Good event, nice updates... - though this had a slightly "Plan B" feel to it. Me thinks that the big Beatles/iTunes announce was going to be the center stage of this (or a least one of the big reveals) and they couldn't get everything to align in time (thus the 9.9.09 date and Yoko mention from yesterday).
At $250, the PSPgo is DOA. The PSP market itself is struggling and introducing new hardware at a similar price point is simply product suicide. I have a PSP that I use on occasion and this new version doesnt offer enough for me to consider a newer model.
If this PSP is to have any chance, it needs to be priced between $100-$150. If Sony can't produce them at that price, then they should postpone its launch indefinitely.
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Besides trying to offset their costs, TW's biz was built on the cable subscription service. I'm not sure what most of you experience, but a number of folks in my circle of friends are dropping their cable service in favor of cherry-picking their cable shows off of services like Hulu or in batch over NetFlix. With that, TW is seeing their high margins starting to slip and likely to collapse as more people look to the web for entertainment. This new pricing structure allows them to make up for these losses. And like others have mentioned, without immediate competition in the area they have one more way to keep the money coming in.
Sure, who needs 100+ channels of crap when I can go online and get the Daily Show the following day on the Comedy Central site...
The 900 is a good upgrade, but the keyboard is the same size. While I consider upgrading to this as well, if there's another option that includes a larger keyboard (the g10il looks to be *slightly* larger) and has a more aesthetically pleasing, they'll get my dollars.
Prince of Persia movie trailer looks ... kind of good
Nov 4th 2009 1:59PM (Joystiq)Live from Apple's 'It's only rock and roll' event
Sep 9th 2009 2:18PM (Engadget)PSP Go to include voucher for Rock Band Unplugged demo [Update]
Aug 6th 2009 10:58AM (Joystiq)Never so often have I seen a company point the gun so squarely at their own foot. :rolleyes:
Lack of PSPgo pre-orders bemoaned by UK retailers
Jun 28th 2009 11:03AM (Engadget)If this PSP is to have any chance, it needs to be priced between $100-$150. If Sony can't produce them at that price, then they should postpone its launch indefinitely.
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Apr 12th 2009 3:58PM (Joystiq)Sure, who needs 100+ channels of crap when I can go online and get the Daily Show the following day on the Comedy Central site...
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