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PSPgo.co.uk shows off the DSi photo

Oh, Sony isn't going to be too happy about this one. It seems that some very clever Nintendo DSi fan has registered PSPgo.co.uk and turned it into a giant advertisement for how amazing the DSi is. Heading over to the site will bring you to an incredibly professional looking page that does absolutely nothing to convince you to get a PSPgo and absolutely everything it possibly can to show you how nifty the DSi is. Everything on the site links back to Nintendo's official pages too. 

Who knows who put this together, but one can bet they might be getting a pretty penny from Sony at some point considering that PSPgo.co.uk is probably a domain Sony wanted to set up a site on. Of course there is no PSPgo.com either, so maybe they weren't planning on using the url, but I'm guessing it's one that will be visited every so often anyway. I'm sure it won't be that big of a deal, but it's definitely good for a laugh. 


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sheppy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:10
sheppy
This is really why gamers are starting to piss me off. This will now be a rallying cry for a bunch of retards on both sides and meanwhile the few of us that HAVE grown the fuck up, will continue to struggle to be taken seriously because of events like this.
JACK of No Trades's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:17
JACK of No Trades
I agree with sheppy. This is pretty fucking retarded.
Onlineatron's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:18
Onlineatron
Why would they buy a .co.uk domain name?


Also it's PSP-GO with a hyphen... put that in and in completely changes the destination.
Onlineatron's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:19
Onlineatron
Also PSPgo.com takes you to the official Sony website for the PSP-GO.

So really.. there is absolutely no point in this article!
Bigmoose85's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:20
Bigmoose85
funny
ruthloose's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:20
ruthloose
Ninty must love seeing this when they go to check out their registered domain referrals for their device and others. At least I hope they see this.
D-503's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:23
D-503
comedy, exploitation, or both, it's just a dick move
Sid Of Bee's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:23
Sid Of Bee
@sheppy

Totally agree. I never understood gamers hating eachother based on their preferences and weird ass loyalty to corporations that just want their money. You don't see this type of behavior in other areas of entertainment.
Cadtalfryn's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:28
Cadtalfryn
For a website that was just made by DS fanboys to take a rip at Sony...it actually looks pretty official.
Matthew Razak's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:35
Matthew Razak
Sorry, pspgo.com doesn't exist. Just typed it in on three computers and nothing loads up nor does it link to psp-go.com or Sony's page. With the hyphen it most certainly does work, that's true.
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:40
whormongr
pspgo.com, .org, .net, .us are all registered, just nothing linked to them- just looked to see if I could purchase them
MajorCOW's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:41
MajorCOW
This isn't a fanmade site, it just links to the official Nintendo DS site at nintendods.com. You can see this in the source code.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:43
Electrium
^ It looks pretty official because it is an exact copy of Nintendo's own DS site.

I giggled at it. I don't really see any need to take offense to it though. It's just like a rick-roll, you go expecting one thing and see another thing. Who's gonna tell me the first time they got rick-rolled, they didn't laugh or at least think "Oh, they got me good!" There is no malicious intent towards PSP Go, it doesn't say "Hey, go buy a DS instead because it's superior," it's just a silly prank. If you can't accept it as just that, you're taking the console wars too seriously.
MajorCOW's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:46
MajorCOW
It's not even a copy, because like I said it just links to Nintendo's site using an iframe in the source code.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:51
brainderailment
Are there no lengths a fanboy will go?
Dao2-SKP's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:52
Dao2-SKP
while it is a dick move, it's pretty funny :P
dip's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:57
dip
Ha, wow, that's pretty pathetic. I did smirk a bit though.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:57
Justice
Kinda funny actually, even if it will probably attract less than 10 actual people looking for a PSP Go, since it's the UK site.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:59
Electrium
@ MajorCOW - Yeah, I see that now. You posted that two seconds before I posted mine, ha.
TurboKill's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 12:59
TurboKill
Genius.

If sony wanted to buy the domain.
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 13:01
Havoc Fang
"Speilburg is better than Tarantino!"

Why even bother trying to ruin a TINY bit of the PSPGO? Nintendo still has a firm ball-grip on like 80% of the handheld market.
aerofan11's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 13:21
aerofan11
I think Nintendo did this themselves. I think it's pretty clever because some clueless people will use that URL if their British.
Nothing wrong with a little bit of dirty marketing. :D
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 13:32
Dexter345
There's no PSPgo.com yet either? Quick, somebody register it so you can make some monies off of Sony soon!
Dao2-SKP's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 13:32
Dao2-SKP
@ aero more likely someone hoping that this will *force* sony into buying the domain from him for loads of cash
AstralDrmz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 13:36
AstralDrmz
So, who else noticed the DSi colors are Blue and Black, when they don't even have Blue in the UK? That makes me believe Nintendo didn't do it, nicely done nonetheless.
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 13:44
GoldenGamerXero
It's just a joke and a pretty funny one at that. It's not like they put DON'T BUY THE PSP YOU SONY N00BS! all over it.
CjnLion's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 13:55
CjnLion
Whoever registered the domain is not going to get a dime from Sony, because the domain name is a registered trademark of Sony. Sony can take this to court and obtain it with little hassle. This has happened before, and it's rather obvious that you can't make money by selling a company their own trademarks.
Blackhat's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 14:04
Blackhat
Actually I think they CAN use that name. Not only are they not (actually) selling anything, but you could make a website called "Iluvnintendo.com" or "sonysucks.com" and you cant be sued.

At least as far as I can recall.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 14:22
CocoJambo
And this is yet another reason why Nintendo fanboys are the best.
HiddenAHB's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 14:50
HiddenAHB
I sense some heavy Nintendo shenanigans here.
Nintendoes what Sony doesn't;
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 14:55
Electro Lemon
I think this is hilarious. Immature and puerile, yes, but hilarious.

My favorite part of that image is "cameras suck".

Interviewer: It seems the new rage is to place camera devices in handhelds, but this is missing from the PSPgo. Why is that?
Sony: Because cameras suck!
Laird's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 15:07
Laird
New game for the Nintendo DS: Nintentrolls! Wherein you go about Falcon Punching Sony employees in their weak point for massive damage.
Solid Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 15:35
Solid Squirrel
@Blackhat Actually, there's this little precedent called "libel" if you create a site like that.

That said, it was pretty foolish that sony didn't go and snap up all the site names and its possible variants. Most companies nowadays do this before the official name even gets released.
whatisdelicious's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 15:36
whatisdelicious
pspgo.co.uk is registered to a dude named Pan Zuo. He lives in China.

pspgo.com is owned by Brights Consulting Inc. It's like a brand management firm. I guess Sony uses them?
Onlineatron's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 17:00
Onlineatron
PSP-GO is the correct way to type it.

put PSP-GO.com into the address bar and it links straight to Sony PSP-GO webpage.
froman46992's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 18:47
froman46992
sony has a site already http://www.us.playstation.com/psp/systems/pspgo.html thats why they dont care also a i think fan made site pspgosite.com so epic fail on that guys part
CrocBox's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 22:10
CrocBox
haha amazing
Sup3rt3d's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/16/2009 05:07
Sup3rt3d
So unblievably lame, so lame that's its not even funny. How much of a sad case do you have to be to spend time and money on sometihng like this?
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/16/2009 07:19
Tarvu
At least it's not patent squatting.
LsTr Of SmG's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/16/2009 08:57
LsTr Of SmG
@ Tarvu

But it's only one sad notch up - the domain owner has blatantly done it to shake some money from Sony.
Benson's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/17/2009 01:49
Benson
I think this is hilarious
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/17/2009 15:04
BattyAdroit
Dumb. People have too much free time on their hands.
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