine piece of kit - I adore my own 16GB 1st gen model - but it just can't match the PSP in the graphics department.


    The upcoming iPod Touch couterpart to the iPhone 3G S, on the other hand - that could be a very different story...

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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    How many jobs does Sony expect me to have, anyway? I'm only one man!
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    Image of ShoopDaBoofs ShoopDaBoofs
    06/26/09

    @dowingba: If $250 is a big chunk of cash for you...You need better jobs...or a diploma.
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    06/28/09

    @ShoopDaBoofs: Woah there dude. That was uncalled for. First of all, it was meant to be a joke based on the infamous "get a second job" solution to Sony's PS3 pricing. Second of all, as many others have said, most adults have other expenses besides video games.


    Not that it's any of your business, but I pay rent, food, hydro (in the summer there's this air conditioner thing that eats a bit of money). I don't have kids so I'm better off than alot of folks, though. I'm still paying off an exorbitant dental bill from last year as well. Again, not that it's any of your business, or even relevant to the post. The point isn't whether or not I can afford one of these things. It's why would I bother affording one when there's a perfectly good, cheaper PSP out there.

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    Image of Trowble (XBL/PSN) Trowble (XBL/PSN)
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    I hate how they advertised the $249 pricetag as being the same price of the original PSP at launch. They're making it sound more like a feature than a deal, which it's neither. Their sales pitch for it sucks and doesn't seem too convincing.
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    Image of Aleksei Pulchritudoff Aleksei Pulchritudoff
    06/26/09

    @Trowble (XBL/PSN): could be worse, they could charge $20 more then its launch price and add two low res cameras that most gamer wouldn't care for.
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    06/26/09

    @Aleksei Pulchritudoff: lol, well put.
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    Image of Dorikasu Dorikasu
    06/26/09

    In reply to The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, "There Is A Certain Premium"
    the price will probably drop near Christmas
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    06/26/09

    @Dorikasu: I reckon it won't be till the new year. Maybe in time for Summer sales.
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