Sony Japan: PSP Go shipments have ended

@CaptainProtonX

PSP Gone

@CaptainProtonX

PSP GOING...GOING...GONE

@CaptainProtonX

They call it the PSP Go because when you see it, you turn 360 degrees and walk away.

... wait

@CaptainProtonX

I´ll wait one year and the remaining will sell at 20.....It´s sad to see this but it was expected, this is what happens when a company like sony thinks that they are gods and can ask ridiculous amounts of money for a system that never offered anything really good besides patapon, even if fan boys hate it the reality is that the king of handhelds has always been nintendo, sony did a lot of mistakes with the psp and at the end this was the result, and the same happened with the PS3, sony really believed that the name PS was more than enough to force people to waste all the money of their wallets, well.... be careful sony... I´m starting to see a story that i already knew here.... the name of that story was: SEGA.

@CaptainProtonX. PSP No Go: this time, it's personal.

@Hunter141072

Uhh, would like to point out that this is only the PSP Go which has ceased production. The PSP will live on with the continued production of PSP-3000 units.

Nice speech though. I liked the part where you didn't back up any of what you said with fact. Good job. A+.

@Hunter141072

That was seriously one of the dumbest posts I've read on this site

@SSUK

do you want backup?? well, ending the shipment of a system that JUST STARTED is more than enough proof, how about just checking the numbers of the NDS which is the biggest seller for nintendo?? why the psp has NOT done the same?? it has better 3d, bigger screen so what was wrong?? do you want more backup?? how about the xbox who is now the number 1 console completely destroying the playstation who used to be the king of the consoles but it´s not anymore??? of course if you are a fanboy who likes to jump when sony says so then that´s fine. At the end is not the fanboys who keep sony alive, and this is another proof of it.

@OnToGloryReturns

which one?? sony creating the PSP?? yeah you are right, and sony knows it.

@Hunter141072

the proof is the proof, when you have good proof it is proof that it is proven.

Hey fellow gamer, just back away slowly and shhhhhhhh. Live to fight another day - you kind sound like a fanboy yourself...of sorts...though it's so confusing I wonder if you are a) drunk b) 12 or 3) not a native english speaker. The wheels are spinning, but we're not getting any.where. and not to nitpick - but when speaking of Xbox, please be sure to specify - old Xbox or 360. They are two different machines.

At any rate - the PSP has been no failure, the Go didn't work out - but it's not the sound of bells tolling signaling the end. Hardly.

Have a good evening!

@Nook

>the proof is the proof, when you have good proof it is proof that it is >proven.

And YOU are the one who is talking about confusing (useless) text.

oh, and to be honest when you say the words: success+ Xbox that can only mean ONE THING. The 360.... i don´t think something so obvious should be named, everybody knows the first one was a big fail, it´s impossible to assume that we are talking about the first xbox when we talk about success.


>At any rate - the PSP has been no failure, the Go didn't work out - but >it's not the sound of bells tolling signaling the end. Hardly.


just ask sony how much money they lose for this, i don´t think they made it for peanuts, and whatever you like it or not the first PSP has never been anything special, or a real threat to the NDS, no mater what the fan-boys think as i said, the numbers are there, nothing else to show the real success than the numbers ......

@Ryguy226

Right on the money...

@Ryguy226
Exactly. That was the biggest issue the entire time, they were trying to market to new customers, instead of marketing to new customers AND respecting already existing customers who might've been looking for an upgrade.

That's like, when Sony announced the PS2 Slim, as if they would've said:

"It does everything the original does. Except it costs more. Oh, and there's a new format for the PS2 Slim, so if you wanna play games on it, you'll have to buy them again on the new format. And the old PS2 can use both formats. And no, you can't convert or trade your old formatted games for new ones. Oh, and the new format costs the original price of the game, and will probably stay that way. Also, not all games are going to be in the new format, and we can't promise you that they're going to be from now on, but all games WILL come out in the old format."

It was just one thing after another, after another. I mean, think about it: Why pay extra for a PSP GO when you can get a regular PSP, a memory card and the option for both UMD and the same downloadable games available for the Go? It makes no sense.

The saddest part is that I like the physical concept of the Go much more. If they just stuck the Go build and added a UMD port, I'm sold.

@Ryguy226

yea i love Sony and the PSP but this iteration honestly had no market from the get go. they expected you to pay more for something that does less. they almost set it up as a completely new and separate console but without any new features. i think it was more of an experiment to see if the world was ready for full on digital distribution, but they marketed it so poorly, there is no way they got an accurate sample. i tried one in Gamestop, and it's really a nice a little device but as an owner of the OG PSP since 2005 with a fairly sizable collection, there was no way i was hitting reset on that collection just to have it. i love all my Playstation products but this one is just a reminder that occasionally Sony gets drunk on it's own kool-aid and tries to sell things based on brand alone. it's that same notion that makes me wince at the thought of how much the NGP will cost, but at least that is a fully new experience so it'll be at least somewhat justifiable.

@ColorblindMonk

Sony did say it was an "experiement", one which they thought would make them money.

Duh-OH!

@VeeDeeVee

No, because in R&D it's free. The device itself isn't bad at all. The support and marketing for it were.

I grabbed one for $100 used, threw on an open firmware to run UMD exclusives like Birth By Sleep and it's amazing compared to my old 1001. So remove the excess price and open up the available games and it's a dream machine. Not to mention an awesome SNES emu on the go. ;)

@Punkrawk Bbob

"Not to mention an awesome SNES emu on the go. ;)"

Please throw yourself into traffic.

@Co
Yes. How DARE he pirate Super Nintendo games from 1992, instead of buying them legit for his PSP-

Oh wait...

@Co

Yeah, fck off man. I've bought the original games on SNES (which is the reason why I'm attached and wanting to play them again), buy them when avail on portable (I own FF4A, FF5A, FF6A, FF4DS, and Chrono Trigger on DS) - or other means (purchased a few SNES titles on Wii Virtual Store when I lived with my bro).

So if I've purchased games when applicable, SEVERAL TIMES, cut me some slack for wanting to have them conveniently available.

@Co

Its one thing if he was pirating Portal 2 on his PSP, but really? SNES games? Nintendo hasn't made a profit from the SNES since at maybe 2000. I have a SNES emulator on my phone, does that make me a pirate?

@jph89

Nintendo still makes money off of SNES games, dude.

@Acosta02

How? No store sells them new anymore.

@jph89 Are you kidding? They make so much off the Virtual Console.

@Co
That was my thought too. But I guess not everyone can have jobs in the current economic climate and can afford those games on the Virtual Console.

@Prince David

Your right. That slipped my mind.

@MLC

I thought they officially announced not making 2011 due to the triple disaster over in Japan?

@Punkrawk Bbob Nah, they said that the disasters would not affect anything. It was previously a rumor that it would, but Sony quickly denounced it.

@vaajtswv
I think they're still going to keep supporting it, just like how Microsoft kept supporting original Xboxes and Xbox games up until a year ago. Sure, won't do it forever, but they'll most likely still take repairs and do firmware updates for the Go.

At $233 it's not discounted. The original price was $250.

@vaajtswv

It'll probably still run the same OFW as the PSP-3000, just FYI.

@Elranzer

i'm sure the price will drop significantly now due to it being discontinued as stores try to sell off their stock. Toys 'R Us used to have a lot of nice deals when clearing out old hardware, not sure if they still do but i remember great deals around the end of the Dreamcast's life. if i can find one for $50, i would probably pick it up as an emu machine since it's controls are WAY better than my Android phone.

@ObiBen8

I wanted one too, till I found out no UMD.

I said meh, they'd have a trade-in program... that didnt come.

Im now sitting with a PSP-2000 with a weirded up screen. Still playable though, so ill deal.

@APV

well i'm glad someone got some enjoyment out of it. it seemed like a solid device from my limited use just priced out of it's market. for me it wasn't an option since i live in the sticks and internet is joke here, so all my games are on UMD (except Beats, i did buy that one for PSP on the PSN).

@tkashur

A lot of games take longer to download then it would be to just go to the store though. Especially me, who has a gamestop 2 blocks from my house. Plus, you can get better deals at retailers then over PSN. I think digital should be an option, but not the only way.