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The iPhone definitely supports tethering, and it's available in a number of countries. It's not available in the US, of course, thanks to AT&T.
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Go can Go... Etc.
10/01/09
People will buy this. It won't do extremely well, but it will find a place in the market and it will live on. Everyone said the PS3 was going to die off because it was so expensive. I bet a year or two down the road, we'll be hearing the opposite (or at least, less of what we hear now) about this system when the time comes, as with what happens with all technology that manages to stay afloat and be marginally successful for a long enough period of time.
But yeah, my point being, if you can afford an iPhone, plus the service, and you play WoW and pay for it each month, and you can afford XBOX Live, there is nothing preventing you from being able to afford a PSPgo. It's just one more thing to toss into the already long list of things consumers blow their money on.
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The problem is that the digital distro price point is all wrong. As much as they might offend their retail counterparts, their retail counterparts can sell you a physical copy for the same price and given that you can also sell back that same physical copy for at least 30-50% of the original costs, it puts retail copies cheaper than that of digital distribution. NIS made a decent move in cutting its prices temporary, which might be the price point most are wishing to see (4.99-9.99 games; although some are mis-priced).
Unless they can solve this problem along with the problem that many people have useless UMDs now if they get the PSPgo, Sony's going to be in sort of a rut w/ this handheld.
10/01/09
That's a much better use of go.
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If it could actually be used to "morph" it might actually have a reason to be bought (even though I am no longer a teenager with 'attitude').
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Forgive me if this has been brought up before but I'm a bit dissappointed. Sony should have followed the Android Market's example...let users leave a short comment, a rating (up to five star) and if the game sucks total monkey balls, you can get a full refund within 24 hours of purchase.
Come on Sony...I mean...come on...what are gamers supposed to do if they don't know what the hell a Syphon Filter is? Purchase and pray? Fail.
10/01/09
I agree completely, there's 0 reason for a digital copy to cost as much as a retail, when part of the retail cost is completely negated by digital being a file on a server. But retail still has enough pull that we're kinda stuck.
Otherwise I agree completely - a comment/rating system is definitely needed. Even Apple has this for the iPhone, even up to date by version of software.
10/01/09
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 ($39.99)
• NCAA Football 10 ($39.99)
KOEI
• Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce ($29.99)
• Warriors Orochi 2 ($29.99)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ($29.99)
• Tom Clancy's EndWar ($29.99)
• Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days ($29.99)
• G.I.JOE The Rise of Cobra ($39.99)
• Madden NFL 10 ($39.99)
• Beaterator ($39.99)
• SOULCALIBUR: Broken Destiny ($39.99)
• Need for Speed SHIFT ($39.99)
• Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded ($19.99)
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite ($29.99)
• Gran Turismo PSP ($39.99)
• Secret Agent Clank ($31.99)
• MLB 09 The Show ($31.99)
• MotorStorm Arctic Edge ($39.99)
• Crash: Mind Over Mutant ($29.99)
• Sonic Rivals 2 ($29.99)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona ($39.99)
It's so nice that even without the added costs of shipping, box, book or disc that we can have DLC that costs as much or in a number of cases (Looking at you, EA, Capcom, Koei, Sony, Namco) MORE then the sealed game on some big box retailer shelves, to say nothing of Amazon. $30 for Sonic Rivals 2? Really?
I hope these are mostly just launch month prices and not the norm, but somehow I get the strong feeling that this will be the norm for a long time to come when it comes to PSP games on PSN. Yup, I sure do like me the idea of paying $30-$40 dollars for a digital file that I can't trade when I'm done with it.
If Sony wants DLC-only games to catch a foot hold, they need to get developers to take off that rape face when they see my wallet. Otherwise, till Sony gets UMD stuffed in it's grave, I might as well stick to Gamefly and Amazon.
10/01/09
$40 for a portable game is RIDICULOUS. Never mind the fact that those prices reflect the DIGITAL copies. Why not allow Amazon and a number of other retailers sell the digital copies instead of only Sony? I'd be willing to pay for a PSPgo if I didn't think one company would rule the price points of all the games for an entire system.
I mean... what kind of game market would there be for the 360 or PS3 if you could only buy your PS3 games from Best Buy? You would have an ass-raping of game prices that would RARELY drop.
10/01/09
Third party developers are still creating an shipping umds and they won't undercut themselves on digital pricing.
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I went ahead and got one. Here is a picture of it attached to the dock I purchased as well.
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Now in some ways the consumer loses in a sense that the no longer have physical copy. Can't trade in or what have you. And some of us are concerned with Sony gouging prices on PSN. But apparently they are offering some great deals. Nis is pushing games for 10 bucks U.S.
I'm really interested to see how succesful Sony is at marketing this product.
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