The PSPgo was an ill-advised, expensive, worthless waste of space. This is scientific, objective fact that can be proven in any court of law. But apparently it's alright, because it was just a test. In fact, even though the PSPgo fell flat on its stupid face in America, Sony has employed its amazing skill at twisting reality to claim that this "test" was a sales success.
"It was introduced in a mature lifecycle to learn more about what the consumer wanted and we've definitely learnt a lot," says SCEE president Andrew House. "Is that measured by success in sales? I don't think it is.
"One of the reasons we launched PSPgo was to understand where that consumer behavior was going. We were getting signals from consumers that this was the kind of device that they wanted. But we need to recognise that consumers like their packaged media library."
So let me get this straight... in order to find out what consumers wanted, Sony didn't ask them, but instead released an expensive test product onto the market without warning, without real support, and without reasons to buy it, all with a self-admitted prediction that consumers wanted packaged goods as opposed to digital games. And yet Sony executives can still conduct interviews with a straight face.
Amazing.
Sony: We've learnt a lot from PSPgo [MCV]
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10:20 AM on 06.09.2010 | 
I'm making a note here: COSTLY TEST
But the device itself isn't all that bad, it's just poorly supported.
The price should be lower, and every game should be available at launch.
People who already owns a couple of PSP games couldn't play them, and Sony 'ignored' them.
If it had a better price, and every game was available on PSN, I would so get one. Hope Sony has learned much from this 'test'.
This is the funniest excuse for anything I've heard in a long time.
Oh wait, no I didn't.
Still, as I said shortly after Go's launch, hopefully Sony has learned a few -major- things from this and will lead to a much more thought-out portable system.
Like you, I was thinking all the good this could have done for digital distributed games at first, but then it all came slapping across my face as the flaws became more apparent [/b]before[/b] it launched.
It definitely made me think about what my gaming peers want, but, then, I'm not a major company.
A survey that costed less than $250.
Amazing."
Yes, and YOU bought one, Jim.
Guess it worked.
Really, there's a million things they could have done.
I mean, damn that MGS Portable Ops package eats two gigs. I'd rather just have the first game and be done with it.
@rsquad
Jim bought it because he needed it to do his job properly. There's a difference between that and someone who bought it just to play it.
How's that PSP Go for ya?
instead of having a psp, psp pocket, psp color, psp thin, psp micro, psp advanced, psp advanced sp, psp ds, psp ds lite, psp dsi, psp dsi xl.
With money I then got back.
That's what happens when you make a job-related investment. You'll learn about it in school.
whether it be my old rotting first release psp that i no longer use. or games on cell phones etc.
im just never sitting somewhere, thats not near my tv, that i feel like i need to play a game. if im out, im out to do stuff, not to play games in public. if im traveling, im driving and cant play games. i dont live near cities(human zoos) and dont use public transportation so i dont have time to waste.
There's some contradiction.
And PspGo would sell like warm cakes (not hot, but..) if it had a second analogue button, and was 100usd cheaper.
And you obviously are not a fanboy. Yeah right.
How can Drachula NOT realize that? It's actually a downgrade from the 2000-3000.
-The new cables/items are proprietary, meaning none of your old USB stuff works
-UMDs do not work, meaning if you find a cheap deal for a used $2 UMD you want, TOO BAD! You have to pay $20 plus on the PSN
-More expensive - as in, a couple hundred dollars more expensive if you find a good $100 or less deal on a 2000
-No homebrew or custom UI (if you choose to back up your games legally)
-Analog stick is near the dpad - worse controls
I love my PSP-2000, but the Go? Terrible. It has zero advantages, and costs more. It's consumer 101.
That's your chuckle? Mine's more of a "heh heh heh" than just a "heh".
That's very true. Sony maybe be big in the bullshit department, but so it everyone else. Remember when Microsoft said that the Red Ring is a thing of the past? Two of my friends' 360s broke that week, one of which was a brand new Elite.
Oh, and Nintendo saying that gamers don't care about online. I guess everyone flings the bullshit in this industry,.
-Whoa there big boy. Dial that fanboy love back to a safer decibel, kay? You can love the company even if you don't like the product.