I want to submit the word "Sonying" as a new English language word. Sonying is the act of having good ideas and then sabotaging them personally so that they don't work. The latest scheme to be Sonied is the European PSPgo Rewards plan -- where PSPgo upgraders can register a UMD online and download up to three free games. Guess what: It doesn't work properly.
DRM is the root cause of the problem, where customers who download the games via a PS3 to transfer onto the PSPgo find that they are locked out of playing them. European users are reporting that if they don't download the games directly onto the PSPgo, then Sony's software prevents that game from working, essentially meaning that consumers have downloaded a waste of hard drive space.
At the time of writing, Sony has no fix for this issue, but with mounting complaints from irritated PSPgo users, it's an issue that Sony will have to address eventually. To quote our tipster Gary, "This is yet another balls-up in an otherwise shambolic launch."
PSPgo Rewards scheme, you can consider yourself thoroughly Sonied.
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6:20 PM on 10.07.2009
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While I usually enjoy your posts and probably hate the whole PSP Go situation as much as the next person, this is becoming old and stale. Where's the Jim that reported worthwhile news. I want him back.
And Jim isn't terrible for pointing out the bullshit sony is pulling off. I was told the PSPgo I was purchasing came with rockband. it came with a demo. Yawn.
But at least that idea involves making money which is surely the point of a buisness
I can't imagine why you think this isn't newsworthy, on like, a couple of levels. You not JOURNALISM.
But seriously, this is news. Also, I love that header pic.
Pfft, PSPgo. God damn Nazi machine.
This plan is so perfect it's retarded...
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I know Jim's job isn't necessarily reporting news, but my whole point was that we know how much the PSP Go is a fail. But at first it was funny, now it's gotten boring. Now I'm not saying Jim should just stop ragging on the Go, but talk about something else for a little while. There's virtually not much to read on Dtoid besides Jim's blogs, but I'm starting to not want to read them when almost everyone or every other one is how about how much the Go fails and I know pretty much how it's going to go. I just want Jim to keep things fresh.
You weren't lied to by Sony. Because when that thing was announced on the blog, they said exactly what it was. Now whether or not you were listening was your own damn fault.
You know, at this point, I'm going to say the N Gage does more than the Go. I'm kidding, of course, but it makes you think. That thing has a phone in it, at least. And a camera. And physical media. And downloadable games. And possibly expandable memory (I don't remember). Not to mention a much more extreme name.
Fk it, I'm just going to buy an N-Gage.
And then all the downsides started to roll in.
-smaller screen
-no Lumines
-no user replaceable battery (granted, I wouldn't care about this if it were an iPod, but the PSP has a significantly worse battery in most cases)
-new (and more expensive) memory card format
-16GB only (I swore I wouldn't buy an iPod Touch till it passed 60GB so now my iPod 5G is on a deathwatch)
-no digital replacement program for UMD owners looking to upgrade
And now it's mired in DRM for the only "rewards" program that ever came to light? Haha, no thanks Sony. Seriously. No thanks.
Wrong, it is the act of getting trolled by said blog poster and taking the bait. You just got Jimsterfied.
I swear to god this site is filled with absolute fucktards now. I love you Destructoid, but you are becoming too good and attracting the prepubescent douche bags responsible for ruining most online gaming with their thoughts that last all of 2 seconds, and their logic which needs no reasoning.
Sometimes I wish the internet would explode so I wouldn't have to deal with the plethora of retards that dwell within it.
It's working.
People even exploit it with the game sharing, I have three PSPs (my old 1000,2000) which I've given to my friends and my family. They are 'sharing' my single purchase, and we can play it at the same time. I can't do this with my iPhone, if I download a game or app I have to pay for it again on my wife's iPhone.
One way or the other though, Sony, as well as any company that plans on doing digital distribution needs to make DRM work fairly. They need to fix these problems, however we shouldn't blow things out of proportion.