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Why would anyone buy a PSP Go?
the Tyke | 1:36 PM on 06.25.2009 9 comments


As of my writing this, Game are taking pre-orders for the PSP Go at £230 pounds, while a PSP 3000 will set you back £140, including a bundled game. So what do you get for your extra £90, besides a lack of a free game?
Well, you get a smaller and lighter PSP, 16GB of flash memory and a download only distribution model for games. Now as far as the smaller and lighter part goes, only you know whether or not you need it enough to spend an extra ninety quid. But the rest of it? The PSP Go is a rip off of the highest order.
16 GB of internal flash memory is nice, but if you really need storage space, dabs will sell you 4GB memory stick pro cards for £17.50. That means that a PSP 3000 with 16GB of memory and a copy of  Tekken: Dark Resurrection will cost £210 pounds.
Looked at like that, the Go may not be too much of a bad deal. A £20 pound premium, and no bundled game, in exchange for the small, lightweight version.
Except that the PSP Go lacks a UMD drive
UMD might be rubbish format, but there thousands of used UMD games sitting on the shelves of Gamestation, none of which will run on the Go. The only way to buy games for the Go is via the PlayStation Network, as digital downloads. Maybe that's not a problem for you ( it is for me, but that's another story). Maybe you only want to download games, maybe you have been eagerly awaiting the dawning of the digital download era of game distribution. All well and good. but not a reason to buy a Go. All the existing models of the PSP will have exactly the same access to the Playstation Network, and will be able to download exactly the same games, as the Go.
The problem with the Go is not the price itself. After all, Nintendo just released a minimally improved version of the DS for an extra £50. The problem is that, memory and size aside, the PSP Go is actually inferior to a PSP 3000. The Go is stripped down PSP 3000 with some flash memory bolted on. They should be selling it for less than the other models, not more.



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Bulkmailer's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 13:43
Bulkmailer
Well, I have shitloads of money. That could be my reasoning.
HydroTonix's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 13:45
HydroTonix
Chrome, don't use it.
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 13:58
CelicaCrazed
What the fuck are you whining about!? If you don't want it, don't buy it. Plain and simple. I will be getting it though. Since I don't have a PSP already, I am not anchored to the UMD. Plus I am all over digital distribution for handhelds as I dislike carrying more than one portable game at a time.

Also the PSP Go is sexy.
Elsa's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 14:13
Elsa
I was surprised that the price tag was higher... it seemed a better business model to drop the UMD drive and bring out a cheaper model more able to compete with the DS.

... though maybe they're just making a fast buck on people that want something "new and shiny" and by around Christmas they'll drop the price and make it seem like a "deal".

Eh... who can understand Sony's business decisions nowadays??
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 14:31
pedrovay2003
THANK YOU.

Honestly, this is the EXACT SAME THING I was thinking. The 3000 can do absolutely everything the Go can, but for less money. Plus, the 3000 has a battery you can change. That alone is more than enough of a reason to get a 3000 over a Go.
Zippyduda's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:44
Zippyduda
I'm kind of half and half. As my internet isn't the best (as I live in a secluded area of the country sort of but not enough for the lazy f***cks to run cable/fibre optic through the area), so downloading can be a pain in the bum sometimes.

On the other hand it saves space (and money for the companies), but reduces space in terms of memory for us.

Also it's nice to have a physical copy of games :)
Discarded Couch Sandwich's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:54
Discarded Couch Sandwich
Holy crap its £230!!

...is the general consensus of my opinion.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 21:56
Crunshii
damn, thats like 100$ more than NA $ ?
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