Report: Sony stops PSP Go production

@(Unverified) What kind of cable do you use for that?

@(Unverified)
Well, you're wrong.

I had a GBA and SP. I bought loads of games for it.
I bought a GB Micro. I played those games on it again.

I have a PSP-3000. I bought loads of games for it.
I didn't buy a PSP Go.... there was no way to play my library on it. Except a few PSN games... but other than the occasional good PS1 or Minis. Well I don't even need to finish that sentence. PSN is c-r-a-p for everything. Overpriced nonsense.

Also the Micro was CHEAPER than the GBA and SP. Nintendo got it right - build fewer models, sell it cheaper. They all sold out.
Sony? Banked the farm on it. Sold it at a higher cost than the 3000 (STUPID) and then couldn't shift them... even when they gave away 10 games it remained in stock, in stores, unsold.

The GB Micro is nothing like the Go. The Go is worthless.

@VeeDeeVee I still want a Gameboy Micro...

@MEGATOOL

*sings Sarcastic Gamer Ps3 song*

playstation, has no freakin gaems

@(Unverified)
I started to feel bad for the people who are surprised by this news and actually expected the Go to succeed.

Then I remember they bought a goddamn PSP Go.

@CaptainProtonX

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@CaptainProtonX Well played, sir.

@CaptainProtonX

I can in here specifically so I could say that. Thanks for ruining my day...

@Ospov

That's the first thing on my mind after my morning shower and slip on my space-age undies:

"How do I ruin a Metroid's day today?"

@CaptainProtonX Metroids are almost flying headcrabs. We go way back. Besides your avatar's bald head looks delicious.

@CaptainProtonX

You also could've used an ice beam. I don't like those either...

@Sled I think that if they'd priced it...I dunno, SANELY maybe, it would have sold OK :p. One thing's been pretty clear from the outset though: the party responsible for killing PSP is Sony themselves, through some extremely stupid decisions.

@JasonGW

If it had a HDD and been priced at 200 dollars, I would've bought ten.

@Sled I think they knew it wouldn't sell to begin with, but they wanted to test the waters for the ngp, Could you imagine if the ngp was download only? It might be the end of PSP.

@baddates77 ...for me i was already only downloading the games so the PSPgo was a no brainier for me.

@Zidek

What?

I would figure this means the price of a PSP Go will drop considerably, considering that big box retailers are probably getting a little tired of looking at the same goddamned units that have been sitting in their backrooms since launch.


The same thing happened with the 32-X.

Yeah, remember that piece of shit? It was the video game hardware equivalent of a stillborn baby, only Sega had the audacity to dress it's fetal corpse in a f*cking Star Wars costume and parade it up and down the aisles of Toys R' Us.

Within months, it's rotting baby corpse started to stink up the joint, so they dropped the price to, like, two nickels a promise not to laugh.


Jaguar anyone? I got one by forcing a Babbage's employee to eat some garbage I found in the food court trash can - they couldn't get rid of them, otherwise.

Some genius bought Atari's remaining stock and converted it into medical equipment. I converted mine into a bong.


The PSP isn't a bad piece of hardware. I have a real one...you know, one that actually plays all the software and is priced reasonably?

But the PSP Go is cockshit. You don't take out expensive components from your handheld and then raise the price of the unit. It may please the brick and mortar retailers who are about to lose out on physical software sales, but it's also going to piss the shit out of the consumer.

You know, the people who will ultimately buy your product?


The PSP Go will be this year's stocking stuffer, only because it'll cost about as much as a chocolate bar.

@Urethra Alfredo

U mad bro?

U raging? Enough rage to sound the Buff Banner

@killerjuice

Uh, no.

I write posts in the style that would make me laugh if I were to read them.


Crass, off-color, ill-tempered, and laced with profanity.


So, no.......bro.

I'm all gravy. Aces.

@AxelSteelBMX
Well they did. They said that they'll be making sure ALL games for the NGP are digital download day and date with physical release.
The games that didn't come out for the PSPGo were really what killed it.
Shame, since it was by far the best designed PSP. And had the best screen.

@logicbus

The battery life is just the same as the other PSP models, they had to reduce its capacity to avoid over heating

@ISitOnAcid

Neither do they.

@PS1
thx for the info, GT2 here i come :D

@SmashZilla The price point is what killed it. Who wants to pay that much money for a device that offers few functionality improvements over the cheaper 3000?

@Faceless Troll

Exactly.

I'm sure Sony did not want to sell it at a lose but the draw back was....no one bought it.

People who already had an older psp couldn't play their games and people looking to buy a psp just were not won over by the Go, it's smaller screen size, and lack of ability to be hacked at first.

People actually want the Virtual Boy now.